Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts had forward 3,197 store lambs, feeding ewes and cast rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Tuesday 16th September 2025.

Short keep lambs in strong demand with more numbers needed each week to fulfil buyers demands, likewise the long-term lamb trade rises as new faces gather at ring side wanting numbers. Topping the sale was a pen of Suffolk cross lambs realising £140 from D & N Hunter, Weak Side Farm.

Store Lambs
Suffolk - £140 River Meadow, £130 Outer Huntly, £124 Bogrie, £119 Townhead, £118 Hallrule, £116, £106 Shaw of Dryfe
Texel - £132 Cadgillhead, £129 Gillalees, £128 Old Post Office, £126 Baragachan, £126 The Laws, £125 Cowden Burn, £124 Cadgillhead, £123 2 Stackyard Cottages, £123 Black House, £123 Rainors, £122 The Laws, £122 Stackyard Cottages, £122 Barmagachan
Cheviot - £128 East Buccleuch, £118 Grindon Hill, £112 Gillalees, £109 Outer Huntly, £105 Old Post Office, £101 Megdale,
Beltex - £125 Bogrie, £123 Wydon, £122 Greenwell Meadows
Cross - £122 Orthwaite Hall, £122 Blakehope, £112 Hepplehill, £109 Greenmerse, £108 Underwood, £106 & £100 Stackyard Cottages
Charollais - £118 Outer Huntly
Cheviot Mule - £118, £114 Outer Huntly, £110 Lawesknowe, £106 Grindon Hill, £100 Greenmerse
Blackface - £92 Dunblane, £91 Whitchester
Romney - £89 Drumblair, £86 3 Meinbank
Badgerface - £87 Rainors
Dutch Spotted - £84 Romanway
Shetland - £68 Woodhall
North Country Cheviot - £64 Overcairn
Swaledale - £40 Overcairn

Tup Lambs
Texel  - £118 River Meadow, £112 Hallrule, £100 Townhead
Cheviot - £110 East Redfordgreen
Suffolk - £104 Townhead
Beltex - £100 Greenwell Meadows
Blackface - £98 Wooplaw
Cross - £87 Drumblair
Swaledale - £65 Overcairn

Feeding ewes remain in strong demand with a pen of Texel crossed ewes topping the sale at £150 from T M Ewart, Barkbeth.

Feeding Ewes
Texel - £150, £130 Barkbeth, £130 Stackyard, £118 Pry Hill, £110 Barkbeth
Charollais - £128 Overcairn
Cross - £112 Barkbeth, £100 Overcairn
Swaledale - £108 Pry Hill
North Country Cheviot - £90 Doddick
Blackface - £80 & £78 Accurrach
Shetland - £70 Barkbeth
Cheviot - £66 Wooplaw

Rams
Blackface - £90 Fernoch