Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts had forward 5,746 store lambs, feeding ewes and cast rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Tuesday 7th October 2025.

Short term lambs in short supply and long-term lambs jump another gear. All classes highly bid for with new faces appearing at ring side every week. Topping the sale were 3 fantastic Texel cross lambs from Archbank farming realising £150.

A massive Thank you to Harry Askwith, Low Mown Meadows Farm for travelling up and judging the lowland show of store lambs.

Pen of Suffolk Cross Store Lambs

1st – Hamilton, The Dykes

2nd – Scott, Elfhills

3rd – Laing, Tarrasfot

Pens of Texel Cross Store Lambs

1st – Archbank Farming, Archbank

2nd – Phillips, Hyndlee

3rd – Thomson – Pilmuir

Pens of Any Other Breed Store Lambs

1st – Kellett, Errington

2nd – Manderson, 4 Kilnknowe

3rd – Kellett, Errington

Store Lambs

Texel - £150 Archbank, £148 Beckstones, £142 Beacon Rigg, £142 Errington, £141 Beacon Rigg, £140 Holebeck

Beltex - £140 & £138 Errington, £138 & £136 3 Westerhouses, £133 Killellan Lodge, £133 3 Westerhouses Cottages, £132 Errington

Cross - £140 Low Old Shields, £118 Westhotbank, £117 The Ash

Suffolk - £128 Tarrasfoot, £124 Errington, £122 Elfhills

Cheviot - £124 Clerkhill, £118 Priesthaugh, £114 Toftholm

Blackface - £122 22 Merhay Close, £109 & £108 Hemmel

Cheviot Mule - £119 Outer Huntly, £115 Great Ryle, £114 Granton, £114 Great Ryle, £113 Outer Huntly, £111 Hallbankgate

North Country Cheviot - £113 Archbank

Wensleydale  - £108 27 Cruachan Cottage

Zwartble - £100 Sheepfields

Herdwick - £82 Moorside Parks

Shetland - £80 Sannox Estate, £79 & £78 Harden

Kerry Rough - £76 & £68 The Park

Swaledale - £40 & £32 Overcairn

Tup Lambs

North Country Cheviot - £123 Blakehipe, £118 Old Post Office

Texel - £120 3 Westerhouses, £108 Sannox, £105 Waterhead of Dryfe

Cross - £112 Hightown

Blackface - £110 Balmurrie, £106 Toftholm, £100 Westhotbank

Cheviot - £98 Meikleholm

Valais Blacknose - £82 Romanway

Romney - £70 The Copper Beech

Shetland - £66 Romanway

Feeding sheep remain in high demand with purchasers traveling from far and wide to take advantage of the numbers placed in front of them.

Feeding Ewes

Texel - £175 Clonhi, £175 36E Albyn Avenue, £172 Mosshill, £154 Hyndlee

Cheviot Mule - £160 & £150 Clonhie

Cross - £128 Overcairn, £124 Waterhead of Dryfe, £120 Holebeck

Shetland - £118 27 Cruchan Cottage

Zwartble - £115 27 Cruchan Cottage

Blackface - £100 27 Cruachan Cottage, £95 Drannandow, £90 36E Albyn Avenue, £90 Drannandow

Lleyn - £99 Beachmenach

Kerry - £96 High Hermitage

Suffolk - £94 Haper Hill, £88 High Hermitage

Cheviot - £88 & £78  Kirkton

Herdwick - £72 High Hermitage

Ryeland - £70 The Copper Beech

Swaledale - £60 Peat Gap, £40 Park House

Rams

Texel - £152 Kirkton, £132 Mosshill

Blackface - £130 & £118 Kirkton

Cheviot - £118 Kirkton

Ryeland - £85 The Copper Beech