Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts had forward 6,778 store lambs, feeding ewes and cast rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Tuesday 14th October 2025.

All classes dear again on the week with more new faces appearing around ring side each week looking for numbers. A large show of long keep lambs on offer faced by purchasers travelling from all four corners of the country.

A massive Thank you to William Crew for judging the show of Blackface store lambs which was sponsored by the Blackface Sheep Breeders Association.

Pen of Blackface Store Lambs

1st – M. Moscrop, Collin Bank - £100

2nd – Glen Land Management, Glen House - £81

3rd – W.J. Douglas & Son, Upper Hindhope - £99

LONGTOWN HILL LAMBS

Blackfaces to £100      Cheviots to £112

3,377 Cheviot and Blackface lambs were sold at the weekly sale at Longtown on Tuesday 14th October.  A crowded ringside saw strong demand with more Southern buyers present as the drought eases.

An exceptional show of Blackface lambs, sponsored by The Scottish Farmer, were presented to the judge, William Crew of Gall Farm. He selected as champions a pen of 32 from Michael Moscrop, Collin Bank, Bewcastle and backed his fancy by buying them at £100.  This was closely followed by the 3rd  prizewinners from Upper Hindhope at £99.  The 2nd prize pen from The Glen made £81. Other Blackface lambs sold to £98, The Crew; £96, West Deanraw; £95, Cowden Burn; £90, £88 & £84, Town Shields; £89 & £86, Mochrum Estates & £87, Halterburnhead.

A grand entry of Cheviot lambs were topped at £119 for North Countries from Hownam Grange with others from the same home to £111 & £103. Crossdykes led the South Countries at £109 with Crosslee at £107 & Glendinning at £106.  Other Cheviots to £106, Winter Crag; £106 & £104, Lawesknowe; £105, South End, Kielder; £104, High Brae; £103, Lymiecleugh; £100 & £99, Glendinning; £97, Crossdykes & £96, The Binks.

A tremendous run of 606 lambs from Penchrise sold to £95 for Cheviots and £80 for Blackfaces.

Store Lambs

Texel - £142 Pilmuir, £140 Greenhead, £137 Netherhill, £134 Glenjaan and Barnbackle, £132, £131 Pilmuir, £130 Barnbackle, £129 Barnbackle, Pilmuir and North Corrielaw

Beltex - £141 Low Old Shield, £137 Sorbie, £124 The Laws, £122 Pokeskine, £117 High Hermitage

Suffolk - £140 Hepplehill, £131, £130 Great Ryle, £126 Hullerbank, £120 Low Old Shields, £117 Hepplehill

Cross - £138 Cumstone, £124 Peat Gap, £118, £112 Orthwaite Hall, £108 Laverhay, Peat Gap, Mains and Todhillwood, £107 Cumstone and Pry Hill, £105 Park House

Blue Texel - £130, £126 Flatt, £114 The Burrows, £106 Old Chapel, £104 Low Brooms.

Half Bred - £126, £120 Pilmuir, £110 Cronklea

Romney - £116 South End, £95 Redddis Hall

Cheviot Mule - £113 Laverhay and Bellbank, £107 Cumstone, £105 Crossdykes and Shepherds Cottage.

North Country Cheviot - £112 Yew Lane, £110 Greenhead, £106 Lawesknowe and Winter Crag, £105 South End, £104 Lawesknowe, £103 Yew Lane

Hill Cheviot - £109 Crossdykes, £107 Crosslee, £106 Glendinning, £104 High Brae, £103 Lymiecleugh, £100, £99 Glendinning

Blackface - £104 Laverhay, £100 Colllin Bank, £99 Upper Hindhope, £98 The Crew, £96 Laverhay and West Deanraw, £95 Cowden Burn

Charollais  - £104 Crailloch

Herdwick - £98 Blinkbonny and Laverhay, £94 Low Old Shields and Flackmoss, £90 Cronklea

Dutch Spotted - £94 Low Brooms, £80 Waterhead.

Swaledale - £62 Pry Hill

Tup Lambs

Texel - £146 Barnbackle, £120 Todhillwood, £112 Old Chapel

Blue Texel - £124 Beckstones

North Country Cheviot - £119, £111 Yew Lane

Beltex - £110, £96 Low Tirfergus

Cross - £104 Spency Croft, £96 The Laws and Beachmenach

Suffolk - £100 Hepplehill

Blackface - £94 Gorsefield, £90 Town Shields, £88 Beachmenach

Hill Cheviot - £94 Ardacheranmor, £90 Laverhay

Jacob - £90 Old Chapel

Easycare - £88 South Healey

Shetland - £80 Yew Lane

A larger show of feeding sheep forward seen to high rate of return. More needed each week to fulfil demand.

Feeding Ewes

Texel - £160, £152 Comlongun Mains, £142 Barnbackle, £138 Aar-Dar

Cross - £150 Archbank, £140 Comlongun Mains and Spency Croft, £138 Hullerbank, £130 Archbank

North Country Cheviot - £144, £124 Yew Lane

Hill Cheviot - £140 Hullerbank, £116 Archbank, £108 Moss Peteral

Suffolk - £140 Hullerbank, £130 Yew Lane

Lleyn - £118 Ashley Park £114 Shaw of Dryfe

Cheviot Mule - £114 Barnbackle

Romney - £112 Reddis Hall

Blackface - £98 Hazelton Rigg, £84 Old School House, £80 Garvachy and Hazelton Rigg

Suffolk - £94 Haper Hill, £88 High Hermitage

Easycare - £74 South Healey

Swaledale - £74 Spency Croft

Herdwick - £60 Orthwaite Hall

Rams

Leicester - £138 The Laws