rLongtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report
C&D Auction Marts had forward 5,707 store lambs, feeding ewes and cast rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Tuesday 4th November 2025.
A slightly smaller show of store sheep forward on the week met a blistering trade with buyers travelling from up and down the country on the hunt for numbers. All classes of store lambs up £4 on the week. Many more needed each week to fulfil demand.
Top price of the day goes to a pen of Beltex cross lambs from P Winter, Rose Lane Farm realising £164.
Store Lambs
Beltex- £164, £160 Rose Lane, £150, £148 Newton Cottage, 146 High Floweryhirst
Suffolk- £148, £142, £140 Twislehope, £134 Rose Lane, £132 Twislehope, £132 Rose Lane, £130 Twislehope, £130 Hallrule Mill, £129, £128 River Meadow, £127 Whitchester, £127 Priesthaugh
Texel – £143 Newton Cottage, £142 Haggbeck, £142 Balmore, £138 Cowden Burn, (x2) £134 High Floweryhirst, £134 Rose Lane, £134 Hallrule Mill, £134 Haggbeck, £134 Twislehope, £133 The Park, £133 Stephney Farm, £132 Collin Bank
Cheviot Mule- £140 Gillesbie Farms, £119 Priesthaugh, £114 Laverhay, £110 Lossit Home Farm, £109 Parkhill
Mule- £130 Cowden Burn, £128 Hightown, £122 Barkbeth, £119 Hightown, £114 Town Hields, £113 Hott Farm, £112 Cowden Burn , £111 Allendale Estate, £111 Beacon Rigg, £110 The Park, £109 Barkbeth
Badgerface- £122 Newton Cottage
Charollais- £119 Harden, (x2) £118 Rose Lane
Cheviot- £119 Lagalgarve Farm, £119 Bloch Farm, £116 West Deloraine, £116 The Park, £115 Commonside, £114 Balmore, £114 Commonside, £113 Courstein, £110 Priesthaugh, £110 Skelfhill, £110 Halterburnhead, £108 Granton, £108 Crosscleugh
Dutch Spotted- £118 Haggbeck, £116 & £107 Balliemore
North Country Cheviot- 116 Newton Cottage, £107 Hill Side, £102 Newton Cottage
Easycare- £114 Cleongart, £110 Fieldhead, £94 Fieldhead
Romney- £114 Harden
Blackface - £114 Cowden Burn, £110 Town Shields, £97 Hott Farm, £95 Keepershield, £93 Skelfhill, £92 Greensburn, £92 Prospect House, £90 Town Shields, £89 Sewing Shields, £89 Whitfield Estate, £87 Whitchester Farm
Blue Faced Leicester- £102, £98 Hillisde, £94, £90 Parkhill
Lleyn- £98 Craiglearan
Ryeland- £84, £76 Garvachy
Swaledale- (x2) £64 Beacon Rigg
Tup Lambs
Beltex- £148, £128 Rose Lane
Texel - £144 Hillside, £142 Low Closegill, £140 River Meadow, £134 Northway, £130 Banks Head, £130 Mains, £125 Blackhouse, £124 Loophill, £122 Skipness, £122 Banks Head
North Country Cheviot- £127 Bloch Farm, £124 Gillesbie Farms, £123, £118 Bloch Farm, £115 Craiglearen, £114 Bloch Farm
Mule - £124 Largie, £121 High Town, £121 Mains, £117 The Homestead, £115 Weeds Farm
Suffolk- £124 Hallrule Mill, £114 Weeds Farm
Blackface- £104 Town Shields, £100 Hott Farm, £100 Mains, £100, £98 Kilchamaig, £94 Meggethead, £88 Winterhopeburn
Lleyn- £101 Craiglearen
Easycare- £91, £83, £80 South Healey
Feeding ewes on fire with numbers in short supply. Feeding sheep of all classes dearer again on the week.
Feeding Ewes
Texel – £168 Balmore, £165, £158 Braehead, £140 Balmore, £124 Braehead, £115 Hallrule
Mule- £168 Balmore, £128 Gillhead, £108 The Park
Suffolk- £152 Hallrule Mill
Easycare- £148 West Drummoddie
Cheviot- £135 Ruighe Beag, £132 Branxholm Braes, £130 Twislehope, £126 Girnwood, £114 Warwick Way, £112, £110 Twislehope, £108 Girnwood
Blackface- £126 Prospect House, £120 Meggethead, (x2) £100 Ruiche Beag, £98 Miltonese, £92 Ardkinglas, £90 Largie, £90 Warwick Way, £88 Glennoe, £88 Ardkinglas, £86 Winterhopeburn
Hampshire- £115 Garvachy
Lonk- £85 Gill Head
Swaledale- £84 Glennoe, £72 Triermain
Rams
Cheviot- £150 West Drummoddie, £140, £100 Bloch Farm
Blackface - £92 Largie, £90 Kilchamaig, £88 Largie
