Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 3,659 Store Hoggs at Longtown on Tuesday 6th January 2026.

Starting the new year with a bang, store sheep reach another level as numbers start to tighten up! Numbers are required here at Longtown on a weekly basis to fulfil buyer’s demand.

Topping the day was a tremendous pen of Texel x tup hoggs realising £160 from RH & JR Little, Park Nook. Chasing not far behind at £159 was another fantastic pen of Beltex x hoggs from John McMillan, Ballaggan Farm.

The Annual consignment of 225 Texel cross store hoggs from R J Muir, Tow Law averaged an impressive £127.

Store Hoggs
Beltex - £159 Ballaggan, £144 Bridgestone, £141 Moss House, £138, £124 Bridgestone, £112 Greenside
Texel - £158 Achamore, £154 Nether Stenries, £151 Whitcastles, £146 Lustruther, & Achamore, £143 Ballaggan & Coldchapel, £141 Birchington Avenue, £140 Ballaggan, £139 Ardacheranmor & Loophill
Suffolk - £148 Carrick Cottage, £141 Nether Stenries, £135 Achamore, £130 Moorhills & Howtel, £127 Stockdale, £124 Howtel, £122 Nethertofts & Fir Trees, £120 Hopestead & Hallrule Mill
Blackface - £140 Brieredge, £120 Owlethirst, £104 Linhope Farming & 61 Birchington, £102 Brieredge, £100 West stobs Wood, £98 Plenderleith, £90 Chapelhope Trust, £88 Cara View, East Cocklaw & Faulding Cleugh
Gritstone- £136 Achamore
Hill Cheviot -  £136 North Muasdale, £134 Stockdale Farm, £132 Ballaggan, £124 Cassington & West Stobs Wood, £123 Stooprigg, £120 Eskdalemuir Forestry, £119 Beckfoot & Balure Farm, £115 Cara View
Mule - £133 Birchington, £132 Hamburn Hall, £130 Killeonan, £129 Longrigg, £128 Coldchapel, £127 Whitcastles, £124 Cold Chapel & Longrigg, £123 Macherquhat
Bluefaced Leicester - £124 Kildalloig
Cheviot Mule - £124 Marwhirn, £123 Ridley Farm, £122 Craiglearen, Marwhirn & Cassington
North Country Cheviot - £120 Enzieholm, £116 Marwhirn, £110 Hepplehill, £108 Tweedbank, £107 Middlesteads, £106 Tweedbank
Easycare- £108 Swinside Farming
Hampshire- £107 Whitcastles
Romney- £100 Low Old Shield
Swaledale - £99 East Cocklaw, £80 Hepplehill
Herwick - £94 Farlam Hill
Shetland- £80 Tanside
Lonk- £76 Church View
Dutch Spotted- £74 Barrascroft

Tup Hoggs
Texel- £160 Park Nook, £127 Cockcroft, £122 Dunach, £120 Harper Hill & Lustruther, £118 Collin Bank, £116 Lustruther & Geltsdale, £114 Hill Court
Beltex- £144, £138 Park Nook
Suffolk- £144 Park Nook, £127 Hallrule Mill, £116 Lustruther, £110 Howtel
Romney- £125, £120 & 107 Cockcroft
Cheviot- £124 Stooprigg, £118 Parkhill
Blue Faced Leicester- £122 Parkhill
Mule- £121 Longrigg, £114 Middlesteads
Cheviot Mule- £119 Marwhirn
Blackface- £118 Ardacheranmor, £110 Cara View, £106 Collin Bank

Feeding ewes and cast rams stand on topping at £285 for a Texel cross ewe from R J Muir, Towlaw. Many more feeding sheep needed every week to fulfil buyer’s demand.

Ewes
Texel - £185 Birchington, £176 Wauchope, £174 Birchington, £154 Harper Hill, £152 Ardacheranmor, £148 Birchington, Ridley Farm & Wauchope, £138 Ridley Farm, Lustruther, £132 Poltalloch
Cheviot Mule - £162 Harper Hill, £130 Ridley Farm
Cross - £154 Harper Hill, £140 Over Cairn, £130 10 Killeonan, £129 61 Birchington
Suffolk - £140 61 Birchington Avenue
North Country Cheviot - £132, £124 Crookedstane, £122 Linhope
Blackface -  £122 Poltalloch, £110 Barkbeth, £96 Linhope, £94 Barkbeth & Killeonan
Hill Cheviot - £122, £108 Linhope, £104 Craiglearen
Beltex - £120 Wauchope
Swaledale- £100 Over Cairn

Rams
Suffolk- £178, £165 Dunach
North Country Cheviot - £160 Crookedstane £148 Dunach
Blackface - £152 Toftholm, £140 Dunach
Texel - £138 Poltalloch, £137 High Crubasdale, £132 Ridley Farm
Romney- £122 Rammerscales
Beltex - £118 Wauchope
Easycare- £93 West Cottage