Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 4,968 Store Hoggs and Breeding Sheep at Longtown on Tuesday 20th January 2026.

The first offering of 300 in-lamb ewes here at Longtown topped at £255 per head for a great pen of Cheviot Mule gimmers scanned in-lamb to the Berrichon from Mary Lewis, Glen Darroch Farming, closely followed by her second pen at £245. With many customers leaving empty handed more in-lamb ewes could be sold with ease at our next sale on Tuesday 3rd February.

The store sheep ring had 4,968 store hoggs and feeding ewes forward to a strong ring of buyers with several new purchasers in attendance. Topping at £143 For a pen of Texel hoggs from Messrs Baty, Broomhills with feeding ewes selling to £178 from D Creer, Cooilingel.

BREEDING SHEEP
Ewes
Cross - £212 Third Farms, £210, £195 West Logan, £182 Dalwyne, £165 Shaw Farm
Beltex - £205 Dalwyne
Suffolk - £205, £172 Dalwyne
Texel - £200 Dalwyne, £195 Rainors, £158 Dalwyne
Cheviot Mule- £190 Dalwyne
Kerry Hill- £162 Dalwyne
Berrichon- £160 Glen Darroch
Romney- £92 Dalwyne
Easycare- £92 Culcaigrie
Blackface - £88 Culcaigrie, £82 Dalwyne
North Country Cheviot - £86 Culcaigrie
Shetland- £65 Culcaigrie
Herdwick- £65 Dalwyne
Gimmers
Cheviot Mule - £255, £245 Glen Darroch
Blue Texel- £205 Dalwyne
Cross - £165 Shaw Farm
Berrichon- £160 Glen Darroch

STORE HOGGS
Texel - £143 Broomhills, £140 Howard House & Achamore, £135 Achamore, £134 Pine Grove & Cooilingel
Suffolk - £140 Banks Head, £139 Broomhills, £138 Bellbank, £132 Banks Head, £128 Ballquinnea
Beltex  - £140, £132 Gillalees, £130 Foulsyke, £129 Mains Of Machermore, £128 New Aberdour
Cheviot Mule -£134 Banks Head, £128 Dodgsonstown, £127 Sundhope, £125 Helmburn & Halterburnhead
Mule - £138 Broomhills, £124 Little Gill, £121 Moss Edge & Cooilingel, £119 Rhoin
Hill Cheviot - £133 Blackriggs, £122 Cooilingel, £118 Courstein & Blackriggs
Dutch Spotted - £131 Shankfield Head, £122 Broomhills, £121 Haas Grove
Charollais - £129, £121 Moss Side, £117 Mains of Collin
Blackface - £120 Lanehead, £116, £113 Cuil, £113 Stonehouse, £110 Barkbeth
Gritstone- £120 Achamore
Herwick - £110 Rainors, £88 Burnfoot of Ewes & Rainors
Easycare- £108 Cooilingel
North Country Cheviot -  £100 Marwhirn
Hampshire- £107 Cassington, £96 Cooilingel
Shetland- £79 Ballacowin, £74 Tanyard House
Swaledale- £62 Keepershield
Romney- £75 Low Old Shield
Berrichon- £88 Ashcroft
Charmoise- £99 Halterburn Head

Tup Hoggs
Suffolk- £121 Helmburn
Texel- £129, £120 & £113 Cleughead, £110 Windyknowe, £104 Cleughhead
Blackface- £116 Cuil, £109 Little Gill
Cheviot- £113 Cleughead, £101 Sundhope
Cheviot Mule- £108, £107 Cleughead
Mule- £106 Mains of Collin

FEEDING EWES
Texel - £178 Cooilingel, £152 Corbelly Hill & Achamore, £146 Barguillean, £144 Banks Head, £136 Barguillean
Charollais- £170 Cooilingl
Beltex- £165 Barkbeth
Cheviot Mule- £152, £140 Achamore
Mule- £140 Banks Head, £112 Tanyard
Suffolk - £132 Banks Head, £128 Ballaquinnea, £100 Achamore
Lleyn- £128 Kilnknowe
Easycare- £125 Coilingel
North Country Cheviot - £116 Dodgsonstown
Hill Cheviot - £105 High Green Hill, £98 Toftholm, £90 Marwhirn
Blackface- £97 Garvilland, £86 Merkland
Herdwick- £88 Burnfoot of Ewes

CAST RAMS
Beltex- £125 Mains of Machermore
North Country- £112 Mains of Machermore
Herdwick- £110, £88 Rainors
Blackface - £110 Barkbeth, £94 Coldchapel