Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Report – 10 February 2026
C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 2,511 store hoggs at Longtown on Tuesday 10th February 2026.
A smaller show of store hoggs on offer seen dearer again on the week especially the longer term hoggs, many more numbers still needed each week to fulfil demand around ringside.
Topping the sale was a massive Suffolk x hogg from J McQuistin & Son, Barnshangan realising £170.
Store Hoggs
Suffolk – £170 Barshangan, £158 Windy Hill
Texel – £160 Windy Hill, £158 Cloverfield Cottage, £150 Windy Hill, £148 Cloverfield Cottage, £144 Dykehead
Beltex – £154 Dykehead
Lleyn– £134 Felkington
Hill Cheviot – £130 Bloch, £127 Bowhill Farming, £124 Bloch, £123 Sundhope
Mule – £128 Gill Head & Little Swinburne, £125 Spoutbank, £124 Broomhills, £120 Spoutbank
Blackface – £127, £117 & £110 Drummuckloch, £110 Bogra
Cheviot Mule– £126 Leapsrigg
North Country Cheviot – £116 Carruthers
Kerry Hill– £114 Backbraes
Romney– £111 Burnfoot of Ewes
Easycare– £102 The Knocks & Wester Cottage
Kendal Rough– £94 Hill Head
Tup Hoggs
Texel– £150 Lingey Field
Cheviot– £139 Bloch, £130 East Redfordgreen
Mule– £121 Spoutbank
Blackface– £118 Drummuckloch
Lleyn– £116 Felkington
Feeding ewes follow suit, a jump up a gear with more faces around ring side looking for feeding ewes. Topping the sale was Texel cross ewe from I & L Weatherley, Windy Hill realising £185. Many more feeding sheep needed every week to fulfil buyer’s demand.
Ewes
Texel – £185, £178 Windy Hill, £165 Bennan, £158 Wallley Thorn, £152 Windy Hill, £150 Walley Thorn, £142 Bennan
Mule – £160 Riverside, £152 Whiteclose, £142 Riverside, £122 Wester Cottage
Cheviot Mule – £175, £160 Windy Hill
Blackface – £117 Bowhill Farming, £108 Drummuckloch, £102 Gillalees, £100 Riverside
Easycare– £116 Wester Cottage
North Country Cheviot – £92 North Synton
Swaledale– £90, £82 Whitfield Estate, £70 Gill Head & Shankfieldhead
Rams
Texel – £170, £150 Bennan
Bluefaced Leicester– £135 Beacon Rigg
