Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Tuesday 14 April 2026
C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 1,300 Store Hoggs and 210 Breeding Sheep at Longtown on Tuesday 14th April 2026
A similar show of ewes and lambs met strong demand especially ewes with stronger lambs. Many more could be sold to reach buyers requirements.
BREEDING SHEEP
Ewes with Lambs
Dutch Spotted- £164, £148 East Nethershield.
Texel – £150 Low Longlands.
Mule – £126, £120 Coldchapel, £119 Low Closegill.
Zwartble- £120 Low Longlands.
Romney- £105 Thompsons Walls.
A smaller seasonal show of 1,300 store hoggs were forward. As prime hoggs continue to be in big demand, a larger ring side of eager buyers look for more numbers of store sheep on a weekly basis.
Top price goes to a pen of Texel cross hoggs from N Holiday, Brow Top realising £197.
STORE HOGGS
Texel – £197 Brow Top, £186 North Muasdale, £176 Kirkbride, £168 North Muasdale, £167 Barlocco, £166 Staingills.
North Country Cheviot – £188 Nookclose.
Beltex – £172 Staingills.
Mule – £170, £164 Tara, £162 Nookclose, £160 Broomhills, £158 Kingside, £155 Barlocco & Shankston.
Suffolk – £166 Killipol Farm, £164 Kingside, £163 Bloch, £158 Weeds, £144 Upperburnmouth.
Hill Cheviot – £162, £152, £151, £145 Bloch, £139 Wardlaw, £138 Bloch.
Easycare- £157 Staingills.
Zwartble- £156 Stapleton Grange.
Charollais- £151 Weeds.
Blackface- £149 Kingside, £140 Corran, £139 Pole Farm, £138 The Flatt & Craigens, £137 Barlocco, £136 Viewley Farm.
Herdwick- £148 Broomhills, £137 Killean Estate.
Cheviot Mule- £148 Corran.
Romney- £148 Croglin High Hall.
Badger Face- £129 Rainors.
Jacob- £126 Nookclose.
Shetland- £108 Broadwath.
Tup Hoggs
Cheviot- £182, £156 Craigens.
Charollais- £168 Kirkbride.
Blackface- £154 Shankston.
FEEDING EWES
Texel – £182 The Flat, £176 Nethertofts, £172, £162 Low Tirfergus.
Mule- £168 Hullerbank, £162 Bridgestone.
Cheviot- £164 Bloch, £160 Bruilain, £140, £136 Wardlaw.
Beltex- £156, £154 Bridgestone.
Suffolk- £152 Nethertofts, £146 Bridgestone.
Cheviot Mule- £142 Kingside.
Blackface- £142 Killipol, £130 Low Tirfergus, £126 Shankston.
Zwartble- £136 Stapleton Grange.
CAST RAMS
Texel- £180 Manse Road.
Blackface- £127 The Homestead.
Blue Faced Leicester- £118 Corran farm.
