Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Tuesday 21 April 2026
C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 754 Store Hoggs and 762 Breeding Sheep at Longtown on Tuesday 21st April 2026
A larger show of ewes and lambs were forward with a ringside full of buyers in attendance.
Trade was strong throughout with ewes with stronger lambs proving particularly easy to sell.
Topping the sale was two Texel cross ewes with three strong texel lambs at foot realising £180 per life from CH & H Robson, Dale House. Many more outfits of all classes needed each week to fulfil the ever-growing demand.
BREEDING SHEEP
Ewes with Lambs
Texel – £180 Dale House, £160 Low Closegill, £158 Dale House, £152 Low Closegill
Mule – £168 Kinninghall, £162 Windyknowe, £155 Low Closegill, £150 Moss Side, £145 Shawhill
Suffolk– £168, £160 Kinninghall
Dutch Spotted– £150, £142, £140 Coxhill
Cheviot Mule– £138 Old Dairy
Beltex- £125 Inch Farm
Cheviot– £120 Old Dairy
Clun– £118 Inch Farm
A smaller seasonal show of 754 store hoggs were forward, proving to still be in very big demand with all classes highly contended for. Stronger hoggs were consistently achieving between £160 to £175, with buyers looking for more numbers of store sheep on a weekly basis.
Top price goes to Robson, Town Shields for Blue Faced Leicester’s realising £195.
Store Hoggs
Blue Faced Leicester– £195 Town Shields
Blackface– £192 Town Shields
Texel – £186, £176, £173, £172, £168 Barlocco Farms
Mule – £180 Barlocco Farms, £160 Ardmaleish & Ardentraive, £158 Barlocco, £142 Sark Tower
Suffolk – £180 Nether Cargen, £178 Highfield & Inch Farm
Herdwick– £170 Moss House
Hill Cheviot – £168 Sark Tower, £150 Nunscleugh, £149 Catslackburn, £140 Alton
Cheviot Mule– £160 Catslackburn
Easy Care– £152 Ash Trees
Kerry Hill– £98 Largie
Jacob– £70 Old Chapel
Shetland– £66 Port Ann
TUP HOGGS
Swaledale– £130 Ash Trees
Blackface– £116 Meikleholm
WEATHER SHEARLING
Cheviot– £176 Blaebeck
Feeding ewes showed a significant lift on the week with purchasers still looking for numbers of grazing sheep.
Ewes continue to be sought after every week with numbers being handled with ease.
FEEDING EWES
Texel– £200, £192, £184 The Park
Cheviot– £190 Ridley Farm, £168 Archbank
Kendal Rough– £180 The Park
Mule– £162 Ridley Farm, £150 Spency Croft
Blackface– £140 Cherry Tree, £135 Drumgrange
Herdwick– £130 Cherry Tree
Swaledale– £110 Keepers Cottage
Hebridean– £95 Town Shields
CAST RAMS
Cheviot– £160 Ash Trees
Herdwick– £100 Burnfoot of Ewes
