Primestock Thurs 20 Aug
C&D Auction Marts had forward an entry of 6,444 sheep comprising of 2,638 prime lambs and 3,806 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday 20th August 2026
PRIME LAMBS
Prime lambs sold to the same ring of competitive purchasers. Trade was slightly better than forecast albeit slightly less than last weeks rates of return.
Well fed sheep were still wanted whilst leaner sheep proved difficult to shift and would be better suited to a Tuesday store sale at Longtown.
Top price per head of £210 for Texel lambs shown by D & T Bradley Farmer, Wester Parkgate, Dumfries.
Top price per kilo of 386p for Beltex from J Watret, Burnside, Annan.
Overall average 315.5p (SQQ 319.4p)
Principal Prices (Per Head)
Texel £210 Wester Parkgate, £200, £194 Guardsmill, £184 Fenton & Tone Hall, £180 Crumhaughhill.
Suffolk £192 Burnside, £189 Brownleazes, £184 Guardsmill, £183 Wester Parkgate, £182 West Newlands.
Zwartbles £190 Holmlea.
Beltex £181 New Gardens, £174 Whitecroft Mains, £170 Middle Farm & Burnside.
North Country Cheviot £180, £163 Humbleheugh.
Mule £177 Brownleazes, £160 River Meadow, £157 Brownleazes.
Charollais £174, £165 Tinnishall.
Cheviot £173 Mansfield Cottage.
Cheviot Mule £170 Allanshaws.
Principal Prices (Per Kilo)
Beltex 386p, 368p Burnside, 367p Errington, 366p Cleughbraemill, 363p Errington, 362p Leanach.
Texel 358p Little Fithie, 356p Cubbyhill, 354p Ballywilline, 352p Lingey Field, 350p Bywell, 348p Little Fithie.
Suffolk 342p, 333p, 332p Burnside, 331p Lords Lot, 328p Grindon Hill.
Charollais 336p Hundalee House, 328p West Newlands.
Hill Cheviot 332p Mansfield Cottage.
North Country Cheviot 327p, 326p, 325p Humbleheugh.
Easycare 320p Braidley, 319p High Trewhitt.
Mule 311p St Margarets, 305p Penpeugh, 302p Brownleazes, 300p Hareshaw.
Cheviot Mule 311p Grindon Hill, 311p, 308p Allanshaws.
Blackface 308p Silloans, 305p Bankend.
CAST EWES AND RAMS
A larger show of 3,806 of cast ewes and rams forward. all classes met some resistance but with feeding orders coming into play the leaner ewes still met a buoyant trade.
Heavy ewes topped at £330 for Texel ewes shown by Beckfoot Farms.
Light ewes topped at £170 for Easycare ewes from R Harrison & Sons, Peddar Hill, Longtown.
Rams topped at £260 for Texels from TC Whiteford, Tercrosset, Brampton.
Heavy ewes
Texel £330 Beckfoot, £325 Lowhill, £320 Wester Parkgate, £300 Lords Lot, £285, £275 Wester Parkgate, £275, £270 Lowhill, £265 Wester Parkgate.
Beltex £280 Easter Ochtermuthill, £230 Inamay, £215 Chaseside.
Mule £220 West Newlands, £185 Carnochan, £178 Tinnishall, £170 West Newlands.
Suffolk £218 Triermain, £198 Lowhill, £195 Beckfoot & Chaseside, £193 Clackmae, £192 Inamay & Wester Parkgate.
Charollais £212 Beckfoot.
Cheviot Mule £202 Wester Parkgate, £188 Clackmae, £178 Hartbush, £175 Outertown.
Bluefaced Leicester £190 Laverhay & Shitlington Hall.
Blue Texel £180 Shepherds Cottage, £160 Little Tongue.
North Country Cheviot £168 Chaseside, £165 Philiphaugh.
Light ewes
Easycare £170 Peddar Hill, £150, £144 Lowhill.
Lleyn £148 Hemplands.
Blackface £132 Shitlington Hall, £122 Whiteside, £120 Little Tongue, £118 Lowhill, £115 Tornacloch.
Hill Cheviot £118 Bloch & Lowhill, £115 Braidley, £113 Lowhill, £112 Terrona, £110 Mount Benger & Braidley.
Herdwick £115 High Burnfoot.
Swaledale £102 Low Closegill, £96 The Flatt, £95 High Burnfoot.
Rams
Texel £260 Tercrosset, £250 Incheoch.
Suffolk £235 Cambeckhill.
Charollais £225 Chaseside.
Hill Cheviot £185, £160 Catslackburn.
Blue Texel £170 Tercrosset.
Lleyn £165, £58 Incheoch.
Blackface £150 Shitlington Hall.
North Country Cheviot £146 Whitton.
Averages:
Lambs
Light to 312.0p (312.0p)
Standard to 358.0p (324.0p)
Medium to 386.0p (315.1p)
Heavy to 357.0p (312.8p)
Overweight to 342.0p (300.3p)
Ewes
Light to £170.00 (£85.15)
Heavy to £330.00 (£137.79)
Rams to £260.00 (£151.30)
CAST COWS & OTMS’S
Please note the next sale for cast cows is Thursday 27th August.
Please contact your auctioneers or fields personnel for further enquiries:
John Walton 07880 527 066
Daniel Lynn 07584 200 489
Nick Woodmass 07442 246 063
Sam Hogg 07584 207 323
Norman Douglas 07786 366 833
Helen Rickard 07741 313 029
