Longtown Store Sheep Wed 16 Sept 26
C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 7,820 store lambs and feeding ewes at Longtown on Wednesday 16th September 2026.
A much larger show of store lambs forward on the week sold to a ringside full of buyers. Trade dearer on the week especially the longer-term lambs as purchasers start to travel from up and down the country on the hunt for numbers.
Included in today’s sale was the prize show and sale of Cheviot store lambs, with the judging in the capable hands of Mr Rob Carrick who awarded the prizes as follows:
SCC STORE LAMBS:
1st – Higgs, Arkleton £119
2nd – Elliot, Hindhope £124
3rd – Blackwood, Thirstone £114
NCC STORE LAMBS:
1st – Acton, Bradley £127
2nd – Eskdalemuir Forestry, Clerkhill £118
3rd – Acton, Bradley £114
Store Lambs
Texel – £160 Balmore, £152, £146 Hewitts, £142, £140 New Gardens, £140 Hewitts, £139 Tara.
Suffolk – £143, £136 Lyneholm House, £128 Cumstone, £127 Tara, £126 Lyneholm House, £124 Keil.
Blackface – £142, £120 Town Shields, £116 Sewing Shields, £116, £113 Town Shields.
Beltex – £140, £130 Sorbie, £126 Hollows Mill, £122 Sorbie, £121 Tara.
Dutch Spotted – £138 Longthwaite Farm Court.
Cheviot Mule – £135 Keil, £130 Cumstone.
Hampshire – £128 New Gardens, £123 Whinney Brow.
North Country Cheviot – £127 Bradley, £120 Cooilingel, £118 Clerkhill, £116 Larkhall, £115 Cut Thorn.
Hill Cheviot £125 Drycleuchlea, £124 Hindhope, £119 Arkleton, £115 Castle Crawford, £114 Orchard Terrace, Megdale & Nether Abington.
Mule – £124 Albyn Avenue, £122 Keil, £120 Hepplehill, £118 Homestead, £116 Shellfield.
Charollais – £123 Tara, £119 Monk, £113 Cooilingel.
Berrichon – £122 Ashcroft.
Romney – £116, £115 Harden, £111 Rammerscales.
Beulah – £110 Howcleugh.
Tup Lamb
North Country Cheviot – £144 Sewing Shields, £123 Cut Thorn.
Texel – £139 Tara, £135 Whitecairn, £128 Beckstones, £126 Spency Croft, £125 Tara.
Berrichon – £136 Ashcroft.
Blue Texel – £130 Whitecairn.
Charollais – £128 Cooilingel.
Beltex – £124 Tara, £118 Whitecairn.
Hill Cheviot – £123 East Redfordgreen.
Romney – £118, £114 Marygate.
Suffolk – £116 Cut Thorn, £112 Upper Rigg, £110 Westerhall.
Mule – £116 Cooilingel.
Dutch Spotted – £112 Longthwaite Farm Court.
Easycare – £104 South Healey.
Blackface – £100 Sewing Shields, £98 Wooplaw.
Feeding ewes still hold in high demand for all classes, more ewes needed each week to fulfil buyer’s demand.
Feeding Ewes
Texel – £250 Pole, £188 Tara, £160 Cut Thorn.
Cheviot Mule – £192 Balmore.
North Country Cheviot – £166 Tara, £124 The Park.
Beltex – £145, £110 Mosshill.
Mule – £120, £112 Bellbank, £112 Moss Peteral.
Suffolk – £120 Cooilingel.
Blackface – £120 Pole.
Easycare– £118 Cooilingel.
Cast Rams
Texel – £275 Balmore.
