Longtown Store Cattle Sat 24 Oct 26
C&D Auction Marts Ltd held their Annual Suckler Calf Sale together with the Morrisons and Beef Shorthorn Society supported sale of Beef bred Shorthorn Store Cattle on Saturday 24th October 2026.
The pre-sale show was kindly sponsored by Dodd & Co and ably judged by Mr Ben Haigh, Hightown, Haltwhistle who had a select but quality offering in front of him. 1st prize Limousin heifer came from A Carruthers & Son, Peela Hill, Bewcastle who went on to take the Overall Championship and realised £2,120. Reserve Overall Champion consigned from the 1st prize any other breed bullock, a Beef Shorthorn x shown by Laverhay Partners, Wamphray which went on to realise £2,010
Many more well bred cattle can be sold to vendor advantage at this venue. Please do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers for further enquiries.
The Board of Directors, Auctioneers and all the staff at Longtown thank sponsors, judges, vendors and purchasers alike, who have taken the time and effort to make this sale a success once again. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.
PRINCIPAL PRICES:
HEIFERS
Limousin £2,120 Peela Hill, £2,060 Gibstown, £2,040, £1,980 Hethermill.
Angus £2,080 Pilmuir, £1,680 Hethermill.
Charolais £1,920 Holme Head, £1,600 Archerbeck. £1,500, £1,400 Holme Head.
Belted Galloway £1,680 Hethermill.
Luing £980, £960 Lamperts.
BULLOCKS:
Angus £2,180, £2,140 Mains, £1,790 Chapel of Logan, £1,730 Spadeadam.
Limousin £2,020 Gibstown, £1,560, £1,440 Sorbietrees, £1,430 Low Old Shield, £1,340, £1,280 Sorbietrees.
Belted Galloway £1,800 Hethermill, £1,400 Bargaly.
Simmental £1,800, £1,480 Archerbeck.
Friesian £1,740 Hethermill.
British Blue £1,660 Laverhay.
Blonde £1,650 Archerbeck.
Charolais £1,520, £1,510 Holme Head, £1,500 Gillesbie, £1,480 Archerbeck, £1,440, £1,410, £1,400 Holme Head.
Luing £1,240 Lamperts, £1,240, £1,220 Dalreoch.
Stabiliser £1,200 Gillesbie.
Hereford £1,100 North Howes.
Galloway £1,060, £1,050 Woodhead.
SHORTHORN STORES AT LONGTOWN
A good entry of 111 Beef Shorthorn and Shorthorn cross store cattle from 11 consignors was forward for the Morrisons` supported sale at Longtown Mart on Tuesday 24th October.
With buyers present from a wide area of the country, trade was strong throughout. Leading the sale at £2,180 were three eighteen-month old pedigree-bred steers from the Lipwood Herd of M.E. & T.D. Tailford, Gallaw Hill, Riding Mill. Messrs Tailford sold others at £2,150 and £2,040. G.G. Moscrop & Sons, Gibbs Hill, Roweltown took £2,060 for a twenty-two month steer and another, from F.W. Graham, Fieldhouse, Masham sold at £2,040. Matthew Thomson, Pilmuir, Hawick had a cross heifer at £2,080.
Amongst the younger ages a Shorthorn cross steer from Laverhay Partners, Wamphray won the mart reserve champion for the day and sold for £2,010. A tremendous run of pedigree bred steers and heifers from B. & J. Landers & Son, Bargaly, Newton Stewart sold to £1,950 for a pen of six steers and £1,850 for a pen of seven.
Other leading prices: £1,940 & £1,820 – Pilmuir; £1,920, £1,860 & £1,750 – Kirndean; £1,920 & £1,830 – Laverhay; £1,880 & £1,800 – Farlam Hill; £1,860 & £1,740 – Gibbs Hill; £1,850 – Fieldhouse; £1,850 – Greenmerse; £1,790 – Bargaly; £1,720 – Carlcroft.
