Longtown Mart Store & Breeding Sheep Report – 17 February 2026
C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 3,347 Store Hoggs and Breeding Sheep at Longtown on Tuesday 17th February 2026.
The Stock Dispersal from S & SL Phillips, Netherhill topped at £320 for a pen of Texel ewes closely followed by pen of Texel ewes realising £310. A massive credit must go to the Phillips Family for producing such a tremendous run of home bred Texel cross ewes.
2,959 store hoggs were on offer with a lot of vendors cleaning up the tail ends before lambing. All classes holding up last weeks high rates of return. Plenty of purchasers still on the look for numbers of store hoggs travelling from up and down the country.
BREEDING SHEEP
Ewes
Texel – £320, £310, £300, £295, £290, £285 Netherhill
Cross – £250 Dinwoodie Farm & Bonnyrigg, £245, £240 Dinwoodie Farm, £238 Sunniside & 14 Hillend, £230 14 Hillend & Birchwood
Suffolk– £245, £242, £238, £230 Sunniside
Cheviot Mule– £235 Allgood Farm
Charollais– £185 14 Hillend
Cheviot– £182, £178, £175 High Green Hill
Blackface– £145, £130, £125, £122 Kilmichael
North Country Cheviot – £122, £120, £112 Latheron Mains
Easy Care– £122 Field Head
SHEARLINGS
Texel– £280, £265, £260 Netherhill, £255 Birchwood, £250 Netherhill
EWE HOGGS
Texel– £185 Loophill
STORE HOGGS
Suffolk – £158 Greenside, £150 Horsley Hill, £148 Ridge View, £143 Hallburn, £142, £140 Moss Side
Texel – £160 Nethertofts, £158 Ridge View, £150 Linton & Moss Side, £146 Lingey Field & Donkin Rigg, £145 Dinwoodie Farm
Mule – £148 Brieredge, £146 Bainbridge Farm, £144 Little Swinburne, £137 Craigens, £136 Ridge View
North Country Cheviot -£146 The Mark, £140 Borthwickshiels, £128 Nethertofts, £114 Keskadale
Hampshire– £146 High Parkfoot, £136 Bainbridge Farms
Beltex – £145 Middle Foot, £134 Braehead, £118 Lingey Field
Charollais – £143 Moss Side, £130 Borrane
Hill Cheviot – £140 Moorside Parks, £127 Potholm, £120 Penlan, High Green Hill, Greenside & Waterhead of Dryfe
Blackface – £137 Brieredge, £130 Toft House, £126 Borthwickshiels, £121 Merkland Farm, £120 Ryehills & Brieredge, £118 Toft House & Baljean Farm
Easy Care– £132 Ballacorlett, £131 Cooilingel, £128 Borrane, £126 Ballacorlett
Dutch Spotted– £131 The Mark, £130 Park Nook, £116 The Mark
Cheviot Mule -£126 Craiglearen, £120 Ballacorlett
Romney – £123 Beechgrove
Blue Faced Leicester– £122 Craiglearen
Zwartble– £115 Stapleton Farm
Herdwick– £110 Linton Farm
Lleyn– £100 Over Whitlaw Farm
Swaledale– £72 Bainbridge Farm
Tup Hoggs
Blackface– £137 Brieredge, £126 Borthwickshiels, £118 Baljean
Suffolk– £136 Hallburn, £128 Hensol
Beltex– £134 Braehead
Easycare– £131 Cooilingel, £126 Ballacorlett
Dutch Spotted– £130 Park Nook
Texel- £130 Cooilingel, £116 Moorside
Cheviot– £118 Milsington, £117 Bloch
Mule– £114 Hillcrest
North Country Cheviot– £105 Borthwickshiels
FEEDING EWES
Suffolk– £190 Donkin Rigg, £190 Bainbridge, £158 Greenside, £150 Horsley Hill, £148 Ridge View
Texel – £160 Nethertofts, £158 Ridge View, £150 Linton Farm, £146 Bainbridge Farms, £145 Dinwoodie Farm, £144 Greenside
Mule– £146 Bainbridge Farm, £136 Ridge View
North Country Cheviot – £128 Nethertofts
Cheviot Mule- £126 Craiglearan, £120 Ballacorlett
Cheviot– £120 Waterhead of Dryfe, Greenside & Bowhill Farming, £114 Bowhill Farming
Easy Care– £120 Alnham
Blackface– £114 Brieredge, £106 Linton Farm, £104 Kilmichael, £100 Cooilingel
Herdwick– £110 Linton Farm
CAST RAMS
Cheviot– £140 Moorside Parks
Easy Care– £132 Ballacorlett
Texel– £124 Craiglearan
Blue Faced Leicester– £122 Craiglearen
