Longtown Mart Store & Breeding Sheep Report – 24 February 2026
C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 2,756 store hoggs at Longtown on Tuesday 24th February 2026.
Store hoggs hit the highest rates of returns seen to date for a mixed show on offer. Short term hoggs regularly between £135 to £150. Longer keeping sheep in high demand with new faces appearing around ringside on the look for numbers.
Topping the sale was a Beltex Hogg from R S Conley & Son, Barrasford Green realising £166.
Store Hoggs
Beltex – £166 Barrasford Green, £154 Wauchope, £150 Mains of Machermore, £148 Sowerby Wood, £144 Unity, £140 White Hurworth, £138 Mains of Machermore.
Texel – £164 Barrasford Green, £156 Wauchope & Barrasford Green, £153 South Farm, £150 Unity, Halldykes, Wauchope & South Farm.
Suffolk – £156 Reddis Hall, £154 Hallrule Mill, £150 Moss Side, £146 Wauchope, £144 Hallrule Mill, £140 Hazelbank & Flex Farm, £136 Sunnydale & Flex Farm, £134 High House.
Cheviot Mule– £151 Granton, £142, £140 Borthwickshiels.
North Country Cheviot – £150, £140 Barrasford Green, £136 Balminnoch, £134, £126 Barrasford Green, £125 Mains of Machermore, £122 Carruthers, £120 Barrasford Green.
Hill Cheviot – £141 Garvilland, £139 Granton, £134 East Deloraine, £128 Granton & Archbank, £125 Oliver Road, £124 Milnholm, £120 Archbank .
Mule – £140 Branthwaite, £132 Hazelbank, £130 Whitfield Estate, £125 Barron House, £120 Whitfield Estate, £116 Merkland, £110 Cold Chapel.
Blackface – £138 Garvilland, £124 Dalpeddar, Chapel Farm, £124 Half Mark, £118 Penchrise, £116 Clonrae, £114 Blakehope, £113 Penchrise, £112 Reddis Hall, £110 Borthwickshiels.
Hampshire– £130, £126 Auchmacleddie.
Swaledale– £126 Half Mark, £109 Gill Head, £108 Branthwaite Farm.
Easy Care– £124, £92 Dolphinston.
Roussin– £114 Hazelbank.
Badger Face– £108 Bolton Hall.
Romney– £96 Reddis Hall.
Ryeland– £96 Boathouse.
Tup Hoggs
Texel– £146 Hallrule Mill, £132 White Hurworth, £131 Balminnoch.
Suffolk– £127 Sunnydale.
Blackface– £122 Borthwickshiels, £116 Blakehope.
Swaledale– £114 Half Mark.
Herdwick– £112 Racy Ghyll.
Romney– £112 Reddis Hall.
Feeding ewes remain very much in line with last week’s trade likewise the hoggs numbers needed each week to fulfil purchaser’s demand. Topping the sale was Texel cross ewe from M Cousin, The Laws realising £180. Many more feeding sheep needed every week to fulfil buyer’s demand.
Ewes
Texel – £180 The laws, £170 Mains of Machermore, £155 The Laws, £150 Reddis Hall, £144 Kilnknowe , £142 Auchmacleddie, £1363 the Laws, Hallrule Mill & Low Auchenree.
Hill Cheviot– £132 The Laws, £130 Langholm Initiative, £119 Blackriggs.
Mule – £130 Milnholm & Coldchapel, £126 Coldchapel.
Charollais– £128 Hallrule Mill.
Romney– £122, £120 Reddis Hall, £118 Castlemilk Estate.
Suffolk– £115 Auchmacleddie.
Beltex– £112 Mains of Machermore .
North Country Cheviot – £110 Mains of Machermore.
Swaledale– £104 Peat Gap, £100 Park House , £98 The Laws.
Blackface – £92 Whitfield Estate, £90, £76 Reddis Hall.
Shetland-£92 Low Auchenree.
Rams
Blackface– £112 Blakehope.
