Longtown Primestock Sale Report
C&D Auction Marts had forward an entry of 10,677 sheep
comprising of 5,105 lambs and 5,572 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale
at Longtown Mart on Thursday 2nd October 2025.
PRIME LAMBS
A
much larger show of 5,105 prime lambs forward to the same ring of competitive
purchasers ensured all classes sold to vendor benefit.
Well
finished lambs were in demand and under finished lambs are still better sold
here on a Tuesday in the store.
Topping
the sale was a Texel lambs consigned by M/s P Foster, Grange farm realising
415ppk
Topping
per head was a heavy weight Texel lambs consigned by M/s Sutherland, Carran,
Caithness realising £255 per head.
Many
more well finished lambs can be sold to vendor advantage here at Longtown where
numbers are handled with ease in the most consistent market in the country.
Please
do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers for further enquiries.
Principal
Prices (Per Kilo)
Texel – 415p
Grange farm, 370p High Stenries
Beltex –
410p East House, 405.4p Heathery Knowe
Suffolk –
343p, 322p Catslackburn
Dutch Texel – 336.4p, 328p Rowanburnfoot
Cheviot –
331p, 320.5p Castle Crawford
Blue Texel –
330p Simonside, 326p Catslackburn, 301.1p Wormerlaw
Roussin –
325p Cubbyhill
Mule –
324.3p Arnicle
Cheviot Mule – 319p Falnash
Charollais –
312.6p Tinnishall, 310.6p Shethin
Dutch Spotted – 310.6p Cubbyhill
Blackface –
308p Burnfoot, 304p Cowden Burn, 303p Gibblaston, 302.3p Falnash
Hampshire –
307p Steel Hall
Lleyn – 305p
Field Head
Border Leicester – 304p Laverockbank
North Country Cheviot – 302p Northway
Ryeland –
302p Steel Hall
Zwartable –
292.2p Chesters Brae
Dorset –
290.2p Donerentin
Oxford –
289p Guards
Kerry –
276.2p Wormerlaw
Half-Bred –
276p Northway
Jacob –
238.1p The Snab
Principal prices (Per head)
Texel – £255
Carran, £250 Marygate
Charollais –
£200 Craigend
Dutch Spotted – £192 The Snab
Suffolk –
£188 Guardsmill
Beltex –
£176 Burnside, £175 Crawthat, £174 Shethin, £172 Brieredge, £172 Crawthat, £170
The Land, Burnside and Low Northsceugh
Ryeland –
£168 Steel Hall
Blue Texel –
£165 22 Simonside
Cheviot –
£150 Grindon Hill
Jacob – £150
The Snab
Zwartable –
£149 Chesters Brae
Mule – £148
Rowanburnfoot, £146.50 Simonside
Dutch Texel – £148 Rowanburnfoot
Blackface –
£146.50 Cowden Burn
Border Leciester – £140 Laverockbank
Cheviot Mule – £137 Braehead, £132 Newbank
Oxford –
£130 Guards
Roussin –
£130 Cubbyhill
Hampshire –
£129 Steel Hall, £121 Shethin
North Country Cheviot – £128, £127 Northway
Lleyn – £122
Field Head
Dorset –
£119 Donerentin Camphouse
Kerry – £116
Wormerlaw
Half-Bred –
£113 Northway
CAST EWES AND RAMS
A huge show of 5,572 ewes sold to a competitive
ringside of 17 purchasers ensuring all classes were well bid for meeting
another buoyant trade throughout. Numbers handled again with ease and are
actively sought after on a weekly basis to satisfy demand.
Topping the heavy ewes sold to £340 for a pure bred
humdinger consigned by M/s Thompson, Howburn, Alston
Lightweight ewes sold to £150 for a pen of Easycare
ewes consigned from Messrs Sutherland, Hill House, Lauder.
Heavy ewes
Texel – £340
Howburn, £335, £330 Hill Side, £320 Crumhaughhill, £315 Beckfoot, £310 Hill
Side, £300 Crumhaughhill
Charollais –
£280, £255 & £250 Beckfoot
Blue Texel –
£240 Rigghead, £215 Kinnelside, £200 Meikle Dykes
Suffolk –
£235 Oldfield, £218 The Land, £215 North House, £208 Keil, £200 Beckfoot
Beltex –
£230 Langhill Corssing Cottage, £195 Galleywreay
Cheviot Mule – £228 Keil, £212 Justenlees
Dutch Spotted – £215 Kinnelside
Dorset –
£210 Justenlees
North Country Cheviot – £192 Beckfoot, £188 Oldfield
Zwartable –
£190 Sheepfields
Border Leicester – £185 Justenlees
Romney –
£185 Crosslee, £172 Marygate
Cross – £182
Howcleugh, £180 Faugh Beeches
Blue Leciester – £170 Southdean Lodge, £160 Middletown, £150 Arnicle
Lleyn – £128
Middletown, £1007 Dolphinston
Welsh Mule –
£82 North Lanrigg
Light ewes
Easycare –
£150 Hillhouse, £138 Harwood on Teviot, £130 Hillhouse
Blackface –
£142 Firth View, £135 Anfield, £130 North Lanrigg, £130 Elfhills, £130
Muirfield
Herdwick –
£142 Powheads, £60 Peart, £50 Clements
Cheviot –
£140 Pilmuir, £140 Commonside, £138 Parkhill, £136 North House, £130
Tarrasfoot, £130 Tulip Villa
Swaledale –
£102 Southdean Lodge, £102 Lords Lot, £90 Westernhopeburn
Shetland –
£72 Westernhopeburn, £66 Beardon
Kerryhill –
£70 Wormerlaw
Badgerface –
£58 Clements
Rams
Charollais –
£335 Craigend, £270 Lanehead, £235, £200 Beckfoot
Dutch Spotted – £275 Rigghead
Texel – £265
Cambeckhill, £255 Elfhills, £250 Swinside Townfoot
Suffolk –
£255 Crumhaughhill, £210 Beckfoot
Dorset –
£205 Carran
Hampshire –
£190 Newton
Beltex –
£185 Westerhall
North Country Cheviot – £175 Buchtrig
Blue Leicester – £172 Southdean Lodge, £150 Middletown
Romney –
£170 Holme
Blackface –
£165 Parkhill, £152 Riverside, £150 Arnicle
Badgerface –
£150 Bridgestone
Herdwick –
£132 Longrow
Cheviot –
£128 Westerhall, £120 Brackley
Cross – £85
Howcleugh
CATTLE
Clean cattle sold to recent high rates of return with
many more sought after by customer demand.
Please note CHRISTMAS SHOW SATURDAY 29th NOVEMBER 2025 £2000 in prize money. Early entries are appreciated.
Prime Cattle (Per Kilo)
Charolais –
378p & 376p High Stenries
Prime Cattle (Per Head)
Charolais –
£2,230 & £2,068 High Stenries
OTM (Per Kilo)
Limousin –
282p Shankbridge End
Ayrshire –
£205p Slack House
OTM (Per
Head)
Limousin –
£1917.60 Shankbridge End
Ayrshire –
£1096.75 Slack House
Averages:
Lambs
Light to 337.5p (289.44p)
Standard to 405.4p (317.32p)
Medium to 410p (313.24p)
Heavy to 373.9p (312.73p)
Overweight 415p (308.48p)
Ewes
Light to £160 (£78.86)
Heavy to £340 (£136.18)
Rams to £335 (£144.67)
Please
contact your auctioneers for further enquiries
John Walton 07880 527 066
Daniel Lynn 07584 200 489
Norman Douglas 07786 366 833
Helen Rickard 07741 313 029
