Longtown Primestock Sale Report
C&D
Auction Marts Limited had forward an entry of 7,254 sheep comprising of 5,206 hoggs
and 2,048 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday
3rd April 2025.
Another large very mixed
show of 5,206 Prime Hoggs were forward to a full ringside of 17 purchasers ensuring all
classes were competitively bid for. Again fed Continental hoggs 33-44kg sold at
a premium and proved to be way short of purchaser requirements, heavies showed
some improvements being in front of recent rates of return. Many more small and
export hoggs are required on a weekly basis to satisfy and ever growing
customer demand here at Longtown.
Topping the sale was a
fantastic pair of Beltex hoggs at £202 from Mrs A.E. Story, Hobbiesburn,
Longtown, also realising this price was a single Beltex hogg from M/s Moir,
Cairness.
Top price per kilo was also
for Beltex hoggs at 432p from Carrick Primestock, Lyonpark, Ayrshire.
A very well presented run of
inside fed heavy hoggs from M/s Moir, Cairness sold to a top of £202 achieving
an average of over £180 for 200 sold.
A fantastic run of light
weight, mainly Blackie and Cheviot bred hoggs, consigned by Mr M Kay,
Haresteads sold to a flying trade topping at 398ppk and achieving an average of
350ppk for over 1,200 sold.
Overall average of 334.9p
(SQQ 347.2p)
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)
Beltex – 432p Lyonpark, 431p Corsewall Castle, 420.8p
Home Farm, 410p Lyonpark, 409.3p Home Farm, 404.8p Sykehead, 400p Kilnford
Croft,
Texel – 420p Castlehill, 396.9p Haresteads,
391p Haresteads, 386p Outertown, 385.7p, 382p Haresteads, 380p Pasture House,
379p Newton, 376p 4 Stonehouse.
Cheviot Mule – 377p, 348p, 340p Shethin, 337.1p
Gall,.
Hill Cheviot – 376.3p Crosslee, 374.3p East
Buccleuch, 373p Balegreggan and Haresteads, 371.4p Gall, 369p Balegreggan,
366.7p Gall, 364.9p Haresteads.
Suffolk – 374p, 364p Haresteads, 357p Shethin,
355p High Cattadale, 350p Outertown, 348.8p, 348.6p Haresteads, 344p Newton,
340p Outertown, 339p Moss Kennels.
North Country Cheviot – 369p The Land, 365p
Cleughbrae, 355p Whitecroft Mains, 344.4p The Land, 334p Ottercops, 333p
Jerriestown.
Greyface – 360.5p Balegreggan, 357.6p, 353p,
350p, 347p Haresteads, 345p Balegreggan, 343p Garchew, 338.5p Gall.
Blackface – 356.4p Haresteads, 355p Pasture
House, 351.3p Eriff, 351p Haresteads, 350p Eriff, 349p Haresteads.
Shetland – 344p, 334.4p Haresteads.
Charollais – 334.8p Outertown, 321.6p Raeburnhead,
315p Donerentin.
Easycare – 334p Haresteads.
Herdwick – 326p, 311p Longrow.
Swaledale – 324.3p Ottercops, 323.1p
Westernhopeburn, 316p, 314.3p Ottercops.
Zwartbles – 314p South Riddingwood Croft, 312.2p
Haresteads.
Jacob – 311p Haresteads.
Bluefaced Leicester – 304.4p Arnicle.
South Down – 293p Donerentin.
Dutch Spotted – 278p Shethin, 252.9p
Viewfield, 250p Raeburnhead.
PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)
Beltex – £202 Hobbiesburn and Home Farm, £195
Hobbiesburn, £190 Lyonpark, £188 Kilnford Croft and Tercrosset.
Texel – £198 Home Farm, £193 Raeburnhead,
£193, £190, £188, £186 Home Farm, £184 Corseview and Tercrosset, £182
Tercrosset, £181, £180 Home Farm.
Suffolk – £182 South Bogbain, £180 Sykehead and
Roxburgh Mains, £172 Newton, £170 Outertown and Shethin, £168 South Bogbain,
£167 Guardsmill, £166 Shethin, Castlehill, Moss Kennels and Parkdargue.
Hill Cheviot – £177 Becks, £159 Castlehill, £156
Crosslee, £155 Parkdargue , Shethin and Longburgh Fauld, £154 Plumpe, £152
Becks.
Dutch Spotted – £172 Viewfield, £170
Raeburnhead, £164 Shethin.
Blackface – £170 Sonoma and Earlshaugh, £160
Pole, £150 Riskinhope, £149 Earlshaugh, £148 Sonoma, Mains, Fingland.
North Country Cheviot – £166 Guardsmill, £155 The
Land, £154, £153 Jerriestown, £53 Guardsmill, £152 Cairnbowie.
Greyface – £165 Sykehead, £160 Hethermill, £151
Aldery Terrace, £150 Finnieness, £149 Ballie and Haresteads, £148 Hethermill,
£147 Westernhopeburn.
Charollais – £164 Raeburnhead, £158 Parkdargue,
£154 Outertown, £147 Peithyll.
Cheviot Mule – £160 Parkdargue, £153, £150 Shethin,
£148 Cairnbowie.
Zwartbles – £145 South Riddingwood Croft.
Swaledale – £138, £132 Ottercops, £126
Westernhopeburn, £120 Ottercops.
Blue Faced Leicester – £137 Arnicle, £134 Mains.
Shetland – £117 Haresteads.
Easycare – £117 Haresteads.
Herdwick – £115, £111 Longrow, £104 Hall Farm.
Jacob – £109 Haresteads.
A smaller show of 2,048 cast ewes and
rams were
forward to another bustling ring of purchasers. All classes again sold to blistering
rates, with all classes being way short of purchaser requirements. Trade simply
eclipsed every other center this week and forecast to carry on for the forseeable
future. Many more ewes are wanted on a weekly basis to satisfy the biggest
demand for ewes in the UK. Keep them coming.
Heavy ewes topped at £370 for Texel ewes
from Hill House.
Mule ewes topped at a staggering £222
for a pair of huge ewes consigned by M/s Burgess, The Bush
Lightweight ewes topped at £170 for a
pen of Blackfaces from Newbigging.
Rams to £250 for Suffolks from T.
Mackenzie, Drumreach.
HEAVY EWES
Texel – £370, £340 Hill House, £325
Greenwood, £315, £310 Hill House, £310 Roxburgh Mains, £305 The Bush, £300
Roxburgh Mains and Beckfoot, £285 Hill Side, £280 The Bush, Hill Side and
Broomhills (Baty).
Beltex – £275 Hobbiesburn, £265 Kilnford Croft,
£260 Beckfoot, £245 Woodhead (Storey) and Hall Farm, £240 Hobbiesburn, £205
Gilford.
Charollais – £260, £252 Beckfoot, £220 Gilford,
£218 Beckfoot, £215 Gilford
Oxford – £255, £218 Guards.
Suffolk – £252, £250 Roxburgh Mains, £250
Beckfoot, £248, £245 Gilford, £240 Drumreach, £238 Great House
Bluefaced Leicester – £230 Gilford, £220
Beckfoot, £200 Kildalloig.
Greyface – £222, £210 The Bush, £190 Moss
Kennels, £188 Newbigging, £185 Windyknowe, £182 Beckfoot, £180 Drumreach,
Newbigging, Birch Bush and Morwood.
Cheviot Mule – £208 Derculich House, £178 Drumreach.
Dorset – £192 Great House, £190 Gilford, £188
Beckfoot.
North Country Cheviot – £188 Balconnel and
Broomlands, £165, £162 Broomlands, £158 Burnside, £155 Ballie and Broomlands.
Hampshire – £178 Brae Edge.
Zwartbles – £175 Gilford.
Lleyn – £175, £162, £160 Drumreach.
Blue Texel – £165 Drumreach, £158 Newbigging.
Romney – £164 Corsewall Castle, £150 Netherton.
Dutch Spotted – £138 Whitcastles.
Dorper – £130 Gilford.
LIGHT EWES
Blackface – £170 Newbigging, £156, £152
Broomlands, £148 Newbigging and High Cattadale, £146 Mains of Mause, Drumreach
and Blackwoodridgehouse, £144 Gartvaigh.
Hill Cheviot – £162 Kilnford Croft, £138 Sykehead
and Whitcastles, £135 Newbigging, £120 Derculich House and Gall.
Easycare – £160 Gilford.
Swaledale – £152 Sykehead, £138 Newbigging, £118
Netherton, £108 Ottercops and Newbigging.
Kerry Hill – £138 Cairnbowie, £118 Kirkandrews
Moat.
Jacob – £125 Gilford, £118 Burnside.
Shetland – £125 Hillview.
Goats – £80 Gall Farm.
RAMS
Suffolk – £250 Drumreach, £232 Gilford.
Texel – £235 Hill Side, £232 Gilford, £210
Ballie, £195 Hall Farm, £175 Leahill.
North Country Cheviot – £225, £195 Balconnel, £162
Newbigging.
Bluefaced Leicester – £210 Finniness, £185 Ballie.
Beltex – £200, £190 Hall Farm, £180 Gilford and
Bushfield, £155 Hobbiesburn.
Charollais – £195 Bushfield.
Lleyn – £185 Hall Farm.
Easycare – £185 Gilford.
Blackface – £180 Newbigging, £165 Earlshaugh, £160
Fingland.
Hill Cheviot – £165 Hill Side, £162 High
Nunclose, £150 Hall Farm.
Dutch Spotted – £145 Whitcastles.
Ryeland – £92 Donerentin.
Averages:
Hoggs
Light to 396.9p
(334.3p)
Standard
to 431.0p (350.1p)
Medium to
432.0p (344.4p)
Heavy to 420.8p (312.2p)
Ewes
Light to £170.00(£130.99)
Heavy to £370.00 (£193.79)
Rams to £250.00 (£162.67)
OTM
A
smaller show of cows forward on the week, with all classes of cattle in very
high demand. Many more number needed on a weekly basis.
Top
price per kilo goes to WD & B Thompson, East Unthank, for a Limousin cow
making 305ppk.
Top
price per head was a well fleshed Aberdeen Angus cow realising £2,595 from Ross
Taylor, Little Gill.
Please note:- Opening sale of
Northern Counties & Scottish Prime Cattle & prime bulls to commence
Thursday 8th May at 1pm following the weekly sale of cast cows. Sales of prime
cattle & prime bulls thereafter will take place the first Thursday of every
month.
For more information, please
contact our auctioneers.
Principal Prices Per Kilo
Angus – 790p, 278p
Littlegill.
Limousin – 305p East
Unthank, 260p Nether Collinhurst
Dairy Shorthorn – 166p Nether
Collinhurst
Principal Prices Per Head
Angus – £2,595, £2,126
Littlegill.
Limousin – £1,921 East
Unthank, £1,131 Nether Collinhurst
Dairy Shorthorn – £796 Nether
Collinhurst
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