Longtown Primestock Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts Ltd had forward an
entry of 8,612 sheep, comprising of 4,835 prime hoggs and 3,777 cast ewes &
rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday 27th February
2025.

A smaller show
of cattle forward met a blistering trade. All classes were in high demand and
many more could have been sold to vendor’s advantage.

The sale topped
at £1,642 for a beef Shorthorn cow from Gibson farming, Cut Thorn Farm. Topping
per kilo at 242ppk was a Galloway cow from R & P Okane, Closehead.

PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)

Belted Galloway 242p, 195p, 180p Closehead

British Shorthorn 222p, 202p Cut Thorn

Galloway 230p, 202p Blackhall

Luing 192p,
180p Crosslee

Whitebred 182p Blackhall

PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER HEAD)

British Shorthorn £1642, £1484 Cut Thorn

Whitebred £1537
Blackhall

Galloway £1265, £1080 Blackhall

Belted Galloway £1023, £1004 Closehead

A slightly larger show of 4,835 prime hoggs were forward to a strong ringside of buyers. Export hoggs were
highly sought after with many selling to premium rates.

Light hoggs very
much a stand-on trade from previous weeks, achieving an overall sale average of
340ppk, with over 45% of the sale being hill bred hoggs.

Many more well
finished hoggs are wanted and will be sold to vendor advantage on a weekly
basis to fulfil purchaser’s requirements at Longtown.

The sale topped
at 436p for a pen of Beltex hoggs shown by G & W Halliday, Crawthat. This
fantastic run went on the average 406ppk and £185.

Top per head of
£200 was achieved twice, with pens of Beltex hoggs from Mactaggart Bros &
Co, Castle Douglas and J & J Campbell, Dinnans Farm.

Overall average
of 340.0p (SQQ 348.p)

PRINCIPAL PRICES (PER KILO)

Beltex 436p,
422p 413p, 409p Crawthat, 421p, 400p Station Yard, 409p Newfield, 408p
Westernhopeburn, 405p Hardriding

Texel 380p
Cobble Hall, 379p Sorbie, 378p Copperthorns, 377p, 367p High Crubasdale, 376p
Glendearg,

Charollais 377p
Donerentin, 348p Stewartfield, 345p Cara View, 342p Backburn

Cheviot 382p,
367p, 375p Glendearg, 378p Sorbie, 376p Ravenside, 372p Copperthorns, 372p
Nethermyers, 367p Cara View

Blackface 370p Sorbie, 361p Larg Farming Co, 359p Mid Harrietsfield, 353p Syke Head

North Country Cheviot 368p Byers, 354p Oswie

Suffolk 368p
Galleywreay, 361p Brae Edge, 366p Edingarioch, 354p Newfield, 354p Syke Head, 351p
Archerbeck

Mule 363p,
354p, 350p Cara View, 355p High Crubasdale, 350p Killipol, 340p Todsykehead,
337p The Flatt

Herdwick 358p Copperthorns,356p Prior Rigg, 351p Orthwaite Hall    

Easycare 343p, 340p Edingarioch

Shetland 340p Prior Rigg

Dutch Spotted 328p, 324p Little Mark

Cheviot Mule 327p Culquhasen, 320p Todsykehead

Kerry Hill 320p Todsykehead

Hampshire 320p Oswie

Swaledale 317p
Orthwaite Hall

PRINCIPAL PRICE (PER HEAD)

Beltex £200
Dinnans, £200, £194, £192, £184 Station Yard, £194, £192, £186, £184 Crawthat,
£184 Bombie

Texel £190,
£178 Dinnans, £189 Mid Banks, £183 £181, £178, £170 Riggheads, £177 The Land, £176
Cubbyhill, £175 Glendearg, £175 Cobble Hall Barn

Suffolk £178
Burnside, £177 The Lands, £175 Grindon Hill, £174, £164 Chesters Brae, £173
Culquhasen, £173 Burnfoot Hill, £172 Mid Banks, £169 Cleughbrae, £166 Dunbeath

Charollais £167
Tinnishall, £163 Rigfoot, £159 Cara View, £157, £153 Stewartfield, £136
Donerentin, £120 Backburn 

Cheviot £166
Braes of Enzie, £164, £162, £161 Macharioch, £161 Nethermyers, £162, £158
Glendearg, £160 Nethermyers, £158 Hindhope

North Country Cheviot £165, £148 Larkhall, £158 North Synton, £154, £150, £146
Westernhopeburn, £147 Byers

Mule £164,
£153Grindon Hill, £155 Wanwood, £153 Westernhopeburn, £150 Aldery Terrace,
£150, £149 Syke Head, £150 West Newlands, £144 Archerbeck  

Blackface £163 Larg Farming, £160 Craig Douglas, £160 Milnmark, £155 Wanwood,
£154, £149 Glendearg, £154 New Field, £154 Grindon Hill, £150, £148 Wanwood

Dutch
Spotted £151, £146, £130 Little Mark, £140
Kinnelside

Cheviot Mule £154 Todsykehead, £144 Culquhasen

Zwartbles £150 Syke Head, £128, £126 Wormerlaw

Easycare £144 Edingarioch

Herdwick £139
Prior Rigg, £133, £130 Orthwaite Hall, £129 Copper

Swaledale £130
Orthwaite Hall 

A Larger show
of 3,777 ewes were forward with heavy ewes holding
up recent rates of returns and the best ewes seen dearer on the week. A larger
show of plainer ewes on offer met a slight resistance on previous weeks.

More ewes are
wanted for next week’s sale as customers are keen for supplies with trade set
to at least maintain these very high rates of return. Numbers are handled with
ease and are keenly sought after.

The sale topped
at £400 for Texel ewes from James Erlam, Mid Banks, Lockerbie.

Beltex peaked at
£290 from J Watret, Burnside, Annan.

Hill ewes topped
at £158 for Cheviots from R Vevers, Burnfoot Hill and Blackfaces selling to £154
from Oliver Routlage & Partners, Selcoth Farm.

Rams to £270 for
Suffolks from J & MH Brims, Thuster Mains, Wick.

HEAVY
EWES

Texel £400 Mid Banks, £355, £330 Craig Douglas, £350 Dinnans, £330
Carran, £320 Beckfoot, £300 Burnside

Beltex £290 Burnside, £275, £175 Lairdlaugh, £265, £180 Chapelton of
Menmuir, £218 Crawthat, £195 Borthaugh

Suffolk £252, £245, £230 Bethal, £245, £232 Beckfoot, £238, £230 Thuster
Mians, £228 Burnside

Charollais £238, £185 Beckfoot, £225, £215 Stewartfield, £205 Mid Banks, £200,
£182 Bethal

Bluefaced
Leicester £225 Clifton Cote, £218 Millknowe, £210
Bethal, £210 Mains of Collin, £200 Fala Hill, £198 Mainside, £198 Arnicle

Cheviot Mule £220, £192 Uras, £215 Fala Hill, £186 Howgillside, £185 Culquhasen,
£175 West Millhills, £175 Shaw Head, £174 Glendearg, £160 Barnglies

Border
Leicester £198, £156 Septre

Mule £195 Oldham Rd, £195, £194 Thruster Mains, £195 Spetre, £195 Mains
of Collin, £192 Dinnans, £192 Uras, £190 Bethal, £188 Druchtag

North
Country Cheviot £192, £168 Uras, £192 Redford
Smithy, £182 Burnfoot Hill, £180 Cut Thorn, £180 Beckfoot, £172 Lowry Gardens,
£168 Tormore

Hampshire £185 Bethal, £150 Septre, £145 Beckfoot

Dorset £182 Beckfoot, £172, £152 Bethal, £170, £164 Oldham

Zwartbles £180 Evertown, £112, £110 Wormerlaw

Dutch
Spotted £170 Bethal

LIGHT
EWES

Cheviot £158 Burnfoot Hill, £146, £136 Crossdykes, £146 Redford Smithy

Lleyn £155 Oldham Rd

Blackface £154 Selcoth, £148 Grindon Hill, £148, £140, £137, £136 Mains of
Collin, £138 Toft House, £136 Larg Farming Co

Shetland £148, £120 Burnfot Hill, £112, £108 Blackpark

Easycare £144 Stewartfield, £135 Stewartfield, £132 Edingarioch

Swaledale £100 Grindon Hill, £92 Sheepriggs

Herdwick £96 Dykeside, £88 Sheepriggs

RAMS

Suffolk £270 Thruster Mains, £190 Edingarioch, £185 Bethal

Texel £245 Torkirra, £240 Sheepriggs, £230 Beckfoot, £220 Staingills,
£200 Howard House

Beltex £235 Cleughbrae, £200 Woodhead, £185 West
Millhills, £170 Priory Nook, £170 Wormerlaw

Charollais £225, £200 Septre, £182 Tinnis Hall, £170 Bethal,
£165 Galleywreay

Bluefaced
Leicester £192 Wallshield,
£180 Keppochan

North
Country Cheviot £185 West Millhills, £178 Fala
Hill, £156 Keppochan

Millennium
Bleu £180 Bethal, £150 Glenart

Lleyn £172 Buteland, £168 Septre, £150 Castletown Est, £150 Glengolly

Oxford £160 Septre

Dutch
Spotted £155 Little Mark, £150 Dykeside

Cheviot £146 Eldinhope, £122 Keppochan

Romney £140 Castletown Est 

Blackface £138 Dallowie, £128 Knockreoch

Easycare £138 Edingarioch

Wiltshire £110, £108 Port O Spittal

Swaledale £100 West Newlands

Averages:

Hoggs
Light to           386.2p (333.4p)
Standard to      409.0p (350.7p)
Medium to      436.0p (348.3p)
Heavy to         422p    (338.4p)

Ewes
Light to           £158(£96.18) 
Heavy to         £400 (£164.75)

Rams to           £270.00 (£138.61)

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