Longtown Primestock Thurs 01 Oct 26
C&D Auction Marts had forward an entry of 9,792 sheep comprising of 4,042 prime lambs and 5,750 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday 1st October 2026.
PRIME LAMBS
A similar show of 4,042 prime lambs forward with all classes maintaining recent high rates of return proving to be infront of other centres sold the same day. Well finished fed lambs are required by customer demand with numbers being keenly sought after every week.
Handy weight grass fed lambs are easier sold here on a Tuesday as the store market seems to be infront. Please do not hesitate to contact your auctioneers who will be very pleased to take your calls
Top price per head of £236 for Texel lambs from J Elliot, Roxburgh Mains, Kelso with top price per kilo of 500p for Beltex lambs shown by KE White & Partners, Morwood, Bardon Mill.
Overall average 328.8p (SQQ 333.3p)
Principal Prices (Per Head)
Texel £236, £225 Roxburgh Mains, £200 Shantlerhill, £200, £190 Roxburgh Mains, £189 Minsca, £188 Belvedere.
Suffolk £230 The Land, £192 Belvedere, £188 Haythwaite Lane, £187 West Newlands, £184 Guardsmill.
Mule £208 Upper Cliston, £182 Carnochan, £169 South Bogbain, £164 Greenfields.
Charollais £208 Shantlerhill.
Beltex £206 Middle Farm, £193 Ballinloan, £192 Middle Farm & Low Meadow.
Zwartble £188, £186 Midtown.
Cheviot Mule £185 Haythwaite Lane.
Dutch Spotted £171 Fairfield.
Ryeland £170 Belvedere.
Lleyn £166, £160 The Height.
Blue Texel £164 Edendales.
Border Leicester £162 Cronklea.
Hampshire £159 Donrentin.
Cheviot £155 Solwaybank, £148 Belvedere, £147 Effgill & River Meadow.
North Country Cheviot £145 Damside.
Blackface £131 Tinnis, £129 Whiteside, £126 Tinnis.
Principal Prices (Per Kilo)
Beltex 500p, 449p Morwood, 420p Shantlerhill, 417p, 414p Morwood.
Texel 402p Damside, 395p Thackwood, 393p Roxburgh Mains, 389p Outertown, 386p Lingey Field.
Dutch Spotted 389p Fairfield.
Suffolk 365p The Land, 355p Tecket, 351p Cheeseburn Grange Hall, 348p Lane End, 347p Outertown & Geltsdale.
North Country Cheviot 359p, 351p Damside.
Blue Texel 353p Whitesyke, 343p Edendales.
Charollais 352p Thackwood, 346p Shantlerhill.
Hill Cheviot 350p Bradley, 345p Hillcroft.
Easycare 343p Bradley.
Lleyn 339p Bonnyrigg, 323p The Height.
Mule 331p Mill House & South Bogbain, 328, 326p Greenfields, 322p Morwood.
Cheviot Mule 324p West Deloraine, 315p Ramseycleugh, 314p Lawesknowe.
Blackface 323p Tinnis & River Meadow.
CAST EWES AND RAMS
A much larger show of 5,750 of cast ewes and rams forward, numbers handled with ease as the momentum in the sheep trades continues week on week. Keep the ewes coming for premium returns. Pure bred best Texel ewes proved to be in short supply being every bit as dear as previous weeks.
Heavy over fat ewes continued to be in big demand with several pens of Mule ewes sailing over £200+
Texel ewes sold to a top of £315 from Messrs Ingram, Logie Durno, Inverurie.
Cheviot ewes sold to £184 from RJ Tweedie & Co., Buchtrig, Jedburgh.
Texel rams peaked at £540 from EJC Dean, Kirkhouse, Brampton.
Heavy ewes
Texel £315 Logie Durno, £306 Unthank, £300 Paradise & Kirkhouse, £295 Unthank, £285 Round Meadows & Thackwood, £282 East Greenridge.
Charollais £295 Thackwood.
Beltex £260, £225 Paradise, £220 Unthank.
Suffolk £252 Baryerrock, £236 Airyhassen, £235 Fearn, £234 Beckfoot, £232 Logie Durno.
Dutch Spotted £240 Coxhill, £228 Barquhill, £220 Coxhill.
Mule £225 Beckfoot, £216 Airyhassen, £214 High Glen Triplock & Baryerrock, £204, £202 Airyhassen, £202 Milnholm, £200 Cairnfield.
Romney £222 Airyhassen.
Blue Texel £210 Edendales, £200 Whitesyke.
North Country Cheviot £208 Paradise, £192 Drumreach, £180 Paradise.
Cheviot Mule £200, £185 Howgillside, £185 Marygate, £184 Fearn, £182 Jerusalem.
Light ewes
Hill Cheviot £184 Buchtrig, £180 Longoe, £176 Effgill, £170 Meadowside, £160 East Mey, North House & Cadgillhead.
Lleyn £178 The Height.
Blackface £172 Blackcraigs, £170 Culdoach, £158, £150 Glenzier, £145 Holms of Caaf.
Easycare £152, £135 Dolphinston.
Swaledale £134 Mount Farm, £125 Gallowberry, £108 Broadmea.
Shetland £126 West Newlands.
Herdwick £100 Findynate.
Rams
Texel £540, £450, £420 Kirkhouse, £420 Romavale, £410 Corstane, £390 Catslackburn.
Suffolk £420, £380, £300 Romavale.
North Country Cheviot £265 Longoe.
Bluefaced Leicester £245 The Old Police House.
Dutch Spotted £245 Hillside, £200 Beckfoot.
Cheviot £230 Granton, £205 East Mey, £195 Catslackburn, £190 Unthank.
Charollais £210 Beckfoot.
Easycare £200 Dolpinston.
Blackface £165 Marygate, £155 Tornacloch.
Averages:
Lambs
Light to 350.0p (300.6p)
Standard to 500.0p (345.4p)
Medium to 420.0p (331.7p)
Heavy to 402.0p (323.9p)
Overweight to 393.0p (313.7p)
Ewes
Light to £184.00 (£107.72)
Heavy to £315.00 (£166.07)
Rams to £540.00 (£210.56)
CAST COWS & OTMS’S
Please note the next sale for cast cows is Thursday 8th October, please advise entries at your earliest convenience.
Please contact your auctioneers or fields personnel for further enquiries:
John Walton 07880 527 066
Daniel Lynn 07584 200 489
Nick Woodmass 07442 246 063
Sam Hogg 07584 207 323
Norman Douglas 07786 366 833
Helen Rickard 07741 313 029
