Longtown Primestock Thursday 16 April 2026
C&D Auction Marts had forward an entry of 5,151 sheep comprising of 14 lambs, 3,064 hoggs and 2,067 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday 16th April
PRIME LAMBS
A small select show of mainly heavy Zwartble lambs which sold to spirited bidding.
More in spec lambs wanted on a weekly basis.
Top price per head of £230 for a pair of Suffolk lambs and a pair of Charollais lambs from Beckfoot Farms who also sold the top per kilo at 442.3p/kg for a pair of Suffolk lambs also from Beckfoot.
Overall average 396.17ppk
Principal Prices (Per Head)
Suffolk – £230 & £210 Beckfoot
Charollais – £23 Beckfoot
Zwartble – £190 Holmlea
Principal Prices (Per Kilo)
Suffolk – 442.3p & 396.2p Beckfoot
Charollais – 418.2p Beckfoot
Zwartble – 373p Holmlea
PRIME HOGGS
A reduced entry and a very mixed show of quality sold to the same ring of competitive purchasers ensuring all classes look to be in demand and well sold being in front of other local outlets.
Top price per head of £224 for a Texel from Beckfoot Farms and for a pen of 3 Beltex from Whiteford, Tercrosset.
Top per kilo of 552.6p/kg for a Beltex from Kennedy, Lurgan.
Overall average 396.65ppk (SQQ 417.3ppk)
Principal prices (Per head)
Beltex – £224 Tercrosset, £222 Newtonhill, £220 Inshes, £218 Tercrosset, £216 Gyratesmyre, £214 Broomhills, £214 Tercrosset, £214 Gyratesmyre, £214 Millantae.
Texel – £224 Beckfoot, £218 Millantae, £216 Gyratesmyre, £214 & £213 Beckfoot, £212 Station Yard, £212 Haster, £211 Whins, £210 Nackshivan.
Suffolk – £220 (x2) Nackshivan, £218 (x2) Whitelumbs, £214 Nackshivan, £208 Inshes
Cheviot – £208 Netherhirst, £196 (x2) and £195 Creca Hall, £192 Overton of Knaven
Cross – £203 Newtonhill, £200 Patties Hill
Blue Texel – £200 (x2) Seat Hill
Cheviot Mule – £200 Milton
North Country Cheviot – £194 Highlaw, £190 Haster
Blackface – £183 (x2) Maryholm
Herdwick – £182 Cockley Beck
Hampshire – £181 Tetcott
Zwartble – £176 Tetcott
Romney – £175 Tetcott
Kendal Rough – £172 Broomhills
Swaledale – £163 Cockley Beck, £152 Westernhopeburn
Principal Prices (Per Kilo)
Beltex – 552.6p & 516.1p Lurgan, 478.9p Pasture House, 468p Inshes, 460.5p Whitesyke
Texel – 467.6p & 452.8p Outertown, 449p Syke Head, 447.2p Brawliemuir, 444.4p Broomhills, 442.1p Whitesyke, 441p Tetcott, 441p Outertown
Cheviot – 460p South Bogbain, 450p Lurgan, 447.2p South Bogbain, 447p Lurgan, 446p Prior Rigg, 443.8p East Buccleuch, 441p Prior Rigg
Suffolk – 460p Nether Side, 447p Weeds, 442.5p Outertown, 436p & 435p Newtonhill, 427p Warmanbie House, 426p Govals, 422p Weeds
Cross – 445p Westernhopeburn, 414.6p Nunscleugh, 402p Prior Rigg
Blackface – 440p Westernhopeburn, 426p (x2) Maryholm, 424p Swinsty, 424p East House, 423p Swinsty
Herdwick – 428p Prior Rigg, 414p Cockley Beck
Romney – 407p Tetcott
Cheviot Mule – 393p No3 Baurch
Swaledale – 392p South Bogbain
Zwartble – 382p Dunnbeag
Hampshire – 377p Tetcott
Kendal Rough – 373.9p Broomhills
North Country Cheviot – 372p Highlaw
CAST EWES AND RAMS
All classes of cast ewes and rams sold to an increase in purchaser demand being very similar on last week’s high rates of return.
Heavy ewes topped at £350 for a pair of Texel ewes from Bradley Farmer, Wester Parkgate.
Mule ewes topped at £216 for a penful consigned by M/s Watson, West Newlands
Light ewes topped at £190 for a single Cheviot from Wilson, Clackmae.
Rams topping the sale at £300 for a Texel from Beckfoot
Heavy ewes
Texel – £350 & £330 Wester Parkgate, £330 Newtonhill, £315 Beckfoot, £300 Tercrosset
Charollais – £295 Swallows Waite, £242 Beckfoot
Beltex – £265 Broomhills, £238 Tercrosset, £215 Wamanbie House
Suffolk – £262 Wester Parkgate, £240 Nackshivan, £234 (x2) & £232 Beckfoot, £228 Nackshivan, £228 Wester Parkgate
Blue Leicester – £258 Branteth, £232 Whiteside, £222 Beckfoot
Dutch Spotted – £230 Beckfoot, £225 Tercrosset
Cross – £216 West Newlandhead, £200 Coxhill, £190 Muirhead, £188 Branteth, £188 Hallburn
Cheviot Mule – £215 Hartbush, £200(x2) & £198 Auchlin, £190 Hartbush, £190 Clackmae
Dorset – £196 Beckfoot
Romney – £196 Tetcott, £175 North Corrielaw, £170 Broomlands
North Country Cheviot – £195(x2) Allfornaught, £190 North Corrielaw, £188 Low Longlands, £187(x2) & £185(x2) Beckfoot
Blue Texel – £192 & £190 Whitesykes
Light ewes
Cheviot – £190 Clackmae, £172 Glenshanna, £165 Becks, £162 Allfornaught, £160 East Deloraine, £160 Glenshanna
Blackface – £178 Whiteside, £170 Inshes, £145 West Stobs Wood, £142 Knorren Beck, £142 Broomlands
Herdwick – £174 Allfornaught, £150 East House
Easycare – £168 & £162 Broomlands
Kerryhill – £162(x2) Beckfoot
Swaledale – £155 Thornhope, £130 & £122 Spital Shields, £118 Gallowberry
Jacob – £125 West Stobs Wood
Rams
Texel – £300 & £260 Beckfoot, £258 Milnholm, £245 Kinninghall, £230 Clackmae, £210 Swallows Waite, £200 Millantae
Suffolk – £275 Beckfoot, £235 & £215 Clackmae
Blue Leicester – £238 Sheepriggs, £225 Clackmae, £225 Sheepriggs
Dutch Spotted – £220 Brownrigg
Blue Texel – £200 Whitesyke
Cheviot – £180 Balconnel, £178 Clackmae
Ryeland – £180 Brownrigg
Easycare – £168 & £160 Balconnel
Blackface – £160 Beckfoot
North Country Cheviot – £140 Drummuie
Swaledale – £120 Thornhope
Averages:
Lambs
Heavy to 442.3p (390.24p)
Over Weight to 418.2p (403.73p)
Hoggs
Light to 516.1p (418.08p)
Standard to 552.6p (420.48p)
Medium to 460.5p (414.37p)
Heavy to 468p (389.13p)
Ewes
Light to £190 (£124.84)
Heavy to £350 (£190.12)
Rams to £300 (£202.67)
CAST COWS
A small entry of cows sold to a top of 232p/kg from Copeland, Nether Collinhurst. More numbers required on a weekly basis to satisfy buyer demand.
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
