Longtown Primestock Thursday 02 April 2026
C&D Auction Marts had forward an entry of 8,229 sheep comprising of 4,731 hoggs and 3,495 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday 2nd April 2026
PRIME LAMBS
Overall average 365.1ppk (SQQ 381.4ppk)
Principal Prices (Per Head)
Zwartbles – £190 Wallacetown
Principal Prices (Per Kilo)
Zwartbles – 381.4p Wallacetown
PRIME HOGGS
A slightly smaller show of hoggs met a strong trade with over half of the offering weighing less than 38kg a vast proportion being around 29-34kg.Fed sheep sell with great ease and very short of purchaser’s requirements.
Top price per head of £244 for a single Beltex hogg from A.D. Batey, Lane End
Top per kilo of 512.8p for a Beltex hogg from M. & J. Kennedy, Lurgan
Please contact your auctioneers for further enquiries and entries.
Overall average 397.73ppk (SQQ 406.95ppk)
Principal prices (Per head)
Beltex – £244 Lane End, £230 Dalhabboch, £228 Lane End, £222 Sykehead, £220 Dalhabboch, £219 Dunjop and West Glengyre, £218 Hallhill
Suffolk – £228 Sykehead, £220 Plumpe, £220 Gillahill and Hartbush, £218 & £216 Beckfoot, £212 Balmaglester
Texel – £228 Beckfoot, £225 Little Tongue, £224, £221 Beckfoot, £220 Dunjop, West Glengyre, Sykehead and Low Closegill
North Country Cheviot – £212 Jethart, £189 High Brae
Charollais – £210 Kirkton of Kingoldrum, £200 Balmaglester
Blue Texel – £209 & £198 Gillahill
Dutch Spotted – £192 South Riddingwood
Hill Cheviot – £191 Kirkland of Longcastle, £190 Gillahill, £185 South Bogbain, £181 Plumpe, £180 The Shaw Cottage, Chapel and Culquhasen
Mule – £190, £186 South Bogbain, £184 Dunjop, £180 Barnakill
Cheviot Mule – £186 Haresteads, £180 Kirkland of Longcastle
Easycare – £185 Edingarioch, £178.50 Easter Denhead, £176 Barnakill and Denhead
Romney – £185 Sykehead, £183 Drumreach
Blackface – £184 South Bogbain, £180 Glendoe Estate
Swaledale – £184 Burn House
Herdwick – £177, £171 Bridge End, £169 & £166 East House, £164 Bridge End
Principal Prices (Per Kilo)
Beltex– 512.8p Lurgan, 508.3p Lane End, 500p Lurgan, 498p West Glengyre, 488.9p Dalhabboch, 486p Lurgan
Blue Texel – 475p, 463.4p Gillahill, 435.9p Gorthleck Mains, 430.4p Gillahill, 425.6p Cleughbrae
Texel – 471.8p Kimmeter Green, 458.3p, 449p Saddell Home, 447.4p Balmaglester,447p West Glengyre, 445.9p Dalmore and Lane End
Suffolk – 450p Achacouie, 443p Torgornack, 434.6p Govals, 433p Olgrinmore, 429p Smallmuir, 424.3p Haresteads, 421.6p Kimmeter
Charollais – 447p Kirkton of Kingoldrum
Hill Cheviot – 442.1p 2 Balmaglester, 441p Ardnaw, 438.5p Daill, 436p Prior Rigg, 430.3p High Brae
Herdwick – 426p East House, 410p, 407.1p Bridge End, 400p East House
North Country Cheviot – 425p, 408p Whitecroft Mains
Easycare – 415p High Trewhitt, 413p Edingarioch
Mule – 418p, 417p Saddell Home, 410p High Cattadale, 408p Culquhasen, 406.7p Corncockle, 405p Culquhasen and Tangytavil, 400p Haresteads
Blackface – 414p Arnicle, 410p Haresteads, 408.6p Culquhasen, 408p Haresteads, 407p East House, 406p Haresteads and Garchew
Dutch Spot – 408.5p South Riddingwood, 400p South Slealands
Cheviot Mule – 405p Haresteads, 402p No3 Baurch
Shetland – 396.7p Haresteads
Oxford – 395p Guards
Romney – 391p Sykehead
Hampshire – 393.2p Dykenook
Dorset – 379.5p Gillahill
Ryeland – 371.7p Donerentin
Swaledale – 364p Burn House, 362.2p Nunscleugh
CAST EWES AND RAMS
Cast sheep jump to obscene rates of return with a larger show on offer proving many more could have been sold to vendor’s advantage. 14 ewes reach £400 plus and 64 cast sheep realise over £300.
Heavy ewes topped at £455 twice for Texel ewes from A. Tindale, Paradise Farm
Light ewes topped at £204 for a pair of Cheviots from J.A.S. McWhirter, Garvilland
Rams topping the sale at £290 twice for Texels from McNabney Bros, Barsalloch and R. Peterkin, 15 Barnyards.
Heavy ewes
Texel – £455 Paradise, £410 West Stobs Wood, £400,£395 Paradise, £395 West Stobs Wood, £390 Fallaw
Beltex – £420, £400 Paradise, £395 West Stobs Wood, £390 Dalhabboch, £355 Paradise, £325 Middle Farm, £300 Paradise
Blue Texel – £330 Edendales, £242 Low Closegill, £230 Shawhill
Dutch Spotted – £320 South Riddingwood, £248 Beckfoot, £242 Coxhill
Charollais – £295 Paradise, £252 West Stobs Wood, £252 Beckfoot
Suffolk – £288 Paradise, £280 22 Hillside, £268 Paradise, £268 Beckfoot, £262 Marygate, £260 Skilmafilly, £258 Catslackburn
Blue Leicester – £260 Gartvaigh, £228 Corncockle, £228 Gartvaigh, £224 Paradise
Millennium Bleu – £252, £200 Braehead
Dorset – £242 Greenrigg, £212 Tetcott
Cheviot Mule – £228 West Stobs Wood, £225 Paradise, £220 West Stobs Wood, £215 Corneyside, £212 Broomlands
North Country Cheviot – £228 North Corrielaw, £218 High Moat, £212 West Stobs wood
Mule – £226 The Bush, £208 Broomlands, £200 Cowden Burn, High Crubasdale and Glenart
Oxford – £222 Guards
Romney – £208 Beckfoot
Valais Blacknose – £200 Hillside
Zwartbles – £198 Beckfoot
Merino – £142 Mains of Drumtochty
Light ewes
Hill Cheviot – £204 Garvilland, £196 Burnside, £188 Braehead, £178, £176 Broomlands, £174 The Shaw Cottage and Allfornaught
Goat – £194, £184 Newton of Fortheringham
Blackface – £192 8 Liddle Bank, £192 Lea Croft House
Easycare – £170 Coxhill, £170 Cottage, £158 Barnahill
Herdwick – £148 Heugh, £122 Orthwaite
Swaledale – £148 Allfornaught, £136 Broomhills
Shetland – £144 Ballywillne, £134 1 Lingabo, £130 Northway
Rams
Texel – £290 Barsalloch, £290 Barnyards, £285 Coreneyside
Beltex – £275 Glendoe Estate, £238 Barsalloch, £225, £220 Hallhill, £200 Lea Croft House
Blue Leicester – £270 Barsallch, £255 Glendoe Estate
Dorset – £228 Kennels Cottage
Blue Texel – £228 Kennels Cottage
Charollais – £220 Beckfoot
Valais Blacknose – £200 Greenrigg
Cheviot – £192 & £180 Buccleuch Mill
Dutch Spotted – £190 Barsalloch
Suffolk – £180 Banks Head
Lleyn – £175 Caulside
Blackface – £168 Orchardbank, £148 Craigens, £142 Lea Croft House
Averages:
Hoggs
Light to 512.8p (410.41)
Standard to 498p (403.63p)
Medium to 508.3p (386.53p)
Heavy to 415.1p (358.73p)
Ewes
Light to £198 (£137.67)
Heavy to £455 (£207.14)
Rams to £290 (£217.35)
CAST COWS
Top Price per Kilo was 288p for a Saler Cow from Andrew Tullie Farming, Whitchesters.
Top Price per Head £1886 for a Saler Cow from Andrew Tullie Farming, Whitchesters.
Top Price per Head
Saler – £1886 Whitchesters
Beef Shorthorn – £1728 Monk
Top Price per Kilo
Saler – 288p Whitchesters
Beef Shorthorn – 256p Monk
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
