Longtown Primestock Thursday 23 April 2026
C&D Auction Marts had forward an entry of 7,108 sheep comprising of 42 lambs, 4,298 hoggs and 2,768 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday 23rd April
PRIME NEW SEASON SPRING LAMBS
A small offering of first draw spring lambs were forward with trade very buoyant and numbers short of requirements.
Top price per head of £236 for a pair of Suffolk lambs from Martindale, The Land
Top per kilo at 497p/kg for a pen of 16 Suffolks from Mather, Shandford.
Overall average 438.02ppk (SQQ 484.93ppk)
Principal Prices (Per Head)
Suffolk – £236 The Land, £219 Beechgrove, £216 The Land, £210 Beechgrove
Blue Texel – £218 Wallacetown
Dutch Spotted – £200 Low Ranachan
Zwartble – £200 & £190 Wallacetown
Principal Prices (Per Kilo)
Suffolk – 497p Shandford, 419p Beechgrove
Blue Texel – 495.5p Wallacetown
Dutch Spotted – 486.8p Low Ranachan
Zwartble – 434.8p Wallacetown
PRIME HOGGS
A very very mixed show of hoggs forward. In spec’ well finished hoggs sold to huge returns whilst under finished, or hoggs with impairments sold to realisation. Hoggs that require further finishing are easier sold on at Longtown on a Tuesday through the store market.
Heavy hoggs sold well with plenty of pens of better bred hoggs making £210-£220, Topping price per head at £238 for one Suffolk hogg from J Lamb, Ingleston.
Export and small hoggs in big demand topping per kilo at 527.3ppk for one Beltex hogg from T Magnay, Galleywreay.
Many more smalls and exports wanted on a weekly basis for an ocean of customers that require supplies on a weekly basis.
Overall average 398.24ppk (SQQ 412.77ppk)
Principal prices (Per head)
Suffolk– £238 Ingleston, £228 Millantae, £220 South Bogbain & West Newlands, £218 West Newlands, £217 Whitelumbs
Beltex– £232 Galleywreay, £228 Comlongun Mains, £224 Drumcairn & Upper Auquhadale, £222 Baldovie, £216 Drumcairn
North Country Cheviot– £232 Tister, £214 Carruthers, £210 South Bogbain, £204 Newtonhill & Achscrabster, £191 West Newlands
Texel– £226 Tercrosset, £224 The Land, £222 Balmaglester, Byreburnside & Greengatehouse, £220 South Bogbain
Cheviot– £224 Stable House, £202 South Bogbain, £197 Creca Belty, £195 South Bogbain, £193 Creca Belty, £192 Plumpe & Whitelumbs
Zwartble– £212 Coxhill
Mule– £207, £205 West Newlands, £202 Culdoach, £200 9 Woodside, £195 Culdoach
Dutch Spotted – £206 Coxhill, £194 Whitesyke, £192 Coxhill
Blackface– £200 Pendicle, £196 South Bogbain, £189 Chesterhall Parks, £184 Dyke Farm, £182 Culdoach
Charollais– £200 Galleywreay
Bleu De Main– £194 Westernhopeburn
Cheviot Mule– £191 Barnglies, £184 Baurch, £179 Blackcleugh, £178 Pendicle, £168 Fala Hill
Badgerface– £188 Syke head
Easy Care– £177 Syke Head, £167 Stouslie, £166.50, £164 High Trewhitt
Romney– £172 Tetcott
Swaledale– £170 Morley Hill, £169 Westernhopeburn
Border Leicester– £160 Ingleston
Kendal Rough– £164 Broomhills
Herdwick– £156 Gorthleck Mains, £155 East House, £154 Kirranrae, £152 High Priorscales
Shetland– £132 Stable House, £126 Basco Dyke
Hebridean– £116 Ettleton Farm
Hampshire– £112 Syke Head
Principal Prices (Per Kilo)
Beltex– 527.3p Galleywreay, 525p Corstane, 497.7p Corneyside, 493.3p Baldovie, 486.5p Balmaglaster, 485p Comlongun
Texel- £458p, 457.1p Byreburnside, 454.8p Blackcleugh, 452.5p Glendoe Estate, 452p Balmaglester, 450p Byreburnside & Broomhills, 448.6p Aultgrishan
Cheviot– 452p Glendoe Estate, 439p Balmaglester, , 436.8p West Scales, 436p Becks, 435.5p Aultgrishan, 435p Balmaglester, 434.2p ,Melvaig
Suffolk– 451.3p Tomich, 438.5p Aucharua, 435p Newtonhill, 433p Westernhopeburn, 429p Coiliamy, 425.6p Fala Hill, 425p Westernhopeburn
Dutch Spotted- 431p Whitesyke, 406.5p Pendicle
Blckface- 430p, 424p Syke Head, 416.7p Westernhopeburn, 415.8p Syke Head, 415.6p Clyth Mains, 415p Westernhopeburn, 414.3p Dyke Farm
Bleu De Main– £421.7p Westernhopeburn
Cheviot Mule– 420p Crosslee, 414p Pendicle, 406.8p Baurch, 391p Fala Hill
Mule– 409p Tomich, 402.5p Pendicle, 402.4p Blackcleugh, 401.1p Pendicle, 397.1p Stell Green
Herdwick– 397p East House
Swaledale– 393p Westernhopeburn, 368.4p Morley Hill, 362.5p Newbiggin
Charollais– 392.p Galleywreay
Border Leicester– 327p Ingleston
North Country Cheviot– 367p Newlands, 352p, 346p Achscrabster, 341.2p Tister, 339.7p Carruthers, 318.8p Newtonhill
Badgerface– 417.8p Syke Head
Kendal Rough– 326.9p Tetcott
Shetland– 357p Stable House, 300p Basco Dyke
Hampshire– 350p Syke Head
Hebridean– 277.8p Ettleton
Easycare– 416p High Trewhitt, 405.3p Ardovie, 400p High Trewhitt
Romney– 400p Tetcott
CAST EWES AND RAMS
A similar show of cast ewes and rams were forward to an increased ring of purchasers which ensured all classes where dearer on the week being way short of purchaser requirements. Please do not hesitate to contact your auctioneers for all further enquiries and when best to market your stock for maximum returns.
Light weight ewes proved to be the call of the day with numerous pens of blackface ewes seeing between £155-£165 topping at £180 for a penful of hefty Northumberland bred ewes consigned by M/s Chalrlton, Whitside farm, Haltwhistle. Not far behind was a penful of 23 scotch bred blackface ewes consigned by M/s Cartner, Blackwoodridgehouse, Lockerbie realising £174. Cheviot ewes followed suit topping at £182 for a pen of 7 Consigned by M/s Ferrie, Douglas Square, newcastleton.
Texel ewes were forward in greater numbers with an outstanding ewe topping the sale at £400 consigned by M/s Paterson, Veltigar, Tankerness. This run of 32 exceptional ewes averaged a staggering £331.52.
Suffolk ewes sold to a big trade topping at £280 for a single pure-bred ewe consigned from Ms Martindale, The Land, Lockerbie. Pen after pen traded between £225-£235.
Mule ewes were back in fashion topping at £225 for a fine pair of scotch mules consigned by M/s Spence, Corrielaw, Lockerbie. Strongest mules regularly traded at £185-£195 with several pens breaching £200.
Rams sold to recent high rates of return being unrivalled. Topping the sale was a monster of a texel bred ram consigned by M/s Halliday, Crawthet, Lockerbie realsing £335. Plenty of heavy tups breaching £250
Many More ewes and rams are required and requested by purchaser demand in the run up to the Qurbani festival. Please do not hesitate to contact any of our auctioneers and fields personnel which will be pleased only to pleased to take your calls to market your stock for maximum returns.
Heavy ewes
Texel – £400 & £365 Veltigar, £345 Roadside, £335 Beckfoot, £330 & £325 Veltigar, £320 Greenwood, £315 Veltigar
Beltex – £300 Riverside, £255 Milton of Gollanfield, £225 Tercrosset, £220 Torrax, £220 Riverside, £220 West Stobs
Suffolk – £280 The Land, £266 Maulcastle, £265 Beckfoot £252 & £240 Beechgrove, £238 Roadside, £238 Beckfoot, £235 Ingleston, £235 The Land
Charollais – £235 Larel, £228 Roadside, £212 & £210 Beckfoot
Blue Leicester – £225 Beckfoot, £198 Morebattle Tofts
Cross – £225 North Corrielaw, £220 Shankston, £205 Woodhouse, £202 & £200 Fala Hill, £200 Coxhill, £200 Dunn
Cheviot Mule – £222 Corstane, £208 Torkirra, £208 Wilseydown
North Country Cheviot – £208 Northway, £200 The Ha
Blue Texel – £200 Low Ranachan, £200 Whitelumbs, £194 Drumreach
Continental – £200 (x2) Beckfoot
Dutch Spotted – £195 Tercrosset, £184 Beckfoot
Dorset – £192 Beckfoot
Border Leicester – £190 Ingleston
Romney – £188 & £180 Wilseydown Hotel, £175 Maidencots, £175 High Crubasdale
Lleyn – £165 Coxhill
Light ewes
Cheviot – £182 Douglas Square, £180 Nirvana, £172 Ingleston, £170 Veltigar, £170 Springwells
Blackface – £180 Whiteside, £174 Blackwoodridgehouse, £170 Gibblaston
Kerryhill – £172 Gillenbie
Dartmoor – £158 Litharge
Easycare – £158 Ardovie House
Herdwick – £155 Gorthleck Mains, £150 Comlongun Mains
Swaledale – £155 Broomhills, £145 Orthwaite Hall
Rams
Texel – £335 Crawthat, £288 Beckfoot, £260 Torkirra
Suffolk – £305 Thuster Mains, £300 Greenside, £255 Cambeckhill, £228 West Stobs
Charollais – £295 Milton of Gollanfield
Blue Leicester – £252 Wydon Eals, £230 Spoutbank
Cheviot – £245 Drumcairn, £225 Tister
Dorset – £225 Beckfoot
Blue Texel – £212 Springwells
Cross – £194 Burnfoot
North Country Cheviot – £185 Carruthers, £165 Commonside, £165 Maidencots
Ryeland – £185 Woodside
Beltex – £180 Torkirra, £172 Torrax
Continental – £178 Torkirra
Blackface – £162 West Stobs, £160 Burnfoot
Swaledale – £160 Spoutbank, £150 Uldale
Averages:
Lambs
Standard to 497p (495.36p)
Medium to 495.5p (438.15p)
Heavy to 434.8p (404.26p)
Overweight to 393.3p (365.58p)
Hoggs
Light to 435.5p (391.74p)
Standard to 486.5 p (415.47p)
Medium to 527.3p (411.3p)
Heavy to 485p (393.32p)
Ewes
Light to £182 (£139.70)
Heavy to £400 (£206.87)
Rams to £335 (£192.94)
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 Graham 07584 207 323
Norman Douglas 07786 366 833
Helen Rickard 07741 313 029
