Longtown Primestock Thursday 25 June 2026
C&D Auction Marts had forward an entry of 4,795 sheep comprising of 1,375 prime lambs, 1,240 hoggs and 2,180 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday 25th June 2026.
PRIME LAMBS
A similar show of 1,375 lambs forward
Top price per head of £243 for Texel lambs shown by J Muir & Son, Cleughbrae.
Top per kilo of 500p for Beltex lambs from J & E Walby, East House.
Overall average 419.3p (SQQ 418.0p)
Principal Prices (Per Head)
Texel £243 Cleughbrae, £234 Corneyside, £230 Kimmeter Green, £226 Shantlerhill.
Suffolk £240 Staffler & Cleughbrae, £239 Kilnford Croft.
Charollais £226 Larel, £215 Romanway & Shantlerhill.
Beltex £200 East House, £194 Nether Side.
Oxford £198 Guards.
Hampshire £192 Hartbush.
Principal Prices (Per Kilo)
Beltex 500p East House, 485p Nether Side.
Texel 466p Cottage, 460p Baurch Rigg, 459p, 458p Corneyside, 454p Kilnford Croft, 452p Corneyside & Shantlerhill, 450p Corneyside.
Suffolk 463p, 442p Kilnford Croft, 437p, 430p Shantlerhill, 425p Staffler.
Charollais 439p Romanway, 426p Larel, 422p Shantlerhill.
Blue Texel 411p Romanway.
Hampshire 405p, 402p Steel Hall, 400p Hartbush & Balgray Hill.
Oxford 404p Guards.
PRIME HOGGS
A smaller entry of 1,240 prime hoggs forward
Top price of £214 for Texel hoggs from J Irving, Lucemains, with top per kilo of 420p for Texels from JT & EM Marrs & Son, Broomhills.
Overall average 306.3p (SQQ 310.6p)
Principal prices (Per head)
Texel £214, £210 Luce Mains, £192 Drumcairn, £191 Airyolland House, £190 Fearn.
Beltex £214, £192 Drumcairn.
Suffolk £184 West End Town, £172 South Bogbain, £170 West End Town, £166 Lammonbie, £160 Broomhills.
Half-bred £184 Aimster.
Bluefaced Leicester £178 Southdean.
Mule £175 Heathery Hall, £170 South Bogbain, £160 Heathery Hall.
North Country Cheviot £170 Larkhall.
Cheviot £162 South Bogbain.
Blackface £156 Syke Head.
Cheviot Mule £154 South Bogbain, £150 Geltsdale.
Herdwick £146 Pasture House.
Principal Prices (Per Kilo)
Texel 420p, 385p Broomhills, 366p West Stobs Wood, 362p Pasture House & Drumcairn.
Beltex 376p, 362p Drumcairn.
Suffolk 371p Cottage, 344p South Bogbain, 340p Fala Hill, 331p New Hall.
Blackface 367p Pasture House.
Cheviot 361p South Bogbain, 330p, 324p Mallsgate Hall, 324p South Bogbain.
Dutch Spotted 360p Cottage.
Herdwick 353p Pasture House, 335p Cottage.
Mule 350p Pasture House, 328p Cottage.
Cheviot Mule 333p Geltsdale.
Swaledale 322p Pasture House.
North Country Cheviot 321p Larkhall.
Half-bred 313p, 300p Aimster.
CAST EWES AND RAMS
A similar entry of 2,180 cast ewes and rams were forward
Texel ewes sold to a top of £325 for Texel ewes from WT Morison, South Bogbain.
Light ewes selling to £190 for Lleyns from S & R Irving, The Height and for Cheviot ewes shown by M & W Fotheringham, Drumcairn.
Rams topped at £285 for a Texel from Beckfoot Farms.
Heavy ewes
Texel £325 South Bogbain, £320 Mull of Galloway, £310 Oldfield, £300 Thackwood & Aimster, £295 Catslackburn, £290 West Stobs Wood & Beckfoot.
Charollais £260 Luce Mains, £252 Grassmainston, £242 West Stobs Wood & Beckfoot, £2440 The Bungalow.
Suffolk £218, £214 Beckfoot, £212 Kimmeter Green, South Bogbain & Cottage, £210 Larkhall.
Bluefaced Leicester £218 Tinnis, £205 Southdean.
Blue Texel £218 Three Farms.
Blue du Maine £215 South Port o Spittal.
North Country Cheviot £202 Larel, £200 Lythmore, £198 Aimster & Tofts of Tain.
Beltex £198 Tercrosset, £192 The Bungalow, £190 Lower Moor.
Cheviot Mule £198 Baillie, £185 Oldfield, £182 Larkhall.
Hampshire £198 Hartbush, £190 South Bogbain.
Zwartble £198 Three Farms.
Oxford £198 Guards.
Mule £195 Fala Hill, £194 Staffler, £190 Mull of Galloway, £189 New Farm, £180 Braehead & Mull of Galloway.
Border Leicester £188 Aimster.
Half-bred £184, £178 Aimster.
Light ewes
Cheviot £190, £180 Drumcairn, £172 North House & Supplebank, £170 Drumcairn.
Lleyn £190 The Height.
Blackface £162 South Bogbain, £160 Ulzieside, £158 South Bogbain, £154 Ulzieside.
Woodland £158, £148 South Port o Spittal.
Swaledale £151 Whitton, £139 Southdean, £128 Airyolland House, £127 Bridge End.
Kerry Hill £148, £136 Three Farms.
Shetland £144 South Poer o Spittal, £135 Three Farms.
Rams
Texel £285 Beckfoot, £270 Baillie, £245 Fearn, £240 Moorfoot Cottage & Galleywreay.
Beltex £255 Thornthwaite Close.
Suffolk £195, £180 South Bogbain.
North Country Cheviot £185 Commonside.
Blackface £185 Catslackburn.
Dutch Spotted £185 Beckfoot.
Cheviot £180 Catslackburn, £150 North House.
Bluefaced Leicester £180 Whitton.
Dorset £170 Beckfoot.
Averages:
Lambs
Light to 406.0p (406.2p)
Standard to 512.0p (448.5p)
Medium to 500.0p (441.7p)
Heavy to 479.0p (447.2p)
Overweight to 487.0p (410.1p)
Hoggs
Light to 406.0p (289.0p)
Standard to 384.0p (329.5p)
Medium to 385.0p (321.9p)
Heavy to 484.0p (330.5p)
Ewes
Light to £185.00 (£127.95)
Heavy to £340.00 (£180.34)
Rams to £315.00 (£185.73)
CAST COWS
Simmental cows sold to 242p from Waterhead of Dryfe, Shaw of Dryfe, Lockerbie.
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
