Longtown Primestock Thursday 09 April 2026
C&D Auction Marts had forward an entry of 6,408 sheep comprising of 3,648 hoggs and 2,760 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday 9th April 2026
PRIME HOGGS
A slightly smaller show of hoggs forward this week at Longtown.
A Texel x Herdwick hogg was kindly donated by Jonathan Hope, Orthwaite Hall to sell in memory in of Barrie Ward. The hogg got sold 11 times and a total of £4,000 was raised from the sale which will go towards supporting the fantastic work of Hospice at Home.
Jonathan and Cath would like to thank everyone who purchased the hogg.
Top price per head of £240 for a single Beltex hogg from S Mckie, Finniness
Top per kilo of 505p for a Beltex hogg from W & J Armour, Milton Farm
Please contact your auctioneers for further enquiries and entries.
Overall average 400.63ppk (SQQ 415.94ppk)
Principal prices (Per head)
Beltex – £240 Finniness, £225 Beckfoot, £224 Cleughbrae, £220 Newton Cottages, £217 Beckfoot, £216 Galleywreay, £212 Old Irvine, £208 Syke Head, £207 Cleughbrae.
Texel – £245 Thackwood, £235 Knock, £232 Syke Head, £230 Thackwood, £228 Burnside, £226 Tetcott, £225 Thackwood, £221 Highwood, £220 The Land.
Suffolk – £228 Syke Head, £224 Beckfoot, £223 Whitelumbs, £220 Tetcott, £216 Syke Head, £214 Pasture House, £213 Beckfoot.
Rouge– £230 Beckfoot.
Mule – £222, £220 Kirkhouse, £200 Galleywreay, £197 Kirkhouse, £192 Finniness & Hollin Close, £190 Ardmaleish & Scotchcoulthard.
North Country Cheviot – £222, £219 Newtonhill, £204 Carruthers, £202 Crossdykes, £200 Kingside, £198 Guardsmill & Newtonhill.
Cheviot Mule – £219 Newtonhill, £210 Kingside.
Dutch Spotted – £218 Galleywreay, £212 Beckfoot, £195 Cardewlees.
Charollais – £210 Thackwood.
Hill Cheviot – £209 Dunjop, £207 Becks Farm, £204 East Deloraine, £202 Falnash, £200 Kingside.
Blackface – £205 Dunjop, £200 Balliemeanoch, £187 Dunjop, £185.5 Milton Farm, £183 Dunjop.
Herdwick – £200 Red Holme, £177, £173 Orthwaite Hall.
Dorset– £200 Beckfoot, £172 Tetcott.
Welsh– £186 Dainton Cross.
Easy Care– £185 Oakshawhill, £168 High Trewhitt.
Swaledale – £184, £179 Woodhall, £178 Scotchcoulthard, £175 Orthwaite Hall.
Zwartbles– £170 Tetcott.
Romney– £152 Beckhall.
Oxford– £148 Guards Farm.
Badger Face- £144 Newton Field.
Shetland– £138 Finniness, £131 New Hummerbecks.
Principal Prices (Per Kilo)
Beltex– 505p Milton Farm, 500p Finniness, 481.8p Old Irvine, 480p Finniness, 460.5p Kirtlebank, 459.5p Inch Farm, 457.9p Newtonhill.
Texel – 484p Oswie, 466p New Hummerbecks, 455p Finniness, 447p New Hummerbecks, 446p Milton Farm, 445.5p Tetcott, 444p Pasture House, 441.2p Boat Croft, 440p Fala Hill, 439.5p Milton Farm.
Hill Cheviot – 476p Newton Field, 461p Upper Hindhope, 447.5p The Land, 437.9p Megdale, 436.8p Balgreen, 432.4p Nether Ernambrie.
Charollais – 474p Scotchcoulthard.
Suffolk – 441.7p Inch, 435.6p Broomhills, 434.2p Syke Head, 434.2p Newton Field, 432p Balegreggan, 427.9p Fala Hill, 427p Fala Hill, 426.3p Old Hall.
Welsh– £433p Dainton Cross.
Herdwick – 432.5p Orthwaite Hall, 426.3p Hightown.
Blackface – 426p Newtonhill, 424p Garvachy, 420p, 419p Swinsty.
Easy Care– 420p High Trewhitt.
Dutch Spotted– 418.6p Tetcott, 407.7p Lowfield.
North Country Cheviot – 416.7p Fala Hill, 396p Guardsmill, 392.2p Kingside, 388p Carruthers, 372.5p Newtonhill, 370.9p Carruthers, 366.7p Newtonhill.
Cheviot Mule – 414p Becks, 396p Novally.
Shetland– 411.9p Wellpark.
Mule – 406.3p Scotchcoulthard, 402p Kirkhouse, 400p Pasture House & Westernhopeburn, 397.8p Balliemeanoch, 396.4p Kirkhouse.
Rouge– 389.8p Beckfoot.
Dorset– 382.2p Tetcott, 353p Lowfield House.
Swaledale – 380p Orthwaite Hall & Bridge End Farm, 376.7p Westernhopeburn.
Romney– 380p Beckhall.
Oxford– 379.5p Guards Farm.
Zwartbles– 370p Tetcott.
Badger Face– 360p Newton Field.
CAST EWES AND RAMS
Smaller show of Cast sheep forward at Longtown. More needed on a weekly basis to fulfil buyers demands.
Heavy ewes topped at £410 for Texel ewe from B Haigh, Hightown.
Light ewes topped at £196 for Blackface ewes from, Rosegate.
Rams topping the sale at £312 for a Texel from, Riverside.
Heavy ewes
Texel – £410, £355 Hightown, £340 Beckfoot, £355 Rosegate, £330 Thackwood, £310 Laughtmuirside & Kopje.
Charollais– £305, £275, £270, £240 Thackwood, £235 Beckfoot, £230 West Stobs Wood.
Beltex – £280 Kilnford Croft, £250 West Stobs Wood, £235 Burnshall, £225 Rosegate, £220 Newton Cottages, £210 Pretoria Road, £200 Newton Cottages.
Suffolk – £270, £268 The Land, £265 Kilnford Croft, £260 Thackwood & The Land, £255 The Land.
Mule – £222 Galleywreay, £205 The Land, £202 Broomhills, £198 Highwood, £194 Tetcott.
Bleu Du Maine– £220 Rosegate.
Blue Faced Leicester – £215 Little Fithie & West Stobs Wood, £188 Kingside.
Dorset – £208 South Bogbain.
Cheviot Mule – £198 Dainton Cross, £188 West Stobs Wood, £187 Beckfoot, £185 Kimmeter Green & Tetcott.
Romney– £198 Beckfoot, £188 Tetcott, £185 West Stobs Wood, £179, £168 Tetcott.
Wensleydale– £188 Little Fithie.
North Country Cheviot – £185 West Stobs Wood, £182 Maidencots, £172 Carruthers, £165, £150 West Stobs Wood, £146 Carruthers.
Hampshire– £170 Riverside, £168 Galleywreay.
Lleyn– £158 Burnshall.
Valais Blacknose– £158 Galleywreay.
Dutch Spotted– £144 Porteath.
Merino– £134 Mains of Drumtochty.
Ryeland– £130 Tetcott.
Light ewes
Blackface – £196 Rosegate, £190 Bridgestone, £186 Alllfornaught, £177 Rosegate, £176 Allfornaught, £172 Rosegate, £170 Riverside.
Hill Cheviot – £178 Little Fithie & Hightown, £175 Tetcott, £173, £171 Allfornaught, £169 Hightown.
Kerry Hill– £172 Inch Farm.
Easycare – £160 Burnshall, £158 Stouslie, £154 Dainton Cross, £148 Burnshall, £140 Ardovie, £137 South Bogbain.
Swaledale – £148 Allfornaught, £130 Hollin Close.
Herdwick – £140 Allfornaught, £138 Bridge End.
Shetland – £137 West Stobs Wood.
Welsh– £122 Allfornaught.
Rams
Texel – £312 Riverside, £310 Kopje, £280 Lower Moor, £277 Riverside, £275 Flagstaff, £272 Riverside.
Suffolk – £252 Riverside, £250 Kingside.
Beltex – £237 Riverside, £235 Craigslea, £232 Riverside, £230 Knock & Bridge End Farm, £227 Riverside.
Zwartbles– £220 Lower Moor.
Border Leicester– £210 West Delorane.
Hill Cheviot – £200 Upper Hindhope.
Kerry Hill– £178 Beckfoot.
Easy Care– £175 Stouslie.
Blackface– £162 Laughtmuirside.
Swaledale– £158 Spoutbank.
Averages:
Hoggs
Light to 476.0p (417.43)
Standard to 484p (415.72p)
Medium to 505.0p (416.07p)
Heavy to 500.0p (395.57p)
Ewes
Light to £196 (£127.46)
Heavy to £410 (£193.44
Rams to £312 (£190.79)
CAST COWS
A small offering of cast cows forward met by a brisk trade for all classes, many more required each week to fulfil buyer’s demand.
Top Price per Kilo was 300p for a Beef Shorthorn Cow from I & I Livingstone, Craigmore.
Top Price per Head £2040 for a Beef Shorthorn Cow from I & I Livingstone, Craigmore.
Top Price per Head
Beef Shorthorn – £2040 Craigmore
Simmental x – £2030 Dunach Estate
Top Price per Kilo
Beef Shorthorn – 300p Craigmore
Simmental x – 284p Dunach Estate
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
