Longtown Store & Breeding Cattle Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts held their May sale of Store & Breeding cattle on Tuesday 6th May 2025.

Store Cattle

Another fantastic show of store cattle went under the hammer today at Longtown with recent high rates of return easily maintained, surpassing vendors expectations.

One of the highlights of the sale was an entry of 35 9-12 month old Limousin and British blue sired bulls and heifers consigned by M/s Reed & Hill, Lingey Field, Stocksfield who made the trip west to top at £2,960 for a pair of forward British blue bulls with another pair of extreme black bulls not far behind at £2,940, achieving an overall average of £2,318 making the trip west very lucrative.

M/s Hope, Mouldyhills, sold a very well bred run of 14 Limousin bred 9-11m cattle which topped at £2,300 for a shapely heifer going on for further breeding. This run of very well turned out cattle averaged out at £2,072 .

Steers topped at £2,640 for a Limousin bullock consigned by M/s Blair, Dodgsonstown, Roadhead.

Heifers Topped at £2,590 M/s Tattersall, Eizieholm, Langholm  whose super run of forward heifers averaged £2,404

Bullocks
Limousin – £2,640, £2,260 (x2) Dodgsonstown, £2,250 Mouldyhills, £2,040 Hyndlee, £2,040 Mouldyhills, £2,020 Hyndlee, £2,000 (x2) Mouldyhills, £2,000 Hyndlee
Charolais – £2,270 & £2,080 High Parkfoot
British Blue – £2,130 High Parkfoot, £2,060 Mossband Hall
Hereford – £1,840, £1,750 & £1,730 Solwaybank
Beef Shorthorn – £1,720 Pilmuir, £1,640, £1,580 & £1,520 Cut Thorn, £1,580 Toftholm
Simmental – £1,720 (x2) Slealands
Aberdeen Angus – £1,470 Orchard, £1,420 Girnwood

Heifers
Charolais – £2,590, £2,440 (x2), £2,400 (x3) & £2,260 (x2) Enzieholm
British Blue – £2,320 Whitehill, £2,260, £2,150, £2,100 (x2), £2,060 & £2,020 Lingey Field, £1,940 Slealands
Limousin  – £2,300, £2,200 (x2) Mouldyhills, £2,170 Wanwood Hill, £2,160 Lingey Field, £2,150 Wanwood Hill, £2,150 & £2,140 Dodgsonstown, £2,100 Lingey Hill, £2,060 Ryehills
Aberdeen Angus  – £2,100 Fell House, £1,760 Pilmuir
Beef Shorthorn – £1,940 Pilmuir
Hereford – £1,730 & £1,500 Solwaybank
Simmental – £1,520 Slealands
Saler – £1,320 Edgerston Home

Bulls
British Blue – £2,960, £2,940, £2,600, £2,520 & £2,240 Lingey Field
Limousin – £2,480 & £2,240 Lingey Hill, £2,160 Wyseby Hill
Saler – £2,280 Edgerston Home
Simmental – £2,160 & £2,000 Old Irvine
Aberdeen Angus – £2,120 Old Irvine
Charolais – £1,520 Old Irvine
Beef Shorthorn – £1,300 Toftholm

Breeding Cattle

Included in todays sale was the full dispersal of the beef production herd of cows consigned by M/s Hope, Mouldyhills, Canonbie. These cows were presented before a full ringside of potential purchasers that flocked to Longtown from all four corners of the British Isles to try and secure some of the very well bred stock on offer, this was testament to M/s Hopes years of dedication to their herd which were presented in perfect working condition.

First to the fore were the outfits of cows with calves at foot which topped at £4,500 on two separate occasions, firstly for a red roaned British Blue cow with a bonny heifer calf at foot and secondly for an upstanding Simmental cross cow with a forward calf.   

Cows with Calves at Foot
British Blue – £4,500 & £4,300 Mouldyhills
Simmental  – £4,500 Mouldyhills
Aberdeen Angus – £3,700 Stouslie
Limousin – £3,500 Mouldyhills

Next through the ring was the bulk of the offering being the in calf cows, which were presented in fine form to an absolutely packed ringside of high end purchasers. Topping this section was 2 long clean Limousin cows both realising £4,000 on separate occasions both travelling east to find their new homes.

The 8 year old Limousin stock bull was well sold realising £5,400 heading north of the border being put straight to work.

Cows In Calf
Limousin – £4,000 (x2), £3,900 (x3), £3,800 & £3,700 (x4) Mouldyhills
British Blue – £3,200, £3,000 Mouldyhills
Simmental – £3,100, £3,000 (x2) Mouldyhills
Beef Shorthorn – £3,000 Mouldyhills

Bulls
Limousin  – £5,400 Mouldyhills
Aberdeen Angus  – £3,000 Littlegill

Please Note:- the entire sheep stock from M/s Hope, Mouldyhills including 300 very well bred regular aged, Northumberland type Blackface ewes with top draw Mule lambs at foot, 100 dry Blackface hoggs & 50 Mule and Continental ewes with Beltex x and Texel x lambs at foot will be sold throughout the month of May. Starting on Tuesday 13th May 2025 with 50 Mule and Continental ewes with Texel x and Beltex x lambs at foot. Please do not hesitate to contact our Auctioneers for further enquiries.

John Walton 07880527066
Daniel Lynn 07584200489