Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Report 17 March 2026
C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 2,153 Store Hoggs and 121 Breeding Sheep at Longtown on Tuesday 17th March 2026
A smaller show of ewes and lambs at foot remain a strong trade for all classes, topping the sale was a Texel ewe with a single lamb at foot from WN & JC Gilhespy, Tedcastle Farm realising £200 per life.
A mixed show of in lamb ewes met a strong demand with well-bred strong ewes being short of buyer’s requirements.
BREEDING SHEEP
Ewes
Suffolk– £255 Dalwyne
SHEARLINGS
Badgerface– £175 Dalwyne
Herdwick– £130 Dalwyne
Ewes with Lambs
Texel– £200, £170, £168, £160 & 155 Tedcastle
Beltex– £185, £162 Tedcastle
Suffolk– £158, £150 Tedcastle, £142 & £130 Bolton Hall
Mule– £135, £132 Tedcastle
A slightly smaller show of store hoggs forward met by a ring side full of purchasers with new faces appearing each week on the look for numbers. Countless pens above £150 for short keep hoggs and the longer keep hoggs consistently above £100. Sale topped twice at £182 for two pens of strong Texel cross hoggs from IT & KF Carruthers, Glenzierfoot, Dumfriesshire.
Wholesale average of £130
STORE HOGGS
Texel – £182 Glenzierfoot, £170 Ramseycleuch & High Parkfoot, £166 Shankcastle & Birch Bush, £165 Campbell Cottage
Beltex – £170 Cherry Tree, £165 Pilmuir
Mule – £170 North Mausdale, £164 Low Tirfergus & Branthwaite Farm, £160 Langholm, £154 Langholm & Clonrae, £150 High Parkfoot, £148 Rhoin
Suffolk– £164 Langholm, £161, £160 Mosser Gate, £159 Blythbank, £154 Pilmuir, £150 Moss House, £148 Helmburn, £147 Cleughead
Cheviot– £166, £160 Skelfhill, £152, £150 Pilmuir, £148 Archbank & Sorbie, £146 Sorbie, £145 Twislehope
Charollais– £158 Oaklands & Moss House, £150 Cleughead
Blackface – £150 Clonrae, £148 Drumgrange, £145 Barron House & Balmurrie, £144 Winter Crag & Blythbank, £140 Ardacheranmor
North Country Cheviot -£148 Law Farm
Kerry Hill– £146 Dalwyne
Herdwick– £140 Mosser Gate
Swaledale– £134 Ardoch & Branthwaite, £129 Mosser Gate, £110 Laverhay
Shetland– £120 River Side
Tup Hoggs
Cross– £170 Mosser Gate
Beltex– £166 Sorbie
Cheviot– £160 Sorbie
Blackface– £158 Clonrae, £142 Cherry Tree
Swaledale– £150 Mosser Gate
Suffolk– £144 Helmburn
Hebridean– £125 Cairn House
Kendal Rough– £104 Gill Head
Like the hoggs feeding sheep were a smaller show on offer proving in high demand with purchasers leaving short of their requirements. Many more needed each week to fulfil demand, sale topped at £175 for a pair of Suffolk ewes from SW Brough, Cherry Tree Farm.
FEEDING EWES
Suffolk– £175 Cherry Tree
Texel– £154 Oaklands, £148 Rigfoot, £130 Oaklands
Mule– £150 Archbank, £144 Killeonan
Cheviot Mule– £148 Archbank
Blackface– £132 Barron House, £122 Killeonan, £100 Oaklands
Kendal Rough– £108 Gill Head
Herdwick– £95 Torbhlaren
Swaledale– £94 Cherry Tree, £92 Gill Head
Cheviot– £149 Riggfoot, £142 Annandale & Lochwood Estate, £136 Oaklands, £134 Archbank & Alton
CAST RAMS
Cheviot– £140 Ramseycleuch
Blackface– £130 Ardacheranmor
