Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report
C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 3,659 Store Hoggs at Longtown on Tuesday 6th January 2026.
Starting the new year with a bang, store sheep reach another level as numbers start to tighten up! Numbers are required here at Longtown on a weekly basis to fulfil buyer’s demand.
Topping the day was a tremendous pen of Texel x tup hoggs realising £160 from RH & JR Little, Park Nook. Chasing not far behind at £159 was another fantastic pen of Beltex x hoggs from John McMillan, Ballaggan Farm.
The Annual consignment of 225 Texel cross store hoggs from R J Muir, Tow Law averaged an impressive £127.
Store Hoggs
Beltex – £159 Ballaggan, £144 Bridgestone, £141 Moss House, £138, £124 Bridgestone, £112 Greenside
Texel – £158 Achamore, £154 Nether Stenries, £151 Whitcastles, £146 Lustruther, & Achamore, £143 Ballaggan & Coldchapel, £141 Birchington Avenue, £140 Ballaggan, £139 Ardacheranmor & Loophill
Suffolk – £148 Carrick Cottage, £141 Nether Stenries, £135 Achamore, £130 Moorhills & Howtel, £127 Stockdale, £124 Howtel, £122 Nethertofts & Fir Trees, £120 Hopestead & Hallrule Mill
Blackface – £140 Brieredge, £120 Owlethirst, £104 Linhope Farming & 61 Birchington, £102 Brieredge, £100 West stobs Wood, £98 Plenderleith, £90 Chapelhope Trust, £88 Cara View, East Cocklaw & Faulding Cleugh
Gritstone– £136 Achamore
Hill Cheviot – £136 North Muasdale, £134 Stockdale Farm, £132 Ballaggan, £124 Cassington & West Stobs Wood, £123 Stooprigg, £120 Eskdalemuir Forestry, £119 Beckfoot & Balure Farm, £115 Cara View
Mule – £133 Birchington, £132 Hamburn Hall, £130 Killeonan, £129 Longrigg, £128 Coldchapel, £127 Whitcastles, £124 Cold Chapel & Longrigg, £123 Macherquhat
Bluefaced Leicester – £124 Kildalloig
Cheviot Mule – £124 Marwhirn, £123 Ridley Farm, £122 Craiglearen, Marwhirn & Cassington
North Country Cheviot – £120 Enzieholm, £116 Marwhirn, £110 Hepplehill, £108 Tweedbank, £107 Middlesteads, £106 Tweedbank
Easycare– £108 Swinside Farming
Hampshire– £107 Whitcastles
Romney– £100 Low Old Shield
Swaledale – £99 East Cocklaw, £80 Hepplehill
Herwick – £94 Farlam Hill
Shetland– £80 Tanside
Lonk– £76 Church View
Dutch Spotted– £74 Barrascroft
Tup Hoggs
Texel– £160 Park Nook, £127 Cockcroft, £122 Dunach, £120 Harper Hill & Lustruther, £118 Collin Bank, £116 Lustruther & Geltsdale, £114 Hill Court
Beltex– £144, £138 Park Nook
Suffolk– £144 Park Nook, £127 Hallrule Mill, £116 Lustruther, £110 Howtel
Romney– £125, £120 & 107 Cockcroft
Cheviot– £124 Stooprigg, £118 Parkhill
Blue Faced Leicester– £122 Parkhill
Mule– £121 Longrigg, £114 Middlesteads
Cheviot Mule– £119 Marwhirn
Blackface– £118 Ardacheranmor, £110 Cara View, £106 Collin Bank
Feeding ewes and cast rams stand on topping at £285 for a Texel cross ewe from R J Muir, Towlaw. Many more feeding sheep needed every week to fulfil buyer’s demand.
Ewes
Texel – £185 Birchington, £176 Wauchope, £174 Birchington, £154 Harper Hill, £152 Ardacheranmor, £148 Birchington, Ridley Farm & Wauchope, £138 Ridley Farm, Lustruther, £132 Poltalloch
Cheviot Mule – £162 Harper Hill, £130 Ridley Farm
Cross – £154 Harper Hill, £140 Over Cairn, £130 10 Killeonan, £129 61 Birchington
Suffolk – £140 61 Birchington Avenue
North Country Cheviot – £132, £124 Crookedstane, £122 Linhope
Blackface – £122 Poltalloch, £110 Barkbeth, £96 Linhope, £94 Barkbeth & Killeonan
Hill Cheviot – £122, £108 Linhope, £104 Craiglearen
Beltex – £120 Wauchope
Swaledale– £100 Over Cairn
Rams
Suffolk– £178, £165 Dunach
North Country Cheviot – £160 Crookedstane £148 Dunach
Blackface – £152 Toftholm, £140 Dunach
Texel – £138 Poltalloch, £137 High Crubasdale, £132 Ridley Farm
Romney– £122 Rammerscales
Beltex – £118 Wauchope
Easycare– £93 West Cottage
