Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of Breeding sheep, Store hoggs and Feeding sheep at Longtown on Tuesday 6th May 2025.

Ewe and lambs (894) a leaner show of ewes forward running with younger lambs to previous weeks, the dry weather putting a slight resistance on older splitting outfits, a fantastic show of hoggs and lambs on offer sale topped at £205 a life for the champion pen of 5 Texel hoggs and lambs from D Carr & Son, Highwood

Judge – Anthony Tindale, Paradise Farm

Champion – pen of Texel hoggs from Carr, Highwood
Reserve Champion – pen of Texel hoggs from Ridley, Shitlington Hall

Class of 5 Texel hoggs with lambs at foot
1st Carr, Highwood
2nd Ridley, Shitlington Hall
3rd Carr, Highwood

Class of 5 Suffolk hoggs with lambs at foot
1st Seymour Farms, Seymour House
2nd Taylor, The Harras

Breeding Sheep

Ewes with Singles
Texel – £150 & £132 Heathery Knowe, £125 Kirkbride
Suffolk – £128 & £115 Parkhill
Cheviot Mule – £115 Kirkbride
Cross – £115 Pilmuir, £110 Farlam Hill
North Country Cheviot – £105 East Cottage, £104 Hillhead, £102 The Crossings Cottage, £100 Kirkbride

Ewes with Twins
Suffolk – £132 East Cottage
Greyface – £120 East Cottage, £118 The Old Post Office
Cheviot Mule – £118, £116 & £110 North House
Texel – £105 Rainors
Dutch Spotted – £102 Rainors
North Country Cheviot – £68 Low Old Shields, £58 East Cottage
Swaledale – £52 Low Bridge End, £45 Rainors
Badgerface Texel – £40 Low Bridge End

Shearlings with Singles
Texel – £150 & £132 Heathery Knowe

Shearlings with Twins
Mules – £112 Solmain

Hoggs with Singles
Texel – £205 Highwood, £200 Shitlington Hall, £180 Highwood
Suffolk – £155 Seymour House, £145 & £140 The Harras
Cross – £150 The Harras
Cheviot Mule– £108 5 Kirkandrews Moat

Store hogg numbers (211) tidy up day with a sweeping up show on offer.

Store Hoggs
Suffolk – £135 Drumgrange
Beltex – £110 Shankston
Texel – £92 & £82 Gillenbie, £80 Parkhill, £75 & £70 Gillenbie
Cross – £90 Moorlaws, £70 Whitchester
Blackface – £86 Shankston, £74 Moorlaws, £72 & £68 Whitchester, £68 Drumgrange
Jacob – £82 1 The Knowe
Cheviot – £68 High Nunclose, £42 Milsington
Swaledale – £68 Moorlaws
Herwick – £50 & £49 Low Bridge End

Tup Hogg
Texel – £142 Viewley

Feeding sheep (33) a small offering of feeding sheep met a brisk trade with buyers willing to travel.  

Feeding Ewes
Suffolk – £135 Drumgrange
Cheviot – £130 Viewley
Blackface – £120 Low Old Shields, £82 Viewley
Cheviot Mule – £98 Viewley
Jacob – £98 & £86 1 The Knowe
Texel – £80 Gillenbie

Feeding Rams
Jacob – £105 1 The Knowe