Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report
C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 3,896 Store Lambs at Longtown on Tuesday 7th January 2025.
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 Texel lamb realising £180 from R & A Cullen, Crosshill Farm. Chasing not far behind at £170 was another fantastic Texel lamb from Solwaybank Farm Partners.
The Annual consignment of 533 Texel cross store lambs from R J Muir, Tow Law averaged an impressive £131.
A big mention must go out to Robbie Muir for very kindly donating a Texel Lamb in aid of Prostate Cancer which was sold and put back up again repeatedly to achieve a final figure of £1,555 raised for a very good cause . A big thank you to everyone involved.
Texel – £180 Crosshill, £170, £154 Solwaybank, £164, £136, £130 Crosshill, £160, £159, £146 Netherhirst, £158 Crosshill, £150 Greenside, £150, £146, £125 Edgerston, £138, £130 Jerusalem, £136 Bloch, £130 Low Stanley, £125 Park Nook, £118 GeltsdaleSuffolk – £154, £140 Home, £147 Brocklebank, £140 Nether Cargen, £140 Greenside, £140 Braehead, £140 Edgerston, £138 Falnash, £137, £135 Moss Side, £132 Low Stanley
Charollais – £144, £129 Brocklebank, £135 Nether Cargen, £129 Reg Gap
Beltex – £142 Greenside, £140, £126 Newhope, £140 Braehead, £134 Heithat, £132, £128, £121, £118Low Stanley, £124, £117, £96 Shaw Cottage
Hill Cheviot – £136, £120 Falnash, £136 Crossdykes, £134 Bloch, £134 Twislehope, £120, £115 Craiglearen, £116 x2 Burnfoot of Ewes, £116 Glenshanna, £115 Sorbie
Cheviot Mule – £135, £112 Dodgsonstown, £131 Falnash, £127, £100 Ralphshield, £122, £120, £110 Lane End, £111 Dalhanna, £107 Greenside, £106 Glenshanna
Border Leicester – £135 Falnash
Blue Texel – £130, £117, £94, £90 East Hyndshawland
Herwick – £129 Wadley, £104 Low Longlands, £98 Low Stanley, £90 Hall Guards
Romney – £129, £126, £118, £98 Reddis Hall, £120 Burnfoot of Ewes
North Country Cheviot – £129 North Synton, £126 Dalhanna, £116, £113, £105 Reddis Hall, £115 Carruthers
Cross – £125 x2 Lawston, £120 Dalhanna, £118 Hill Top, £118 Foulsyke, £116 Temple House, £114 Staingills, £106 Craighead, £105 Tower, £91 Swinside, £90 Emblehope, £86 Nookclose
Roussin – £121 East Hyndshawland
Easycare – £116, £78 Staingills, £110, £99, £71 South Healey, £80 Wadley
Blackface – £110, £90 Shankston, £91 Reddis Hall, £90, £84, £82 Glenshanna, £87 Patervan, £80 Swinside, £76 Stanhope, £75 Greenside
Welsh – £85 Reddis Hall
Zwartbles – £82 Reddis Hall, £80, £72 Greenside
Jacob – £80 Wadley
Swaledale – £68 Nookclose
Shetland – £66 Lane End
Feeding ewes and cast rams jump to another gear topping at £208 for a heavy Suffolk cross ewe from Elaine Wilkie, Shaw Cottage South.
Ewes
Suffolk – £208, £190 Shaw Cottage
Beltex – £168 Shaw Cottage, £100 Heithat
Texel – £162 Hamburn Hall , £126 Harper Hill, £90 Wadley
Cheviot Mule – £132, £100 Wadley, £92 Lane End, £90 Rainors
Jacob – £118 Wadley
Hill Cheviot – £110, £100 Bloch
Blackface – £110 Reddis Hall, £94, £74 Eriff Est
Lleyn – £94 Reddis Hall
Cross – £90 Wadley
Herdwick – £90 Rainors, £84 Wadley
Dartmoor – £86, £85, £84 Rainors
North Country Cheviot – £84 Dalhanna
Rams
Millennium Blue – £168 Heithat
Blackface – £124 Eriff Est
Beltex – £130 Heithat
North Country Cheviot – £110 Dalhanna
Texel – £100 Low Stanley
