Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report
C&D Auction
Marts had forward 5,746 store lambs, feeding ewes and cast rams at their weekly
sale at Longtown on Tuesday 7th October 2025.
Short term
lambs in short supply and long-term lambs jump another gear. All classes highly
bid for with new faces appearing at ring side every week. Topping the sale were
3 fantastic Texel cross lambs from Archbank farming realising £150.
A massive Thank
you to Harry Askwith, Low Mown Meadows Farm for travelling up and judging the
lowland show of store lambs.
Pen of
Suffolk Cross Store Lambs
1st – Hamilton, The Dykes
2nd – Scott, Elfhills
3rd – Laing, Tarrasfot
Pens of
Texel Cross Store Lambs
1st – Archbank Farming, Archbank
2nd – Phillips, Hyndlee
3rd – Thomson – Pilmuir
Pens of
Any Other Breed Store Lambs
1st – Kellett, Errington
2nd – Manderson, 4 Kilnknowe
3rd – Kellett, Errington
Store Lambs
Texel –
£150 Archbank, £148 Beckstones, £142 Beacon Rigg, £142 Errington, £141 Beacon
Rigg, £140 Holebeck
Beltex –
£140 & £138 Errington, £138 & £136 3 Westerhouses, £133 Killellan
Lodge, £133 3 Westerhouses Cottages, £132 Errington
Cross –
£140 Low Old Shields, £118 Westhotbank, £117 The Ash
Suffolk –
£128 Tarrasfoot, £124 Errington, £122 Elfhills
Cheviot – £124 Clerkhill, £118 Priesthaugh, £114 Toftholm
Blackface –
£122 22 Merhay Close, £109 & £108 Hemmel
Cheviot Mule – £119 Outer Huntly, £115 Great Ryle, £114 Granton, £114 Great Ryle, £113 Outer
Huntly, £111 Hallbankgate
North
Country Cheviot – £113 Archbank
Wensleydale –
£108 27 Cruachan Cottage
Zwartble – £100 Sheepfields
Herdwick – £82 Moorside Parks
Shetland – £80 Sannox Estate, £79 & £78 Harden
Kerry Rough –
£76 & £68 The Park
Swaledale – £40 & £32 Overcairn
Tup Lambs
North
Country Cheviot – £123 Blakehipe, £118 Old Post Office
Texel –
£120 3 Westerhouses, £108 Sannox, £105 Waterhead of Dryfe
Cross –
£112 Hightown
Blackface – £110 Balmurrie, £106 Toftholm, £100 Westhotbank
Cheviot – £98 Meikleholm
Valais
Blacknose – £82 Romanway
Romney –
£70 The Copper Beech
Shetland – £66 Romanway
Feeding sheep
remain in high demand with purchasers traveling from far and wide to take
advantage of the numbers placed in front of them.
Feeding Ewes
Texel –
£175 Clonhi, £175 36E Albyn Avenue, £172 Mosshill, £154 Hyndlee
Cheviot Mule – £160 & £150 Clonhie
Cross –
£128 Overcairn, £124 Waterhead of Dryfe, £120 Holebeck
Shetland – £118 27 Cruchan Cottage
Zwartble – £115 27 Cruchan Cottage
Blackface – £100 27 Cruachan Cottage, £95 Drannandow, £90 36E Albyn Avenue, £90
Drannandow
Lleyn –
£99 Beachmenach
Kerry –
£96 High Hermitage
Suffolk – £94 Haper Hill, £88 High Hermitage
Cheviot – £88 & £78 Kirkton
Herdwick – £72 High Hermitage
Ryeland – £70 The Copper Beech
Swaledale – £60 Peat Gap, £40 Park House
Rams
Texel –
£152 Kirkton, £132 Mosshill
Blackface – £130 & £118 Kirkton
Cheviot – £118 Kirkton
Ryeland – £85 The Copper Beech
