Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 2105 Store Sheep sale at Longtown on Tuesday 19th August 2025.

A smaller show of store lambs forward on the week, with a shortage of short-term keeping lambs on offer. Longer term lambs saw a slight resistance on the week despite several new faces around ringside.

Lambs top at £143 for a fantastic Texel cross lamb from C R Purvis, Shepherds Cottage.

PRINCIPAL PRICES

Store Lambs
Texel – £143 Shepherds Cottage, £141 Lea Hill, £136 Pallet Hill, £136 Cocklet Hill
Beltex – £134, £131 Morwood, £121 Sheeps View
Cheviot Mule – £129, £117 Shepherds Cottage
North Country Cheviot – £116, £110 Howman Grange
Mule – £114 Orthwaite Hall, £112 Cumstone, £110 The Row and Cumstone 
Zwartble – £114 The Knowe
Suffolk – £114, £109 Weeds Farm
Dutch Spotted – £99 The Park
Badger Face – £99 The Park
Blackface – £94 The Row, £80 Townhead
Border Leicester– £90 Cut Thorn Farm
Jacob – £89, £81 Townhead Farm
Lonk – £86 The Park
Herdwick – £51 Longburgh Fauld

Tup Lambs
Texel – £110 The Knowe, £109 Banks Head Farm, £105 The Mark
North Country Cheviot – £106 The Heugh
Mule – £105 The Row
Border Leicester – £91 Cut Thorn Farm
Blackface – £90 Corrow Farm, £86 Pole Farm
Jacob – £88 Lurg and Townhead Farm
Lonk – £64 The Park

Feeding ewes sharper again on the week for all classes with many more numbers needed each week to keep up with ever growing demand.

PRINCIPAL PRICES
Ewes
Suffolk – £184 Cut Thorn Farm
Mule – £168 Cocklet Hill
North Country Cheviot – £165 Cut Thorn Farm
Cheviot Mule – £158 Cut Thorn Farm
Blackface – £94 Davdell, £81 Pole Farm
Herdwick – £60 Longburgh Fauld