Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report
C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 4,968 Store Hoggs and Breeding Sheep at Longtown on Tuesday 20th January 2026.
The first offering of 300 in-lamb ewes here at Longtown topped at £255 per head for a great pen of Cheviot Mule gimmers scanned in-lamb to the Berrichon from Mary Lewis, Glen Darroch Farming, closely followed by her second pen at £245. With many customers leaving empty handed more in-lamb ewes could be sold with ease at our next sale on Tuesday 3rd February.
The store sheep ring had 4,968 store hoggs and feeding ewes forward to a strong ring of buyers with several new purchasers in attendance. Topping at £143 For a pen of Texel hoggs from Messrs Baty, Broomhills with feeding ewes selling to £178 from D Creer, Cooilingel.
BREEDING SHEEP
Ewes
Cross – £212 Third Farms, £210, £195 West Logan, £182 Dalwyne, £165 Shaw Farm
Beltex – £205 Dalwyne
Suffolk – £205, £172 Dalwyne
Texel – £200 Dalwyne, £195 Rainors, £158 Dalwyne
Cheviot Mule– £190 Dalwyne
Kerry Hill– £162 Dalwyne
Berrichon– £160 Glen Darroch
Romney– £92 Dalwyne
Easycare– £92 Culcaigrie
Blackface – £88 Culcaigrie, £82 Dalwyne
North Country Cheviot – £86 Culcaigrie
Shetland– £65 Culcaigrie
Herdwick– £65 Dalwyne
Gimmers
Cheviot Mule – £255, £245 Glen Darroch
Blue Texel– £205 Dalwyne
Cross – £165 Shaw Farm
Berrichon– £160 Glen Darroch
STORE HOGGS
Texel – £143 Broomhills, £140 Howard House & Achamore, £135 Achamore, £134 Pine Grove & Cooilingel
Suffolk – £140 Banks Head, £139 Broomhills, £138 Bellbank, £132 Banks Head, £128 Ballquinnea
Beltex – £140, £132 Gillalees, £130 Foulsyke, £129 Mains Of Machermore, £128 New Aberdour
Cheviot Mule -£134 Banks Head, £128 Dodgsonstown, £127 Sundhope, £125 Helmburn & Halterburnhead
Mule – £138 Broomhills, £124 Little Gill, £121 Moss Edge & Cooilingel, £119 Rhoin
Hill Cheviot – £133 Blackriggs, £122 Cooilingel, £118 Courstein & Blackriggs
Dutch Spotted – £131 Shankfield Head, £122 Broomhills, £121 Haas Grove
Charollais – £129, £121 Moss Side, £117 Mains of Collin
Blackface – £120 Lanehead, £116, £113 Cuil, £113 Stonehouse, £110 Barkbeth
Gritstone– £120 Achamore
Herwick – £110 Rainors, £88 Burnfoot of Ewes & Rainors
Easycare– £108 Cooilingel
North Country Cheviot – £100 Marwhirn
Hampshire– £107 Cassington, £96 Cooilingel
Shetland– £79 Ballacowin, £74 Tanyard House
Swaledale– £62 Keepershield
Romney– £75 Low Old Shield
Berrichon– £88 Ashcroft
Charmoise– £99 Halterburn Head
Tup Hoggs
Suffolk– £121 Helmburn
Texel- £129, £120 & £113 Cleughead, £110 Windyknowe, £104 Cleughhead
Blackface– £116 Cuil, £109 Little Gill
Cheviot– £113 Cleughead, £101 Sundhope
Cheviot Mule– £108, £107 Cleughead
Mule– £106 Mains of Collin
FEEDING EWES
Texel – £178 Cooilingel, £152 Corbelly Hill & Achamore, £146 Barguillean, £144 Banks Head, £136 Barguillean
Charollais– £170 Cooilingl
Beltex– £165 Barkbeth
Cheviot Mule- £152, £140 Achamore
Mule– £140 Banks Head, £112 Tanyard
Suffolk – £132 Banks Head, £128 Ballaquinnea, £100 Achamore
Lleyn– £128 Kilnknowe
Easycare– £125 Coilingel
North Country Cheviot – £116 Dodgsonstown
Hill Cheviot – £105 High Green Hill, £98 Toftholm, £90 Marwhirn
Blackface– £97 Garvilland, £86 Merkland
Herdwick– £88 Burnfoot of Ewes
CAST RAMS
Beltex– £125 Mains of Machermore
North Country– £112 Mains of Machermore
Herdwick– £110, £88 Rainors
Blackface – £110 Barkbeth, £94 Coldchapel
