Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Report

C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of Store Sheep at Longtown on Tuesday 29th July 2025 comprising of 1507.

A larger show of lambs forward met by several new faces around ringside ensuring all classes of store lambs dearer on the week with the whole sale averaging just short of £114. More numbers needed every week to fulfil ever growing demand.  

Store lambs topped at £150 for a pen of 25 Texels from Archbank Farming, Archbank.

Lambs
Texel – £150 Archbank, £149 Burnfoot, £139 Archbank, £138 Philiphaugh, £135 Marbrack
Suffolk – £140 Philiphaugh, £136 Anthorn View, £134 Ettleton, £132 Outer Huntly, £131 Merkland
Beltex – £136, £133 & £132 Bridgestone, £124 Merkland
Cheviot Mule – £117 White Knowe, £114 Monklaw
Mule – £117, £95  White Knowe, £87 Barsalloch
North Country Cheviot – £112 The Mark
Dutch Spotted – £78 Middlerigg
Shetland – £30 Stockholm

Tup Lambs
Texel – £154, £145 & £108 Merkland
Jacob – £114 Middlerigg
Suffolk – £68 Stockholm

Ewes
Mule – £96 Dirnow, £92 Bridgestone
Jacob – £88 Middlerigg
Shetland – £23 & £20 Dirnow

Rams
Dutch Spotted – £92 Dirnow