Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Sale Reports

C & D Auction Marts held
their weekly sale of 1235 Breeding sheep, Store hoggs and Feeding sheep
at Longtown on Tuesday 15th April 2025.

Ewes and lambs go up a gear again
with buyers flooding around the ring side, ensuring every outfit was highly
contended for. Topping the ring today was a tremendous first cross Texel ewe
with a single Texel lamb at foot, realising £142 per life from Robert Tweddle,
Kirkandrews Moat. The majority of the sale consisted of Mule ewes, regularly
selling between £115 to £130 per life.

Breeding Sheep

Ewes with Singles

Texel – £140 Moss Kennels, £130 Crossings
Cottage, £110 Inch

Mules – £130 Morwood, £120 (x2) Crossings
Cottage

Ewes with Twins

Texel – £142 5 Kirkandrews Moat, £120 Moss
Kennels, £120 Newhope

Mules – £138 & £130 Kinninghall, £130
& £125 Morwood, £118 5 Kirkandrews Moat

Beltex – £120 Newhope

Cheviot – £110 & £105 East Cottage

Shetland – £70 5 Kirkandrews Moat

Store hoggs numbers (828). A end of
season show on offer today with a lot of cleaning up consignments forward.
However, strong feeding hoggs were still in strong demand and very easily sold;
topping the sale with 6 fantastic Texel cross hoggs from Tattersall Farming,
Bellbank realising £152.

Store Hoggs

Texel – £152 Bellbank, £150 & £148
Justenlees, £146 Woodhill, £144 Meikleholm, £140 Cooilingel, £140 Woodhill

Suffolk – £150 Cooilingel, £146 Woodhill,
£139 High Floweryhirst, £136 Woodhill, £128 High Floweryhirst, £126 Meikleholm,
£115 The Firs, £105 Cooilingel

Blackface – £142 & £118 Meikleholm, £116
Shankston, £112  & £110 Woodhill

Dorest – £135 Justenlees

Cross – £134 Woodhill, £130 Cooilingel,
£116 Shankston, £108 Meikleholm

Beltex – £122 High Floweryhirst

Cheviot – £120 Falnash, £108 Alton, £108 The
Heugh

Kerryhill – £110 Woodhill

Herdwick – £78, £54 & £47 Racy Ghyll

Easycare – £60 & £54 Cooilingel

Tup Lamb

Chevoit – £138 Blackhall, £129 Falnash

Cross – £114 Foulsyke

Feeding sheep were in very high
demand with a very limited show of numbers on offer. Many more could have been
sold to vendors advantage. Top price was two Texel cross ewes making £192 from
M W Furlong & Co, Ridley Farm.

Feeding Ewes

Texel – £192, £150 Ridley

Blue Leicester – £185 & £145 Woodhill

Suffolk – £165 Meikleholm

Beltex  – £138 Shankston

Cross – £128 Ridley

Cheviot – £124 Meikleholm, £120 Dalhanna

Swaledale – £120 Woodhill

Blackface – £114 & £76 Shankston

Feeding Rams

Charollais – £180 Wasdale Head Hall

Texel –
£180 Beckstones, £178 Meikleholm

Cheviot – £168 Wasdale Head Hall, £140 Falnash

Herdwick – £130 Wasdale Head Hall