Longtown Store & Breeding Sheep Tuesday 28 April 2026
C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 530 Store Hoggs and 690 Breeding Sheep at Longtown on Tuesday 28th April 2026
A similar show of ewes and lambs again met an animated demand, with many new faces round the ringside all hunting for outfits, with ewes with strong lambs being demand topping at £188 for a Texel x shearling with a single lamb from Breconridge.
BREEDING SHEEP
Ewes with Lambs
Texel – £159 Bayles, £158 Dale House, Tanside & Longrigg, £154 Allfornaught, £150 Underwoodhouse
Charollais– £122 Moss Side
Mule– £148 Windyknowe, £144 Airyolland, £136 Dale House, £134 Moss Side & Leapsrigg
Suffolk– £144, £138 Longrigg
North Country Cheviot- £132 Gospel Hall ,£122 Gospel Hall ,£117 Gospel Hall
Cheviot– £114 Dale House
SHEARLINGS & LAMBS
Texel– £188, £156 Breconridge, £145 Longrigg, £140 Crossings Cottage
Suffolk– £154 Tanside
Mule– £145 Crossings Cottage
Blackface– £126 Irvington Farm
Cheviot- £114 Tanside
HOGGS & LAMBS
Suffolk– £148 Gospel Hall
A smaller seasonal show of 530 store hoggs and feeding ewes were forward and met huge demand with many new customers round the ringside looking for grazing hoggs.
Top price goes to Jameson, Westhotbank for Mule hoggs.
Store Hoggs
Mule– £170, £146 Westhotbank, £142 Ardoch, £137 Triermain, £136, £132 Westhotbank
Texel– £194 Solwaybank, £178 Harper Hill, £174 Newtown farm, £169 Solway Bank, £166 Spency Croft & Thorniethwaite, £160 Ardoch & Mains of Machermore
Suffolk – £154 The Dykes, £1152 Kirkton of Kingoldrum, £150 Maidencots, £146 Thorniethwaite, £136 Whitchesters
Cheviot– £150 Mains of Machermmore, £122 Maidencots & Thorniethwaite
Blue Faced Leicester– £148 Raggetsyke
Blackface– £142 Westhotbank, £136 Ardoch, £130 Westhotbank, £128 Ardoch, £108 Westhotbank & Auchenleck
Beltex– £134 Mains of Machermore
Cheviot Mule– £133 Solwaybank
Herdwick– £132 Barnes Small Holding
Welsh– £130 Maidencots
Hampshire– £128 Thorniethwaite
Lleyn– £126 Gospel Hall
Romney– £126 Solwaybank
Ryeland– £125 Waterhead of Dryfe
TUP HOGGS
Blackface– £188 Craig Douglas, £148 Westhotbank, £134 Queensbury Farming
FEEDING EWES
Texel– £220, £198, £188 Mains of Machermore
Cheviot– £188, £156 Mains of Machermore
Suffolk– £186 Waterhead of Dryfe
Cheviot Mule– £184 Solwaybank
Mule– £148 Waterhead of Dryfe, £146 Waterhead of Dryfe
Blue Faced Leicester– £132 Penlaw
Blackface– £128 Westhotbank
Swaledale– £110 Dale House
