Longtown Store & Feeding Sheep Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts had forward 5,692 store lambs, feeding ewes and cast rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Tuesday 9th December 2025.

A larger show of store lambs forward with a great demand for all classes, selling with ease to a ringside of buyers from up and down the country. More numbers needed weekly to fulfil buyers demands.

Top price of the day was £168 for Beltex lambs from Newton of Fotheringham.

Store Lambs

Beltex– £168 Newton of Fotheringham, £138 Bridgestone, £137 Sweetbit, £135 Swaites, £112 Carrawbrough, £106 Bridgestone, £102 Gill Farm, £100 Bridgestone
Texel – £158, £146 Newton of Fotheringham, £144 Sowerby Wood Farm, £144, £141, £140, £143 Newton of Fotheringham,£138 Sowerby Wood Farm, £136 Priesthaugh, £135 Crossings Cottage
Suffolk– £149 Newton of Fotheringham, £134 Sweetbit, £125 The Cottage, £124 Nether Cargen & Braehead, £122  Drinkstone, £120 Swaites, Crossings Cottage & Donkin Rigg
Charollais– £144 Sowerby Wood Farm, £97 Macherquhat
Cheviot Mule– £132 Woodside, £131 Granton, £118 Howman Grange, £117 Granton, £110 Clackmae, £107 Howman Grange, £102 Priesthaugh, £95 Clackmae, £90 Carrawbrough & Parkhill
Hill Cheviot– £131, £128 Granton, £111 Howman Grange, £110 Sundhope, £109 Linhope, £106, £104 Howman Grange, £95 Linhope, £90 Howman Grange
Mule– £129 Hamburn Hall, £128, £119 Franbury, £118 The Cottage & Parkhill, £116 Hmaburn Hall & Crossings Cottage, £116 Tailbert & Donkin Rigg, £114 Risehead, £110 Rhoin & Windy Hill
Blackface– £128 Parkhill, £14 Kilchiaran, £112 Parkhill, £106 Park Hill, £105 Kilchiaran, £104 Cramalt, £98 Falding Cleugh & Skelfhill, £95 Linhope & Town Shields
North Country Cheviot– £126 North Synton, £117 Woodside, £116 North Synton, £112 Crossings Cottage, £108, £106, £90 Woodside, £89 Shepherds Cottage
Dorset– £122 Hazelbank
Zwartble– £120, £80 Sheep Fields
Lonk– £111 Whitehead Hill
Dutch Spotted– £109 Hillside
Romney– £108 Cockcroft, £100 Hownam Grange, £96, £85 Cockcroft & Craster, £80 Craster
Easycare– £107 Chatton Park, £102 Whitchesters, £94 Cleongart
Herdwick– £106, £99 Millbeck Hall, £89 Longrow, £79 Low Garth
Jacob– £90 Low Meadow & Rhoin
Swaledale– £86, £80 Coatlith Hill
Shetland– £83 Bridgestone, £78 Hillside

Tup Lambs

Texel – £132 Sowerby Wood, £120 Crossings Cottage, £110 Meikleholm & 1 Serrick Road, £105 Flex Farm, £94 Rhoin, £92 Whitchesters, £90 Woodside
Suffolk– £127 Homilton, £109 Whitchesters, £105 Helmburn Farm, £90 Homilton
Mule – £122, £94 Homilton, £88 ow Garth, £70 Risehead
Blue Faced Leicester– £112 High House
Blackface– £103 Town Shields, £98 Meikleholm, £92 Kilchiaran, £86 Meikleholm, £83 Cramalt, £82 Meikleholm
Easy-care– £102 Whitchesters
Herdwick– £88 Sherwent Terrace
North Country Cheviot– £80 Ramseycleugh

A much larger show of feeding sheep on offer, all classes dearer on the week with much larger quantities needed each week to fulfil the ever-growing demand. Top price was a pen of Mule ewes realising £152 from Kerr, Keppoch. Blackface ewes top at £126 from D Gillies, Killipol Farm.

Feeding Ewes

Texel – £168 Ridley Farm, £152, £132 Newton of Fotheringham, £120 Craigadam, £118 Buteland, £114 Newton of Fotheringham, £108 Grange Farm, £102 White Knowe
Blue Faced Leicester– £135 Quarry House
Cheviot Mule– £128 White Knowe
Mule– £122 Donkin Rigg, £118 Westerhall, £108 Quarry House
Hill Cheviot– £115 Girnwood, £112 Errington, £110 Linhope, £88 White Knowe
Blackface– £108 Cramalt, £98 Linhope, £95 Cramalt, £90 Quarry House, £81, £78 Ramshope
Jacob– £92 Hillside
Suffolk– £92 Craigadam
Swaledale– £70 Over Cairn

Rams
Suffolk– £160 Donkin Rigg
Hill Cheviot– £142 Ramseycleugh, £118 Errington Farm