Longtown Store Sheep Tues 20 Oct
C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 9,180 store lambs at Longtown on Tuesday 20th October 2026.
A much larger show of store lambs on offer this week faced by a ring full of purchasers from up and down the country. Lambs of all classes dearer on the week especially the long-term projects, many more could have been sold to vendor’s advantage.
Top price of £150 for a pen of Texel lambs from N.S.P. Parry, Marbrack and also for a pen of Suffolk lambs from D.A. & M.A. Teasdale, Grindon Hill.
Included in today’s sale was the show of Cheviot lambs. Judging for the day was in the capable hands of Mr Norman Douglas. Results are as follows:
Pen of SCC Store lambs
1st – Warden, Skelfhill £136
2nd – Douglas, Upper Hindhope £130
3rd – Randall, Drycleuchlea £133
Pen of NCC Store lambs
1st – Anderson, Priesthaugh £130
2nd – Mundell, Lawesknowe £129
3rd – Turkington, Outer Huntly £129
Store Lambs
Texel– £150 Marbrack, £148 Highfield Farming, £145 Milton Mains & Enzieholm
Suffolk– £150 Grindon Hill, £145 Highfield Farming, £144 Binks & Haining Farm, £141 Highfield Farming
Beltex– £146 Sorbie & White Knowe, £142 Riverview
Mule– £140 Rayheugh, £132 Orthwaite Hall, £130 Mains, Town Shields & Barsalloch, £127 Cowden Burn, £125 Cooilingel
Cheviot – £136 Skelfhill, £135 Middleton of Brims, £133 Drycleughclea & Gillesbie Farms, £132 South End
Cheviot Mule– £136 Grindon Hill, £133 Mains, £130 Grindon Hill, £127 Granton, £126 Enzieholm
Easycare– £138 South Port o Spittal, £124 Chatton Park, £112 West Drummoddie
North Country Cheviot– – £140 Howman Grange, £130 Rayheugh, £123 Bankhead
Charollais– £130 Mosser Gate
Blackface– £124 Black Mountain, £121 Collin Bank, £120 Halterburnhead, £119 Black Mountain, £118 Gleedlee
Romney– £122, £120 Cockcroft
Herdwick– £112 Riverview
Shetland– £90 Riverview
Badgerface– £78 Rainors
Swaledale– £76 Laverhay
Tup Lambs
Texel– £144 Half Mark, £130 Gillesbie, £128 Mains, £128 Powheads
Beltex– £130 Gillesbie
Blackface– £135 Black Mountain, £126 Hott Farm, £122 Black Mountain, £122 The Crew
Suffolk– £127 Longrow, £122 Parkhill
Cheviot– £127 Upper Hindhope, £126 Castle Crawford, £120 The Shaws
Cross– £118 Ballaquinnea,
Charollais– £116 Waterhead of Dryfe
Easycare– £110 West Drummoddie
North Country Cheviot– £92 Riverview
A smaller show of feeding ewes on offer with all classes dearer on the week as more purchasers travel looking for numbers.
Topping the sale was a pen of Texel ewes from Aar-Dar realising £184.
Feeding Ewes
Texel- £184 Aar-Dar, £174 Waterhead of Dryfe, £169 Penlaw, £168 Gillalees, £164 Penlaw, £160 Gillalees
Cheviot– £158 Penlaw, £136 Carrawbrough, £132 Castle Crawford,
Mule– £158 Gillalees, £156 Waterhead of Dryfe, £150 Waterhead of Dryfe & Cranberry Brow
Suffolk– £154 Penlaw
Dutch Spotted– £146 West Drummoddie
Cheviot Mule– £142 Penlaw
Easycare– £138 West Drummoddie
Swaledale– £128 Orthwaite Hall
Blackface- £120 Gillalees, £116 Westhotbank, £112 Penlaw & Blackmountain
Cast Rams
Blackface– £130 Selcoth
