Longtown Primestock Sale Report

C&D Auction Marts had forward an entry of 8,535 sheep comprising of 3,720 lambs and  4,815 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown Mart on Thursday 11th September 2025.

PRIME LAMBS
Another solid show of 3,720 sold to similar rates of return seen in previous weeks and being better than those seen earlier in the week.

Well-fed lambs received premium returns, while grass fed lambs met the same resistance as last week. More well finished lambs can be sold to vendor advantage and are keenly sought after on a weekly basis.

For all enquiries please do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers.

Principal prices (Per kilo)
Jacob – 391p Rest Cottage
Beltex – 356p Moss House, 347p Horsley Hill
Texel – 343p Earlside, 340p Fallaw Farm
Cheviot – 332.4p Castle Crawford
Suffolk – 331p Horsley Hill, 329p Horsley Hill, 329p Buninver Road
Mule – 315p Killeonan
Charollais – 314.5p Buninver Road, 309p Rowanburnfoot
Blackface – 310.5p Wanwood Hill
Cheviot Mule – 306.5 Bankhead, 298p Southend
Easycare – 305p Causey View, 295p (x2) East Fortissit
Valais Blacknose – 298p Riggfoot
Half-Bred – 295.7p West Deloraine
Blue Faced Leicester- 282.1p Bankhead
Zwartbles –  273.3p South Riddingwood
Dorset- 272p Rest Cottage
Kerry Hill- 270.2p Bankhead

Principal prices (Per head)
Suffolk - £235 The Land
Texel - £189 Killeonan, £184 Grange Moor, £183 South Farm , £182 Buninver Road
Beltex - £189 Killeonan, £174 Horsley Hill
Mule- £189 Killeonan
Charollais- £173 Buninver Road
Blue Faced Leicester- £158 Bankhead, £144 Shitlington Hall
Cheviot- £150 Kirkton, £144 North House
Kerry Hill- £147 Bankhead
Valais Blacknose - £146 Riggfoot
Cheviot Mule- £146 Bank head, £143 Lammonbie, £141 Bankhead
Half-bred- £136 West Deloraine
Easycare- £135 East Fortissit, £130 East Fortissit
Jacob- £134 Rest Cottage
Blackface- £130 Wanwood Hill, £123 Rowanburnfoot
Dorset- £128 rest Cottage
Swaledale- £123 South Riddingwood

CAST EWES AND RAMS
Another great entry of 4,815 cast ewes and rams sold to an increased ring of purchasers, ensuring all classes were competitively bid for. Heavy ewes sold to a solid trade with leaner ewes proving harder to cash. 

Heavy ewes to £310 for a Texel ewe from Field G & CE Edminson, Middle Farm. Light ewes topped at £162 for 5 cheviots from AC Barbour, Southend with rams twice to £200 for a Texel from Beckfoot and a Beltex from A Mclean, No 8 Killeonan.

Heavy ewes
Texel- £310 Middle Farm, £300 Moss House
Cheviot Mule- £236 Killeonan
Charollais - £218 Beckfoot
Suffolk - £212 Beckfoot, £208 Grange Moor, £208 35 Buninver Road
North Country Cheviot - £165 Beckfoot, £165 AUCTION
Beltex- £210 Inamay
Border Leicester- £190 Southend
Mule -£188 Killeonan, £180 Mossband
Blue Faced Leicester – £185 Laidlawsteel, £178 Clifton cote
Romney- £138 Cockcroft
Blue DU Main- £125 Hallhill
Dorset- £125 Whinney Brow
Zwartbles- £112 South Riddingwood

Light ewes
Hill Cheviot- £162 Southnd, £152 Drumreach
Lleyn- £152 Torkirra, £150 The Height (x2)
Blackface - £136 Walton Park
Easy Care- £134 East Fortissit, £132 Harwood
Herdwick - £130 Ashness
Goat- £88 Westfield, £80 Lagalgarve
Kerry Hill – £77 Bankhead
Shetland- £72 Moss House

Rams
Texel – £200 Beckfoot
Bletex - £200 Killeonan
Easycare- £180 Hill House
Charollais- £175 Beckfoot
Blackface- £170 Laidlawsteel
Cheviot- £165 Blackhaugh (x2)
Blue Faced Leicester - £150 Glenbarr
Border Leicester - £116 Justenlees
North Country Cheviot - £110 Moss House
Wensleydale - £100 Little Fithie

Averages:
Lambs
Light to                 287.0p (271.4p)
Standard to      332.4p (292.4p)
Medium to         356.0p (308.3p)
Heavy to             339.0p (305.4p)
Overweight       330.9p (305.6p)

Ewes
Light to                 £162 (£76.90)
Heavy to             £310 (£126.06)
Rams to               £200 (£142.54)

Please contact your auctioneers for further enquiries
John Walton 07880 527 066
Daniel Lynn 07584 200 489
Norman Douglas 07786 366 833
Helen Rickard 07741 313 029
Joe Conley 07442 246063

 

corresponding week 2024 sale report