Store & Breeding Sheep Tues 18 Aug 2026
C & D Auction Marts held their early breeding sheep sale with a catalogued entry of 1,400 at Longtown on Tuesday 18th August. A fantastic show of quality sheep met spirited bidding to huge ringside of bidders. Selling to a top of £470 for a pair of pure Suffolk gimmers from Messrs Bell, Kinning Hall who sold others at £410, £390 and £375. The highlight of the sale was the dispersal of the early breeding flock from Messrs Nicolson, the knock whose run of Suffolk x and Texel x ewes were sold in full bloom and met considerable interest selling to a top of £335 & £315 for Texel x gimmers and Suffolk x ewes at £308, £295 (x3), £290 (x2), selling 429 ewes to average £281.17.
Breeding Sheep
Gimmers
Suffolk– £470, £410, £390, £375 Kinninghall, £320 Mansfield Cottage, £300 Kinninghall, £295 The Knock & Galleywreay, £290 Braehead
Texel– £400, £370 East Mains, £360 Follysyke, Kinninghall & East Mains
Beltex– £335, £330, £310 Ewart Drive
Mule– £230, £220 Ewart Drive
Cheviot Mule– £190 Moss View
Kerry Hill– £175 Brownrigg Farm
Ewes
Texel– £360, £355, £340, £320 Follysyke, £310 (x2) The Knock
Suffolk– £308, £295 (x3), £290 (x2), £288 The Knock
Dutch Spotted– £305 East Mains
Beltex– £300 East Mains
Charollais– £235 Ewart Drive
Cheviot Mule– £220 Brownrigg Farm
Mule– £185 Cochranes Nurseries, £168 Foulsyke
Blackface– £105 Moss View
Ewe Lambs
Texel– £220, £190, £170 Follysyke, £150 Dalwyne
Suffolk– £150 Dalwyne
C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 3,377 Store Sheep at Longtown on Tuesday 18th August 2026.
A larger show of store lambs forward on the week, with a shortage of short-term keeping lambs on offer and a lot of lambs quoted £6 to £8 dearer on the week. Majority of the show being longer term lambs being in strong demand as more faces appear around ring side looking for numbers. Many more could have been sold to vendors advantage.
Included in the sale was the annual show of Mule wether lambs, ably judged by Ben Haigh, Hightown whose awards were as followed:-
1st prize (and awarded the Ian Rutter Memorial Trophy) – Orthwaite Hall £138
2nd prize – The Laws £116
3rd prize – Laverhay £109
Lambs topped at £165 for a fantastic Beltex tup lamb from A Johnston, Nelson Hill.
PRINCIPAL PRICES
Store Lambs
Suffolk – £150 Foregirth, £142 Park Head, £141 Grindon Hill, £138.5 Moss View, £138 Grindon Hill
Texel – £148 Pilmuir, West Fell View & Culfargie Estate, £146 Nelson Hill, £141 Archbank
Cheviot Mule – £140, £131, £126 Grindon Hill
Mule – £138 Orthwaite Hall, £134 West Fell View, £125 Penlaw, £117 Mouldy Hills, £116 The Laws
Beltex– £134 Sorbie
Charollais– £121 Haggbeck
Romney– £113 Cockcroft, £108 Rammerscales
Dutch Spotted – £105 Cherry Tree
North Country Cheviot – £104 Rayheugh
Border Leicester– £104 Cut Thorn
Blue Faced Leicester– £102 Mouldyhills
Zwartbles– £106 Haggbeck, £105 Whiteknowe
Badgerface– £96 Rainors
Blackface– £91 The Row, £87 Marbrack, £84 Lurg, £81 Davdell, £79 Lurg
Jacob– £90 Lurg
Easycare– £88 Wester Cottage
Herdwick– £83 Pokeskine
Kerry Hill– £74 Dalwyne
Swaledale– £73 Garrachoran
Tup Lambs
Beltex– £165 Nelson Hill
Texel– £141 West Fell View, £138 Forefirth, £132 Pilmuir, £131 Meadehope
Suffolk– £136, £133 Foregirth
Border Leicester– £92 Cut Thorn
Blackface– £80 Butterbridge
Feeding ewes of all classes seen dearer on the week and in strong demand, numbers needed going forward.
PRINCIPAL PRICES
Ewes
Beltex– £180 West Fell View
Cheviot Mule– £142 Wester Cottage
Texel– £136 West Fell View
Mule– £135 Cherry Tree
Blackface– £108 Ruighe Beag, £107 Sidlaw, £106 Moss View
Easycare– £82 Wester Cottage
Jacob– £60 Dirnow Farm
Cast Rams
Texel– £270 Meadehope
Zwartbles– £130 Meadehope
