Store Sheep Tuesday 04 Aug 2026
C & D Auction Marts held their weekly sale of 2,329 store lambs at Longtown on Tuesday 4th August 2026.
A similar number of stores forward with a lack of strong short keep lambs on offer. A big run of long term Blackfaced lambs from Campbeltown on offer today topping at £76. Majority of the sale running between £100 to £110 for long term consignments.
Store Lambs
Suffolk– £154 Park Head & Hullerbank, £136 Park Head & Town Shields, £135 Cut Thorn
Texel– £145, £140 Pilmuir, £130 Heddon View, £129 Archbank & Howtel, £128 Pilmuir, £126 Heddon View
Mule– £120 Sewing Shields, £118 Carnochan & Howtel, £116 Howtel & Carnochan
Beltex– £117 Thorniethwaite Farm
Cheviot Mule– £115 Ridley Farm, £114 Heddon View & Cut Thorn
Cheviot– £112 Toftholm
Lonk– £111 Heddon View
Dutch Spotted– £111 South Slealands
Charollais– £110 Park Farm
Border Leicester– £104 Cut Thorn
Blackface– £90 Heddon View, £76 Albyn Avenue, £75 Pole, £73 Davdell
Herdwick– £74 Barquhar
Tup Lambs
Suffolk– £154 Ridley Farm
Border Leicester– £109 Cut Thorn
Dutch Spotted– £108 Grove Terrace
Texel– £108 Park Farm
Cross– £96 Low Old Shield
Blackface– £72 Garvachy
Feeding ewes remain a strong trade with more purchasers appearing at ring side on the look for numbers. Topping the sale was a North Country Cheviot ewe from Gibson Farming, Cut Thorn Farm realising £158. Many more feeding sheep needed every week to fulfil buyer’s demand.
Feeding Ewes
North Country Cheviot– £158 Cut Thorn
Mule– £142 Ardencaple, £141 Saulmore
Cheviot– £138 Ardencaple
Cheviot Mule– £138 Ridley farm
Border Leicester– £130 Cut Thorn
Blackface– £95 Chapelhope
Cast Rams
Blackface– £92, £90 Balliemeanoch, £84 Pole
