Borderway Store & Breeding Sheep

HARRISON & HETHERINGTON LIMITED, CARLISLE

SALE OF BREEDING AND STORE SHEEP

MONDAY 12^TH OCTOBER 2026

Breeding Sheep

A good entry of breeding sheep were forward, including the dispersal of pedigree Dutch Spotted sheep on behalf of Mr Richardson, Longthwaite Farm. He topped at £600 for ewes, with further lots at £500 x 3, £450, £420 and £400 x 4. Ewe lambs topped at £500, £250 and £220 x 2. Shearlings sold to £550, £450, £420 and £400. Messrs Monkhouse, Grange View, Wigton sold to £380 for Suffolk ewes. Messrs Humphries, Crystal Well, Haltwhistle sold 3 crop mules to £190. 

A small selection of rams topped at £450 x 2 for Texel lambs from Messrs Jackson, Langdyke.

Another great number of stores forward at Borderway with 968 selling to average £117. More hill and weathered lambs were forward, with the best end dearer on the week. Topping at £146 was Messrs Storr, Swallows Waite for a pen of 6 nice Beltex lambs. This home also sold to £142 and £140 and averaged £139. Texel lambs sold to the same price from Messrs Gill, Moory Lea, Barnard Castle, this home sold 77 to average £127. Brian Irving, Harper Hill sold Texel lambs to £143 for a pen of 22. He also topped the Suffolks at £132 and averaged £139. Messrs Richardson, Underbank, Alston sold Texel lambs to £138. Messrs Robinson, Hawksteel, Hexham had a pen of nice Texel lambs for £135. Messrs Harrison, Todhill Rigg, Longtown sold mule lambs to £129, with Easycares to £121. Messrs Raine, Robin Hood had mule lambs to £125. Cheviot lambs sold to £100 from Messrs Lambert, Townhead Farm, Penrith. 
 A strong ringside of buyers continue to ensure Borderway is one of the best places to market your store lambs, any enquires please get in touch.

Ewes: DUTCH SPOTTED: £600, £500, (x2), £450, £420, £400, (x4), Longthwaite Farm, MULE: £190, (x4), Crystal Well.

Shearlings: DUTCH SPOTTED: £550, £450, £420, £400, £350, £320, Longthwaite Farm, TEXEL: £170, (x10), Park Head Farm.

Ewe lambs: DUTCH SPOTTED: £500, £250, £220, (x2), Longthwaite Farm.

Ram Lambs: TEXEL: £450, (x2), £420, Langdyke Cottage.

Store Sheep

A more hill-bred and weathered show of store lambs were forward at Borderway, with the offering reflecting the advancing season. Despite this, trade continued to be hot for all classes - particularly the best end of lambs. Numbers continue to rise here in Carlisle, with new vendors taking advantage of Monday’s trade.

Leading prices per head Store Sheep: BELTEX: £146, £142, £140, £131,Swallows Waite,  £142,South Farm,  £140,Moory Lea Farm,  £135,Ashley Grove Farm,  TEXEL: £146, £131, £122,Moory Lea Farm,  £143, £131, £128,Harper Hill Farm,  £138,Underbank,  £135, £132,Swallows Waite,  £135,Hawksteel Farm,  £132,Ashley Grove Farm,  £130,D Rust Agricultural Services,  £130,Chapel House,  £128, £122,Galemire House,  £128,(x2) , Robin Hood Inn,  £124,South Farm,  £122,Hurlbarrow Farm,  £121,Border Rigg,  SUFFOLK: £132,Harper Hill Farm,  £129,Ashley Grove Farm,  £118,D Rust Agricultural Services,  £117,Hurlbarrow Farm,  MULE: £129,Todhill Rigg,  £125,Robin Hood Inn,  £107, £96,Underbank,  £96,Hurlbarrow Farm,  EASYCARE: £121,Todhill Rigg,  DUTCH SPOTTED: £114,East Nethershields Farm,  £70,Galemire House,  NORTH COUNTRY CHEVIOT: £100, £88,Townhead New Farm,  CHEVIOT MULE: £96,Galemire House.

For further information please contact a member of the team below:

Anders Brown – 07540 757439          Joe Bowman – 07736 883670