12/06/2026
💥🐂🐑🐖THURSDAYS WEEKLY SALE OF PRIMESTOCK MARKET REPORT IS NOW AVAILABLE🐖🐑🐂💥
🗓️Thursday 11th June 2026🗓️
💥Weekly Sale of Primestock -
⏰🐑8am - Cast Ewes and Rams followed by Prime Lambs
⏰🐖10am - Prime Pigs followed by Cull Sows and Boars
⏰🐂1:30pm (approx) - Prime Bulls followed by Clean Cattle, then Cull Cows
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📖Full market report -https://www.thirskmarket.co.uk/Portals/0/11.06.2026%20MART%20REPORT.pdf
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CATTLE
Sale every Thursday to commence at 1:30pm approx.
• 54 Prime Heifers sold to 431.5ppk or £2817 and averaged 378ppk or £2350.
• 17 Prime Steers sold to 406.5ppk or £2984 and averaged 376ppk or £2726.
• 1 OTM Heifer sold to 392.5ppk or £2857.
• 1 OTM Steer sold to 329.5ppk or £2241.
• 37 Young Bulls sold to 379.5ppk or £2631 and averaged 325ppk or £.2162
• 6 Cull Cows sold to 354.5ppk or £2978 and averaged 277ppk or £1909.
• 1 Stock Bull sold to 271.5ppk or £2843.
Clean Cattle – A smaller but better show of cattle with trade sharper, with most cattle a good ten pence better. Only 12 cattle failed to reach 350p. Again a lot of weight, with 54 cattle weighing over 600kgs of which 16 passed 700kgs.
Top price heifer – 431.5ppk for Limousin X from RE Phillips & Son, Warlaby purchased by J Penny & Sons, Rawdon.
Best grossing heifer – £2817.38 for Limousin X from G & JE Bell, Appleby purchased by M Helliwell, Rochdale.
Top price steer – 406.5ppk for Limousin X from Eagle Bros, Tollerton purchased by R Pearson & Son, Bradford.
Best grossing steer – £2983.78 for Limousin X from G & JE Bell, Appleby purchased by R Pearson & Son, Bradford.
Top Price OTM – 392.5ppk for Limousin X from GA & JC Verity, Ellingstring purchased by M Helliwell, Rochdale.
Best Grossing OTM – £2857.40 for Limousin X from GA & JC Verity, Ellingstring purchased by M Helliwell, Rochdale.
Leading prices of the day follow –
Heifers per kilo – RE Phillips & Son 431.5 (5 av 413.52) MJ Swann 424.5 (2 av 408.71) Cole Hill 418.5 (3 av 402.7) B Bowman 416.5 (16 av 377.8) SL Hall 415.5 (6 av 384.71) G & JE Bell 412.5 DE & P Wilson & Ptnrs 412.5 (3 av 393) GC Hill & Son 409.5 (2 av 406) Chester & Dale 401.5 (2 av 394.5) JE, FM & JK Wilson 399.5 (2 av 390.04) GA & JC Verity 392.5 J Barker 355.5 Grunta Ltd 349.5 O & J Turner 342.5 Thimbleby Farms Ltd 330.5
Heifers per head – GA & JC Verity £2857 G & JE Bell £2817 B Bowman £2755 Cole Hill £2607 RE Phillips & Son £2583 DE & P Wilson & Ptnrs £2571 Chester & Dale £2523 SL Hall £2476 MJ Swann £2469 J Barker £2465 GC Hill & Son £2435 JE, FM & JK Wilson £2301 Grunta Ltd £2100 Thimbleby Farms Ltd £2035 O & J Turner £1935
Steers per kilo – Eagle Bros 406.5 (3 av 394.06) Chester & Dale 404.5 (5 av 378.2) Cole Hill 398.5 GC Hill & Son 391.5 G & JE Bell 386.5 WB Ritchie Farms 370.5 (5 av 364.4) JA & AG Swann 339.5 RG Church 329.5
Steers per head – G & JE Bell £2983 WB Ritchie Farms £2931 Eagle Bros £2881 Cole Hill £2574 JA & AG Swann £2430 GC Hill & Son £2392 RG Church £2240
AUCTIONEER – Emma Coupland, 07808 271218
Prime Young Bulls – A small show with all classes dearer.
Top price bull – 379.5ppk for Limousin X from Thimbleby Farms Ltd, Thimbleby purchased by R Pearson & Son, Bradford.
Best grossing bull – £2630.58 for BRB X from Grunta Ltd , Raskelf purchased by J A Jewitt Meat Ltd, Spennymoor.
Leading prices of the day follow –
Bulls per kilo – Thimbleby Farms Ltd 379.5 H & L Dale & Sons 367.5 G & H Johnson & Sons 354.5 D Spence 348.5 Grunta Ltd 348.5 F Craggs & Sons 347.5 O & J Turner 345.5 JC Lister Farms 334.5 RG Church 318.5 GW & M Singleton & Son 306.5
Bulls per head – Grunta Ltd £2630 Thimbleby Farms Ltd £2561 D Spence £2531 RG Church £2455 H & L Dale & Sons £2440 F Craggs & Sons £2338 G & H Johnson & Sons £2231 JC Lister Farms £2154 O & J Turner £2111 GW & M Singleton & Son £2054
Black and White bulls per kilo – F Craggs & Sons 323.5 AR & SH Abel 318.5 H & L Dale & Sons 315.5 RG Church 289.5 GW & M Singleton & Son 287.5
Black and White bulls per head – AR & SH Abel £2333 RG Church £2272 H & L Dale & Son £2233 F Craggs & Sons £2056 GW & M Singleton & Son £1805
AUCTIONEER – Tony Thompson, 07860 766571
Cull Cows – A small, very mixed entry of cows sold to a similar trade, with fed sorts well bid for, however lean types hard to place.
Top price of the day went to none other than Matthew Keel of Bagby for a tremendous Limousin cow which scaled at 840kg and sold for 354.5ppk or £2977 to Morgan Helliwell, Rochdale. This good home sold a further Limousin cow at 351.5ppk or £2359.
AUCTIONEER – Ben Wilson, 07960 893733
SHEEP
Sale every Thursday to commence at 8am
• 736 Prime Lambs sold to £265.5 or 588ppk and averaged £213 or 483ppk (SQQ 483ppk).
• 232 Prime Hoggs sold to £258.5 or 460ppk and averaged £166 or 340ppk.
• 98 Cull Ewes sold to £240 and averaged £173.
• 3 Cull Rams sold to £230 and averaged £219.
Prime Lambs – A smaller offering of lambs this week at TFAM, with most vendors getting on top of their lambs. Trade was again incredible, without reaching last weeks biblical levels, all classes again were in extreme demand. Heavy types again the order of the day, with a real shortage of weight nationally, with the handful of 48kg plus lambs, £248+. Plenty of commercial, 42 – 46kg sorts which looked very well sold, £220 – £230, however some rushed, under finished, 36 – 40kg, commercial bred types harder to place, £180. The well bred, fleshy, hand weights all over 540ppk, with plenty of smart sorts 510 – 530ppk.
WEIGHT CATEGORY NO AVG PPK AVG £ TOP PPK TOP £
Lights, 32.1kg – 39kg 33 519 200 588 220.5
Mediums, 39.1kg – 45.5kg 476 481 206 576 247.5
Heavies, 45.6kg – 52kg 220 483 230 546 265.5
Overweights, 52.1kg plus 7 462 251 479 258.5
Top price of the day went to John and David Harker of Upsall with their fantastic consignment of well bred, and fed lambs which topped the sale at £265.5 for a smart, 51kg Texel lamb which was purchased by Kevin Kelly on behalf of N Bramhall & Son Ltd. This good home lead the pounds per head average at a whopping £248 for 21 lambs sold.
Topping the pence per kilo was Mr Ali Sutcliffe, Carlton in Cleveland who achieved the top 4 ppk prices at 588, 576, 571 and 568. A cracking pair of 38kg, Beltex X lambs sold for 588ppk to Field Fresh Trading Ltd, Conwy. 21 smashing lambs from this home levelled at 516ppk.
Leading averages of the day (5 or more) –
NO VENDOR KG PPK PPH
21 JT Harker & Sons, Upsall 51 486 248
8 G & JE Bell, Long Marton 47 525 245
8 CB Jacklin & Co, Yatts 45 528 240
31 JB Potter & Sons, Barnby Moor 46 502 233
32 DE Coning & Co, Tollerton 47 490 230
14 C Wentworth & Sons, Husthwaite 46 500 229
10 SJ & KA Wilson, Kirby Mills 45 505 226
19 F Bristow & Son, Murton 47 482 226
16 J Richardsom, Newton on Derwent 51 447 226
18 S Taylor, Harrogate 45 501 225
Leading pph prices of the day – 265.5, 253.5, 250.5, 249.5, 245.5 X2, 244.5 JT Harker & Sons / 258.5, 247.5 SJ & KA Wilson / 253.5, 246.5, X2, 233.5 G & JE Bell / 250.5, 236.5, 235.5 X2, 231.5 JB Potter & Sons / 250.5 CB Jacklin & Co / 249.5 D Spence / 249.5 H & K Farms Ltd / 247.5 K Harker / 247.5, 239.5 SP Metcalfe Ltd / 242.5 DJ Grassam / 239.5 PC Shaw / 239.5 R & L Arundale / 239.5235.5 NR Maw / 239.5 LJ Goddard / 239.5, 230.5 F Bristow & Son / 237.5, 236.5 S Taylor / 235.5 G Fishwick / 234.5 C Wentworth & Sons / 233.5, 231.5 D Coning & Sons / 232.5 Heptonstall Farms / 232.5 P Story / 231.5 AR Sutcliffe / 230.5 Howe Estates Company Ltd.
Leading ppk prices of the day – 588, 576, 571, 568, 514, 510 AR Sutcliffe / 566 SJ & KA Wilson / 558, 517 JB Marwood & Son / 553 R & L Arundale / 546, 517 D Spence / 545, 521 Studdah Livestock / 542 CB Jacklin & Co / 542, 540, 529 AP & JE Sykes / 537, 522 C Wentworth & Sons / 530 M & CL Dale / 529, 510 NR Maw / 529, 524 JG Walton & Son / 528, 527, 526, 521 G & JE Bell / 526 F Bristow & Son / 522, 515 S Taylor / 522 TR Craven / 520 TJ Dennis & Son / 517 JT Harker & Sons / 515 M & O Trewhitt & Son / 515 Howe Estates Company Ltd / 514, 512 X2, 511 JB Potter & Sons / 513 JT Harker & Sons.
AUCTIONEER – Emma Coupland, 07808 271218
Prime Hoggs – Hogg numbers dry up, with the majority of the entry been made up of cleanings ups. The fed, in spec hoggs remain a fantastic trade however the leaner types now becoming much harder work to place.
Leading pph prices of the day – 258.5 X2, 251.5 MT Bulmer / 257.5 X2, 239.5 JM Andrews / 256.5, 236.5 SJ Jackson / 247.5, FG Tyreman & Son / 229.5 JW & K Paterson / 219.5 AR & SH Abel / 219.5 JG Walton & Son Ltd.
Leading ppk prices of the day – 460, 413, 402 JM Andrews / 431, 426, 375 MT Bulmer / 417 JW & K Paterson / 406 FG Tyreman & Son / 404 I Lancaster / 395 SJ Jackson / 393, 387 CB Jacklin & Co / 284 R Lawson & Son.
AUCTIONEER – Emma Coupland, 07808 271218
Cull Ewes – A small entry of ewes proved very good to sell, with all classes in extreme demand as buyers came forward keen for numbers. The heavy sorts all sold over £200, with the best bred types £220+. Medium ewes sold either side of £170, with only lean types under £140. Heavy Mule ewes sold over £180, with medium types £150 - £170.
Top price of the day came from Charles and Racheal Ashbridge of Cold Kirkby for a smart pure Texel which sold for £240 to Mr Alam of Lancashire Direct Halal Meat Ltd, Blackburn. This good hoke sold further ewes at £210 and £202.
NO BREED TOP PPH AVG PPH
3 Texel 240 217
10 Beltex 229 196
23 Suffolk 229 185
41 Continental 228 170
17 Mule 192 152
1 Charolais 180
2 Swaledale 117
Leading prices of the day – 240, 210, 202 J & JC Ashbridge & Son / 229, 199, 195, 180 H Mudd / 229, 213 TJ Dennis & Son / 228, 190 S Taylor / 227, 221, 205, 199 AR Sutcliffe / 222 X2 JM Andrews / 215, 210, 179, 170 TR Craven / 211, 209 P Story / 199, 188 JB Potter & Sons / 195, 190 X2 JB Marwood & Son / 192, 179, 175 MJ & DF Hare / 191 LJ Goddard / 188 SJ Jackson / 180 R & L Arundale / 177, 172 C Wenworth & Sons / 170 X2 M Sunley.
AUCTIONEER – Ben Wilson, 07960 893733
PIGS
Sale every Thursday to commence at 10am
• 69 Prime Pigs sold to 160ppk X3 or £208 and averaged 117ppk or £136.
• 58 Cull Sows sold to 28ppk or £81 and averaged 23ppk or £56.
• 3 Cull Boars sold to 20ppk or £69 and averaged 17ppk or £44.
Prime Pigs – Another very large entry of prime pigs this week at Thirsk with all classes again hard to place, apart from coloured pigs which all traded 150 – 160ppk. Handy weight shop gilts sold either side of 130ppk, with the heavier end adding up to £140 to £160. Boars remain extremely hard to place, whilst only a handful of big, clean gilts were also much harder to place.
Top prices of the day went to Vicky Swales of Grantley who achieved 7 out of the top 10 ppk top prices and the top 4 pph top prices. Vicky sold coloured gilts to 160ppk on 3 occasions, with a cracking single 130kg gilt totting up to £208, all purchased by Buffalo Produce, Brompton.
Leading ppk prices of the day – 160 X3, 150 X4 V Swales / 150 X3, 136, 124 P Story / 150, 140 M Watson / 135 X2 S Storey / 130, 126, 125, 124, 120 X2 M Keel / 121, 120 X3 NJ Houlston.
Leading pph prices of the day – 208, 204, 192, 177, 166, 162, 160 V Swales / 168, 157 M Watson / 167, 165, 164, 156 M Keel / 163, NJ Houlston / 162, 153, 150 P Story / 151 RW & GM Ellis.
Cull Sows – A pleasing entry of sows forward, with a lack of quality sorts forward. Trade back a couple of pence on the week to level at 23ppk, with the best types 25ppk+.
Top price of the day was 28ppk and £81 which was achieved by Holmefield Farm Services, Murton Lane for a pair of 290kg sows which were purchased by Castle Bank Butchers, Witton Le Wear.
Leading ppk prices of the day – 28, 24 X2 Holmefield Farms Services / 27 X2, 24 D & A Livestock / 27, 26, 25, 24 X2 JW & J Ryder / 26, 24 PD Foster / 25 JT Atkinson & Sons / 24 X2 A & DM Duffield & Son.
Leading pph prices of the day – 81, 75, 65 Holmefield Farm Services / 80, 73, 68 D & A Livestock / 77, 67 A & DM Duffield & Son / 77 K Arden / 68, 63 J & JW Ryder / 66 JT Atkinson & Sons / 62 PD Foster.
Cull Boars – Cull boars hard to place, 15 – 20ppk.
AUCTIONEER – Ben Wilson, 07960 893733
