11/09/2026
🐖🐑🐂💥THURSDAYS WEEKLY SALE OF PRIMESTOCK MARKET REPORT IS NOW AVAILABLE🐖🐑🐂💥
🗓️Thursday 10th September 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
👉The full market report is available to view via clicking the link below or by visiting our website
https://www.thirskmarket.co.uk/Portals/0/10.09.2026%20MART%20REPORT.pdf
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CATTLE
Sale every Thursday to commence at 1:30pm approx.
• 59 Prime Heifers sold to 475.5ppk or £3366.76 and averaged 417.6ppk.
• 33 Prime Steers sold to 439.5ppk or £3148.18 and averaged 389.5ppk.
• 33 Young Bulls sold to 417.5ppk or £2972.60 and averaged 340.4ppk.
• 1 OTM steer sold to 385.5ppk or £2933.66 and averaged 385.5ppk.
• 4 Cull Cow and stock bulls sold to 279.5ppk or £2062.
Clean Cattle – Slightly larger numbers and a very good trade but again a tremendous amount of
weight, only 20 cattle weighed less than 600ppk. 53 cattle made above 400ppk with 22 making above
440ppk. only 10 failed to reach 360ppk.
Top price heifer – 475.5 for Limousin X from N E Hardy & Partners, Tollerton purchased by Worsley
Wholesale Butchers, Briestfield.
Best grossing heifer – £3366.76 for Limousin X from B Bowman, Roecliffe purchased by Hartshead
meats Ltd, Ashton Under Lyne.
Top price steer – 439.5 for Blonde X from W A Wakefield, Thirkleby purchased by J Penny & Sons,
Rawdon.
Best grossing steer – £3148.18 for Lim X from W B Ritchie, Marton York purchased by Worsley
Wholesale Butchers, Briestfield.
Top Price OTM – 385.5ppk for Lim X from W B Ritchie, Marton York purchased by Hartshead Meats
Ltd, Ashton Under Lyne.
Best Grossing OTM – £2933.66 for Lim X from W B Ritchie, Marton York purchased by Hartshead
Meats Ltd, Ashton Under Lyne.
Prime Young Bulls – A few more on offer with trade better, particularly for the best.
Top price bull – 417.5 for Limousin x from I Woodhead, Felixkirk purchased by J A Jewitt Ltd,
Spennymoor
Best grossing bull – £2972.60 for Limousin x from I Woodhead, Felixkirk purchased by J A Jewitt Ltd,
Spennymoor
Leading prices of the day follow –
Bulls per kilo – I Woodhead 417.5 Thimbleby Farms Ltd 377.5 AW & SJ Caine 363.5 S Robinson 363.5
DA & HM Earnshaw 361.5 R G Church 359.5 R G Fountain 347.5 Grunta LTD 347.5 D Spence 339.5
Bulls per head – I Woodhead £2972 Thimbleby Farms Ltd £2804 Grunta LTD £2547 AW & SJ Caine
£2504 S Robinson £2449 DA & KM Earnshaw £2418 R G Fountain £2333 D Spence £2199 R G Church
£2085
Black and White bulls per kilo – R G Church 313.5 R G Fountain 304.5 A & CL Gray 280.5
Black and White bulls per head – A & CL Gray £1952 R G Church £1830 R G Fountain £1004
SHEEP
Sale every Thursday to commence at 8am
• 1447 Prime Lambs sold to £229.50 or 444ppk and averaged £164 or 349ppk (SQQ 347ppk).
• 320 Cull Ewes and Tups sold to £288 and averaged £164.
Prime Lambs – a handful less lambs forward this week but still a very good trade. Weight is key with
buyers keen to purchase to fill orders. The handy weighed good, shaped lambs were also keenly bid
for while the commercial 38-40kg lambs at times were hard to places but still selling well.
Overall, still a competitive trade with an average of 347 SQQ and an average of 349ppk.
Top price of the day went to F Wardell & Son, Westow with a 68kg Texel lamb selling to £229.50 to
AR Livestock Services, Accrington.
Topping the pence per kilo was a single 46kg Beltex lamb from AJ Lancaster, Easingwold making
444ppk which sold to N Bramall & Son, Oxspring.
Leading pph prices of the day –
F Wardell & Son 229.5, 224.5, 219.5, AR & SJ Hutchinson 220.5, 214.5, JR Thompson & Sons 218.5,
214.5, SL Hall 218.5, MJ Milner 217.5, S Myers 216.5, JT Harker & Sons 214.5, MT Bulmer 214.5,
209.5, DE Coning Sons 213.5, TG Prest & Sons 211.5, J Simpson 209.5, E Carvey 205.5, AJ Lancaster
204.5.
Leading ppk prices of the day –
AJ Lancaster 444, 405, Russell Peel 421, KW Story 414, 413, E Carvey 403, 402, C Dowson 398, 394
x2, 391, JG Walton & Son 394, KD & AA Voakes 394, SL Hall 393, JF Burbidge 392, G & H Johnson &
Sons 391, TJ Dennis & Son 390, S Myers 390, CB Jacklin & Co 390.
AUCTIONEER – Emma Coupland, 07808 271218
Cull Ewes
An increased entry of 320 ewes and Tups with less meat on offer this week. the heavy meated ewes
were best to sell with buyer very keen. All ewes selling away very well with demand from all buyers
present.
Numbers of ewes required each week with very competitive prices can be achieved.
Top price of the day was £288 for a Texel tup from CD & EJ Mandale, Cold Kirby. A pair of Texel tups
from E Stonehouse & Son were close behind at £282. A quality Blue Texel ewe from SJS Livestock sold
to £281. Suffolk ewes peaked at £218 for C Wentworth & Sons. Heavy Fit Mule ewes made £186 for
Thimbleby Farms.
PIGS
Sale every Thursday to commence at 10am
• 41 Prime Pigs sold to 178ppk or £214 and averaged 101ppk or £120.
• 51 Sows and Boars sold to 31ppk or £101 and averaged 25ppk or £61.
Prime Pigs – A light show of pigs forward with trade better due to lack of numbers again with a varied
selection forward. The well finished gilts sold to a blistering trade and more required to for fill the
current demand.
For any further enquires please contact us.
Top price of the day went Matthew Keel, Thirsk who sold a 130kg gilt to £214 or 165ppk to Buffalo
Produce. Top per kilo came from Peter Medd, Winston with a pair of 111kg gilt making 178ppk or £197
also to Buffalo Produce.
Leading ppk of the day –
P Medd 178, TD Keel & Son 172, 170, 165, 160 x2, F & IE Todd 160.
Leading per head of the day –
TD Keel Son 214, 213, 211, 204 x2, P Medd 197, F & IE Todd 192, Ravenswick Hall Farms 176.
Cull Sows – Tighter number as anticipated but a stand on trade from last week.
Top ppk – H & C Blaken & Son 31 x2, 29 x2, JW & J Ryder 28, RH Metcalfe 26 x3, RE Phillips & Son 26,
Ashford Bros 26.
Top per head – H & C Blacken & Son 101, 93, 81, RH Metcalfe 88, 76, Ashford Bros 81, RE Phillips &
Son 81, 79.
AUCTIONEER – Dan Watson 07850 238031
