THE CATTLE MARKET
DUNSWELL
FATSTOCK AND FORTNIGHTLY STORE MARKET
Hull Livestock Market – 10th August 2026 – Fatstock & Fortnightly Store Market
Forward – 179 head of stock including 6 Cattle, 142 Sheep and 31 Pigs.
PIGS
Pig numbers back, with fewer sows forward yesterday. However, overall sow trade up seven pence on average from last week which is positive, but still not where the trade should be. JT Stubbings & Sons, Malton forward with a monster 407kg sow, selling to 20p/kg or £81.50. A number of fat pigs forwards from K J Moore & Sons, Beverley selling to 94p/kg for a pen of strong 119kg overweight gilts being bought by Parkin Family Butchers, Howden.
Cutter Pigs 90p/kg and £83.70, average 87.1p/kg.
Bacon Pigs to 90p/kg and £98.70, average 90p/kg.
Overweight Pigs to 94p/kg and £111.86, average 94p/kg.
Heavy Gilts to 20p/kg and £48.20, average 18.5p/kg
Cull Sows to 20.2p/kg and £81.40, average 19.2p/kg.
SHEEP
Sheep numbers identical to a fortnight ago, with overall trade seeing a drop which has been the case up and down the country. Premium and demand high for the right fleshier sorts forward with trade on the day seeing lambs sell to 375p/kg for a pen of fit 44kg lambs from regular vendors E Brown & S Suddaby, Bempton. Store lambs and cull sheep remaining a strong trade with every store lamb in the market yesterday selling to over £100/head and cull sheep selling to an average of £144.22/head, mirroring trade from other operators in the area. We are looking forward to our upcoming Breeding Sheep sale in a fortnight (24th August 2026), early entries invited and welcome with all early entries to benefit from pre-sale advertising.
Spring Lambs
Standards to 349p/kg and £136, average 323.6p/kg.
Mediums to 375p/kg and £165, average 319.8p/kg.
Heavies to 364p/kg and £180, average 323.8p/kg.
Overweight to 336p/kg and £187, average 304.5p/kg.
SQQ 320.5p/kg.
Overall Average 320.9p/kg.
Clean Sheep to £180, average £153.
Cull Ewes to £184, average £144.22.
Rare Breed Ram to £132.
Store Lambs to £116, average £111.50.
CATTLE
Only the single vendor C W White & Son, Beverley forward yesterday with a run of half a dozen Limousin X Simmental Heifers. Their full run selling to £1,340 for a 15-month-old heifer and an average of £1,336.
Limousin Heifers to £1,340, average £1,336.
Simmental Heifer to £1,330.
10.30am Fat Pigs
Followed by Cull Pigs
Followed by Store Pigs
Followed by Fat Lambs
Followed by Cull Sheep
Followed by Store Sheep
Followed by Calves & Stirks
12noon Prime, Store & Cull Cattle
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