Welsh Winter Fair Report 2025
- Monday 24th November and Tuesday 25th November 2025
Knighton Market Report
- Thu 10 July 2025
- A smaller entry of ewes met an excellent trade. Tremendous demand remains for all sizes, breeds and condition of sheep.
Kington Market Report
- Thu 10 July 2025
- A small but quality show of cull sheep forward today. Meat was easy to place and regularly trading £160+.
Brecon Market Report
- Tue 8 July 2025
- A very mixed show of ewes today as many now weaning. Best continental and suffolk ewes all £150+ topping at £208.
Ludlow Market Report
- Mon 7 July 2025
- A firm lamb trade with good competition on all the sheep forward. Trade would be slightly up on last week with lambs topping at 392ppk and an overall average of 348ppk.
Kington Market Report
- Thu 3 July 2025
- A similar trade to earlier in the week to average 334.8ppk. Easiest selling lambs were those over 44 kilos which had plenty of cover, these mainly trading over £150 per head and up to £160+.
Knighton Market Report
- Thu 3 July 2025
- Total clearance achieved, on a day when the trade was a bit more difficult overall. Easiest lambs sold on the day were the heavier weights, although buyers bidding on all weights.
Worcester Market Report
- Wed 2 July 2025
- The lambs keep coming and trade still holding up well for the time of year. Trade would be back on the week but still far ahead of this time last year.
Brecon Market Report
- Tue 1 July 2025
- An entry of mainly leaner and hill bred types however all still selling to a good, solid trade. Big meated ewes are still the big money, selling today to £194
Ludlow Market Report
- Mon 30 June 2025
- A firm cattle trade with less numbers available here and nationally. Butchers grade cattle selling to 436ppk with several back over 400ppk.
Knighton Market Report
- Thu 26 June 2025
- The ewe trade remains buoyant. Ewes forward today included less real strength, being mainly Mules with more half meated and grazing sorts on offer.
Worcester Market Report
- Wed 25 June 2025
- Lambs SQQ 362.99ppk / Overall 365.23ppk / £156.55 per head
Ludlow Market Report
- Mon 23 June 2025
- An improving cattle trade with buyers competing well to secure numbers. Prices would be roughly up 10ppk-20ppk on the previous fortnight.
Knighton Market Report
- Thu 19 June 2025
- Heavier the better was the name of the game today with a good steady trade on all but especially the heavier lambs.
Kington Market Report
- Thu 19 June 2025
- A short entry of ewes with many leaner sorts forward. Best crossbred ewes all £150+.
Worcester Market Report
- Wed 18 June 2025
- A mixed show of cattle forward with some very good cattle on offer alongside several overage and some very plain cattle too. Trade still remaining strong for the well finished sorts.
Ludlow Market Report
- Mon 16 June 2025
- A nice show of cattle for the time of year. Butchers grade cattle selling from 390ppk to 410ppk with well fleshed commercial types making from 340ppk to 380ppk.
Kington Market Report
- Thu 12 June 2025
- Small but quality entry of Ewes these peaking at £208 with plenty of meated sorts £150 +.
Knighton Market Report
- Thu 12 June 2025
- A much better lamb trade right through with 6 buyers bidding on all weights of lambs today which was pleasing. All weights in demand from 38-48kg.
Worcester Market Report
- Wed 11 June 2025
- A shorter lamb entry than last week, and trade looking much sharper than the middle and end of last week. Biggest jump on the day would be the heavy lambs now that the hoggs start to dry up.
Ludlow Market Report
- Mon 9 June 2025
- A firm lamb trade this week following the festival at the weekend. Best quality lambs making from 380ppk up to 415ppk with export weights selling from 350ppk to 370ppk.
Knighton Market Report
- Thu 5 June 2025
- A shame that a Thursday just hit the festival wrong this year with many firms stocking up at the start of the week and having orders cancelled for export didn’t help today.
Worcester Market Report
- Wed 4 June 2025
- op Price Heifer £3520.45 Top Price Heifer 426ppk
Brecon Market Report
- Tue 3 June 2025
- 770 Prime Lambs forward with quality Lambs a premium. Ram Lambs were the order of the day as predicted, all major firms competing for these and wanting numbers!
Ludlow Market Report
- Mon 2 June 2025
- A firm beef trade on all types forward. Butchers grade cattle selling from 400ppk up to 435ppk and 424ppk respectively.
Knighton Market Report
- Thu 29 May 2025
- An increased entry of ewes sold to a stronger trade than reported in other centres this week. A range of ewes forward from leaner grazing types through to well fleshed continental sorts, all were well sought after and saw strong demand.
Worcester Market Report
- Wed 28 May 2025
- Some good quality cattle forward and all still selling strongly, especially those better sorts. Live trade definitely has not fallen like the deadweight and all cattle are adding up to good money.
Ludlow Market Report
- Mon 26 May 2025
- A smaller prime cattle entry for the bank holiday sale. Cattle would be a similar trade, with buyers still competing well for all types.
Knighton Market Report
- Thu 22 May 2025
- The ewe trade holds firm, with a mixier entry of ewes today with less real meat, which can be expected at this time of year.
Worcester Market Report
- Wed 21 May 2025
- A good entry of cattle all sorts to a very good trade. Best cattle still easily sold and looking good money. All types and grades seemingly in good demand.
Ludlow Market Report
- Mon 19 May 2025
- A drop in trade which is always hard to stomach. I am told there has been a strike in France by lorry drivers, but whatever caused it, it was not helpful. Lambs topped at 390ppk with an SQQ average of 344ppk.
Knighton Market Report
- Thu 15 May 2025
- A harder trade on the heavier hoggets today with plenty about this week. Best sellers were the 39-46 kilo hoggets with plenty of cover.
Brecon Market Report
- Tue 13 May 2025
- A short entry of Prime Lambs sold to £165.78 from C & B Williams. The lighter the better this week, with these trading 350ppk to 370ppk
Ludlow Market Report
- Mon 12 May 2025
- A really good show of spring lambs this week with buyers keen for them. Lighter lambs would be most sought after, topping at 400ppk.
Knighton Market Report
- Thu 8 May 2025
- Hoggets a better trade than last week on all weights today and those 43-48kg hoggets with cover were £5 a head up on last week.
Worcester Market Report
- Wed 7 May 2025
- A shorter cattle entry on the week but trade still looking as good as last week for the show on offer. The edge might be slightly off but still looking very good.
Ludlow Market Report
- Mon 5 May 2025
- A nice selection of lambs for the May bank holiday sale with added buying support present. Best quality export lambs topped at 446ppk with an overall average of 387ppk.
Kington Market Report
- Thu 1 May 2025
- Quality entry of Spring Lambs forward today, these between 35kg and 47kg. Lambs genuinely trading around 370ppk and topping at 393ppk
Knighton Market Report
- Thu 1 May 2025
- A very similar hogget trade to yesterday with the bank holiday still effecting numbers required. Best sellers still those 30-46 kilo tegs. Heavier tegs £140-£147.
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