Lerwick

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Overview

Today's Auction — 4 May 2026 All prices per kg · Lerwick

Auction prices from Lerwick, updated each trading day. All figures are per kg. Market comparisons use the UK average across all ports contributing to Quayside — a positive percentage means this port is achieving above the national average for that species.

£5.17

Today's avg / kg

Average price per kg across all species sold at today's auction

-8.2%

vs last Mon ⓘChange calculated against the same metric from the previous trading day at this port.

£5.63 last Mon

Change vs the same weekday last week

-1.0%

vs last 30 days ⓘCompares today's average price against this port's own 30-day rolling average. A positive percentage means today is performing above your recent trend.

£5.22 30-day avg

Today's avg vs your own 30-day rolling average

+94.9%

vs your market ⓘCompared against 17 species also sold at other ports today. Species where you're the only port reporting are excluded from this calculation.

Like-for-like position against ports selling the same species

Competitive Position ⓘMarket average is calculated from ports selling the same species today — your port is excluded from the average. Data varies by port: Peterhead shares price ranges only (no volume), Brixham and Newlyn share prices with weight, Lerwick shares prices with volume but no minimums, Scrabster shares price ranges with box counts. Grade systems differ, so we compare top-grade averages. Species where you're the only port reporting are shown separately.

Best UK price ⓘNumber of species where this port's average price is the highest of all UK ports reporting today.

Above market ⓘSpecies where this port's average price is above the UK market average (excluding this port).

Below market ⓘSpecies where this port's average price is below the UK market average (excluding this port).

Only port ⓘSpecies only this port reported today — no market comparison possible. Listed separately below the table.

Species ⓘClick any row to expand and see grade-level detail and individual port prices. Market position ⓘBar shows how far above or below the UK market average. Centre line = market average. Your avg ⓘThis port's average price per kg across all grades for this species. Market avg ⓘAverage price across all other UK ports selling this species today. This port is excluded. vs market ⓘPercentage difference between your average and market average. Positive = above market. Comparison ports ⓘOther UK ports that sold this species today, included in the market average calculation.

Megrim BEST UK ▾

£11.04

£1.37

+705.8%

vs PTH

Your grades

Grade	Avg	Weight
1	£11.04	755kg
2	£10.20	855kg
3	£8.78	715kg
4	£4.44	755kg
5	£3.90	347kg
6	£2.70	150kg

Other ports

PTH Peterhead

£1.37/kg

A3, B4

You're £9.67 above

Grade systems differ across ports. Direct grade comparison isn't possible, but top-grade averages are broadly comparable.

Plaice BEST UK ▾

£6.00

£1.55

+287.1%

vs PTH

Your grades

Grade	Avg	Weight
1	£6.00	7kg
2	£5.39	141kg
3	£4.67	218kg
4	£1.52	318kg

Other ports

PTH Peterhead

£1.55/kg

A2, A3

You're £4.45 above

Grade systems differ across ports. Direct grade comparison isn't possible, but top-grade averages are broadly comparable.

Halibut BEST UK ▾

£19.47

£8.55

+127.7%

vs PTH

Your grades

Grade	Avg	Weight
3	£19.47	24kg
2	£19.30	11kg
4	£12.10	70kg

Other ports

PTH Peterhead

£8.55/kg

ALL

You're £10.92 above

Grade systems differ across ports. Direct grade comparison isn't possible, but top-grade averages are broadly comparable.

Pollack BEST UK ▾

£6.80

£3.18

+113.8%

vs PTH

Your grades

Grade	Avg	Weight
2	£6.80	150kg
3	£5.60	372kg
4	£3.54	206kg

Other ports

PTH Peterhead

£3.18/kg

A2, A3, A4

You're £3.62 above

Grade systems differ across ports. Direct grade comparison isn't possible, but top-grade averages are broadly comparable.

Turbot BEST UK ▾

£24.28

£12.02

+102.0%

vs PTH

Your grades

Grade	Avg	Weight
3	£24.28	10kg
4	£16.87	12kg
5	£12.10	1kg

Other ports

PTH Peterhead

£12.02/kg

ALL

You're £12.26 above

Grade systems differ across ports. Direct grade comparison isn't possible, but top-grade averages are broadly comparable.

Skate BEST UK ▾

£2.45

£1.25

+96.0%

vs PTH

Your grades

Grade	Avg	Weight
4	£2.45	44kg
4	£0.96	725kg
4	£0.74	57kg

Other ports

PTH Peterhead

£1.25/kg

ALL

You're £1.20 above

Grade systems differ across ports. Direct grade comparison isn't possible, but top-grade averages are broadly comparable.

Witch BEST UK

£1.32

£0.91

+45.1%

vs PTH

Your grades

Grade	Avg	Weight
4	£1.32	445kg

Other ports

PTH Peterhead

£0.91/kg

ALL

You're £0.41 above

Grade systems differ across ports. Direct grade comparison isn't possible, but top-grade averages are broadly comparable.

Whiting BEST UK ▾

£3.48

£2.50

+39.2%

vs PTH

Your grades

Grade	Avg	Weight
2	£3.48	563kg
3	£3.09	1462kg
4	£1.89	3461kg

Other ports

PTH Peterhead

£2.50/kg

A2, A3, A4

You're £0.98 above

Grade systems differ across ports. Direct grade comparison isn't possible, but top-grade averages are broadly comparable.

Lemon Sole BEST UK ▾

£13.96

£10.29

+35.7%

vs PTH

Your grades

Grade	Avg	Weight
2	£13.96	80kg
3	£12.73	193kg
4	£7.30	421kg
5	£1.17	516kg

Other ports

PTH Peterhead

£10.29/kg

A2, A3

You're £3.67 above

Grade systems differ across ports. Direct grade comparison isn't possible, but top-grade averages are broadly comparable.

Tusk BEST UK

£0.77

£0.61

+26.2%

vs PTH

Your grades

Grade	Avg	Weight
4	£0.77	267kg

Other ports

PTH Peterhead

£0.61/kg

ALL

You're £0.16 above

Grade systems differ across ports. Direct grade comparison isn't possible, but top-grade averages are broadly comparable.

Hake BEST UK ▾

£10.30

£8.22

+25.3%

vs PTH

Your grades

Grade	Avg	Weight
0	£10.30	140kg
1	£9.77	560kg
2	£8.76	657kg
3	£7.55	922kg
4	£4.33	1655kg
5	£1.76	2140kg
6	£0.98	155kg

Other ports

PTH Peterhead

£8.22/kg

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5

You're £2.08 above

Grade systems differ across ports. Direct grade comparison isn't possible, but top-grade averages are broadly comparable.

Ling BEST UK ▾

£1.48

£1.20

+23.3%

vs PTH

Your grades

Grade	Avg	Weight
1	£1.48	1720kg
2	£1.47	3500kg
3	£1.33	2345kg

Other ports

PTH Peterhead

£1.20/kg

A1, A2, A3

You're £0.28 above

Grade systems differ across ports. Direct grade comparison isn't possible, but top-grade averages are broadly comparable.

Coley (Saithe) BEST UK ▾

£2.82

£2.45

+15.1%

vs PTH

Your grades

Grade	Avg	Weight
2	£2.82	1582kg
3	£2.32	1905kg
4	£1.48	4973kg
5	£1.42	10176kg

Other ports

PTH Peterhead

£2.45/kg

A1, A2, A3, A4

You're £0.37 above

Grade systems differ across ports. Direct grade comparison isn't possible, but top-grade averages are broadly comparable.

Monkfish ▾

£4.41

£4.65

-5.2%

vs PTH

Your grades

Grade	Avg	Weight
2	£4.41	3488kg
3	£4.20	5718kg
1	£4.19	427kg
0	£4.03	319kg
4	£3.99	4080kg
5	£3.53	2659kg
6	£2.60	1542kg

Other ports

PTH Peterhead

£4.65/kg

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5

You're £0.24 below

Grade systems differ across ports. Direct grade comparison isn't possible, but top-grade averages are broadly comparable.

Catfish ▾

£1.64

£1.75

-6.3%

vs PTH

Your grades

Grade	Avg	Weight
2	£1.64	560kg
3	£1.38	140kg
4	£1.24	821kg

Other ports

PTH Peterhead

£1.75/kg

ALL

You're £0.11 below

Grade systems differ across ports. Direct grade comparison isn't possible, but top-grade averages are broadly comparable.

Haddock ▾

£4.96

£5.40

-8.1%

vs PTH

Your grades

Grade	Avg	Weight
2	£4.96	2073kg
1	£4.68	1012kg
3	£3.34	3172kg
4	£3.06	5966kg
5	£2.36	7055kg
6	£2.03	1745kg
4	£0.87	279kg

Other ports

PTH Peterhead

£5.40/kg

A1, A2, A3, A4-Chipper, A4-Metro

You're £0.44 below

Grade systems differ across ports. Direct grade comparison isn't possible, but top-grade averages are broadly comparable.

Cod ▾

£6.70

£7.35

-8.8%

vs PTH

Your grades

Grade	Avg	Weight
2	£6.70	7414kg
1	£6.69	2376kg
3	£5.83	3850kg
4	£5.76	959kg
5	£2.96	46kg
6	£2.83	34kg

Other ports

PTH Peterhead

£7.35/kg

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5

You're £0.65 below

Grade systems differ across ports. Direct grade comparison isn't possible, but top-grade averages are broadly comparable.

Species with no UK comparison today (4)

Squid £2.10 Dogfish £1.28 Gurnard £0.50 John Dory £0.44

Smart Alerts

PRICE SWING

Gurnard swung 284.6% up vs yesterday
Gurnard
Unusual daily movement. Strong demand or tight supply.

Performance

Price History & Market Position

Rolling averages and how this port compares to the UK market — updated each auction day

£5.14/kg

This week's avg price / kg ⓘAverage price per kg across all species and grades sold at this port so far this week (Mon–Fri).

+5.1% vs last week (£4.89/kg last week)

-24.0%

This port vs UK market this week ⓘHow this port's weekly average compares to the UK-wide average. Positive = above national average.

Positive = above UK average price; negative = below

+0.2 percentage points vs last week's market position

Different species sold this week ⓘCount of distinct species in this port's auction results so far this week.

Same as last week

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Total boxes landed this week ⓘTotal boxes reported at this port's auctions this week. Not all ports share volume data.

Available when your port shares landings data

Strongest vs Market ⓘSpecies where this port consistently beats the UK market average over the last 30 days. Only includes species traded on 5+ days with 2+ other ports reporting. last 30 days · 5+ days · 2+ ports

Species	Avg Price	vs Market	Consistency
Skate	£2.33	+58.9%	9/11 days above
Megrim	£9.80	+39.6%	11/12 days above
Halibut	£19.08	+16.1%	9/12 days above
Tusk	£1.28	+11.0%	6/10 days above
Catfish	£1.76	+0.0%	0/11 days above

Month Highlights ⓘKey trading days from the last 30 days — best and lowest average price days, plus the day with the most species variety.

Best avg day £7.69 2026-04-17

Lowest avg day £4.26 2026-04-28

Most species 25 species 2026-04-24

Insights

Highlights of Your Day

PATTERN Fridays consistently deliver your best prices — 7.1% higher than other days over the last 90 days.

VOLATILITY Catfish swung 29% this week (£1.74–£2.25) — high volatility may signal changing supply or demand.

GROWTH You're listing more species recently — averaging 21 per session vs 16 earlier this month.

Market Position ⓘMarket average is a simple mean across all ports reporting this species today. Ports are weighted equally regardless of volume. Scrabster's contribution is a midpoint estimate (not a true average).

Market Position

STRENGTH Skate outperformed the UK average by 121.7% today — your strongest species against the market.

STRENGTH Megrim is your most reliable market-beater — above UK average on 58 of the last 142 trading days.

STRENGTH Skate had the widest margin over market this week — averaging +65.5% across 15 sessions.

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Price Trends

Price Trends —

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Compare your prices between two auction dates — see which species moved up, down, or dropped off.

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Prices — 4 May 2026

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Grade — quality classification assigned by the port (A1–A5, 1–10, or none depending on port). vs last Mon — price change since the equivalent auction day. vs UK Market — this port's average price above (+) or below (−) the UK-wide average across all reporting ports today. Click a species row to expand grade-by-grade breakdown.

Species	Grade	Low	High	Avg £/kg	vs last Mon ⓘChange calculated against the same metric from the previous trading day at this port.	vs UK Market ⓘMarket average is a simple mean across all ports reporting this species today. Ports are weighted equally regardless of volume. Scrabster's contribution is a midpoint estimate (not a true average).	Volume
Catfish 3 grades		—	£1.97	£1.64	—	Only port	560kg
	2	—	£1.97	£1.64	—		560kg
	3	—	£1.41	£1.38	—		140kg
	4	—	£1.71	£1.24	-6.8%		821kg
Cod 6 grades		—	£7.91	£6.69	-2.5%	-4.8% Mkt avg £7.03 · 2 ports	2,376kg
	1	—	£7.91	£6.69	-2.5%	-4.8%	2,376kg
	2	—	£7.34	£6.70	+0.1%	-4.6%	7,414kg
	3	—	£6.42	£5.83	+0.2%	-17.0%	3,850kg
	4	—	£5.98	£5.76	+9.1%	-18.0%	959kg
	5	—	£3.04	£2.96	—	-57.9%	46kg
	6	—	£2.85	£2.83	-30.1%	-59.7%	34kg
Dogfish	3	—	£1.28	£1.28	—	Only port	32kg
Gurnard	4	—	£0.50	£0.50	—	Only port	30kg
Haddock 7 grades		—	£5.96	£4.68	-18.0%	-9.7% Mkt avg £5.18 · 2 ports	1,012kg
	1	—	£5.96	£4.68	-18.0%	-9.7%	1,012kg
	2	—	£5.33	£4.96	-10.8%	-4.2%	2,073kg
	3	—	£3.85	£3.34	-18.1%	-35.5%	3,172kg
	4	—	£3.29	£3.06	-7.0%	-40.9%	5,966kg
	5	—	£2.56	£2.36	+4.9%	-54.4%	7,055kg
	6	—	£2.13	£2.03	+4.1%	-60.8%	1,745kg
	4	—	£1.21	£0.87	—	-83.2%	279kg
Hake 7 grades		—	£10.31	£10.30	—	Best UK Mkt avg £9.26 · 2 ports	140kg
	0	—	£10.31	£10.30	—	+11.2%	140kg
	1	—	£9.77	£9.77	—	+5.5%	560kg
	2	—	£9.91	£8.76	+12.6%	-5.4%	657kg
	3	—	£8.34	£7.55	-6.4%	-18.5%	922kg
	4	—	£4.90	£4.33	-18.9%	-53.2%	1,655kg
	5	—	£2.65	£1.76	-18.9%	-81.0%	2,140kg
	6	—	£1.00	£0.98	—	-89.4%	155kg
Halibut 3 grades		—	£19.30	£19.30	+4.9%	+37.8% Mkt avg £14.01 · 2 ports	11kg
	2	—	£19.30	£19.30	+4.9%	+37.8%	11kg
	3	—	£21.30	£19.47	+10.6%	+39.0%	24kg
	4	—	£13.70	£12.10	-13.3%	-13.6%	70kg
John Dory	4	—	£0.50	£0.44	-61.7%	Only port	11kg
Lemon Sole 4 grades		—	£15.34	£13.96	+1.7%	Only port	80kg
	2	—	£15.34	£13.96	+1.7%		80kg
	3	—	£15.02	£12.73	+8.3%		193kg
	4	—	£9.05	£7.30	-2.7%		421kg
	5	—	£1.45	£1.17	-0.8%		516kg
Ling 3 grades		—	£1.62	£1.48	-33.6%	Best UK Mkt avg £1.34 · 2 ports	1,720kg
	1	—	£1.62	£1.48	-33.6%	+10.4%	1,720kg
	2	—	£1.66	£1.47	-35.0%	+9.7%	3,500kg
	3	—	£1.69	£1.33	-39.3%	-0.7%	2,345kg
Pollack 3 grades		—	£6.98	£6.80	+62.3%	Only port	150kg
	2	—	£6.98	£6.80	+62.3%		150kg
	3	—	£5.65	£5.60	+55.1%		372kg
	4	—	£4.29	£3.54	—		206kg
Megrim 6 grades		—	£12.27	£11.04	-8.7%	Best UK Mkt avg £6.21 · 2 ports	755kg
	1	—	£12.27	£11.04	-8.7%	+77.9%	755kg
	2	—	£12.49	£10.20	-7.8%	+64.4%	855kg
	3	—	£10.37	£8.78	+2.3%	+41.5%	715kg
	4	—	£7.01	£4.44	+8.8%	-28.4%	755kg
	5	—	£4.25	£3.90	+71.1%	-37.1%	347kg
	6	—	£2.70	£2.70	+53.4%	-56.5%	150kg
Monkfish 7 grades		—	£4.26	£4.03	-10.0%	Only port	319kg
	0	—	£4.26	£4.03	-10.0%		319kg
	1	—	£4.57	£4.19	-16.9%		427kg
	2	—	£4.81	£4.41	-11.1%		3,488kg
	3	—	£4.57	£4.20	-13.4%		5,718kg
	4	—	£4.16	£3.99	-5.2%		4,080kg
	5	—	£3.80	£3.53	-0.8%		2,659kg
	6	—	£2.80	£2.60	-9.4%		1,542kg
Plaice 4 grades		—	£6.00	£6.00	—	Best UK Mkt avg £3.77 · 2 ports	7kg
	1	—	£6.00	£6.00	—	+58.9%	7kg
	2	—	£5.71	£5.39	-5.1%	+42.8%	141kg
	3	—	£5.30	£4.67	-9.1%	+23.7%	218kg
	4	—	£2.20	£1.52	-23.6%	-59.7%	318kg
Coley (Saithe) 4 grades		—	£3.24	£2.82	-1.1%	Only port	1,582kg
	2	—	£3.24	£2.82	-1.1%		1,582kg
	3	—	£2.63	£2.32	-3.3%		1,905kg
	4	—	£1.76	£1.48	-32.4%		4,973kg
	5	—	£1.65	£1.42	-20.2%		10,176kg
Skate 3 grades		—	£1.11	£0.96	-30.4%	-13.1% Mkt avg £1.10 · 2 ports	725kg
	4	—	£1.11	£0.96	-30.4%	-13.1%	725kg
	4	—	£0.90	£0.74	—	-33.0%	57kg
	4	—	£2.45	£2.45	+145.0%	+121.7%	44kg
Squid	4	—	£6.51	£2.10	-52.4%	Only port	2,169kg
Turbot 3 grades		—	£26.00	£24.28	+5.1%	Best UK Mkt avg £18.15 · 2 ports	10kg
	3	—	£26.00	£24.28	+5.1%	+33.8%	10kg
	4	—	£19.50	£16.87	+6.4%	-7.1%	12kg
	5	—	£12.10	£12.10	-21.4%	-33.3%	1kg
Tusk	4	—	£1.21	£0.77	-64.5%	Best UK Mkt avg £0.69 · 2 ports	267kg
Whiting 3 grades		—	£3.90	£3.48	-11.0%	Best UK Mkt avg £2.99 · 2 ports	563kg
	2	—	£3.90	£3.48	-11.0%	+16.4%	563kg
	3	—	£3.45	£3.09	+10.0%	+3.3%	1,462kg
	4	—	£2.06	£1.89	+14.5%	-36.8%	3,461kg
Witch	4	—	£1.45	£1.32	-11.4%	Only port	445kg

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