Cheale Meats Ltd is a family owned business that has been running in excess of 50 years. The site operates on the original family farm that the has been owned and run since the 60‘s by the family. The business was originally started by Andrew the eldest Cheale brother and it was not long before his two brothers and sister joined the growing business. Their abattoir in Little Warley opened in 1970.
Nowadays the family involvement is still as strong as ever with the next generation coming through in all areas of the business to ensure efficiency, quality and consistent high standards for our customers farmers and suppliers.
Cheale’s buys up to 6000 pigs a week on the spot trade and on a contract basis. The contracts can be negotiated to suit both parties. Our Sales and Purchasing Director for our pigs Marcus Cheale, has developed different ranges under our CQP brand such as Free Range, Outdoor Reared, Locally Produced etc to ensure that value is added and passed onto the farmer enabling us to give the best price for our pigs.
We contract slaughter pigs if required and deliver back if necessary, but we do require that the number killed is in excess of 50 pigs in any one contract run. Our pigs are EU dressed FFKD in tongue out.
Cheale’s are always looking to purchase Sows and stock Boars of any size, we can offer graded payment schemes, flat rate and live weight. Senders can work out their kill out percentage by asking us for a copy of your weigh bridge ticket. Our weigh bridge has been inspected and certificated, if you require a copy of the certificate click here. If you are wish to sell us sows or stock boars or even if you just want a price, please call us on our freephone number 0500-300303 and speak to Sue.
The most important part of any transaction is payment, with us you are guaranteed to get your money. The sows and boars that we buy are used in many products, we endeavour to find niche jobs and markets that enable us to add value to the carcasses. We work closely with several major manufactures in Europe to ensure that senders get the best available price for their stock. Cheale Meats slaughters and markets the majority of the UK’s sow herd and are an essential back-up for the British pig breeders future.
Cheale’s run their own fleet of vehicles for collection of livestock and delivery of the finished product to their customers in the UK or Europe. We always have trucks in and out of Europe delivering products.
We have just invested in 6 new Scmitz Cargobull refrigerated complementing our existing fleet of 20 trailers. These trailers come with the latest technology fridge units (Thermo King SLX400), it is the most economical and environmentally friendly unit available in todays market.
Along with our fridge trailers we have our own livestock trailers that are fully ABM approved. This gives us the flexibility needed for livestock collections around the UK.