DRIFFIELD

Forward on February 1 were four sheep; 143 pigs (including 13 sows/boars).

Pigs: gilts to 75kg to 84.5p, 76-85kg to 86p (79.7p); boars 76-82kg to 86p (78.4p), others to 83p (77.2p); sows to £107.16 or 38p (34.1p), boars to £64.84 or 23p (20.5p).

Sheep: prime hoggs, med to £47.50 or 116p.

MALTON

Forward on February 2 were 56 store cattle; 452 sheep; 33 pigs.

Cattle: Lim bullocks to £380, Lim heifers to £400, Ch bullocks to £448, Ch heifers to £310, Sim heifers to £448.

Sheep: lambs, Suffolk X lambs to £47, Texel to £43.20.

Pigs: weaners to £47.20.

Forward on February 5 were four cattle; 55 sheep; 124 pigs.

Cattle: heifers, med to 108.5p (107.5p), heavy to 110.5p (110p).

Sheep: hoggets, standard to 111.84p (111p), med to 116.6p (112.9p), heavy to 114.4p (111.3p).

Pigs: porkers to 82p (75.8p), cutters to 81.5p (74.2p), baconers to 83.5p (72.8p); sows to 42p (41.5p).

Forward on February 6 were 295 cattle (including 98 young bulls); 2,445 sheep (including 712 ewes); 145 pigs( including 17 sows).

Cattle: steers, premium to 121.5p (100.3p), prime to 96.5p (91.3p); heifers, premium to 127.5p (109.5p), prime to 94.5p (91.5p); young bulls, premium to 113.5p (102.6p), prime to 95.5p (89.8p), steers, light to 97.5p (93.8p), med to 121.5p (92.2p), heavy to 105.5p (91.9p); heifers, med to 121.5p (86.8p), heavy to 127.5p (93.6p); young bulls, light to 94.5p (81.8p), med to 113.5p (89.6p), heavy to 113.5p (90.8p).

Sheep: hoggets, standard to 122.5p (111.8p), med to 127.9p (115p), heavy to 122.8p (112.1p), super heavy to 109.6p (101.5p); ewes to £58 (£33.16).

Pigs: porkers to 70p (65p), cutters to 80p (73.5p), baconers to 71p (68.9p), sows to 41p (39.1p).

THIRSK

Forward on February 1 were 292 finished cattle (including 78 young bulls); 3,738 finished sheep (including 3,505 hoggets and 253 ewes); 592 finished pigs (including 63 sows/).

Cattle: Steers, med to 102.5p (179.8p) av 96.2p, heavy to £716.63 or 112.5p (197.4p) av 93.3p; heifers, med to 120.5p (211.4p) av 92.8p, heavy to £704.18 or 125.5p (220.2p) av 94.2p; young bulls, med to 112.5p (197.4p) av 86.6p, heavy to £699.98 or 103.5p (181.6p) av 88.4p; Cont av 97.86p, non-Cont av 81.24.

Sheep: hoggets, light to 118.7p (263.8p) av 113p, standard to 127.6p (283.6p) av 114.7p, med to 125p (277.8p) av 116.3p, heavy to 127.9p (284.2p) av 112.4p, overweights to 121.1p (269.1p) av 107.3p; ewes, light to £32 (£20.60), heavy to £55 (£35.64), Suffolks to £55, Cont to £43, Mules to £41, Gritstones to £39, Swales to £28.50. Pigs: porkers to 95.5p (87.3p), cutters to 87p (79.8p), baconers to 84.5p (78.2p), overweights to 79p (78p); sows/boars to £127.28 or 47p (36p).

YORK

Forward on February 1 were 223 accredited cattle (including five accredited dairy cattle, 57 calves, 137 stirks, 24 store cattle); 468 store sheep; 496 store pigs.

Cattle: accredited dairy cattle (with prices to £640): Fr heifers newly-calven to £640, Fr heifers in calf to £360; accredited store cattle (with prices to £555 or 110p), Ch to £388 or 88p (av heifers 87p), Lim to £555 or 110p (av steers 101p); accredited stirks (with prices to £500), stirks over 20 weeks to £178 (av bulls £140, heifers £96), Fr to £170, stirks over 20 weeks to £500 (av steers £324, bulls £369, heifers £291), Fr to £300, Ch £432, Lim £500, BB to £362, Blond to £370, Stabiliser to £460; accredited calves (with prices to £155), Sim bulls to £80, Sim heifers to £38 (£29), Fr bulls to £48 (£29), AA bulls to £50 (£36), Lim bulls to £155 (£88), Lim heifers to £18 (£15), BB bulls to £65, BB heifers to £52 (£39), Blond bulls to £138.

Sheep: store sheep (with prices to £99), ewes in lamb to £51, Suffolk X lambs/hoggs to £51, ewes and two lambs to £99, Texel X lambs/hoggs to £46.40, Cont X lambs/hoggs to £42.

Pigs: store pigs (with prices to £53), 8-10 weeks to £40 (£34.05), 10-12 weeks to £45.50 (£41.53), over 12 weeks to £53 (£46.03).

Forward on February 5 were 416 cattle (including 176 young bulls); 1,555 sheep (including 185 ewes); 1,047 pigs (including 96 sows/boars).

Cattle: young bulls, Cont to 107.5p (93.8p), others to 92.5p (80.2p); steers, light to 93.5p (86.5p), med to 105.5p (89.9p), heavy to 106.5p (92.1p); heifers, light to 89.5p (74.7p), med to 117.5p (86.6p), heavy to 115.5p (92.5p).

Sheep: hoggs, light to £29 or 96.7p (84.3p), standard to £46.20 or 119.7p (112.3p), med to £55 or 130p (117.5p), heavy to £60.50 or 122.2p (116p), others to £62.80 or 112.1p (109.2p); ewes to £46.50 (£35.92); rams to £44 (£36.57).

Pigs (with overall average 74.8p): porkers to 86p (78.9p), cutters to 84p (75.9p), baconers to 78p (72.2p), others to 58p (51.2p); 93 sows to £135.20 or 51p (39.2p); boars to £65.12 or 25p (22.7p).

Because of technical difficulties, we were unable to present prices from Ruswarp and Selby this week.

Updated: 09:27 Thursday, February 08, 2001