DRIFFIELD

Forward on January 18 were six ewe sheep; 179 pigs (including 8 sows/boars).

Sheep: ewes to £27.50/head (£18.67).

Pigs: gilts, to 75kgs to 76p/kg (75p), 76-85kgs to 76p (73.1p); boars to 75kgs to 72p (70.2p), 76-82kgs to 72p (70.4p), others to 74p (70.2p), overweights to 60p; sows to £90.16 or 30p (29.1p), boars to £33.66 or 18p.

Forward on January 22 were 53 head of cattle including 15 steers, 27 heifers and 11 young bulls; 263 sheep including 18 ewes; 27 pigs.

Cattle: steers, premium to 126.5p (107.7p), prime to 92.5p (88.5p); heifers, premium to 232.5p (103.6p), prime to 83.5p; young bulls, premium to 121.5p (103.7p); steers, light to 84.5p, med to 118.5p (105.6p), heavy to 126.5p (107.5p); heifers, med to 113.5p (107.2p), heavy to 132.5p (101.7p); young bulls, light to 107.5p, med to 104.5p (99p), heavy to 121.5p (105.5p).

Sheep: prime hoggs, standard to £43.50 or 118p (110.3p), med to £50.20 or 123p (114.2p), heavy to £57.20 or 121p (113.9p), super-heavy to £59.80 or 115p (104.3p); ewes to £39.50 (£25.50).

Pigs: gilts and boars, cutters to 79p (75.3p), baconers to 81p (77.5p).

MALTON

Forward on January 19 were 28 store cattle; 350 store lambs; 35 store pigs.

Cattle: Sim X bullocks to £508, Lim X, bullocks to £450, bulls to £418, heifers to £270; BB X heifers to £482.

Sheep: store lambs, Texel X to £43.50, Suffolk X to £44.

Pigs: store pigs to £46.50.

Forward on January 22 were 4 cattle, 70 sheep and 145 pigs.

Cattle: heifers to 117.5p per kg (114p).

Sheep: hoggets medium to 115.4p (110.5p), heavy to 114.4p (108p), super heavy to 108p (107.6p).

Pigs: porkers to 85p (80.60p), cutters to 85p (81.6p), baconers to 84p (77p), sows to 31p.

Forward on January 23 were 261 cattle including 98 young bulls, 1,955 sheep including 480 ewes, 150 pigs including six sows.

Cattle: Steers, premium to 108.5p (99.7p), prime to 97.5p (91.8p), heifers, premium to 128.5p (108.2p), prime to 99.5p (92.3p), young bulls, premium to 113.5p (102.9p), prime to 96.5p (91.1p), steers, medium to 91.5p (89.2p), heavy to 108.5p (91.4p), heifers light to 103.5p (93.9p), medium to 118.5p (94.3p), heavy to 128.5p (945p), young bulls, light to 103.5p (90.3p0, medium to 113.5p (85.7p), heavy to 108.5p (90.1p).

Sheep: Hoggets, standard to 121.6p (109.5p), medium to 126.2p (112.8p), heavy to 117.3p(111.3p), ewes to £56.50 (£32.65).

Pigs: Porkers to 75p (71.5p), cutters to 81.5p (72.6p), baconers to 79p (69.6p), sows to 33p (31.8p).

RUSWARP

Forward on January 17 were 111 cattle comprising 28 store cattle, 78 calves, two dairy cows, three suckler cows with calves at foot; 301 sheep.

Cattle: Newly-calved dairy cows to £550, suckler cows with calves at foot to £395; store cattle, Lim bulls to £295, Lim heifers to £235, Ch bulls to £305, Sim bulls to £282, Sim heifers to £398, BB heifers to £202, AA bulls to £228, Fr bulls to £192; calves, Lim bulls to £255, Lim heifers to £40, Ch bulls to £115, Sim bulls to £70, BB bulls to £210, BB heifers to £68, Blond bulls to £140, Blond heifers to £48, Hfd bulls to £188, Fr bulls to £62.

Sheep: hoggs, Suffolks to £46, Texels to £52, Mashams to £35.80, Scots to £27, Ch to £39; ewes, Suffolks to £41.50, Texels to £46, Mules to £45, Mashams to £31.50, Scots to £28, Swales to £17.

Forward on January 22 were 65 cattle (including 15 bulls); 400 sheep (including 28 ewes); 28 pigs.

Cattle: steers, prime to 99.5p (93p), others to 89.5p (86.2p); heifers, premium to 103.5p (102p), prime to 98.5p (93.3p), others to 88.5p (85.5p); bulls, premium to 105.5p (103.2p), prime to 96.5p, others to 80.5p (76.9p).

Sheep: Suffolk and Cont hoggs, standard to £44.50 or 114.1p (109.4p), med to £49 or 117p (109.5p), heavy to £50.20 or 107.3p (106.5p); horned and half bred hoggs, standard to 105.4p (97.3p), med to 104.3p (101.2p), heavy to 103.7p (103.2p).

Pigs: cutters to 68p, baconers to 66p (63.8p), overweights to 62.5p (62.3p).

SELBY

Forward on January 19 were 246 cattle (including 75 young bulls); 384 sheep (including 103 ewes); 364 pigs (including eight sows and boars).

Cattle (with overall average 94.7p) per kg: steers, premium to 125.5p (104.9p), prime to 102.5p (99.3p), others to 94.5p (84.4p); heifers, premium to 118.5p (103.8p), prime to 100.5p (95.9p), others to 92.5p (82.7p); young bulls, premium to 121.5p (108.5p), prime to 105.5p (94.9p), others to 90.5p (79.5p).

Sheep: hoggets, standard to 114.1p (111.5p), med to 116.2p (112.2p), heavy to 114p (108.2p), others to 104.7p (103.1p); ewes to £42.50 (£28.80).

Pigs: porkers to 88p (77.6p), cutters to 89p (77.9p), baconers to 82p (69.1p), others to 67p (63.5p); sows to 32p (31.3p), boars to 21p.

Forward on January 20 were 80 store cattle, 20 stirks, 15 calves; 30 sheep and 8 goats; 180 pigs.

Cattle: steers to £455 (£392), heifers to £345 (£270); bulls to £230 (£215); stirks, bull stirks to £218 (£177), heifer stirks to £71 (£61.50); bull calves to £40, heifer calves to £90 (£51).

Sheep: store lambs to £45 (£29.50), ewes to £38.50 (£26.50), rams to £34. Goats to £27.

Pigs: store pigs to £50.50 (£38.50), fat pigs to £63 (£55), sows to £71.

THIRSK

Forward on January 18 were 270 finished cattle (including 57 young bulls); 3,093 finished sheep (including 2,754 hoggets, 337 ewes); 897 finished pigs (including 75 sows/boars).

Cattle: steers, med to 110.5p (193.9p) av 96.9p, heavy to £762.03 or 117.5p (206.1p) av 94.7p; heifers, med to 120.5p (211.4p) av 95.3p, heavy to £763.75 or 117.5p (206.1p) av 94.2p, young bulls, light to 96.5p (169.3p), med to 107.5p (188.6p) av 83.6p, heavy to 94.5p (165.8p) av 85.1p; Cont to (97.2p), non-Cont to (79.3p). A slightly smaller entry of cattle were a very similar trade, selling to a top price of 120.5p for heifers from C R Donaldson, Huby,

Sheep: spring lambs, standard to 131.8p; hoggets, standard to 133.3p (296.2p) av 111.5p, med to 123.8p (275.1p) av 112p, heavy to 116p (257.8p) av 110.2p, overweights to 106.6p (236.9p) av 102.5p; ewes, light to £39 (£24.92), heavy to £40 (£29.26), Suffolks to £40, Conts to £39.50, Mules to £39, Swales to £28. Sheep were easier to sell, with prices about three to four pence per kilo dearer on the week.

Pigs: porkers to 89p (77.7p), cutters to 78p (72.2p), baconers to 79p (70.4p), overweights to 72p (68.7p) sows/boars to 37.5p and £105.06 (29p).

YORK

Forward on January 18 were 276 accredited cattle including one accredited dairy cattle, 49 calves 193 stirks, 33 store cattle; 165 store sheep; 479 store pigs.

Cattle: accredited dairy cattle (with prices to £700), Fr heifers newly-calven to £700; accredited store cattle (with prices to £520 or 100p), Ch to £500 or 100p (av steer 99p), Lim to £480 or 100p (av steers 97p, heifers 87p), BB to £520 or 96p; accredited stirks (with prices to £490), stirks to 20 weeks to £240 (av bulls £170, heifers £100), Fr to £150, stirks over 20 weeks to £490 (av steers £414, bulls £406, heifers £242), Fr to £358, Ch to £490, Lim to £425, Sim to £482, BB to £430, Blond to £390; accredited calves (with prices to £140), Ch bulls to £50 (£39), Ch heifers to £32, Fr bulls to £40 (£21), Lim bulls to £130 (92), Lim heifers to £25 (£21), BB bulls to £140 (£89), BB heifers to £42 (£27). There was a good show of cattle with good trade in all classes, the top price was for a Charolais steer.

Sheep: store sheep (with prices to £103), ewes in lamb to £50, Suffolk X lambs/hoggs to £39.80, ewes and two lambs to £103, Texel X lambs/hoggs to £37.50.

Pigs: store pigs (with prices to £52), 8-10 weeks to £38 (£36.78), 10-12 weeks to £47.80 (£42.92), over 12 weeks to £52 (£47.61).

Forward on January 22 were 398 cattle (including 197 young bulls); 1,445 sheep (including 146 ewes); 748 pigs (including 17 sows).

Cattle: young bulls, Cont to 116.5p (95.7p), others to 97.5p (80.8); steers, light to 113.5p (96.2p), med to 109.5p (91.1p), heavy to 110.5p (87.8p); heifers, light to 115.5p (92p), med to 115.5p (92.9p), heavy to 114.5p (92.7p).

Sheep (with overall average 110.8p): hoggs, light to £31 or 96.9p (96.3p), standard to £48.50 or 127.6p (108.9p), med to £52.20 or 119.5p (112.7p), heavy to £56.50 or 114.5p (108.8p), others to £57.50 or 105.7p (100.2p); ewes to £45 (£33.17), rams to £47 (£32.86).

Pigs (with overall average 79.3p): porkers to 91.8p (83.3p), cutters to 90p (81.0p), baconers to 86p (76.7p), others to 61p (61p); sows to £103.36 or 42p (31.5p).

Updated: 10:27 Thursday, January 25, 2001