DRIFFIELD

Forward on January 11 were 15 ewes; 346 pigs (including 21 sows/boars).

Sheep: ewes to £43 (£29.31).

Pigs: gilts, to 75kg to 78p/kg (75p), 76-85kg to 80p (76p); boars, to 75kg to 72p, 76-82kg to 73p (72.5p); sows to £99.05/head or 35p (25.8p); boars to £45.72 or 21p (19.5p).

Forward on January 15 were 216 head of stock sold, 56 cattle including 19 steers, 27 heifers and 10 young bulls, 135 sheep including 10 ewes, 25 pigs.

Cattle: steers premium to 122.5p per kg (104.6p), prime to 97.5p (87p), heifers premium to 124.5p (102.9p), prime to 96.5p (89.8p), young bulls premium to 111.5p (103.2p), steers medium to 122.5p (112.9p), heavy to 121.5p (98.8p), heifers medium to 117.5p (105.8p), heavy to 124.5p (100.6p), young bulls medium to 103.5p (99.3p), heavy to 111.5p (105.8p).

Sheep: prime hoggs standard to £37 per head or 100g, medium to £43.20 or 108p (105p), heavy to £50.20 or 112p (107.3p), ewes to £35 (£22.20).

Pigs: gilts and boars, baconers to 79p.

MALTON

Forward on January 12 were 52 store cattle, 510 store sheep, 49 pigs.

Cattle: Lim bulls to £505, Ch bulls to £480, Sim bulls to £492, Ch bullocks to £448, Ch heifers to £378, Lim bullocks to £388, Lim heifers to £338, BB bullocks to £442, BB heifers to £440.

Sheep: Suffolk X lambs to £41, Texel lambs to £39.50; Scots ewes to £33.

Pigs: weaners 10 to 12 weeks to £22.80, over 12 weeks to £47.50.

Forward on January 16 were, 228 cattle including 93 young bulls, 1,562 sheep including 430 ewes, 141 pigs, including eight sows.

Cattle: steers, premium to 111.5p per kg (103.8p), prime to 99.5p (91p); heifers, premium to 128.5p (109.1p), prime to 100.5p (94.7p); young bulls, premium to 119.5p (104.8p), prime to 98.5p (92.6p), steers, medium to 111.5p (89.6p), heavy to 108.5p (93.6p); heifers, medium to 123.5p (100.8p), heavy to 128.5p (98p); young bulls, medium to 119.5p (90.7p), heavy to 113.5p (91.5p).

Sheep: Hoggets, standard to 117.9p (106.5p), medium to 120.9p (110.8p), heavy to 115.2p (106.3p), ewes to £44 per head (£29.78).

Pigs: Porkers to 80p per kg (75.7p), cutters to 78p (71.9p), baconers to 76p (68.5p) sows to 31p (30.3p).

RUSWARP

Forward on January 10 were 82 cattle, comprising 15 store cattle, 64 calves and three dairy cattle; 357 sheep.

Cattle: dairy cattle to £560; bulls, Ch to £345, Fr to £250; store cattle, Lim heifers to £238; calves, Fr bulls to £88, AA to £48, Sim bulls to £138, Lim bulls to £220, Ch bulls to £70, Lim heifers to £128, BB bulls to £160, BB heifers to £82.

Sheep: hoggs, Sufolkf to £36.50, Texel to £39, Mule to £28, Masham to £30, Scots to £27; Ewes, Suffolk to £42, Texel to £28.50, Mule to £26, Masham to £21, Scots to £22; in-lamb ewes, Masham to £43, Mule to £35, Swaledale £16.

Forward at the fatstock market on January 15 were 72 cattle (including 10 young bulls); 457 sheep (including 70 ewes); 29 pigs.

Cattle: finished steers, premium to 102.5p (100.5p), prime to 96.5p (89.6p), others 84.5p (81.6p); finished heifers 103.5p (101.5p), prime 96.5p (90.8p); other 86.5p (83.7p); finished young bulls, 98.5p (98.2p), prime 95.5p (93.5p), other 85.5p (80.6p).

Sheep: Suffolk and Cont hoggs, standard to 114.6p (109.3p), med to 112.5p (108.2p), heavy to 110.3p (106.8p); horned and half bred hoggs, standard to 106.7p (96.6p), med 105.8p (102.4p).

Pigs: cutters to 70p (68.5p), baconers to 65p (63.8p), overweights 60p.

SELBY

Forward on January 13 were 75 store cattle, 28 stirks, 30 calves; 53 sheep and 10 goats; 317 pigs (including 10 sows).

Cattle: steers to £395 (£340), heifers to £382 (£261), bulls to £435 (£272.50), bull stirks to £210 (£129), heifer stirks to £140 (£91.50), bull calves to £77 (£34.50), heifer calves to £38 (£25).

Sheep: store lambs to £28.50 (£29.50), ewes to £13.50, ewes in lamb to £25, rams to £38. Goats: nannies to £36, billies to £26.

Pigs: store pigs to £49 (£30.50), fat pigs to £68.50 (£52.50), sows to £100 (£61), boars to £94 (£62).

THIRSK

Forward on January 11 were 260 finished cattle (including 68 young bulls); 2,806 finished sheep (including 2,437 hoggets); 834 finished pigs (including 118 sows/boars).

Cattle: steers, med to 122.5p (214.9p) av 101.2p, heavy to £741.75 or 107.5p (188.6p) av 96.9p; heifers, med to 128.5p (225.4p) av 92.7p, heavy to £669.90 or 114.5p (200.9p) av 94.6p; young bulls, med to 105.5p (185.1p) av 79.2p, heavy to £696.83 or 105.5p (185.1p) av 89.1p; Cont to 98.84p, non-Cont to 75.24p. A smaller show of cattle were a firm trade.

Sheep: hoggets, light to 93.8p (208.4p) av 87.6p, standard to 128.2p (284.9p) av 107.7p, med to 125.6p (279.12p) av 109.7p, heavy to 118.4p (263.1p) av 106.8p, overweight to 109.1p (242.4p) av 100.1p; ewes, light to £24 (£14.36), heavy to £44 (£26.12), Suffolks to £44, Conts to £39, Mules to £34. Similar numbers of sheep were a slightly easier trade.

Pigs: porkers to 85p (82.2p), cutters to 88.5p (77.9p), baconers to 82p (73.8p), overweight to 74p (64.6p), sows/boars to £93.30 or 30p (25.3p).

YORK

Forward on January 11 were 225 accredited cattle including five accredited dairy cattle, 73 calves, 142 stirks, 55 store cattle; 388 store sheep, 464 store pigs.

Cattle: accredited dairy cattle (with prices to £740), Fr heifers newly-calven to £740, Fr cows newly-calven to £590; accredited store cattle (with prices to £575 or 88p), Ch to £412 or 87p, Lim to £485 or 86p, BB to £575 or 88p; accredited stirks (with prices to £610), stirks to 20 weeks to £310 (bulls £210), Fr to £145, stirks over 20 weeks to £610 (steers £405, bulls £382, heifers £205), Fr to £255, Ch £398, Lim to £498, Sim to £340, BB to £610, Blond to £328; accredited calves (with prices to £172), Ch bulls to £58 (£51), Ch heifers to £30 (ave £21), Sim bulls to £172 (£152), Sim heifers to £38 (£30), Fr bulls to £45 (£19), AA bulls to £45 (£35), AA heifers to £12, Lim bulls to £160 (£113), Lim heifers to £88 (£26), BB bulls to £155 (£83), BB heifers to £70 (£50). There were some very good cattle on offer and an excellent trade to match.

Sheep: store sheep (with prices to £80), ewes in lamb to £37, Suffolk X lambs/hoggs to £44; ewes and two lambs to £80, Texel X lambs/hoggs to £33, Cont X lambs/hoggs to £42.

Pigs: store pigs (with prices to £58), 8-10 weeks to £42.50 (£33.25), 10-12 weeks to £47.80 (£43.35), over 12 weeks to £58 (£46.26).