MALTON

Forward on November 24 were 125 store cattle; 1,010 store lambs.

Cattle: cows and calves to £500; Lim, bullocks to £390, heifers to £345; Ch, bullocks to £442, heifers to £310; Sim, bullocks to £420, heifers to £320; Hfd, bullocks to £365; BB, bullocks to £412.

Sheep: lambs (overall average £29), Suffolk X to £38.50, Texel to £35.50, Mule to £24.50.

Forward on November 25 were 4 cattle, 20 sheep and 148 pigs.

Cattle: heifers to 115.5p per kg (110.5p).

Sheep: Lambs standard to 85.9p, medium to 95.5p, heavy to 100p (95.4p).

Pigs: porkers to 103p, cutters to 103p (94.5p), baconers to 102.5p (88.9p), sows to 54.5p (52.3p).

SELBY

Forward on November 24 were 211 fat cattle (including 69 young bulls); 191 sheep (including 33 ewes); 503 pigs (including 27 sows/boars).

Cattle: (with overall average 85.2p): steers, premium to 109.5p (98p), prime to 92.5p (88.6p), others to 77.5p; heifers, premium to 118.5p (95.3p), prime to 95.5p (83.2p), others to 83.5p (72.9p); young bulls, premium to 98.5p (90.7p), prime to 93.5p (88.6p), others to 82.5p (78.4p).

Sheep: lambs, light to 78.3p, standard to 91.3p (90.1p), med to 91.2p (90.1p), heavy to 86p (85.6p); ewes to £28 (£17.25).

Pigs: porkers to 106.5p (94.7p), cutters to 106p (93.7p), baconers to 105.5p (87.1p), others to 87p (82.1p); sows to 47p (42.3p), boars to 25p.

Forward on November 25 were 462 head of stock including 92 store cattle, 30 stirks, 25 calves, 150 pigs, 22 sows and boars, 135 sheep and 8 goats on Saturday.

Cattle: steers to £462 per head (£350) heifers to £325 (£200), bulls to £385 (£30), cows and calves to £235 (£230), stirks bulls to £196 (£142.50), heifer stirks to £95 (£58.50), bull calves to £41 (£28.50), heifer calves to £66 (£40.20).

Pigs: store pigs to £55.50 (£38.20), fat pigs to £80 (£69.20), sows to £124 (£103), sows in pig to £164 (£115), boars to £90.

Sheep: store lambs to £25, ewes to £36 (£18.50), ewes in lamb to £29.50 (£27.70), rams to £17).

Goats: nannies to £27, billies to £36.

Forward on November 28 were 146 cattle incl 60 young bulls, 1680 sheep incl 311 ewes, 168 pigs incl 21 sows.

Cattle: steers premium to 109.5p (99.8p), prime to 96.5p (86.9p), heifers premium to 127.5p (106.7p), prime to 96.5p (88.5p), young bulls premium to 115.5p (100.3p), prime to 96.5p (91.3p), steers heavy to 103.5p (83.3p), heifers, medium to 127.5p (91.3p), heavy to 123.5p (94.5p), young bulls light to 94.5p (81.6p), medium to 105.5p (87.6p), heavy to 115.5p (90.1p).

Sheep: lambs standard to 100p (93.6p), medium to 103.3p (95p), heavy to 103.7p (90.3p), ewes to £41 per head (£19.83).

Pigs: porkers to 102p (91.5p), cutters to 95p (87.4p), baconers to 93p (87.6p), sows to 45p (44.2p).

THIRSK

Forward on November 23 were 210 finished cattle (including 40 young bulls); 1,731 finished sheep (including 1,442 lambs and 289 ewes); 725 finished pigs (including 92 sows/boars).

Cattle: steers, med to 115.4p (202.6p) av 87.5p, heavy to 102.5p (179.8p) av 86.2p; heifers, med to 123.5p (216.7p) av 86.4p, heavy to 105.5p (185.1p) av 87.1p; young bulls, light to 93.5p (164p) av 77.2p, med to 104.5p (183.3p) av 80.2p, heavy to 98.5p (172.8p) av 89.7p; Cont av to 96.34p, non-Cont av to 77.84p. A similar number of cattle saw a sharper trade, especially for better quality beasts.

Sheep: lambs, standard to 96.8p (215.1p) av 91p, med to 103.5p (230p) av 93p, heavy to 97.8p (217.3p) av 90.4p, overweights to 90.9p (202p) av 88.1p; ewes, light to £24 (£10.06), heavy to £40.50 (£20.40), Suffolks to £40.50, Cont to £29.50, Mules to £25.50. A slightly larger entry with a much firmer trade for all classes.

Pigs: porkers to 112p (102.3p), cutters to 113.5p (96.7p), baconers to 106p (93.1p), overweights to 98p (84.5p); sows/boars to £151.82 or 50p (42.3p). A smaller entry and an extremely dear trade.

YORK

Forward on November 23 were 289 accredited cattle including three accredited dairy cattle, 57 calves, 149 stirks, 72 store cattle, eight cows and calves; 643 store sheep; 442 store pigs.

Cattle: accredited dairy cattle (with prices to £680), Fr heifers newly-calven to £680, Fr cows newly-calven to £650, Lim heifers and calf to £590, Sim cow and calf to £430; accredited store cattle (with prices to £455 or 90p), Ch to £450 or 87p, Lim to £415 or 83p, BB to £420 or 89p, Blond to £455 or 90p; accredited stirks (with prices to £430), stirks to 20 weeks to £78 (av bulls £58), stirks over 20 weeks to £430 (av steers £287, bulls £268, heifers £173), Fr to £304, Ch to £390, Lim to £430, Sim to £392, BB to £420, Blond to £310; accredited calves (to £110), Sim bulls to £72, Sim heifers to £35 (£33), Fr bulls to £5 (£4), AA bulls to £32, AA heifers to £10, Lim bulls to £95 (£47), heifers to £22 (£13), BB bulls to £110 (£57), BB heifers to £48 (£18), Blond bulls to £100, Blond heifers to £42 (£20).

Sheep: store sheep (with prices to £82), Suffolk X lambs/hoggs to £34.20, Texel X lambs/hoggs to £32.20, Cont X lambs/hoggs to £33.20; rams to £82.

Pigs: store pigs (with prices to £52.80), 8-10 weeks to £36 (£30.22), 10-12 weeks to £44.20 (£40.05), over 12 weeks to £52.80 (£49.75).

Forward on November 27 were 289 cattle (including 138 young bulls); 880 sheep (including 104 ewes); 942 pigs (including 85 sows/boars).

Cattle (with overall average 86.2p): young buls, Cont to 112.5p (92.6p), others to 98.5p (74.6p); steers, light to 122.5p (99.1p), med to 113.5p (87.6p), heavy to 103.5p (87.3p); heifers, light to 108.5p (87.5p), heavy to 119.5p (83.2p).

Sheep: spring lambs, light to £27 or 90p (86.8p), standard to £40.80 or 108.6p (93.2p), med to £47.50 or 107.8p (97.7p), heavy to £50.20 or 103.2p (94.3p), others to £50.50 or 90.2p (80.6p); ewes to £33.80 (ave £20.98).

Pigs (with overall average 92.2p): porkers to 109.5p (98.8p), cutters to 111p (92.7p), baconers to 100p (89.7p), others to 90p (88.9p); sows to £156.51 or 55.5p (44.1p), boars to £138.84 or 39p (38.4p).