DRIFFIELD

Forward on November 13 were 28 cattle including seven steers, 15 heifers and six young bulls; 144 sheep, including 24 ewes; 38 pigs.

Cattle: steers, premium to 127.5p/kg (111.2p); heifers, premium to 133.5p (110.3p), prime to 86.5p, others to 73.5p; young bulls, premium to 103.5p (99.5p), others to 81.5p; steers, med to 127.5p (116.5p), heavy to 121.5p (109.1p); heifers, med to 116.5p (100.2p), heavy to 133.5p (111.5p); young bulls, med to 81.5p, heavy to 103.5p (99.5p).

Sheep: spring lambs, standard to £30/head or 86p, med to £42.20 or 96p (82p), heavy to £41.50 or 86p (80.5p), superheavy to £42 or 80p (79.5p), others and ewes to £24.50 (£23.80).

Pigs: gilts and boars, porkers to 90.5p, baconers to 89.5p (87.2p).

MALTON

Forward on November 10 were 92 store cattle; 755 store sheep.

Cattle: Ch, bulls to £420, bullocks to £410, heifers to £268; Lim, bullocks to £480, heifers to £270; AA bullocks to £382; BB bullocks to £498.

Sheep: lambs, Texel to £32, Suffolk to £33.80.

Forward on November 14 were 228 cattle (incl 92 young bulls); 797 sheep (incl 312 ewes); 163 pigs (incl 12 sows).

Cattle: steers, premium to 115p (113.1p), prime to 97.5p (90.5p); heifers, premium to 132.5p (108.8p), prime to 99.5p (89.1p); young bulls, premium to 107.5p (101.5p), prime to 99.5p (92.1p); steers, med to 111.5p (91.1p), heavy to 110.5p (90.5p); heifers, med to 123.5p (93.1p), heavy to 132.5p (91.7p); young bulls, light to 102.5p (80.7p), med to 106.5p (89.4p), heavy to 107.5p (88.6p).

Sheep: lambs, standard to 93.6p (82.6p), med to 95.2p (82.4p), heavy to 87.4p (81.7p); ewes to £39.50 (£22.50).

Pigs: porkers to 86p (83.1p), cutters to 88p (79.1p), baconers to 82p (74.5p), sows to 45p (42.1p).

RUSWARP

Forward on November 8 were 135 cattle, including 27 store cattle, 73 calves, three dairy cattle, 19 suckler cows with calves at foot and 13 in-calf suckler cows; 609 sheep.

Cattle: dairy cows newly-calven to £490, suckler heifers with bull calves to £580, suckler heifers with heifer calves to £460, suckler cows with bull calves to £440, suckler cows with heifer calves to £335, in-calf suckler cows to £305; store cattle, Lim bullocks to £335, Lim heifers to £215, Sim bullocks to £305, Blond bullocks to £205, Fr bulls to £195; calves, Fr bulls to £95, Lim bulls to £110, Lim heifers to £60, BB bulls to £150, BB heifers to £55, AA bulls to £65, Hfd bulls to £25, Sim heifers to £36, Ch bulls to £85, Blond bulls to £100.

Sheep: lambs, Suffolks to £30.50, Texels to £31, Mules to £19, Mashams to £24, Ch to £27; ewes, Mules to £21.50, Mashams to £21, Swales to £6.

Forward on November 13 were 86 cattle (including 22 bulls), 533 sheep (including 85 ewes); 20 pigs.

Cattle: steers, prime to 93.5p (89.6p), others to 84.5p (79.2p); heifers, prime to 95.5p (90.4p), others to 82.5p (74.9p); bulls, prime to 88.5p (87.8p), others to 82.5p (77.2p).

Sheep: lambs, standard to £32 or 83.3p (79.5p), med to £36 or 83.3p (78.5p), heavy to £38.50 or 80.4p (78.1p), overweight to £41 or 79.6p (75.8p); ewes to £26.

Pigs: cutters to 85p (82.9p), baconers to 81p.

SELBY

Forward on Nov 10 were 160 fat cattle (including 63 young bulls); 38 sheep; 357 pigs (including 24 sows/boars).

Cattle (with overall average 85.4p): steers, premium to 101.5p (93.9p), prime to 91.5p (85.9p), others to 79.5p (75.2p); heifers, premium to 114.5p (95.4p), prime to 94.5p (88.1p), others to 66.5p; young bulls, premium to 101.5p (93.7p), prime to 91.5p (87.7p), others to 80.5p (73.9p).

Sheep: lambs, standard to 82.5p (74.4p), med to 88.3p (86.3p).

Pigs: porkers to 85.5p (80.1p), cutters to 87.5p (82.5p), baconers to 85p (79.1p), others to 79.5p (72.8p); sows to 51.5p (43.4p); boars to 28.5p.

THIRSK

Forward on November 9 were 267 finished cattle (including 68 young bulls); 1,296 finished sheep (including 994 lambs and 302 ewes); 1,030 finished pigs (including 177 sows/boars).

Cattle: steers, med to 115.5p (202.6p) av 97.1p, heavy to 98.5p (172.8p) av 88.3p; heifers, light to 105.5p (185.1p) av 88.3p, med to 110.5p (193.9p) av 87p, heavy to 130.5p (229p) av 86.9p; young bulls, med to 99.5p (174.6p) av 81.3p, heavy to 102.5p (179.8p) av 88.6p; Cont overall ave 92.85p, non-Cont overall ave 76.66p. Similar numbers to last week but, overall, of worse quality.

Sheep: lambs, standard to 88.5p (196.7p) av 84p, med to 90.7p (201.6p) av 82.2p, heavy to 87p (193.3p) av 81.9p, overweight to 88.5p (196.7p) 82p; ewes, light to £19.50 (£12.75), heavy to £27.50 (£21.29), Cont to £27.50, Suffolks to £26.50, Mules to £26. A smaller entry with a much firmer trade, especially for well-fleshed lambs.

Pigs: porkers to 95.5p (87.5p), cutters to 94p (83.1p), baconers to 89p (79.1p), overweights to 86p (77.9p); sows/boars to £154 or 47p (42.7p).

YORK

Forward on November 9 were 402 accredited cattle including 124 accredited dairy cattle, 78 calves, 150 stirks, 48 store cattle, two cows and calves; 173 store sheep, 371 store pigs including two breeding pigs.

Cattle: accredited dairy cattle (with prices to £777), Fr heifers newly-calven to £744, Fr cows newly-calven to £682, Fr heifers in-calf to £777, BB cows and calf to £300; accredited store cattle (with prices to £515), Ch to £515 (av steers 103p), Lim to £428 (av steers 95p), Fr to £200 (av steers 80p); accredited stirks, stirks to 20 weeks to £150 (av bulls £117, heifers £93), Fr to £58, stirks over 20 weeks to £445 (av steers £150, bulls £267, heifers £153), Fr to £298, Ch to £335, Lim to £420, Sim to £275, BB to £282, Blond to £445; accredited calves (with prices to £128), Ch bulls to £128 (£54), Ch heifers to £60 (£30), Sim bulls to £115 (£83), Sim heifers to £32 (£18), Fr bulls to £50 (£20), AA bulls to £58 (£29), AA heifers to £8 (£5), Lim bulls to £110 (£71), Lim heifers to £35 (£17). There was a few more cattle under 80 weeks, but numbers were down, this could be due to the weather.

Sheep: store sheep, lambs/hoggs, Suffolk X to £31.50, Texel X to £29.50, Cont X to £34, Mule X to £12.80; rams to £27.

Pigs: store pigs, 8-10 weeks to £38.50 (£37.38), 10-12 weeks to £46.50 (£42.33), over 12 weeks to £68 (£49.58); gilts in- pig to £98.70.

Forward on October 13 were 302 cattle (including 150 young bulls); 1,098 sheep (including 178 ewes); 1,107 pigs (including 108 sows/ boars).

Cattle: young bulls, Cont to 110.5p (97.1p), others to 97.5p (79.1p); steers, light to 117.5p (88.5p), med to 100.5p (81.8p), heavy to 103.5p (88.2p); heifers, light to 99.5p (79.5p), med to 119.5p (83.5p), heavy to 112.5p (83.4p).

Sheep: spring lambs, light to £12 or 40p (40p), standard to £35 or 90p (81.9p), med to £40.20 or 92.9p (82.9p), heavy to £46.50 or 94.9p (83.6p), others to £50.50 or 89.1p (81p); ewes to £33 head (£19.06); rams to £27.50 (£20.77).

Pigs (with overall average 81): porkers to 90.5p (85.5p), cutters to 90.8p (82.4p), baconers to 87p (80.6p), others to 82.8p (70.6p); sows to £152.88 or 49p (42.1p); boars to £77.49 or 31.5p (25.1p).