Driffield

Forward on October 12 were 196 head of stock sold, 150 head of pigs including 24 sows and three boars, 46 head of sheep.

Pigs: gilts to 75kg to 80p per kg, gilts 76-85kgs to 86p (81p), boars to 75kgs to 83p (78.5p), others to 79p (77.8p), sows to £157.44 per head or 48p per kg (42.5p), boars to £106.20 or 31p (30p).

Sheep: spring lambs standard to £25 or 73p, medium to £33.50 or 82p (80.6p), heavies to £40 or 85p (83.3p).

Forward on October 16 were 178 head of stock sold, 40 head of cattle including 30 steers, 22 heifers, five young bulls, 108 head of sheep including eight ewes, 30 head of pigs.

Cattle: steers premium to 137.5p (112.7p), others to 66.5p, heifers premium to 125.5p (98.6p), prime to 91.5p (86.8p), others to 63p, young bulls to 96.5p (94.7p), steers medium to 115.5p (105.5p), heavies to 137.5p (113.6p), heifers medium to 125.5p (100.5p), heavies to 118.5p (96.1p), young bulls light to 96.5p (94.7p).

Sheep and spring lambs: standards to £29 per head or 80p, mediums to £40.20 or 95p (81.2p), heavies to £39 or 82p (80.2p), ewes to £28 (£21.40).

Pigs: cutters to 89p (85.6p), baconers to 89.5p (87p).

Thirsk

Forward on October 12 were 2,676 head of stock comprising 214 finished cattle including 62 young bulls, 1,615 finished sheep, including 1,297 lambs and 318 ewes, 847 finished pigs including 159 sows and boars.

Cattle: A larger entry of cattle with quality very mixed, including a fair proportion of beasts which were overfat, met a good trade. Top prices of 128.5p and 123.5p were for heifers from W H Barker and Son, Scotton, with 123.5p also from R K M Teasdale and Sons, Rievaulx, and 106.5p from R Bowman, Roecliffe. Steers reached 116.5p from A Bell, Old Byland, and heavyweights brought 100.5p from G Dailes and Son, Elwick. Bulls were a firmer trade with a top price of 104.5p and 103.5p from W Dixon and Son, Raskelf, 104.5p from I Armitage, Oswaldkirk, 103.5p from R and K M Teasdale and Son and 101.5p from Bentley Bros, Old Byland. Steers premium to 116.5p per kg (204.4p) av 95.1p, heavy to 100.5p (176.3p) av 88.7p, heifers medium to 123.5p (216.7p) av 86.5p, heavy to 128.5p and £668.20 per head (225.4p) av 88.5p, bulls medium to 104.5p (183.3p) cont X av 91.9p, heavy to 104.5p (183.3p) av 94.12p, Fr and Holsteins to 84.5p av 73.92p.

Sheep: Lambs standard to 84.1p (187.8p) av 77p, medium to 95.1p (211.3p) av 79.2p, heavy to 84.8p and £42 (188.4p) av 79.4p, overweights to 84.5p and £44.80 (187.8p) av 97.1p, ewes light to £22 av £7.50, heavy to £31 av £18.57, Suffolks to £31, Cont to £26, Mules to £23.50.

Pigs: smaller numbers of pigs were a much firmer trade, particularly for handyweight gilts which sold to a top price of 101p. Porkers to 99p av 93.5p, cutters to 101p av 90.4p, baconers to 91.5p av 85.8p, overweights to 83.5p av 55.9p, sows/boars to 46p and £157.91 av 42.1p.

Malton

Forward on October 13 were 93 store cattle, 836 sheep including 80 breeding tups and nine store pigs.

Cattle: Ch bullocks to £500 per head, heifers to £402, bulls to £500; Lim bullocks to £374, heifers to £392; Sim bullocks to £432, heifers to £375; BB bullocks to £398.

Sheep: Suffolk X lambs to £34.20, Texel lambs to £31, Suffolk ram lambs to £200, Suffolk shearling rams to £170, Texel ram lambs to £100, Texel shearling rams to £270. Pigs: weaners to £27.50.

Forward on October 12 at the flock dispersal sale for Welburn Manor Farms, 672 breeding sheep and 877 store lambs. Mule shearlings to £50 per head (£48.50), two-shear Mule ewes to £41.50 (£38.50), three-shear Mule ewes to £37 (£34.50), full-mouthed Mule ewes to £29 (£27.50), aged Mule ewes to £20 (£13.50), Suffolk tups to £115, Suffolk X lambs to £31.80 (£23).

Forward on October 16 were four cattle, 41 sheep and 105 pigs.

Cattle: heifers medium to 109.5p per kg (103.5p), heavy to 119.5p (114.95p).

Sheep: lambs medium to 100p (89.9p), heavy to 100.4p (92.6p).

Pigs: porkers to 82p, cutters to 85.5p (81.8p), baconers to 83p (78.9p), sows to 44p.

Annual first sale of suckled calves: Ch bullocks (Red CID) to £442 per head, Blue CID to £438, Lim Bullocks (Blue CID) to £458, Green to £490, Sim Bullocks (Green CID) to £462, BB bullocks (Green CID) to £450, Lim bulls (Red CID) to £332, Green to £468, Ch bulls (Green CID) to £490, Lim heifers to £442, Sim heifers to £338, Ch heifers to £335.

Forward on October 17 were 220 fat cattle including 75 young bulls, 825 sheep including 245 ewes and 106 pigs including six sows.

Cattle: steers, premium to 106.5p per kg (99p), prime to 97.5p (90.2p), heifers premium to 134.5p (107.7p), prime to 96.5p (88.4p), young bulls premium to 112.5p (102.3p), prime to 98.5p (92.8p).

Sheep: lambs standard to 88.6p (77.87p), medium to 89.52p (80.31p), heavy to 80.86p (77.13p).

Pigs: porkers to 90p (82.69p), cutters to 87.5p (82.54p), baconers to 85p (78.14p), sows to 58p (54.32p).

Ruswarp

Forward on October 16 was a record entry of 1,110 suckled calves and overyear sucklers at this season's first suckled calf sale held by Richardson and Smith at Ruswarp Market on Wednesday and Thursday. Similar numbers of cattle were sold on each day. On Wednesday, a very firm trade was experienced for all stock with bulls on green CIDs being in particularly keen demand. On Thursday, most bulls were an easier trade but heifers and bullocks, especially those on blue cards, were keenly sought after and were dearer than on the previous day and almost total clearance was affected.

Prices were: Bulls, Ch to £470 (£367.26, -£11.07), Lim to £450 (£343.74, -£12.56), Sim to £475 (£368.94, -£10), BB to £430 (£334.95, -£44.81), Saler to £450 (£382.33, +£6.58). Steers, Ch to £450 (£364.72, +£14.28), Lim to £480 (£398.10, +£16.02), BB to £470 (£445, +£54), Hfd to £430 (£332, +£52). Heifers, Ch to £442 (£240.68, +£10.32), Lim to £385 (£249.02, +£1.74), Sim to £280 (£231.16, +11p), BB to £485 (£293.86, +£19.17), Saler to £335 (£281.25).

Forward on October 16 were 42 cattle including nine bulls, 628 sheep including 45 ewes, one pig.

Cattle: steers premium to 102.5p per kg, prime to 94.5p (90.5p), others to 83.5p (78.7p), heifers premium to 104.5p, prime to 96.5p (90.7p), others to 84.5p (81.5p), bulls prime to 93.5p (87.1p), others to 84.5p (79.8p).

Sheep: lambs standard to £34 per head or 96.8p (80.1p), medium to £36.20 or 84.8p (80.6p), heavy to £38.50 or 80.6p (77.1p), half bred and horned lambs standard to 76.8p (71.8p), medium to 74.4p (71.8p), heavy to 74p (69.6p), ewes to £24.50 per head.

Pigs: baconers to 66p per kg.

Selby

Forward on October 13 were 212 fat cattle including 75 young bulls, 265 sheep including 76 ewes, 449 pigs including 38 sows and boars.

Cattle: Fat cattle with overall average of 85.1p per kg. Steers premium to 109.5p (97.9p), prime to 89.5p (84.4p); heifers premium to 111.5p (100.8p), prime to 94.5p (84.7p), others to 79.5p (69.2p); young bulls premium to 109.5p (96.3p), prime to 93.5p (88.3p), others to 84.5p (77.4p).

Sheep: lambs light to 81p (75.8p), standard to 82.3p (78.8p), medium to 82p (79.2p), heavy to 72.6p; shearlings to 62.2p (56.2p), ewes to £27 per head (£15.82).

Pigs: porkers to 87.5p (81.1p), cutters to 90p (81.1p), baconers to 86p (74.2p), others to 72.5p (65.7p), sows to 45p (41.1p), boars to 29p.

Forward on October 16 were 514 head of stock including 88 store cattle, 32 stirks, 22 calves, 177 pigs, 15 sows and boars, 175 sheep and five goats on Saturday.

Cattle: Steers to £410 per head (£280), heifers to £422 (£210), bulls to £328 (£298), calves to £245, cows with bull calves to £375 (£370), cows with heifer calves to £345 (£297), bull stirks to £80 (£67), heifer stirks to £172 (£100), bull calves to £100 (£40), heifer calves to £40 (£25).

Pigs: store pigs to £41 (£28.20), fat pigs to £68 (£60), sows to £115 (£81.50), sow in pig to £98 (£83), gilts to £82, boars to £100 (£75).

Sheep: store lambs to £29.50 (£19.50), ewes to £30.50 (£15.50), shearlings to £30 (£26.50), rams to £70 (£36).

Goats: billies to £33.50 (£23.50)

York

Forward on October 12 were 1669 head of store stock comprising 403 accredited cattle including two accredited dairy cattle, 72 calves, 236 stirks, 77 store cattle, 16 cows and calves, 763 store sheep, 503 store pigs.

Accredited dairy cattle with prices to £400. Friesian cows newly calven to £400. Limousin cow and calf to £310.

Accredited store cattle with prices to £510 per head or 96 p/kg. Charolais to £495 or 93 p/kg (ave steers 86, heifers 85). Limousin to £510 or 96 p/kg (ave steers 89). Simmental to £430 or 92 p/kg (ave steers 85, heifers 70). Belgian Blue to £370 or 83 p/kg (ave heifers 82).

Accredited stirks with prices to £410. Stirks to 20 weeks to £298 (ave bulls 225, heifers 129). Friesian to £140. Stirks over 20 weeks (ave steers £324, bulls £346, heifers £241). Friesian to £288. Charolais to £390. Limousin to £395. Simmental to £376. Belgian Blue to £350. Blonde d'Aquitaine to £410. Piedmontese to £375.

All classes were good to see with the exception of Holstein Friesians, which found a buyer, but look comparatively cheap. An excellent show.

Accredited calves with prices to £155. Charolais bulls to £155 (ave £104), heifers to £38 (ave £17). Simmental bulls to £145 (ave £144) heifers to £30. Friesian bulls to £50 (ave £9). Hereford bulls to £43. Angus bulls to £55 (ave £29), heifers to £30 (ave £20). Limousin bulls to £145 (ave £121), heifers to £50 (ave £30). Belgian Blue bulls to £130, heifers to £42 (ave £22). Blonde d'Aquitaine bulls to £145 (ave £82), heifers to £50.

Store sheep with prices to £60. Ewes in lamb to £31. Suffolk cross lambs/hoggs to £37. Texel cross lambs/hoggs to £30. Continental cross lambs/hoggs to £32.20. Rams to £60.

Store pigs with prices to £68. Eight to ten weeks old to £34.20 (ave £33.24). Ten to 12 weeks old to £42 (ave £38.47). Over 12 weeks old to £68 (ave £46).

Good trade for store lambs - a decent entry met a firm trade with the best lambs to £37.

Forward on October 16 were 283 cattle including 161 young bulls, 1023 sheep, including 201 ewes, 995 pigs, including 83 sows, three boars.

101 continental young bulls to 119.5 p/kg (ave 94). 60 other young bulls to 92.5 p/kg (ave 75.9). Four lights steers to 116.5 p/kg (ave 99.9); 15 medium steers to 112.5 p/kg (ave 90.9). 23 heavy steers to 84.5 p/kg (ave 86.6); six light heifers to 91.5 p/kg (ave 83.4). 45 medium heifers to 125.5 p/kg (ave 96.5). 29 heavy heifers to 114.5 p/kg (ave 87.4).

Spring lambs, seven light to £24.50 or 84.5 p/kg (ave 77 p/kg). 238 standard to £36.50 or 98.6 p/kg (ave 83.6). 438 medium to £42.50 or 94.4 p/kg (ave 85.3). 127 heavy to £47 or 95.8 p/kg (ave 85.9). Ten others to £44.80 or 83 p/kg (ave 82.7).

198 Ewes to £26 per head (ave £14.20 per head). Three rams to £30 per head (ave £22.83).

Pigs with overall average 81.6 p/kg. 165 porkers to 91.8 p/kg (ave 84.2). 314 cutters to 91.8 p/kg (ave 81.8). 391 baconers to 89.8 p/kg (ave 81.1). 39 others to 82.0 p/kg (77.4). 83 sows to £143.44 or 45.5 p/kg (ave 40.6). Three boars to £78.40 or 28.0 p/kg (ave 27.0).