DRIFFIELD

Forward on September 28 were 17 sheep (including five ewes); 166 pigs (including 41 sows/boars).

Sheep: spring lambs, med to £36/head or 80p/kg; ewes to £11 (£10.40).

Pigs: gilts to 75kg to 87.5p, 76-85kg to 90p (84.3p); boars 76-82kg to 81p (79.2p), others 83-100kg to 84p (82.6p); sows to £129.43 or 46p (40.9p); boars to £77.77 or 25p.

Forward on October 1 were 32 cattle (including nine steers and 21 heifers); 154 sheep (including 27 ewes); 36 pigs.

Cattle: steers, premium to 120.5p (99.4p); heifers, premium 129.5p (106.1p), prime to 102.5p (89.5p), others to 85.5p (77.8p); young bulls, premium to 98p (95.3p); steers, med to 120.5p (101.2p), heavy to 98.5p (91p); heifers, med to 123.5p (94.2p), heavy to 129.5p (98.9p); young bulls, med to 98p (95.3p).

Sheep: spring lambs, light to £25.20 or 81p, standard to £31 or 91p (75.5p); ewes to £25.80 (£23.71).

Pigs: porkers to 82p (81p), cutters to 86p (83.2p), baconers to 85p (84.1p).

MALTON

Forward on September 29 were 71 store cattle; 611 store lambs; ten pigs.

Cattle: Lim, bulls to £472, bullocks to £430; Ch, bullocks to £480, heifers to £445; Sim bullocks to £580, BB heifers to £415.

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

Pigs: weaners to £42.40.

Forward on October 1 were five cattle; 54 sheep; 100 pigs.

Cattle: heifers to 113.5p (105.8p).

Sheep: lambs, med to 84.5p (84.1p), heavy to 91.7p (86.3p).

Pigs: porkers to 83p (81p), cutters to 83.5p (80.3p), baconers to 83p (77.5p); sows to 42.5p.

Forward on October 3 were 206 cattle (including 90 young bulls); 558 sheep (including 136 ewes); 127 pigs (including 15 sows).

Cattle: steers, premium to 119.5p (102.5p), prime to 92.5p (83.5p); heifers, premium to 133.5p (108.4p), prime to 98.5p (88.9p); young bulls, premium to 110.5p (101.7p), prime to 97.5p (92.5p); steers, med to 119.5p (78.6p), heavy to 98.5p (84.2p); heifers, med to 133.5p (88.6p), heavy to 127.5p (89.7p); young bulls, light to 102.5p (88.6p), med to 110.5p (87.4p), heavy to 110.5p (88.5p).

Sheep: lambs, standard to 86.5p (77.8p), med to 86.3p (78p), heavy to 86.5p (79.5p); ewes to £22 (£8.53).

Pigs: porkers to 81p (75.7p), cutters to 81p (79.4p), baconers to 77p (73.7p); sows to 43p (41.1p).

RUSWARP

Forward on October 1 were 39 cattle (including 12 bulls); 567 sheep (including 40 ewes).

Cattle: steers, premium to 98.5p, prime to 94.5p (90.5p), others to 83.5p (79p); heifers, premium to 97.5p, prime to 94.5p (90.3p), others to 82.5p (78p); bulls, prime to 94.5p (91.4p), others to 81.5p (75.5p).

Sheep: lambs, standard to £32.80 or 87.4p (79.8p), med to £38 or 86.9p (80.4p), heavy to £37 or 80.2p (78.6p); ewes to £25.

SELBY

Forward on September 29 were 202 fat cattle (including 62 young bulls); 247 sheep (including 98 ewes); 384 pigs (including 59 sows/boars).

Cattle: steers, premium to 117.5p (98.5p), prime to 94.5p (88.9p), others to 78.5p (75.6p); heifers, premium to 119.5p (94.9p), prime to 93.5p (86.5p), others to 78.5p (73.4p); young bulls, premium to 102.5p (92.5p), prime to 93.5p (89.5p), others to 84.5p (70.3p).

Sheep: lambs, standard to 81.1p (80.7p), med to 85p (82.2p), heavy to 81.5p (79.7p); ewes to £33 (£15.70).

Pigs: porkers to 84p (79.3p), cutters to 86.5p (80.3p), baconers to 80p (75.6p), others to 75p (65.3p); sows to 44p (41.1p), boars to 30p.

Forward on September 30 were 120 store cattle, 26 stirks, 20 calves; 174 sheep and 12 goats; 165 pigs (including 24 sows/boars).

Cattle: steers to £500 (£350), heifers to £495 (£235), bulls to £300 (£188), cows and bull calves to £590, cows with heifer calves to £600, bull stirks to £322 (£142.80), hiefers to £180 (£112), bull calves to £46 (£28.50), heifer calves to £60 (£31).

Sheep: store lambs to £30 (£22.50), ewes to £29.50, rams to £56; goats, nannies to £40.

Pigs: store pigs to £41 (£35.70), fat pigs to £73 (£53.60), sows to £110 (£80.20), sows in pig to £130, boars to £74.

THIRSK

Forward on September 28 were 209 finished cattle (including 58 young bulls); 1,797 finished sheep (including 1,428 lambs); 1,024 finished pigs (including 177 sows/boars).

Cattle: steers, med to 116.5p (202.4p) av 93p, heavy to 104.5p (183.3p) av 90.6p; heifers, med to 111.5p (195.6p) av 86.4p, heavy to 116.5p (204.4p), av 87.2p; young bulls, light to 93.5p (164p), med to 107.5p (188.6p) av 80.7p, heavy to 99.5p (174.6p) av 85.3p. Slightly smaller numbers of cattle, with quality worse overall, made a mixed trade.

Sheep: lambs, standard to 84.6p (188p) av 77.3p, med to 86p (191.1p) av 79.7p, heavy to 84.3p (187.3p) av 79.5p; ewes, light to £16.80 (£8.48), heavy to £25.50 (£15.66), Cont to £25.20, Suffolks to £23, Mules to £20.20. A much firmer trade.

Pigs: porkers to 97p (91.2p), cutters to 97p (82.9p), baconers to 85p (76.1p), sows/boars to £151.79 or 46p (41.8p).

YORK

Forward on September 28 were 407 accredited cattle, including two accredited dairy cattle, 86 calves, 209 stirks, 54 store cattle, 56 cows and calves; 1,422 store sheep; 401 store pigs. There was an excellent show and a strong trade throughout.

Cattle: accredited dairy cattle (with prices to £490), Fr cows newly-calven to £490, Lim cow and calf to £780, Sim cows and calf to £410; accredited store cattle (with prices to £535 or 106p), Ch to £535 or 106p (av steers 86p), Lim to £415 or 90p (av steers 94p, heifers 83p), Blond to £402 or 88p; accredited stirks (with prices to £460), stirks to 20 weeks to £338 (av bulls £236, heifers £127), Fr to £159, stirks over 20 weeks (av steers £370, bulls £349, heifers £241), Fr to £312, Ch to £412, Lim to £418, Sim to £460, BB £340; accredited calves (with prices to £180), Ch bulls to £165 (av £133), Ch heifers to £42, Sim bulls to £108 (av £88), Sim heifers to £58 (av £39), Fr bulls to £42 (av £10), Hfd bulls to £40, Hfd heifers to £20, AA bulls to £10, AA heifers to £15, Lim bulls to £135 (av £107), Lim heifers to £32 (av £25).

Sheep: store sheep (with prices to £220), ewes to £38, Suffolk X lambs/hoggs to £32.80, Mule shearlings to £45, Texel X lambs/hoggs to £32, Suffolk shearlings to £71, Cont X lambs/hoggs to £33; Suffolk rams to £220, Mule X lambs/hoggs to £29.

Pigs: store pigs with prices to £56: 8-10 weeks to £36.50 (£30.03), 10-12 weeks to £41 (£38.80), over 12 weeks to £56 (£43.92).

Forward on October 1 were 250 cattle (including 116 young bulls), 812 sheep (including 173 ewes), 1,186 pigs (including 67 sows/ boars).

Cattle: young bulls, Cont to 116.5p (94.8p), others to 97.5p (82.5p); steers, med to 114.5p (90.8p), heavy to 115.5p (89.2p); heifers, light to 126.5p (5.6p), med to 128.5p (87.2p), heavy to 101.5p (90.7p).

Sheep: spring lambs, light to £22 or 73.3p (73.3p), standard to £39 or 102.6p (79.1p), med to £40 or 99.5p (80p), heavy to £44.80 or 91.4p (80p), others to £40.20 or 74.4p (74.4p); ewes to £30.50 (£14.84); one ram, £7.

Pigs (with overall average to 75.7p): porkers to 84.8p (78.4p), cutters to 84p (75p), baconers to 80p (75.4p), others to 75p (69.1p); sows to £164.26 or 46.5p (41.6p); boars to £110.78 or 29p (26.7p).