PICTURE: GETTING READY: Kevin Midgley and his dad Stephen are pictured preparing Val, a Holstein Friesan, for the under 6-months dairy heifer class at Rosedale show. For complete results from the show, turn to page 11.

DRIFFIELD

Forward on August 17 were 92 sheep, including 15 ewes; 189 pigs, including 28 sows.

Sheep: spring lambs, standard to £28/head or 73p/kg, med to £33.80 or 79p (77.6p); ewes to £27.50 (£9.64).

Pigs: gilts to 75kg to 86p (81.1p), 76-85kg to 86p (82.2p); boars to 75kgs to 78p (76.4p), 76-82kg to 78p (77.5p), others to 77p (75.5p); sows to £134.20 or 45p (42.2p).

Forward on August 21 were 44 cattle; 242 sheep, including 12 ewes; 56 pigs

Cattle: steers, premium to 137.5p (110.8p); heifers, premium to 134.5p (107.9p), prime to 96.5p (94.5p); young bulls, premium to 96.5p (95.5p).

Sheep: spring lambs, standard to £36 or 100p (85.8p), med to £37.50 or 92p (85.5p), super heavy to £46.80 or 99p (85.3p), super heavy to £40 or 63p; ewes to £28 (£18.62).

Pigs: porkers to 83p (81.3p), cutters 80p (78.3p), baconers to 82p (80.2p).

MALTON

Forward on August 21 were 5 cattle; 85 sheep; 134 pigs.

Cattle: heifers to 115.5p (111.5p)

Sheep: lambs, med to 107.7p (91p), heavy to 105.2p (97p); ewes to £17.50 (£14.50).

Pigs: porkers to 87.5p (79.1p), cutters to 95.5p (82.8p), baconers to 85p (80.8p); sows to 51p.

Forward on August 22 were 154 cattle, including 73 young bulls; 649 sheep, including 129 ewes; 154 pigs, including 14 sows.

Cattle: steers, premium to 123.5p (106.1p), prime to 96.5p (92.5p); heifers, premium to 129.5p (110.9p), prime to 97.5p (91.8p); young bulls, premium to 108.5p (101.6p), prime to 97.5p (93.9p); steers, med to 123.5p (104.4p), heavy to 111.5p (94.2p); heifers, light to 119.5p (98.2p), med to 119.5p (103.3p), heavy to 129.5p (98.4p); young bulls, med to 108.5p (95.3p), heavy to 105.5p (88.7p).

Sheep: lambs, standard to 83.6p (79.4p), med to 80.5p (76.1p), heavy to 77.5p (73.6p); ewes to £32 (£15.80).

Pigs: porkers to 91p (84.2p), cutters to 85p (81.9p) baconers to 84p (76.5p), sows to 44p (41.5p).

RUSWARP

Forward on August 16 were 24 cattle; 298 sheep.

Cattle: dairy cattle to £545/head, cows with calves at foot to £470; bulls, Fr to £125; calves, Lim bulls to £195, Fr bulls to £40, Lim heifers to £52, BB bulls to £182, AA bulls to £80, AA heifers to £20, Sim bulls to £130.

Sheep: lambs, Suffolk to £17, Texel to £21; ewes, Suffolk to £17, Mule to £18, Masham to £19, Swaledale to £6.

Forward on August 21 were 56 cattle, including 14 bulls; 489 sheep, including 25 ewes; 29 pigs.

Cattle: steers, premium to 104.5p (101.3p), prime to 97.5p (90.5p), others to 85.5p (80.5p); heifers, premium to 107.5p (103.8p), prime to 99.5p (91.4p), othes to 86.5p (84.2p); bulls, premium to 100.5p (100.2p), prime to 98.5p (95.8p), others to 89.5p (84.9p).

Sheep: lambs, standard to £34 or 88.3p (80p), med to £38 or 86p (81.7p), heavy to £39 or 83.8p; ewes to £29.

Pigs: cutters to 71p (70p) baconers to 70.5p (70p).

SELBY

Forward on August 18 were 245 fat cattle, including 62 young bulls; 271 sheep, including 98 ewes; 445 pigs, including 31 sows/boars.

Cattle (with overall average 92.5p): steers, premium to 117.5p (101.2p), prime to 101.5p (96.9p), others to 88.5p (80.7p); heifers, premium to 125.5p (105.3p), prime to 106.5p (94.9p), others to 88.5p (81.9p); young bulls, premium to 111.5p (100.1p), prime to 98.5p (95.2p), others to 87.5p (79.9p).

Sheep: lambs, standard to 92.3p (86.5p), med to 90.5p (86.2p), heavy to 86.5p (83.2p); ewes to £24 (£15.99).

Pigs: porkers to 85.5p (80.2p), cutters to 86p (79.9p), baconers to 84p (78.1p), other to78p (77.1p); sows to 45p (41.8p); boars to 27p.

Forward on August 19 were 55 store cattle, 15 stirks, 25 calves; 550 sheep; 205 pigs, 17 sows/boars.

Cattle: steers to £275 (£265), heifers to £480 (£251), bulls to £365 (£298), cows and bull calves to £370, steer stirks to £142, bull stirks to £232 (£145), heifer stirks to £170 (£143), bull calves to £130, heifer calves to £70.

Sheep: store lambs £35 (££23.10); ewes to £61 (£30.50), Suffolk gimmers in lamb to £85 (£68), shearlings to £60 (£49), Cont rams to £250 (£200), commercial rams to £38 (£25.50); goats, nannies to £31; billies to £27.

Pigs: store pigs to £55 (£42.75), fat pigs to £72 (£53.10); sows in pig to £108, sows to £100 (£72.25), gilts to £76 (£69.75).

THIRSK

Forward on August 18 were 208 finished cattle, including 43 young bulls; 2,242 finished sheep, including 350 ewes; 1.026 finished pigs, including 182 sows/boars.

Cattle: steers, med to 118.5p (207p) av 102.8p, heavy to 106.5p (186.8p) av 96.8p; heifers, med to 117.5p (206.1p) av 93.1p, heavy to 119.5p (209.6p) av 93.6p; young bulls, light to 102.5p (179.8p) av 88.5p, med to 103.5p (181.6p) av 86.3p, heavy to 98.5p (172.8p) av 88.3p. A similar number of cattle were a firmer trade, particularly to best quality.

Sheep: lambs, standard to 93.1p (202.4p) av 83p, med to 93p (202.2p) av 82.6p, heavy to 88.3p (192p) av 83.2p, overweight to 80p (173.9p); ewes, light to £30 (£10.37), heavy to £34 (£22.70), Suffolk to £34, Cont to £34, black-face Leicesters to £32, Mules to £26.50.

Pigs: porkers to 84p (80.2p), cutters to 85p (78.4p), baconers to 83.5p (78.1p), overweight to 75.5p (70.2p); sows/boars to £165.55 (41.1p).

YORK

Forward on August 17 were 246 accredited cattle including 61 calves, 150 store cattle, 17 cows and calves, 186 sheep and 365 store pigs.

Cattle: Accredited dairy cattle, Sim cow and calf to £500, BH cow and calf to £420;

accredited store cattle (with prices to £400 or 80p), Lim to £335 or 80p, Luing to £400 or 80p; accredited stirks (with prices to £472), stirks to 20 weeks to £332 (av bulls £247, heifers to £131), Fr to £160, stirks over 20 weeks (av steers £329, bulls £377, heifers £236), Fr to £290, Ch to £472, Lim to £418, Sim to £380, BB to £384, Blond to £376; accredited calves (with prices to £128), Sim bulls to £28, heifers to £45 (av £31); Fr to £92 (av £20), AA bulls to £32, heifers to £35, Lim bulls to £125 (av £91) heifers to £45 (av £33), BB bulls to £80, heifers to £80 (av £53), Blond bulls to £90 (av £68), heifers to £42 (av £24), Montbelia bulls to £128. Another good show for a harvest day with plenty of buyers to make a strong trade, particularly for good barley bulls.

Sheep: store sheep (with prices to £59), Suffolk X lambs to £26, Texel X lambs to £24.50; shearlings to £59.

Pigs: store pigs (with prices to £49.50), 8-10 weeks to £36.50, 10-12 weeks to £45.50 (av £42.37), over 12 weeks to £49.50 (av £47.91).

Forward on August 21 were 289 cattle (including 151 young bulls); 1,062 sheep (including 122 ewes); 1,042 pigs (including 81 sows and five boars).

Cattle (with overall average 93.7p): young bulls, Cont to 121.5p (av 97.1p), others to 98.5p (av 84.2p); steers, light to 115.5p (av 100.5p), med to 110.5p (av 99.9p), heavy to 112.5p (av 92.5p); heifers, light to 114.5p (av 93.5p), med to 117.5p (av 95.1p), heavy to 123.5p (av 91.6p).

Sheep: spring lambs, standard to £36.80 or 96.1p (av 82.6p), med to £41.20 or 89.6p (av 85.2p), heavy to £44 or 89.6p (av 84.5p), others to £48.50 or 91.5p (av 88.2p); ewes to £30 (av £20.30); rams to £27.50 (av £27.50).

Pigs (with overall average 79.6p): porkers to 85.8p (av 79.8p); cutters to 84p (av 79.6p), baconers to 83.5p (av 79.9p), others to 80.2p (av 77.9p); sows to £146.25 or 63p (av 42.7p); boars to £105.28 or 28p (av 26.2p).