DRIFFIELD

Forward on July 13 were 205 sheep including one ewe; 177 pigs including 21 sows.

Sheep: spring lambs, standard to £33.50/head or 88p/kg (81.7p), med to £37.20 91p (86.2p), heavy to £39.80 or 83p; others, ewes to £4.50 per head.

Pigs: gilts to 75kg to 83p (78.6p), gilts 76-85kg to 85p (83.5p); boars to 75kg to 78p, boars 76-82kg to 78p, overweights to 44p (40.5p); sows to £138.65 or 47p (40.7p).

THIRSK

Forward on July 13 were 203 finished cattle including 48 young bulls; 1,737 finished sheep including 120 ewes; 948 finished pigs including 123 sows/ boars.

Cattle (a smaller entry of cattle were a much firmer trade for all classes): steers, med to 112.5p (197.4p) av 99.01p, heavy to 126.5p (221.9p) av 101.9p; heifers, med to 121.5p (213.2p) av 96.6p, heavy to 123.5p (216.7p) av 101.3p; young bulls, med to 106p (185.6p) av 94.4p, heavy to 101p (178.1p) av 92.4p.

Sheep (a slightly smaller entry of lambs were a much faster trade): Lambs, standard to 94.4p (205.2p) av 85.8p, med to 95.9p (208.5p) av 88.9p, heavy to 92.4p (200.9p) av 89.1p, overweights to 86.4p (187.8p) av 84.5p; ewes, light to £15.50 (£12.37), heavy to £29 (£20.68), Suffolks to £29, Cont to £24, blue-faced Leicester to £20, Mules to £29, horned to £15.50.

Pigs: Porkers to 89p (83.1p), cutters to 89p (82.6p), baconers to 86.5p (81p), overweights to 76.5p; sows/boars to 48p or £152.22 (£41.6p).

A statement from the mart: "We feel we should strongly recommend beef and lamb producers, in their own interest, to apply for registration with FABBL because of the increasing disparity in prices reached between farm-assured and non-assured stock."

YORK

Forward on July 13 were 190 accredited cattle, including two accredited dairy cattle, 64 calves, 88 stirks, 14 store cattle, 22 cows and calves; 409 store pigs.

Cattle: accredited dairy cattle (with prices to £530), Fr heifers newly-calven to £530, Lim cow and calf to £465, pedigree Lim cow and calf to £700, pedigree Lim heifer in calf to £700; accredited store cattle (with prices to £510 or 101p), Ch to £510; accredited stirks (with prices to £500), stirks over 20 weeks to £131, stirks over 20 weeks to £500, Ch to £350, Lim to £325, BB to £500; Blond to £315; accredited calves (with prices to £152), Ch heifers to £55, Sim bulls to £152 (£52), Sim heifers to £50 (£30), Fr bulls to £30 (£10), Hfd bulls to £5, AA bulls to £98 (£57), Lim bulls to £115 (£76), Lim heifers to £82 (ave £37), BB bulls to £88 (£57), BB heifers to £110 (£46), Swiss Brown bulls to £135.

Pigs: store pigs (with prices to £60), 8-10 weeks to £19.50 (£13.45), 10-12 weeks to £44.80 (£38.54), over 12 weeks to £60 (£46.40).

Forward on July 17 were 391 cattle (including 173 young bulls); 1,409 sheep (including 132 ewes); 930 pigs (including 63 sows and nine boars).

Cattle (with overall average 96.6p): young bulls, Cont to 119.5p (97.2p), others to 95.5p (85.8p); steers, light to 123.5p (96.7p), med to 115.5p (105.5p); heavy to 121.5p (99.7p); heifers, light to 121.5p (90.6p), med to 123.5p (98.1p), heavy to 127.5p (95.8p).

Sheep: spring lambs, standard to £37 or 94.9p (85.5p), med to £44.50 or 98.9p (90p), heavy to £47.50 or 99p (89.5p).

Pigs (with overall average 81.0 p/kg: porkers to 86.2p (81.6p), cutters to 87p (81.3p), baconers 84.2p (80.5p), others to 79.2p (79.2p); sows to £147.74 or 52p (41.9p); nine boars to £104 or 28p (24.8p).