DRIFFIELD

Forward on January 25 were 14 sheep (including 12 ewes); 252 pigs (including 21 sows).

Sheep: prime hoggs, super heavy to £49/head or 92.4p/kg; ewes, others to £43.50 (£27.70).

Pigs: gilts to 75kgs to 74p (71.8p), 76-85kgs to 75.5p (71.8p); boars to 75kgs to 68p, 76-82kgs to 77.5p (69p), others to 74p (70p); sows to £115.94 or 34p (31.4p).

Forward on January 29 were 61 head of cattle, including 12 steers, 33 heifers, 16 young bulls; 178 head of sheep including 8 ewes; 38 pigs.

Cattle: steers, premium to 113.5p (102.8p), prime to 92.5p, others to 87.5p, prime to 92.5p, others to 87.5p, heifers premium to 119.5p (101.9p), prime to 93.5p (89.8p); young bulls, premium to 112.5p (102.6p), prime to 90.5p; steers, light to 86.5p, med to 105.5p, heavy to 101.8p; heifers med to 119.5p (106.5p), heavy to 110.5p (100.5p); young bulls, med to 109.5p (105.8p), heavy to 112.5p (99.3p).

Sheep: prime hoggs, standard to £39 or 109p (105.5p), med to £48.80 or 111p (104.5p), heavy to £54 or 111p (107p); ewes to £47.50 (£33.20).

Pigs: gilts and boars, baconers to 85p (76.3p).

MALTON

Forward on January 29 were four cattle, 52 sheep, 156 pigs.

Cattle: heifers to 116.5p (108.5p).

Sheep: hoggets, standard to 110.2p (109.2p), medium to 110.5p (108.2p), heavy to 111.3p (109.1p), suepr heavy to 115p (113.2p).

Pigs: porkers to 81.5p (79.4p), cutters to 87.5p (79.3p), baconers to 81p (77p).

Forward on January 30 were 237 cattle including 76 young bulls 2,033 sheep including 539 ewes, 119 pigs including nine sows.

Cattle: Steers, premium to 107.5p (101.8p), prime to 97.5p (90.8p); heifers, premium to 130.5p (109.2p), prime to 99.5p (90.4p); young bulls, premium to 109.5p (102.7p), prime to 96.5p (91.2p); steers, medium to 104.5p (101.5p), heavy to 107.5p (89.4p); heifers, medium to 126.5p (91.8p), heavy to 130.5p (95.4p); young bulls, light to 102.5p (78.6p), medium to 107.5p (88.8p), heavy to 109.5p.

Sheep: Hoggets, standard to 120p (109.3p), medium to 124.4p (110.6p), heavy to 118.4p (107.8p), ewes to £61 (£35.97).

Pigs: Porkers to 80p (77.9p), cutters to 80p (74.5p), baconers to 73p (69.1p), sows to 35p (33.9p).

RUSWARP

Forward on January 24 were 276 cattle comprising 189 store cattle, 81 calves, six suckler cows with calves at foot; 124 sheep.

Cattle: suckler cows with bull calves to £450, suckler cows with heifer calves to £510; store cattle, bulls, Lim to £545, Ch to £430, BB to £515, Blond to £320, AA to £585, Fr to £270, Ayrshire to £340; Lim bullocks to £468, Lim heifers to £430, Ch bullocks to £430, Ch heifers to £450, Sim bullocks to £480, heifers to £340, BB bullocks to £448, BB heifers to £440, Blond heifers to £220, AA heifers to £270, Fr bullocks to £480; calves, Lim bulls to £142, Lim heifers to £45, Ch bulls to £70, Sim bulls to £100, Sim heifers to £40, BB bulls to £160, BB heifers to £148, Blond heifers to £35, AA bulls to £95, AA heifers to £15, Fr bulls to £45.

Sheep: hoggs, Suffolk to £28; ewes, Suffolk to £35, Texel to £30, Mule to £29, Masham to £17.

Forward on January 29 were 75 cattle, 385 sheep, 30 pigs.

Cattle: steers, premium to 100.5p (100.5p), prime to 96.5p (92.3p), others to 77.5p (73.7p); heifers, premium to 100.5p (99.5p), prime to 98.5p (89.3p), others to 79.5p (75.2p); bulls, prime to 91.5p (88.2p), others to 80.5p (77.8p).

Sheep: hoggs, standard to 109.6p (104.7p), med to 111.2p (107.9p), heavy to 106.2p (102.7p), overweight to 89.3p; ewes to £32.50.

Pigs: cutters to 64p (63.5p), baconers to 63p (61p), overweights to 57p (53.5p).

SELBY

Forward on January 26 were 303 fat cattle (including 88 young bulls); 441 sheep (including 30 ewes); 316 pigs (including seven sows/boars).

Cattle: fat cattle (with overall average 90.5p), steers, premium to 107.5p (101.1p), prime to 102.5p (97.6p), others to 88.5p (82.9p); heifers, premium to 120.5p (201.1p), prime to 99.5p (91.8p), others to 88.5p (78.6p); young bulls, premium to 104.5p (97.9p), prime to 99.5p (91.5p), others to 85.5p (80.7p).

Sheep: hoggets, standard to 112.3p (107.8p), med to 117.1p (111.2p), heavy to 108.1p (106.8p), others to 102.8p (101.4p), ewes to £38 (£34.36).

Pigs: porkers to 81p (78.3p), cutters to 83.5p (75.2p), baconers to 75p (70.2p), others to 70.5p (64.9p), sows to 38.5p (35.9p), boars to 27p.

Forward on January 27 were 78 store cattle, 30 stirks, 25 calves; 110 sheep and eight goats; 265 pigs, 25 sows.

Cattle: steers to £430 (£385), heifers to £552 (£350), bulls to £426, (£282), bull stirks to £200 (£155.50), heifer stirks to £208 (£131), bull calves to £60 (£57), heifer calves to £75 (£41.50).

Sheep: store lambs to £32 (£25.50); ewes to £37 (£31.50), ewes and lambs to £52. Goats to £35.

Pigs: store pigs to £52 (32.85), fat pigs to £69.50 (£46.20), sows to £90 (£58), gilts to £59.50 (£53.65), boars to £50.

THIRSK

Forward on January 25 were 257 finished cattle (including 49 young bulls), 2,601 finished sheep (including 2,253 hoggets, 348 ewes); 749 finished pigs (including 88 sows/boars).

Cattle: Steers, med to 105.5p (185.1p) av 90.9p, heavy to 104.5p (183.3p) av 91.4p; heifers, med to 119.5p (209.6p) av 91.9p, heavy to 115.5p (202.6p) av 93.9p; young bulls, med to 108.5p (190.3p) av 81.7p, heavy to 102.5p (179.8p) av 91.1p; Cont to 103.1p, non-Cont to 80.1p.

Sheep: hoggets, light to 107.1p (238p), standard to 123p (273.3p) av 108.9p, med to 123.9p (275.3p) av 112.6p, heavy to 118.8p (264p) av 107.8p, overweights to 107.2p (235.2p) av 98.9p; ewes light to £30 (£19.28), heavy to £50.50 (£37.31), Suffolks to £50.50, Cont to £44.50, Mules to £43.80, half breds to £43, Swales to £26.

Pigs: porkers to 91p (83.2p), cutters to 84p (74.8p), baconers to 81.5p (71.4p), overweights to 72p (70.3p), sows/boars to 38p and £114.18 (£29.9p).

YORK

Forward on January 25 were 220 accredited cattle (including one accredited diary cow, 55 calves and 110 stirks), 54 store cattle; 356 store sheep; 510 store pigs.

Cattle: accredited dairy cattle (with prices to £700), Fr heifers newly-calven to £700; accredited store cattle (with prices to £532 or 108p), Ch to £520 or 108p (av steers 98p, heifers to 82p), Lim to £532 or 108p (av steers 106p), AA to £430 or 88p (av steers 87p); accredited stirks (with prices to £524), stirks to 20 weeks (av bulls £150, heifers £102), Fr to £100, stirks over 20 weeks to £524 (av steers £392, bulls £380, heifers £325), Fr to £290, Ch to £398, Lim to £524, Sim to £448, BB to £350, Hfd to £400, Beef Shorthorn to £380, AA to £348; accredited calves (with prices to £165), Ch bulls to £102, Sim heifers to £26, Fr bulls to £28 (£19), Hfd bulls to £38, AA bulls to £82 (£45), AA heifers to £15, Lim bulls to £150 (£103), Lim heifers to £62 (£36), BB bulls to £165 (£100), BB heifers to £65 (ave £53), Blond heifers to £52 (£39). There was a strong trade for all classes, especially large heifers.

Sheep: store sheep (with prices to £87), ewes in lamb to £60, Suffolk X lambs/hoggs to £51, ewes and two lambs to £87, Texel X lambs/hoggs to £43.

Pigs: store pigs (with prices to £57), 8-10 weeks to £36 (£32.46), 10-12 weeks to £46 (£41.94), over 12 weeks to £57 (£46.14).

Forward on January 29 were 384 cattle (including 175 young bulls); 1,590 sheep (including 180 ewes); 909 pigs (including 68 sows/ boars).

Cattle: young bulls, Cont to 114.5p (94.8p), others to 91.5p (81.3p); steers, light to 97.5p (80.3p), med to 118.5p (87.2p), heavy to 100.5p (87p); heifers, light to 109.5p (83.3p), med to 116.5p (87.1p), heavy to 115.5p (91p).

Sheep: hoggs, light to £32.20 or 103.9p (103.9p), standard to £49 or 125.6p (114.7p), med to £55 or 128p (115p), heavy to £56 or 121.7p (112.1p), others to £63.50 or 117.6p (100.2p); ewes to £53 (£36.34p); rams to £31 (£29.50).

Pigs (with overall average 74.4p): porkers to 86.8p (78.3p), cutters to 85p (75.7p), baconers to 80p (72.2p), others to 71p (71p); sows to £106.56 or 54p (34p); boars to £94.25 or 29p (27.6p).

Updated: 09:40 Thursday, February 01, 2001