DRIFFIELD

Forward on October 5 were172 pigs including 24 sows/boars.

Pigs: gilts to 75kg to 88p/kg (83p), 76-85kg to 85p (81.1p); boars to 75kg to 77p (76p), 76-82kg to 80p (78p), others 83-100kg to 82p (79.3p); sows to £127.71/head or 44p (42p), boars to £110.15 or 25p.

Forward on October 9 were 176 head of stock, 38 cattle, 112 sheep and 26 pigs.

Cattle: steers premium to 132.5p (110.5p), others to 102.5p (98.5p), heifers premium to 128.5p (110.1p), prime to 94.5p (90.7p), young bulls premium to 111.5p (95.5p), prime to 93.5p (90.5p), others to 74.5p, steers medium to 132.5p (108.3p), heavy to 114.5p (103.2p), heifers medium to 109.5p (96.8p), heavy to 128.5p (106.5p), young bulls medium to 91.5p (84.8p), heavy to 111.5p (95.8p).

Sheep: spring lambs standard to £31 per head or 90p (86.7p), medium to £35.80 or 83p (78.5p), heavy to £36.50 or 76p (73.5p), ewes to £4.50 (£3.25).

Pigs: gilts and boars - porkers to 85p (83.2p), baconers to 85p.

Malton

Forward on October 9 were 63 store cattle, 405 store lambs.

Cattle: Lim bullocks to £525 per head, Lim heifers to £358, Ch bullocks to £338, Ch heifers to £340, BB heifers to £362, Sim heifers to £238.

Sheep: Suffolk X lambs to £32, Texel lambs to £30.40.

Forward on October 10 were 180 cattle including 80 young bulls, 673 sheep including 119 ewes, 122 pigs including 13 sows.

Cattle: steers, premium to 117.5p per kg (101.6p), prime to 98.5p (91.6p), heifers premium to 130.5p (112.1p), prime to 101.5p (92.5p), young bulls, premium to 109.5p (103.9p), prime to 99.5p (94.1p), steers medium to 117.5p (97.2p), heavy to 103.5p (90.8p), heifers medium to 129.5p (971p), heavy to 130.5p (100.4p), young bulls medium to 109.5p (88.7p), heavy to 107.5p (93.4p).

Sheep: Lambs standard to 86.8p (80.6p), medium to 87p (79.6p), heavy to 84.8p (76.5p), ewes to £35.50 per head (£16.42).

Pigs: Porkers to 84p per kg (76.7p), cutters to 83p (77.6p), baconers to 80p (74.7p), sows to 45p (40.7p).

RUSWARP

Forward on October 4 were 74 cattle and 37 sheep.

Cattle: dairy cattle to £780, cows with calf at foot to £500; store cattle, Lim heifers to £295, Sim heifers to £310, BB heifers to £312, Lim bulls to 300; calves, Fr bulls to £65, Lim bulls to £45, Lim heifers to £50, AA bulls to £52, AA heifers to £35, Ch heifers to £40.

Sheep: Suffolk lambs to £16, Scots ewes to £8.50.

Forward on October 9 were 49 cattle, 490 sheep, 12 pigs.

Cattle: steers premium to 106.5p, prime to 94.5p (89.4p), others to 82.5p (78.3p), heifers to 98.5p, prime to 96.5p (90.1p), others to 84.5p (81.8p), bulls premium to 96.5p, prime to 95.5p (92.2p), others to 81.5p (80.2p).

Sheep: lambs standard to £33.20 per head or 85.5p (82.1p), medium to £38.80 or 91.5p (83.2p), heavy to £40 or 85.1p (83.3p), ewes to £22.

Pigs: cutters to 67p per kg (66.5p), baconers to 67.5p (66.8p).

There were more than 4,000 sheep on Saturday which met with strong demand at Glaisdale annual second sheep sale held by Richardson and Smith, Whitby, with buyers in attendance from a large catchment area. Averages: Scott and Swale ewes correct £3 to £24 per head (£8.58), correct below £2 to £6.50 (£4.07), Herdwick ewes £15 to £17 (£16), shearlings to £23, lambs £15 to £20 (£16.70), Mas/Mu ewes correct £18 to £36 (£26.81), correct below £13 to £18 (£16.77), Mas/Mu gimmer shearlings £29 to £45 (£40.20), Sc/Sw gimmer lambs £3 to £16 (£9.27), Sc/Sw wether lambs £5 to £16.50 (£10.01), Mas/Mu gimmer lambs £15 to £40 (£26.68), Suffolk lambs £14.50 to £34.50 (£26.58), Ch lambs £23 to £24.80 (£24), Texel lambs £15 to £29.20 (£23.85), HB lambs £13 to £26 (£18.90).

The 62nd annual Castleton ram show and sale on Friday was held in Ruswarp market on Friday, October 6, with an entry of 385 rams. Prizewinners as follows: Champion Scotch Blackface - C Boocock, two shear sold to £220; Champion Teeswater - J M Lister and Sons, shearling sold £55; Champion BFL - M King, Malton, lamb sold £110; Champion Suffolk - A Harper and Sons, Nawton, lamb sold £300; Champion Texel - Mrs P Foster, Egton Bridge, lamb sold £90; Champion Charollais - S Hunter, lamb sold to £210.

SELBY

Forward on October 6 were 137 fat cattle including 41 young bulls, 178 sheep including 18 ewes and 407 pigs including 25 sows.

Cattle: Fat cattle (89.8p per kg); steers, premium to 108.5p (95.2p), prime to 93.5p (87.9p), others to 85.5p (81.3p); heifers, premium to 119.5p (102.1p), prime to 94.5p (86.4p), others to 84.5p (79.4p); young bulls, premium to 107.5p (100.8p), prime to 94.5p (93.3p), others to 81.5p (76.3p).

Sheep: lambs, standard to 83p (78.7p), medium to 89.8p (76.8p), heavy to 82p (76.5p), others to 84.3p (77.5p); ewes to £20 per head (£19.25).

Pigs: porkers to 80p per kg (77.3p), cutters to 84p (80.3p), baconers to 82p (73.9p), others to 74p (68.8p), sows to 45p (42.9p).

Forward on October 7 were 384 head of stock including 90 store cattle, 30 stirks, 35 calves, 137 pigs, ten sows, 80 sheep, two goats.

Cattle: steers to £472 per head (£300), heifers to £400 (£236), bulls to £265 (£232), cows and bull calves to £280, cows and heifer calves to £150, bull stirks to £225 (£119), heifer stirks to £110 (£85), bull calves to £47 (£30), heifer calves to £40 (£31).

Sheep: store lambs to £24.50 (£21), ewes to £36 (£14), rams to £74 (£28).

Goats: nannies to £20.

Pigs: store pigs to £45 (£36.20), fat pigs to £63 (£53), sows to £100 (£40.50), sow and litter £114.

THIRSK

Forward on October 5 were 112 finished cattle (including 21 young bulls); 1,168 finished sheep (including 151 ewes); 1,027 pigs (including 89 sows/boars).

Cattle: Steers, med to 107.5p (188.6p) av 95.5p, heavy to 105.5p (185.1p) av 92.5p; heifers, med to 126.5p (221.9p) av 96.4p, heavy to 116.5p (204.4p) av 94.1p; young bulls, light to 93.5p (164p) av 81.9p, med to 97.5p (171.1p) av 79.8p, heavy to 88.5p (153.3p). A smaller entry of all classes, although quality was much improved.

Sheep: lambs, standard to 81.1p (180p) av 74.5p, med to 88.4p (196.4p) av 80.3p, heavy to 83.7p (186p) av 78.9p; ewes, light to £20 (£9.35), heavy to £27 (£18.95), Cont to £27, Suffolks to £24, Mules to £22. A shortage of top quality meant all classes met a firm trade.

Pigs: porkers to 93.5p (84.7p), cutters to 91p (79.7p), baconers to 84p (75.8p), overweights to 81p (71.9p); sows/boars to £135.24 or 44p (41.4p.

YORK

Forward on October 4 were 269 accredited cattle, including three accredited dairy cattle, 42 calves, 152 stirks, 66 store cattle, six cows and calves, 442 store sheep, 329 store pigs. There was a good trade, with buyers for all types of cattle, and an excellent trade for store lambs with the best to £34.80, overall average £29.83.

Cattle: accredited dairy cattle (with prices to £420), Fr cows newly-calven to £390; BBl cow and calf to £570; accredited stirks (with prices to £555), stirks to 20 weeks (av bulls £222, heifers £119), Fr to £148, stirks over 20 weeks (av steers £442, bulls £366, heifers £241), Ch to £374, Lim to £500, Sim to £380, BB to £555, Blond to £395; accredited calves (with prices to £130), Ch heifers to £36 (£28), Sim bulls to £130 (av £109), heifers to £48, Fr bulls to £50 (£17), Hfd bulls to £58 (£37), AA bulls to £32 (£29), Lim bulls to £85 (£73), Lim heifers to £22, BB heifers to £75 (£43).

Sheep: store sheep (with prices to £54), ewes in lamb to £65, Suffolk X lambs/hoggs to £34.80, ewes to £35, Texel X lambs/hoggs to £30.80, rams to £54, Mule X lambs/hoggs to £31.20.

Pigs: store pigs (with prices to £67), 8-10 weeks to £38.20 (£35.25), 10-12 weeks to £44 (£39.92), over 12 weeks old to £67 (£43.39).

Forward on October 9 at York Livestock Centre, Murton, were 241 cattle (including 121 young bulls), 592 sheep (including 93 ewes), 819 pigs (including 85 sows and five boars).

Cattle: 82 Continental young bulls to 116.5 p/kg (ave 97.24 p/kg); 39 other young bulls to 94.5 p/kg (ave 84.56 p/kg); 10 light steers to 116.5 p/kg (ave 95.1 p/kg); 25 medium steers to 110.5 p/kg (ave 90.2 p/kg); 33 heavy steers to 110.5 p/kg (ave 90.6 p/kg); two light heifers to 99.5 p/kg (ave 95.6 p/kg); 34 medium heifers to 109.5 p/kg (ave 89.9 p/kg); 16 heavy heifers to 115.5 p/kg (ave 86.8 p/kg).

Spring lambs: 129 standard to £32.07 or 100.0 p/kg (ave 86.5 p/kg); 279 medium to £38.65 or 100.0 p/kg (ave 91.3 p/kg); 76 heavy to £43.70 or 98.9 p/kg (ave 87.8 p/kg); 15 others to £50.68 or 96.0 p/kg (ave 90.5 p/kg).

Pigs with overall average 78.4 p/kg: 151 porkers to 83.2 p/kg (ave 78.7 p/kg); 272 cutters to 86.2 p/kg (ave 79.0 p/kg); 299 baconers to 84.0 p/kg (ave 77.8 p/kg); seven others to 77.0 p/kg (ave 77.0 p/kg); 85 sows to £149.73 or 46.5 p/kg (ave 42.4 p/kg); five boars to £114.10 or 47.0 p/kg (ave 33/3 p/kg).