DRIFFIELD

Forward on June 1 were 404 sheep including 13 ewes and 1 ram; 256 pigs including 17 sows and one boar.

Sheep: spring lambs, standard to £41 or 106p (105p), med to £45.50 or 114p (£103p), heavy to £47 or 102p; ewes to £36 (£26.40); rams to £15.

Pigs: gilts to 75kgs to 74p (69p), 76-85kgs to 74p (69p), boars to 75kgs to 69p (54p), 76-82kgs to 69p (68p), others to 76p (69p); sows to 47.5p (40p); boars to 23p.

Forward on June 5 were 78 cattle incl 20 steers, 39 heifers, 19 young bulls; 375 sheep incl 14 ewes; 35 head of pigs.

Cattle: steers, premium to 115.5p (108p), prime to 95.5p (94.5p); heifers, premium to 133.5p (100.8p), prime to 93.5p (91.5p); young bulls to 95.5p (87p), prime to 80.5p.

Sheep: Spring lambs, std to £43 or 110p (106p), med to £49.20 or 117p (106p), hvy to £53.20 or 115p (101p), super-heavy to £51.80 or 86p; ewes to £32.50 (£22.20).

Pigs: Gilts and boars, porkers to 77p (73.5p), cutters to 78p (76.5p), baconers to 84.5p (82p).

MALTON

Forward on June 2 were 59 store cattle and 116 store sheep.

Cattle: Lim cow with bull calf at foot to £500, Lim cow with heifer calf at foot to £510, Sim X bullocks to £580, BB X bullocks to £470, Fr bullocks to £410, Lim bulls to £430, Ch bulls to £412, Lim X heifers to £390, BB X heifers to £410.

Sheep: Mule shearlings with lambs to £68, Mule ewes with lambs to £78, Texel ewes with lambs to £66.

Forward on June 5 were seven cattle, 150 sheep and 185 pigs.

Cattle: heifers, med to 104.5p (102.1p), hvy to 110.5p (101p).

Sheep: spring lambs, med to 112.2p (104.9p), hvy to 113p (107.1p).

Pigs: porkers to 82.5p (76.5p), cutters to 79p (74.7p), baconers to 76p (73.3p); sows to 46.5p (44.3p).

Forward on June 6 were 269 cattle, including 103 young bulls; 1,230 sheep, including 128 ewes; 192 pigs, including 16 sows. At the annual June show and sale of fat stock, the champion and reserve beast were both BB heifers exhibited by R H Mason. For complete show results, see James Stephenson's column above. Cattle: steers, premium to 114.5p (104.6p), prime to 97.5p (90.5p); heifers, premium to 199.5p (115.4p), prime to 100.5p (92.3p); young bulls, premium to 115.5p (103.4p), prime to 96.5p (92.5p); steers, light to 103.5p (98.7p), med to 114.5p (95.1p), heavy to 108.5p (95.4p); heifers, light to 92.5p (87.8p), med to 199.5p (98.6p), heavy to 150p (96.6p); young bulls, med to 115.5p (91.9p), heavy to 109.5p (92.6p).

Sheep: spring lambs, standard to 115.6p (102.1p), med to 113.9p (104.3p), heavy to 108.2p (102.4p); hoggets, standard to 67.6p (59.7p), med to 73.2p (59.6p), heavy to 76p (60.6p); ewes to £39.80 (£26.56).

Pigs: Porkers to 95.5p (80p), cutters to 88.5p (80.4p), baconers to 84p (72.7p); sows to 45p (32.2p).

RUSWARP

Forward on June 5 were 77 cattle, 30 sheep, 18 pigs.

Cattle: steers, premium to 109.5p (102.8p), prime to 98.5p (93.6p), others to 83.5p (79.8p); heifers, premium to 99.5p (99.2p), prime to 95.5p (91.5p), others to 84.5p (81.3p); bulls, premium to 100.5p (99.3p), prime to 96.5p (92.8p), others to 84.5p (76.1p).

Sheep: lambs, std to £40 or 102.6p (102.5p), med to £43 or 100p (96.8p).

Pigs: cutters to 79p (78p), baconers to 77p (72.2p).

SELBY

Forward on June 2 were 319 fat cattle including 96 young bulls; 559 sheep including 66 ewes; 327 pigs including 20 sows and boars.

Cattle (fat cattle with overall average 90.2p): steers, premium to 111.5p (101.3p), prime to 99.5p (94.5p), others to 87.5p (83.8p); heifers, premium to 122p (100.9p), prime to 99.5p (88.9p), others to 91.5p (82.5p); young bulls, premium to 105.5p (92.9p), prime to 95.5p (83.3p), others to 84.5p (76.8p).

Sheep: Lambs, standard to 107.3p (104.3p), med to 106.8p (103.8p), heavy to 106p (100.6p); ewes to £35.50 (£24.80).

Pigs: Porkers to 86p (80.3p), cutters to 84.5p (78.8p), baconers to 83p (76.6p), others to 74.5p (69.8p); sows to 47p (43.3p); boars to 32p.

Forward on June 3 were 505 head of stock incl 80 store cattle, 29 stirks, 35 calves; 56 sheep and five goats; 290 pigs, 10 sows and boars.

Cattle: steers to £515 (£410), heifers to £440 (£287), bulls to £320 (£220), cows and calves to £510 (£315); steer stirks to £130 (£109), heifer stirks to £140 (£115); calves to £185 (65).

Sheep: store lambs to £26, ewes to £37 (£24), ewes and lambs to £65 (£51), shearlings to £34, pet lambs to £12; rams to £32 (£26). Goats to £30 (£27).

Pigs: store pigs to £49 (£31), fat pigs to £61 (£46.50), sows to £120 (£95), sows in pig to £80 (£76.25), boars to £65 (£54.50).

THIRSK

Forward on June 1 were 283 finished cattle including 42 young bulls; 1,114 finished sheep including 835 spring lambs and 262 ewes; 1,046 finished pigs including 144 sows and boars.

Cattle: A larger entry of cattle were a faster trade for all classes. Steers medium to 108.5p (190p) av 97p, heavy to 114.5p (200p) av 96.1p; heifers to 114.5p (200p) av 113p, med to 124.5p (218p) av 98.5p, heavy to 120.5p (211p) av 97.6p; young bulls, med to 102.5p (180p) av 86.9p, heavy to 97.5p (171p) av 87.9p.

Sheep: lambs, standard to 108.1p (225p) av 104.2p, med to 108.8p (226p) av 104p, heavy to 102.2p (213p) av 99.9p; ewes, light to £28.80 (£7.65), heavy to £36 (£26.05); Cont to £36, Mules to £32.80, Suffolks to £31, Swales to £8.50.

Pigs: porkers to 82.5p (76.3p), cutters to 83p (74.8p), baconers to 80p (75.4p), overweights to 50p, sows to £149.16 or 57p (41p), boars to 30p (27.7p).

YORK

Forward on June 1 were 319 accredited cattle, including seven accredited cattle, 40 calves, 147 stirks, 76 store cattle, 49 cows and calves, 38 store sheep, 483 store pigs. Overall, quality was not as good as usual but, again, few went unsold.

Cattle: Accredited dairy cattle (with prices to £500), Fr cows newly-calven to £500, Fr bulling heifers to £300, Sim cow and calf to £670, Lim cow and calf to £680, Murray Grey cow and calf to £530; accredited store cattle (with prices to £530 or 112p), Ch to £530 or 112p (av steers 100p, heifers 76p), Lim to £470 or 106.0p, BB to £500 or 94p (av heifers 77p); accredited stirks (with prices to £420), stirks to 20 weeks to £284 (av bulls £239, heifers £126), Fr to £190, stirks over 20 weeks to £420 (av steers £333, bulls £341, heifers £217), Fr to £230, Ch to £376, Lim to £388, Sim to £420, BB to £365; accredited calves (with prices to £208), Ch bulls to £185 (av heifers to £72), Sim bulls to £185 (av £146), heifers to £68 (ave £49), Fr bulls to £55 (av £21), Lim bulls to £162 (av £121), heifers to £85 (av £66), BB bulls to £208, heifers to £125 (av £96), Blond bulls to £202 (av £170), heifers to £28.

Sheep: Store sheep, ewes and one lamb to £49.50.

Pigs: Store pigs (with prices to £47), 8-weeks to £37.80 (£24.40), 10-12 weeks to £39.50 (av £33.96), over 12 weeks to £47 (av £42.92).

Forward on June 5 were 443 cattle (including 184 young bulls); 1,250 sheep, 176 spring lambs; 1,013 pigs (including 79 sows and five boars.

Cattle (with overall average 93.2p): young bulls, Cont to 114.5p (93p); others to 87.5p (83.4p); steers, light to 113.5p (98.1p), medium to 122.5p (99p), heavy to 115.5p (98.2p); heifers, light to 126.5p (86.9p), med to 124.5p (91.3p), heavy to 127.5p (94.3p).

Sheep: Spring lambs, standard to £44.50 or 117.1p (107p); medium to £49.50 or 117.6p (109p), heavy to £54.80 or 110.2p (106.9p); ewes to £37 (£21.03); one ram, £34.50.

Pigs (with overall average 78.2p): porkers to 84.8p (80.1p), cutters to 85p (79.1p), baconers to 83.8p (77.2p), others to 77p (71.3p); sows to £154.88 or 52.5p (41.1p); boars to £89.10 or 27p (23.6p).