DRIFFIELD

Forward on February 8 were four sheep; 221 pigs (including 14 sows).

Sheep: prime hoggs, med to £46.50/head or 116p/kg.

Pigs: gilts to 75kg to 75.4p (73.5p), 76-85kg to 77p (74p); boars to 75kg to 75.5p (72.2p), 76-82kg to 75p (71.3p), others to 77p (73p); sows to £127.30 or 41p (38.6p).

Forward on February 12 were cattle including 11 steers, 39 heifers, 16 young bulls; 241 sheep including 46 ewes, 1 ram; 34 pigs.

Cattle: steers, premium to 120.5p (107.5p), prime to 115.5p (102.8p); heifers, premium to 133.5p (99.3p), prime to 94.5p (87.5p); young bulls, premium to 127.5p (101.4p), prime to 107.5p (94p).

Sheep: prime hoggs, standard to £50 or 135p (125.2p), med to £51 or 121p (118.7p), heavy to £63.50 or 119p (115.5p), super-heavy to £67.50 or 124p (114.7p); ewes to £58.50 (£28.10), rams to £40.50.

Pigs: gilts and boars, porkers to 84p (80.8p), baconers to 84p.

MALTON

Forward on February 13 were 247 cattle including 83 young bulls, 2,889 sheep including 539 ewes, 122 pigs including 12 sows.

Cattle: steers, premium to 115.5p (101.9p), prime to 95.5p (88.7p); heifers, premium to 137.5p (107.3p), prime to 96.5p (89.2p); young bulls, premium to 109.2p (102.2p), prime to 97.5p (82.3p); steers, medium to 115.5p (95p) heavy to 108.5p (87.8p); heifers, medium to 130.5p (95.7p), heavy to 137.5p (93.1p); young bulls, medium to 109.5p (87.7p), heavy to 108.5p (89.2p).

Sheep: Hoggets, standard to 123p (114.4p), medium to 127.3p (117.8p), heavy to 125p (116.4p); ewes to £65.50 (£40.10).

Pigs: porkers to 93p (87.1p), cutters to 94p (84.6p), baconers to 94p (80.4p), sows to 43p (42.6p).

RUSWARP

Forward on February 7 were 117 cattle comprising 19 store cattle, 92 calves, one dairy cow, five beef breeding cattle, two cows with calves; 223 sheep comprising 209 store lambs, 14 feeding ewes.

Cattle: newly-calven dairy cows to £560, in-calf suckler cows to £400, suckler cows with bull calves to £562; store cattle, Lim steers to £398, Lim heifers to £270, Ch heifers to £355, Sim heifers to £258; calves, Lim bulls to £125, Lim heifers to £35, Sim bulls to £170, Lim heifers to £78, BB to £210, BB heifers to £75, AA to £65, Fr to £105.

Sheep: hoggs, Suffolk to £46, Texel to £40, Mule to £39, Scots to £37, Swale to £39; feeding ewes, Texel to £36, Scots to £27, Ch to £33.

Forward on February 12 were 89 cattle (including 18 young bulls); 510 sheep (including 32 ewes); 19 pigs.

Cattle: steers, prime to 92.5p (88.8p), others to 85.5p (79.4p); heifers, premium to 101.5p (101p), prime to 96.5p (91.5p), others to 86.5p (79.8p); bulls, premium to 101.5p, prime to 95.5p (90.5p), others to 83.5p (76.1p).

Sheep: hoggs, Suffolk and Cont standard to £46 or 124.2p (115p), med to £53 or 121.4p (114.8p), heavy to £55.80 or 115.3p (110.8p), overweights to £59.50 or 109.4p (107.4p); horned and half bred, standards to 115.2p (102.8p), med to 111.9p (103.9p), heavy to 102p (96p); ewes to £40.50.

Pigs: baconers to 71p (68.8p), overweights to 68p (67.5p).

SELBY

Forward on February 10 were 307 fat cattle (including 105 young bulls); 453 sheep (including 56 ewes); 358 pigs (including 18 sows/boars).

Cattle (with overall average 89.2p): steers, premium to 124.5p (100.5p), prime to 104.5p (94.5p), others to 85.5p (78.9p); heifers, premium to 125.5p (100.2p), prime to 100.5p (88.8p), others to 84.5p (78.2p); young bulls, premium to 112.5p (99.1p), prime to 98.5p (91.4p), others to 88.5p (73.9p).

Sheep: hoggets, light to 112.5p, standard to 121p (117.2p), med to 124p (118.7p), heavy to 122.9p (114.9p), others to 118.8p (107.5p); ewes to £47 (£32.51).

Pigs: porkers to 81.5p (75.3p), cutters to 80.5p (73.4p), baconers to 74.5p (69.2p), others to 68.5p (60.2p); sows to 42p (40.6p), boars to 29p.

Forward on February 10 were 105 store cattle, 40 stirks, 25 calves; 95 sheep and 6 goats; 265 pigs (including 14 sows).

Cattle: steers to £465 (£370), heifers to £340 (£250), bulls to £348 (£290), cows and calves to £180; stirks, bulls to £90 (£87), heifers to £270 (£190); calves, bulls to £55 (£44), heifers to £78 (£45).

Pigs: store pigs to £50 (£40), fat pigs to £62 (£58); sows to £122 (£99), boars £86.

Sheep: store lambs to £49 (£25.50), ewes to £41 (£21), ewes in lamb to £50, rams to £32; goats: nannies to £26 (£21.50).

THIRSK

Forward on February 8 were 274 finished cattle including 66 young bulls; 4,350 finished sheep (including 4,013 hoggets and 337 ewes); 938 finished pigs (including 133 sows/boars).

Cattle: steers, med to 123.5p (216.7p) av 96.7p, heavy to £722.63 or 113.5p (199.1p) av 95.4p; heifers, med to 120.5p (211.4p) av 93.7p, heavy to £779.63 or 115.5p (202.6p) av 92.4p; young bulls, med to 109.5p (192.1p) av 81p, heavy to 94.5p (165.8p) av 85p; Cont av 96.1p, non-Cont av 76.8p. A similar number of cattle were dearer on the week with prices better than expected.

Sheep: hoggets, light to 135.5p (301.1p) av 117p, standard to 128.2p (284.9p) av 113.7p, med to 129.5p (287.8p) av 116.3p, heavy to 126.1p (280.2p) av 113.1p, overweights to 126.4p (280.9p) av 110.2p; ewes, light to £39 per head (£21.09), heavy to £57 (£34.98), Suffolks to £57, Cont to £47.50, Mules to £38, Gritstone to £32, Swales to £25.50. A much larger entry of sheep, with quality very good overall, met a similar trade to last week. Best quality hoggets were slightly dearer.

Pigs: porkers to 91p (82.2p), cutters to 98p (72.9p), baconers to 82p (71p), overweights to 78p (57.6p), sows/boars to £150.78 or 45.5p. A much larger entry, selling to a top price of 98p. Best quality handyweights brought similar prices, though stronger pigs were more difficult to sell.

YORK

Forward on February 8 were 205 accredited cattle (including seven accredited dairy cattle, 61 calves, 106 stirks, 29 store cattle); 612 sheep; 516 store pigs.

Cattle: accredited dairy cattle (with prices to £700), Fr heifers newly-calven to £700, Fr cows newly-calven to £670; accredited store cattle (with prices to £440 or 91p), Ch to £368 or 91p, Lim to £385 or 90p, Sim to £440 or 84p, accredited stirks (with prices to £510), stirks to 20 weeks to £248 (av bulls £214, heifers £98), stirks over 20 weeks to £510 (av steers £435, bulls £358, heifers £287), Fr to £326, Ch to £447, Lim to £510, Sim to £365, BB to £375, Blond to £372, AA to £402; accredited calves (with prices to £202), Ch heifers to £35, Sim bulls to £182 (£171), Fr bulls to £40 (£21), AA bulls to £58 (£37), AA heifers to £8, Lim bulls to £202 (£112), Lim heifers to £32 (£19), BB bulls to £155 (£124), BB heifers to £72 (£58), Blond bulls to £140. Excellent prices for all types of cattle; a good time to sell.

Sheep: store sheep (with prices to £104), ewes in lamb £64, Suffolk X lambs/hoggs to £50, ewes and two lambs to £104, Texel X lambs/hoggs to £47.40; Cont X lambs/hoggs to £42.

Pigs: store pigs (with prices to £60), 8-10 weeks to £38.20 (£35.31), 10-12 weeks to £47.50 (£40.76), over 12 weeks to £55.50 (£47.21); sows with litters to £60.

Forward on February 12 were 405 cattle (including 161 young bulls); 1,899 sheep (including 319 ewes); 654 pigs (including 45 sows/boars).

Cattle: young bulls, Cont to 118.5p (94.8p), others to 94.5p (79.5p); steers, light to 73.5p (65.4p), med to 105.5p (87.4p), heavy to 101.5p (85.6p); heifers, light to 115.5p (81.1p), med to 127.5p (89p), heavy to 120.5p (88.9p).

Sheep: hoggs, light to £32.80 or 105.8p (105.8p), standard to £52.50 or 138.2p (118.2p), med to £56.20 or 132.9p (122.9p), heavy to £61.80 or 127.7p (120.1p), others to £63 or 118.9p (111.3p); ewes to £53 (£39.45), rams to £43 (£34.30).

Pigs (with overall average 84.1p), porkers to 95p (85p), cutters to 95p (84.2p), baconers to 89p (83.1p); sows to £140.25 or 49p (41.6p); boars to £74.88 or 24p (24p).

Updated: 10:49 Thursday, February 15, 2001