Prices at the stock markets (From Gazette & Herald)

Prices at the stock markets

MALTON

Forward on April 1 were 112 cattle incl 30 bulls, 2,597 sheep incl 820 ewes.

Cattle: Steers, light to 100p per kg (99.50p), medium to 114p (100.2p), heavy to 131p (97.6p). Heifers, light to 104p (103.5p), medium to 120p (93.6p), heavy to 138p (104.02p). Bulls, light to 119p (101.1p), medium to 116p (97.5p). Black and white bulls 87p (83.8p).

Sheep: Hoggets, standard to 153.5p (128.5p), medium to 144.1p (133.42p), heavy to 146.8p (131.4p). Overweight to 135.4p (120.96p). Ewes to £84 per head (£59.50).

RUSWARP

Forward on April 7 were 60 cattle, including 17 young bulls, 340 sheep, including 26 ewes.

Cattle: steers, premium to 100.5p per kg (99.5p), prime to 97.5p (92.7p), others to 88.5p (84p), heifers, prime to 99.5p (93.6p), others to 85.5p (79.3p), bulls, premium to 102.5p (100.8p), prime to 97.5p (96.3p), others to 85.5p (80p).

Sheep: hoggs, standard to £47 per head of 122.9p (116.9p), medium to £60 or 141.2p (124.8p), heavy to £62.50 or 124.2p (117.9p) overweights to £66 or 120.9p (115.8p). Ewes: texels to £60, Suffolks to £56. Mu.les to £52, tups to £56.

SELBY

Forward on April 2 were 1,506 head of stock comprising 293 cattle, including 82 bulls, 35 cows, 889 sheep, including 118 ewes, 328 pigs, including 42 sows and boars.

Cattle: steers, light to 83.5p per kg, medium to 119.5p (95.97p), heavy to 126.5p (98.14p), heifers light to 123.5p (105.62p), medium to 116.5p (96.38p), heavy to 127.5p (98.16p), bulls light to 106.5p (94.85p), medium to 116.5p (96.05p), heavy to 114.5p (97.38p).

Sheep: lambs, light to 172.9p (169.94p), medium to 178.7p (169.38p), hoggs, light to 159.2p (144.81p), medium to 153.7p (142.82p), heavy to 143.7p (137.35p), sheep, light to 123.5p (120.78p), heavy to 100.10p (84.64p), ewes to £76 per head (£54.18).

Pigs: pork to 88.5p kg (86.01p), cuttes to 100p (87.14p), baconers to 96.5p (88.10p), overweights to 87p (80.47p), sows to 49p (44.01p), boars to 27p (25.79p).

Forward on April 5 were 513 head of stock comprising 159 cattle, incl two cows and calves, three heifers in calf, 25 stirks, 15 bulls, 266 pigs, incl 191 stores, 64 fat and 11 sows and boars, 88 sheep, incl 31 ewes and 57 store lambs.

Cattle: Ch cow and bull calf to £520 per head, Hfd heifers in calf to £550, Ch steers (blue) to £540, AA X (blue) to £515. Blonde bulls (green) to £542, Lim bulls (green) to £530. Fr bulls (green) to £410, BB bulls (green) to £352. Sim heifers to £468, Lim heifers to £525, ch heifers to £480.

Pigs: Store pigs to £61.50, fat pigs to £77, sows to £69, boars to £110.

Sheep: Ewes and one lamb to £82, ewes and two lambs to £124. Cade lambs £10.50.

THIRSK

Forward on April 3 were 3,648 head, including 464 cattle, including 107 young bulls, 2,899 sheep, including 293 ewes and four spring lambs, 285 pigs, including 106 sows and boars. Steers, light to 107.5 (101.8), steers, medium to 114.5 (97.1), steers, heavy to 128.5 or £784 (97.2p). Heifers, light to 110.5 (87.4), heifers, medium to 128.5 (97.6), heifers, heavy to 137.5 or £691 (100.2). Young bulls light to 90.5 (81.3), mediums to 112.5 (89p), heavies to 124.5 or £769 (93.6). Spring lambs to 180p or £77 (175.3). Hoggs, light to 152.7 (139.8), standards to 159p (145.2), mediums to 155.7 or £68.50 (144.4), heavies to 158p or £76 (140.2), others to 143p to £79.50 (129.2). Ewes, light to £69.50 (£31.43), heavies to £78 (£57.58). Suffolks to £78, Mules to £72, Cont to £71, Mashams to £69.50, Swales to £25.50.

Pigs: Porkers to 96p (84.2), Cutters to 88.5 (84.4), Baconers to 91p (81.7), Sows to 45p or £148 (40.2).

YORK

Forward on April 3 were 354 head of store stock, comprising 241 accredited cattle, including 13 calves, 226 store cattle, 1+1 cow and calf, 61 store sheep, 51 store pigs.

Cattle: Accredited dairy cattle with prices to £390: Her Heifer and calf bull to £390.

Accredited store cattle with prices to £618 per head: Charolais to £520 (ave bulls £416, steers £461, heifers £345). Limousin to £580 (ave bulls £388, steers £491, heifers £333). Simmental to £550 (ave bulls £390, steers £455, heifers £288). Belgian Blue to £562 (ave bulls £495, steers £427, heifers £405). Friesian to £402 (ave bulls £306, steers £394). Hereford to £500 (ave steers £457, heifers £360). Blonde d'A to £618 (ave £448, steers £576, heifers £400). A Angus to £422 (ave £296, steers £375, heifers £281).

Accredited calves with prices to £250: Charolais Bulls to £195 (ave £195), Heifers to £92 (ave £92). Simmental Bulls to £220 (ave £206). Friesian Bulls to £78 (ave £58). Limousin Bull heifers to £70 (ave £63). Belgian Blue Bulls to £250 (ave £250), Heifers to £128 (ave £128).

Sheep: Store sheep with prices to £155: Ewes in lamb to £24. Ewes and lambs to £133.

Pigs: Store pigs with prices to £64: 10-12 weeks old to £64 (ave £54.70).

Totals for livestock auction and collection centre sales over the past seven days. Forward were: cattle, 248 live auction, 17 deadweight and 47 OTMs; sheep, hoggs 599 live auction, lambs, 104 live auction, 249 deadweight and 178 ewes; pigs, 220 live auction, 518 deadweight and 43 sows.

Cattle: young bulls, Cont to 128.5p (ave 102.1p), B&W to 96.5p (86.5p); steers, Cont to 122.5p (98.6p), others to 95.5p (81.0p); heifers, Cont to 126.5p (100.3p), others to 93.5p (84.8p).

Sheep: lambs, standard to 217.6p (ave 199.2p), medium to 214.3p (194.8p), heavy to 182.6p (172.5p); hoggs, light to 148.4p (148.4p), standard to 159.2p, (150.6p), medium to 153.7p (147.6p), heavy to 153.3p (142.4p), others to 139.8p (132.6p); ewes to £76.20 (£53.16).

Pigs: porkers to 91.0p (81.0p), cutters to 90.5p (86.0p), baconers to 89.5p (82.8p), sows to £131.20 (£105.41); deadweight, cutters 114p-115p, baconers 110p-112p.

Updated: 15:55 Wednesday, April 09, 2003