Prices at the stock markets (From Gazette & Herald)

Prices at the stock markets

MALTON

Forward on June 18 were 42 store cattle; 28 store sheep.

Cattle: cows and calves to £760 from M E Pearson, Lim bullocks to £652 from J H Ruston, Lim heifers to £522 from D & C Watson, Lim bulls to £405 from C T Stonehouse, Sim bullocks to £638 from T Collinson, Ch bullocks to £652 from J H Ruston, AA heifers to £418 from J G Hunter.

Sheep: Mule ewes and lambs to £91 from R Carber, Suffolk ewes and lambs to £88 from M E Pearson, Texel ewes and lambs to £86 from R Carber, Suffolk X gimmer lambs to £61.

RUSWARP

Forward on June 21 were 14 cattle including six young bulls; 103 sheep including 35 ewes.

Cattle: steers, premium to 111.5p (108.3p); heifers, premium to 116.5p (111.2p); young bulls, premium to 111.5p (109.5p), prime to 92.5p, others to 85.5p (84.8p). Top prices: steers, Wood Bros, Easington, 111.5p to Yorkshire Beef, Whitby; bulls, D A Noble, Harwood Dale, 111.5p to Yorkshire Beef; heifers, D A Noble, 116.5p to P Turnbull, Pickering.

Sheep: lambs, standard to 140p (135.5p), med to 135p (127.4p), heavy to £62 or 124p (119.9p); ewes, Texel to £46.50, Masham to £36, Swaledale to £25. Top prices: lambs, S R Welford, Roxby, 140p to P Turnbull and B Summerson, Egton Bridge; ewes, B Summerson, £49.50, to A Bennison, Ruswarp.

Forward on June 16 were 102 cattle comprising four store cattle, 37 calves, two dairy cattle, 33 suckler cows with calves at foot, 25 in-calf suckler cows, one stock bull; 33 sheep including 14 feeding ewes and 19 ewes with lambs at foot.

Cattle: in-calf dairy heifers to £720, Lim stock bull to £1,000; suckler cows with calves, Ch and bull calf to £840, Ch and heifer calf to £660, Lim and steer calf to £620, Lim and bull calf to £705, Lim and heifer calf to £700, BB and bull calf to £760, Sim and bull calf to £700; suckler heifers with calves at foot, BB and heifer to £1,680, Sim and bull to £870, Sim and heifer to £840; in-calf suckler cows, Lim to £470, Sim to £480, AA to £470, BB to £460; store cattle, Lim bulls to £540, Ch heifers to £340; calves: Lim bulls to £230, Lim heifers to £210, BB bulls to £302, BB heifers to £220, Blond bulls to £192, Fr bulls to £195.

Sheep: feeding ewes, Texel to £39, Mules to £32; tups, Texel to £50, Scots to £39; ewes with lambs at foot, Swale singles to £29.

SELBY

Forward on June 17 were 421 cattle including 187 bulls, 16 cows; 608 sheep including 540 spring lambs, 59 hoggs; 405 pigs including 63 sows, three boars.

Cattle: steers, light to 103.5p/kg (99.6p), med to 131.5p (109.3p), heavy to 129.5p (111.7p); heifers, med to 130.5p (109.7p), heavy to 137.5p (111.4p); bulls, light to 116.5p (100.6p), med to 125.5p (103.8p), heavy to 129.5p (106.7p).

Sheep: spring lambs, light to 145.7p (139.4p), med to 148.8p (136.6p), heavy to 139.4p (135.4p); ewes to £55 (£41.07p).

Pigs: porkers to 91p (79.4p), cutters to 88.5p (80.8p), baconers to 90.5p; sows to 50p (47.7p), boars to 41p (38.4p).

THIRSK

Forward on June 17 were 520 cattle including 239 young bulls; 764 prime sheep including 16 hoggarts and 53 cull ewes; 212 prime pigs including 70 sows and five boars.

Cattle: steers, light to 110.5p (99.1p), med to 122.5p (108.7p), heavy to 131.5p (112.9p); heifers, light to 125.5, med to 141.5p (112.3p), heavy to 148.5p (114.3p); young bulls, light to 110.5p (101.4p), med to 130.5p (96.3p), heavy to 130.5p (102.9p).

Sheep: prime lambs, light to 132.8p, standard to 146.2p (126.5p), med to 143.7p (124.8p), heavy to 129.8p (120p), others to 113.2p; hoggarts, standard to 62.9p, med to 62.3p, overweights to 80.9p; ewes, light to £29.50 (£18.93), heavy to £40 (£31.71); Charollais to £40, Suffolk X to £38, Mules to £32.

Pigs: porkers to 87p (79.4p), cutters to 87.5p (73.9p), baconers to 80p (72.7p), overweights to 66p (64.7p); cull sows to 55p (45.9), boars to 49p (42.9p).

YORK

Forward on June 17 were 202 head of accredited cattle comprising 46 calves, 139 store cattle, nine plus eight cows and calves.

Cattle: Hfd cow and BBB calf to £640, Pier cow and Limousin calf to £560; store cattle, Ch to £620 (ave bulls £620, steers £485, heifers £391), Lim to £640 (ave bulls £416, steers £479, heifers £413), Sim to £448 (ave heifers £391), BB to £480 (ave steers £472, heifers £398), Fr to £522 (ave bulls £172, steers £417, heifers £282), Hfd to £385 (ave heifers £287), Blond to £462 (ave steers £385, heifers £421), AA to £372 (ave bulls £332, steers £248); calves, Sim bulls to £230 (£163), Sim heifers to £200 (£147), Fr bulls to £200 (£123), Fr heifers to £50 (£50), Hfd bulls to £150 (£150), Hfd heifers to £50 (£50), AA bulls to £80 (£80), AA heifers to £105 (ave £85), Lim bulls to £262 (£182), Lim heifers to £200 (£120), BB bulls to £280 (£228), BB heifers to £180 (£119), Blond bulls to £328 (£328), MRI bulls to £190 (£190).

Totals for livestock auction and collection centre sales over the seven days to June 21. Forward were 334 cattle including 297 live auction and 37 OTMs; 671 sheep, 578 lambs and 93 ewes; 644 pigs, 216 live auction, 398 deadweight and 30 sows.

Cattle: young bulls, Cont to 137.5p (113.4p), B&W to 112.5p (94.5p); steers, Cont to 126.5p (110.8p), others to 104.5p (98.1p); heifers, Cont to 149.5p (108.5p).

Sheep: lambs, standard to 148.7p (127.8p), med to 158.5p (127.7p), heavy to 139.6p, (129.7p); ewes and rams to £45.50 (£35.20).

Pigs: porkers to 95p (84.9p), cutters to 112p (86.3p), baconers to 95p (80.8p); sows to 49p (46.7p); deadweight, baconers to 108p, cutters to 112p.

Updated: 11:12 Wednesday, June 23, 2004