Prices at the stock markets (From Gazette & Herald)

Prices at the stock markets

Prices published Wednesday, February 2

MALTON

FORWARD on January 26 were 142 cattle including 60 bulls, 658 sheep including 98 ewes.

Cattle: steers, light to 112p per kg, O J Barker, Snainton (110.9p), heavy to 124p, Mrs C Mason, Wold Newton (110.5p); heifers, light to 138p, G I Marwood, Harome (109.3p), heavy to 145p, T D Nichols, Stape (109.1p); bulls, light to 106p, R Mason, Ling Hall, medium to 107p, R Mason, Ling Hall (106.5p), heavy to 125p, R Flintoft, Bransdale (106.8p); black and white bulls to 100p, J T Medd, Rievaulx (84.6p).

Sheep: hoggs, standard to 115.3p, T F W Morley, Fylingdales (108.3p), medium to 127.5p, L Fowler, Stokesley (113.2p), heavy to 109.8p, S R Grayson, Pickering (104.7p); overweights to 100.3p, F Coster, Nafferton (98.6p); ewes to £50, S Hunter, Hunmanby (£35.70).

RUSWARP

Forward on January 26 were 103 cattle comprising seven store cattle, 41 calves, 32 dairy cattle, three plus three cows with calves, 20 in-calf, 106 sheep comprising 71 store lambs and 35 ewes.

Cattle: newly-calven dairy cows to £610, newly-calven dairy heifers to £620, in-calf dairy heifers to £670, suckler cows with bull calves to £625, sucker cows with heifer calves to £540, in-calf suckler cows to £450. Store cattle: Lim, steers to £400, heifers to £340; Ch, heifers to £295. Calves: Lim, bulls to £85, Ch, bulls to £162, heifers to £40; Sim, bulls to £115, heifers to £72, BB, bulls to £285, heifers to £210; AA, bulls to £95 (£58); Fr, bulls to £88.

Sheep: hoggs, Suffolk to £44, Mule to £41, Masham to £41.20, Swale to £38. Ewes in lamb Swale to £29.

Forward on January 31 were 268 sheep including 26 ewes. Hoggs horned to £42 per head or 98.7p per kg (96.1p), standard to £43.80 or 116.2p (113.8p), medium to £48.50 or 115.6p (107.6p), heavy to £52.30 or 101.4p (99p), overweights to £55.50 or 103.8p (100.4p); ewes, Suffolk to £21.50, Texel to £21.50, Mule to £32, swale to £12.

THIRSK

Forward on January 26 were 51 cattle and 10 ewes with 14 lambs at foot.

Sheep: Suffolk X ewes correct with Suffolk X lamb to £80, seven Suffolk ewes with 10 Suffolk X lambs to £80 per unit, Mule ewe (B/M) with Suffolk X twin lambs to £377, Texel X ewe (B/M) with Suffolk X lamb to £70.

Cattle: young bulls (9-11 months) BB X to £545, Lim X to £500. Suckler cows, Blonde X cows l/C to Blonde to £490. Heifers (9-12 months), BB X to £620, Lim X to £530, heifers (22-26 months), Lim X to £648, Blonde X to £530, BB X to £475.

Forward at the weekly sale of prime stock were 1,810 head comprising 489 prime cattle including 189 young bulls, 1,176 prime sheep including 184 ewes, 145 prime pigs including 55 sows and one boar.

Cattle: steers, medium to 117.5p (109.5p), heavy to 128.5p (109.6p). Top price per head £873.95, overall av 109.6p. Heifers, medium to 130.5p (106.2p), heavy to 142.5p (111.3p). Top price per head to £894.38, overall av 111.1p. Young bulls, light to 91.5p (90.1p), medium to 118.5p (95.1p), heavy to 121.5p (99.1p). Top price per head £839.90, overall av 98.6p.

Sheep: hoggetts, standard to 135.4p (113.6p), medium to 132p (113p), heavy to 115.3p (105.5p), o/weights to 107.9p (101.3p), top price per head £59, overall av 109.1p. Shearlings, light to 65.7p, heavy to 62.5p, o/weights to 60.3p. Cull ewes, light to £24.50 (£14.79), heavy to £40 (£31.70).

Pigs: porkers to 81p (76.5p), cutters to 83p (77.1p), baconers to 80p (76.1p), cull sows to 50p (42.2p), cull boars to 32.5p.

YORK

Latest prices at York Livestock Centre, Murton, included the following.

Forward were 248 head of store stock comprising 41 calves, 207 store cattle.

Accredited store cattle with prices to £498 per head: Charolais to £498 (ave bulls to £250, heifers £373). Limousin to £472 (ave heifers £350). Simmental to £415 (ave heifers £312). Belgian Blue to £400 (ave bulls £400, steers £400, heifers £309). Friesian to £462. Hereford to £482 (ave steers £333, heifers £227). A Angus to £302 (ave heifers £235).

Accredited calves with prices to £225: Simmental Bulls to £155 (ave £155). Heifers to £85 (ave £85). Friesian Bulls to £165 (ave £52). Angus Bulls to £150 (ave £90). Heifers to £65 (ave £54). Limousin Bulls to £195 (ave £167). Heifers to £85 (ave £68). Belgian Blue Bulls to £220 (ave £158). Heifers to £95 (ave £86).

Totals for livestock auction and collection centre sales over the seven days to January 31.

Forward were 395 cattle including 378 live auction and 17 OTMs; 632 sheep, 540 hoggs, 92 ewes; 529 pigs, 184 live auction, 319 deadweight, 26 sows.

Cattle: young bulls, Cont to 137p (ave 110.7p), B&W 112p (92.9p); steers, Cont to 128p (110.2p), others to 112p (91p); heifers, Cont to 142p (109.3p), others to 92p (82.3p).

Sheep: lambs, light to 103.4p (107.4p), standard to 122.8p (112.2p), medium to 133.8p (111.5p), heavy to 124.3p (108.6p); ewes and rams to £38 (£26.10).

Pigs: porkers to 97p (89.7p), cutters to 95p (84.7p), baconers to 94p (76.p), sows to 42p (40.5p); deadweight, baconers to 98p, cutters to 106p.

Updated: 10:39 Wednesday, February 02, 2005