RUSWARP

Forward on February 18 were 173 cattle comprising 127 store cattle, 15 calves, seven dairy cows, 24 beef breeding cattle; 178 sheep comprising 163 store lambs and 15 feeding ewes.

Cattle: new calf and dairy cows to £510/head, suckler cows with bull calves to £700, suckler cows with heifer cows to £760, in-calf suckler cows to £570, beef bulling heifers to £555; store cattle, Lim (bulls to £535, steers to £590, heifers to £390), Ch (steers to £550, heifers to £75), Sim (steers to £438, heifers to £50), BB heifers to £365, Hfd bulls to £370, AA bulls to £40, Fr (bulls to £382, steers to £400); calves, Sim heifers to £198, BB (bulls to £335, heifers to £225), AA heifers to £85, Fr bulls to £150.

Sheep: hoggs, Suffolk to £45.50, Texel to £48, Mule to £41, Scots to £33.50, Swale to £21; feeding ewes, Suffolk to £40, Mule to £36.

Forward on February 23 were 34 cattle including one young bull; 267 sheep including 18 ewes.

Cattle: finished steers, premium to 103.5p/kg (101.8p), prime to 100.5p (96.9p); finished heifers, premium to 102.5p (101.5p), prime to 99.5p (94.5p), others to 89.5p (85.8p); finished young bulls to 74.5p.

Sheep: hoggs, standard to 143.2p (134.8p), med to 137.5p (129.1p), heavy to £63 or 126p (118.4p), overweight to 111.4p; ewes, Suffolk to £52, Mules to £55.50, Scots to £37; Texel tup £59.50.

SELBY

Forward on February 18 were 302 cattle including 170 clean, 100 bulls and 32 cows; 755 sheep including 694 hoggs and 61 ewes; 578 pigs including 60 sows/boars.

Cattle: steers, light to 91.50p (91.50p), med to 126.50p (106.65p), heavy to 130.50p (104.40p); heifers, med to 121.50p (100.93p), heavy to 134.50p (105.57p); bulls, light to 110.50p (90.42p), med to 114.50p (96.63p), heavy to 141.50p (100.60p).

Sheep: hoggs light to 139.4p (134.56p), med to 138.3p (130.61p), heavy to 134.7p (124.52p); ewes to £71 (£47.35).

Pigs: porkers to 94.5p (80.21p), cutters to 80.5p), baconers to 87.5p (78.10p), overweights to 76p (71.22p); sows to 51.5p (48.93p), boars to 33p (31.50p).

Forward on February 21 was a very good show of farmers' stock from all over Yorkshire and surrounding counties comprising 153 cattle and 131 pigs.

Cattle: steers (g) to £605, steers (b) to £628, Fr (r) to £442, heifers to £590, bulls (g) to £595, bulls (r) to £500; cows and calves to £590, cows in calf to £400, bull stirks to £265, heifers to £188, calves to £180.

Pigs: sows in pig to £120, cull sows to £108, stores to £58, weaners to £34, fat pigs to £86.

YORK

Totals for auction and collection centre sales over the seven days to February 23.

Forward were: cattle, 245 including live auction 224 and 21 OTMs; 1,148 sheep, 560 live auction including 96 ewes, 588 deadweight; 616 pigs, 180 live auction, 402 deadweight, 34 sows.

Cattle: young bulls, Cont to 142.5p (110.3p), B&W to 104.5p (91.1p); steers, Cont to 112.5p (102.1p), others to 95.5p (87.4p); heifers, Cont to 123.5p (103.4p), others to 102.5p (88.4p).

Sheep: hoggs, light to 132.8p (131.8p), standard to 154.1p (134.9p), med to 133.7p (125.3p), heavy to 135.1p (126.4p), others to 122.3p (117.5p); ewes and rams to £72, (£47); deadweight Cont X 285p.

Pigs: porkers to 99p (89.2p), cutters to 97.5p (87.1p), baconers to 90p (77.7p); sows to 45p (43.8p); deadweight baconers 98p, cutters 108p.

Forward on February 19 were 191 accredited cattle including 33 calves, 151 store cattle, seven cows and calves.

Cattle: Peirmonte cows in calf to £490, AA cow and calf to £550; store cattle (with prices to £640), Ch to £632 (ave steers £499, heifers £353), Lim to £572 (ave bulls £485, steers £495, heifers £355), BB to £535 (ave £370, steers £460, heifers £275), Sim to £640 (ave steers £499, ave heifers £355), Fr to £430 (ave bulls £292, steers £351), Hfd to £465 (ave bulls £333, steers £411), Blond to £440 (ave heifers to £427), AA to £400 (ave £268, steers £400, heifers £369); calves (with prices to £245), Sim bulls to £170 (£170), Fr bulls to £128 (£69), Hfd heifers to £145 (£115), AA heifers to £145 (£137), Lim bulls to £175 (£135), BB bulls to £245 (£233), BB heifers to £168 (£168).

Updated: 10:17 Wednesday, February 25, 2004