732 



Live Weight Prices of Cattle, [march, 



further depressed during the first three months of 1904. In the 

 succeeding quarter, however, a sharp recovery took place, bringing 

 prices up to exactly the same point as in August, 1902, and 

 higher than in any month during 1903. From the middle of 

 the year onwards there was a continuous fall until December, 

 and the year closed with an average for first quality animals of 

 35s. iod., or 8d. per cwt. higher than in 1903, and for 

 second quality of 33s. 46., or precisely the same as in the previous 

 year. 



Month 



Prime 



or First Quality. 



Good or Second Quality. 



1904. 



1903. 



1902. 



1904. 



1903. 



1902. 





Per cwt. 



Per cwt. 



Per cwt. 



Per cwt. 



Per cwt. 



Per cwt. 





s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 





d. 



s. d. 



January ... 



35 



0 



37 



8 



36 



2 



32 



10 



36 



2 



34 6 



February... 



34 



6 



37 



0 



36 



4 



32 



2 



35 



0 



34 6 



March 



34 



4 



37 



0 



36 



4 



32 



0 



35 



4 



34 6 



April 



34 



8 



37 



2 



37 



8 



32 



6 



35 



2 



35 10 



May 



35 



6 



36 



8 



39 



8 



33 



4 



34 



6 



37 4 



June 



38 



4 



36 



8 



42 



8 



36 



6 



34 



10 



40 4 



J^y 



37 



10 



37 



0 



41 



4 



36 



0 



34 



10 



39 8 



August ... 



37 



2 



36 



2 



38 



4 



34 



10 



34 



6 



36 6 



September 



36 



6 



35 



4 



37 



2 



34 



2 



33 



2 



34 10 



October ... 



35 



8 



35 



0 



36 



6 



33 



8 



33 



0 



34 4 



November 



35 



4 



34 



10 



36 



6 



33 



2 



32 



8 



34 10 



December 



35 



10 



35 



2 



38 



0 



33 



4 



33 



4 



36 0 



The number of fat cattle sold at an agreed-on price per 

 stone or per cwt. was 10,711, as compared with 11,439 in 

 1903. More than half these transactions were reported from 

 Glasgow, while Liverpool, London, Dundee, and Edinburgh 

 furnished nearly the whole of the remainder, a few instances 

 also occurring at Newcastle, Norwich, York, Aberdeen, Falkirk > 

 and Perth. 



Store cattle, to the number of 18,480, were weighed, Shrews- 

 bury still occupying the foremost place in transactions of this 



