Prices of Live Stock. 



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At only eight of the scheduled markets were sales of fat 

 cattle by live weight — i.e., at an agreed rate per stone or per 

 cwt. — reported during the three months ending March 31, 

 The number of animals thus sold was 3,046 and of these 

 transactions one-half were reported from Glasgow. 



A certain number of store cattle were reported to have been 

 weighed during the three months, and prices were furnished 

 in respect of 3,054. Five-sixths of these were returned from 

 Shrewsbury, where the practice of subjecting store cattle to 

 the test of the scales has for some time prevailed. At Edin- 

 burgh 304 store cattle were returned as weighed, with the 

 prices given, and of these 264 were reported to have been 

 actually sold by live weight at an average price of 3 is. per cwt 

 At Glasgow and Norwich also a few store cattle were returned 

 as sold by live weight during the quarter. 



The usual table for the quarter is appendei : — 



