Prices of Live Stock. 



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bridges in the case of live stock, other than cattle, remains 

 insignificant. 



At York, Bristol, and Birmingham nearly 57,000 head of 

 cattle, besides sheep and pigs, passed through the markets 

 without the weighing machine being, so far as is known, resorted 

 to in any single instance, while at Lincoln, Norwich, and 

 Ashford the numbers weighed were so small as to be negligable. 

 The average prices at the thirteen markets from which suffi- 

 cient data for the calculation of an average for fat cattle were 

 forthcoming, were as follows : — 





Inferior 





Good 









Prime 









or 



Third Quality. 



or 



Second Quality. 





or 



First Quality. 





Places. 

























































Number. 



Price 

 Der 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 Der 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Carlisle 



188 



s. d. 



3 51 



*. d. 



27 6 



234 



s. 



3 



d. 



s. 

 31 



d. 

 0 



1,520 



s. 



4 



d, 



6] 



s. 

 36 



d. 



. 2 



Leicester ... 



3 



3 1\ 



28 10 



32 



4 



4? 



34 



10 



75 



4 



1 1 



39 



4 



Leeds 









63 



3 



9? 



30 



-> 



456 



4 



8 



37 



4 



Liverpool ... 



190 



3 7\ 



29 0 



126 



4 



31 



34 



2 



693 



5 



o't 



40 



6 



London 



5 



3 9i 



30 4 



234 



4 



1 of 



39 



2 



1,253 



5 



3] 



42 



4 



Newcastle ... 









57 



4 



6| 



36 



6 



1,032 



5 



2| 



4i 



10 



Shrewsbury. . 



IOI 



3 ioj 



30 10 



213 



4 



4! 



35 



2 



275 



4 



1 of 



39 



2 



Aberdeen ... 



i,495 



3 51 



27 10 



i,377 



4 



6 



36 



0 



3,271 



4 1 of 



39 



2 



Dundee 



645 



3 6 



28 0 



i,5i3 



4 



7\ 



37 



0 



837 



5 



I 



40 



8 



Edinburgh . . , 









3,063 



4 



n\ 



39 



6 



249 



5 



2 



4i 



4 



Falkirk ... 



53 



4 2 



33 4 



216 



4 



71 



36 



10 



420 



4 



1 1^ 



39 



8 



Glasgow 



210 



4 7\ 



36 10 



584 



4 



11 



39 



4 



2,770 



5 



oi 



40 



4 



Perth 



46 



3 io| 



31 0 



329 



4 



6 



36 



0 



i,457 



4 



1 1 



39 





This statement shows a considerable rise in prices as 

 compared with the first quarter of the present year, but an 

 indication of the' general course of prices in Great Britain 

 may be more conveniently obtained from the following table ? 

 which is made up from the returns received month by month 

 up to July last from the thirteen markets above mentioned : — 



