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Prices of Live Stock. 



Months. 



Good, 

 or Second Quality. 



Prime, 

 or First Quality. 





1902. 



- 



1901. 



1902. 



1901. 



January... 



per cwt. 

 s. d. 

 34 0 



per cwt. 



s. d. 

 ~ . 0 

 34 8 



per cwt. 

 s. d. 



36 2 



per cwt. 

 s. d. 

 36 2 



February 



34 6 



34 6 



36 4 



35 10 



March ... 



34 6 



34 2 



36 4 



36 0 



April 



35 10 



34 2 



37 8 



36 0 



May 



37 4 



34 2 



39 8 



36 0 



J une 



40 4 



34 8 



42 8 



36 4 



July 



39 



34 8 



4i 4 



36 4 



The prices of both second and first quality meat for the first 

 three months of 1902 did not exhibit much variation from those 

 prevailing at the corresponding dates last year, but in April 

 there was a rise of is. 4d. per cwt. in both qualities. In May a 

 further rise took place, while in June a sharp increase of 3s. per 

 cwt. was shown, so that second quality beef cattle which fetched 

 34s. 6d. in March were worth 40s. 4d. per cwt. in June, while prime 

 animals increased in value from 36s. 4d. to 42s. 8d. per cwt. In 

 July, however, there appears to have been some falling off in values. 



The sale of fat cattle at an agreed rate per stone or per cwt. 

 was reported from eight markets during the three months ending 

 June 30th last, the number of animals thus sold being 3,120, but 

 about two-thirds of the whole number of transactions of this 

 character took place at Glasgow. 



A number of store cattle were also reported to have been 

 weighed during the same period, and prices were furnished in 

 respect of 3,679 head, the majority of which were returned from 

 Shrewsbury. It may be noted that whereas at this market in 

 the first quarter of the current year second quality store cattle 

 fetched 30s. 6d. per cwt. and first quality 33s. 6d. per cwt., in the 

 second quarter the prices of these grades rose to 35s. 6d. 

 and 39s. 6d. per cwt. respectively. A few stores were also sold 

 by live weight at Leicester and Edinburgh. 



The Table giving the usual particulars for the quarter is 

 appended : — 



