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Prices of Live Stock. 



for fat cattle were, however, obtained from the thirteen markets 

 shown in the following table : — 



Places. 



Inferior 



or 



Third Quality. 



Good 

 or 



Second Qual 



ity. 





Prime 



or 



First Quality. 



Number. 



Price 



st Per 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 sfcfne 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 s Per 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Carlisle ... 



297 



s. d. 



3 51 



27 IO 



396 



s. d. 



3 io| 



s. 



3° 



IC 







1,195 



s. d, 

 4 4l 



35 2 



Leicester ... 



8 



4 o| 



32 4 



48 



4 5 



35 



4 



382 



4 6i 



36 2 



Leeds 









336 



4 5? 



35 



6 



546 



4 9 



38 0 



Liverpool . . . 



201 



3 7 



28 8 



68l 



4 o| 



32 



6 



2,631 



4 81 



37 10 



London 



— 





__ 



317 



4 71 



36 



10 



983 



5 1 



40 8 



Newcastle ... 









77 



4 5 



35 



4 



I90 



5 i| 



40 10 



Shrewsbury.. 



100 



3 9 



30 O 



102 



4 31 



34 



4 



93 



4 8.] 



37 8 



Aberdeen ... 



1,161 



3 4l 



27 2 



i,4i3 



4 71 



37 



2 



1,916 



5 



41 0 



Dundee 



33 1 



3 4 



26 8 



949 



4 7l 



36 



10 



683 



5 M 



40 10 



Edinburgh... 









2,973 



4 81 



37 



10 



156 



5 2| 



41 8 



Falkirk ... 



248 



3 io| 



31 0 



334 



4 4l 



35 



2 



347 



4 10 



38 8 



Glasgow ... 



415 



4 7i 



37 0 



457 



4 9l 



38 



6 



1,546 



4 Hi 



39 6 



Perth 



69 



3 11 



3i 4 



482 



4 5 



35 



4 



538 



4 Hi 



39 10 j 



These figures show a decline in the average price of fat cattle 

 compared with the previous quarter, those of prime quality 

 realising only 39s. per cwt., as against 39s. iod., while second 

 quality fell from 35s. iod. to 35s. 6d. per cwt. The general 

 course of prices in Great Britain is, however, more succinctly 

 shown in the table on the next page, which is compiled from the 

 returns received monthly from the thirteen markets above 

 mentioned. 



It will be seen that in June last the price of fat cattle touched 

 a maximum of 40s. 4d. per cwt. for second quality, and 42s. 8d. 

 for first quality, but these rates were not maintained in the 

 following month, when there was a fall of from 8d. to is. 4d. 

 per cwt. In August, September, and , October the decline 

 became still more apparent, and prices for second quality animals 

 in the last-named month were only 34s. 4d., while prime quality 



