Live Weight Prices of Cattle. 



553 



level reached was at Dundee, where 2,032 head averaged 

 26s. 2d. per cwt, while at Aberdeen 5,727 head fetched only 

 6d. per cwt. more. 



Places. 



Inferior 

 or 



Third Quality. 



Good 

 or 



Second Quality. 



Prime 



or 



First Quality. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 ner 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 oer 

 Cwt. 



Number 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Carlisle 



1,697 



s. d. 



3 51 



s. 

 27 



d. 



6 



1,721 



3 



d. 



io\ 



31 



c 



5,922 



s. 



4 



Si 



35 6 



Leicester ... 



11 



3 11 





4 



212 



•3 

 J 



1 1 4 



1 1 



J 1 



10 



973 



,1 

 4 



54 



35 10 



Leeds 











SOO 



4 



If 



33 



2 



2,094 



4 



6| 



36 4 



Liverpool ... 



908 





28 



2 





4 



0 



32 



0 



8 180 



4 



6| 



j° * 



London 



10 



3 71 



29 



2 



1,387 



4 



6| 



36 



2 



4,H2 



5 



Ql 



40 6 



Newcastle ... 











405 



4 



3? 



34 



4 



2,251 



4 



"i 



39 8 



Shrewsbury. . 



494 



3 8i 



29 



6 



676 



4 



2 



33 



4 



623 



4 



8 



37 4 



Aberdeen ... 



5,727 



3 4 



26 



8 



6,499 



4 



5l 



35 



8 



io,559 



4 



io| 



39 0 



Dundee 



2,032 



3 3t 



26 



2 



4,78l 



4 



6 



36 



0 



2,725 



4 





39 8 



Edinburgh.., 











12,845 



4 



71 





2 



893 



5 



0 



40 0 



Falkirk ... 



838 



3 11 



31 



4 



1,278 



4 



4i 



35 



0 



1,368 



4 



91 



38 4 



Glasgow ... 



1,293 



4 Si 



35 



6 



2,230 



4 





36 



10 



8,i55 



4 



91 



38 4 



Perth 



201 



3 11 



31 



4 



i,595 



4 



4i 



35 



2 



2,591 



4 



ioi 



39 0 



The above particulars are of interest as indicating local differ- 

 ences in price, but the returns on which they are based also 

 afford material for ascertaining a figure which may be regarded 

 as the average value realised for the two higher grades of cattle 

 in Great Britain as a whole. This average price has been calcu- 

 lated for the past five years by dividing the total recorded value 

 by the aggregate weight of the animals for which particulars 

 have been furnished from the thirteen markets, and is given in 

 the following table, together with the number of animals on 

 which the figure is based. 



In 1898 it will be seen that the average price for prime animals 

 was 33s. 8d., and for second quality 31s. lod. per cwt. ; in the 

 following year there was a rise of is. iod. and is. 6d. respectively, 

 while a further increase in 1900 brought values up to 37s. 



