Live Weight Prices of Cattle. 



555 



is. 4<d. per cwt. in both first and second quality was recorded ; in 

 May a further rise of 2s. for prime and is. 6d. for second quality 

 took place ; while in June the highest average monthly price of 

 the year was reached by an increase amounting to 3s. per cwt., 

 which brought the best beasts up to 42s. 8d. per cwt., and second 



Month. 



Prime 

 or First 

 Quality. 



Good 

 or Second 

 Quality. 





1902. 



1901. 



1900. 



1902. 



1901. 



1900. 



January ... 



Per cwt. 

 s. d. 

 36 2 



Per cwt. 

 s. d. 

 36 2 



Per cwt. 

 s. d. 

 37 2 



Per cwt. 

 s. d. 

 34 6 



Per cwt. 

 s. d. 

 34 8 



Per cwt. 

 s. d. 

 34 8 



February... 



36 



4 



35 



10 



36 



8 



34 



6 



34 



6 



34 6 



March 



36 



4 



36 



0 



36 



0 



34 



6 



34 



2 



34 2 



April 



37 



8 



36 



0 



35 



10 



35 



10 



34 



2 



33 8 



May 



39 



8 



36 



0 



37 



4 



37 



4 



34 



2 



35 6 



June 



42 



8 



36 



4 



39 



2 



40 



4 



34 



8 



37 6 



July 



4i 



4 



36 



4 



38 



8 



39 



8 



34 



8 



36 10 



August 



38 



4 



36 



0 



37 



8 



36 



6 



34 



10 



36 0 



September 



37 



2 



35 



6 



36 



10 



34 



10 



33 



10 



35 2 



October ... 



36 



6 



35 



2 



36 



2 



34 



4 



33 



6 





November 



36 



6 



35 



4 



36 



0 



34 



10 



33 



4 



34 2 



December 



38 



0 



36 



6 



36 



8 



36 



0 



34 



4 



34 4 



quality animals to 40s. 4d. per cwt. In July a check was 

 shewn followed by a decline which continued till November 

 and the year closed with values rather above those of the same 

 month in the two previous years. 



The weighing of store cattle was more freely resorted to in 

 1902, as the number weighed for which prices were recorded 

 was 19,464, compared with 14,054 in 1901 and 11,396 in 1900 

 Of this total 15,959, or about four-fifths, were weighed at 

 Shrewsbury. The prices realised at that market were 29s. 2d. 

 for third quality beasts, 32s. iod. for second quality, and 36s. 6d. 

 for first quality animals. 



