Live Weight Prices of Cattle. 



127 



only 52 were weighed out of a total of 30,628. Of the total 

 number entering the fifteen English markets about 9 per cent, 

 were weighed, while in the six Scottish markets the proportion 

 weighed amounted to about 36 per cent. 



A large number of the sheep sold at Aberdeen were weighed, 

 but this is almost the only scheduled market where the 

 practice obtains to any extent. 



The following table shows, for cattle of each grade, the 

 average local price for the quarter at thirteen of the scheduled 

 markets, so far as it can be ascertained from the data furnished, 

 though it will be seen that in several instances the number of 

 animals classed as of second and third quality is too small to 

 afford a satisfactory basis for the calculation of an average for 

 these grades : — 



Places. 



1 



Inferior 



or 



Third Quality. 



Good 

 or 



Second Quality. 



Prime 



or 



First Quality. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



1 



Number, 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



I 



Carlisle 



413 



S. 



3 



d. 

 t- 1 



.v. ;d. 

 27 6 



404 



s. 

 3 



d. 



s. 



31 



0 



2,690 



S. 



4 



d. 

 Sh 



s. d 



35 8 



Leicester ... 













36 



3 



9i 



30 



2 



357 



4 



51 



35 10 



Leeds 













I96 



4 



o.| 



32 



-7 



472 



4 



6| 



36 6 



Liverpool ... 



299 



3 



5^ 



27 i 



! 



238 



4 



H 



32 



IO 



1,529 



4 



5 



35 4 



London 













294 



4 



4l> 



35 



O 



844 



4 



ipl 



38 10 



Newcastle ... 













50 



4 



2| 



33 



IO 



860 



4 



10 



38 8 



Shrewsbury 



176 



3 



9\ 



30 



4 



300 



4 



*\ 



33 



8 



237 



4 



6.1 



36 2 



Aberdeen ... 



1,695 



3 





27 



0 



1,798 



4 



5 



35 



4 



2,531 



4 



8i 



37 8 



Dundee 



546 



3 



A 



25 



0 



I,002 



4 



51 



35 



10 



624 



4 



ioh 



39 0 



Edinburgh... 



8 



4 



3 



34 



0 



2,623 



4 



71 



36 



IO 



295 



4 



ii| 



39 8 



Falkirk ... 



I46 



4 



c4 



32 



4 



480 



4 



51 



35 



IO 



32 r 



4 



9^ 



38 4 



Glasgow ... 



173 



4 



4 



34 



8 



5l6 



4 



6] 



36 



4 



1,764 



4 



8A 



37^ 8 



Perth 



76 



4 





33 



2 



548 



4 



- j 



34 



35 



6 



814 





93 



38 6 



That the prices obtained were in most cases higher than at 

 the same time last year is shown in a convenient form in 

 the following table, in which the returns from the thirteen 



