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LIVE WEIGHT PRICES OF CATTLE. 



The returns received from the twenty-one places in Great 

 Britain scheduled under the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of 

 Cattle) Act, 1891, in the second quarter of 1903 show that the 

 number of cattle entering the markets was 328,675 as compared 

 with 336,829 in the corresponding period of 1902. There was 

 a rather considerable decrease in the number of sheep exposed 

 for sale in these markets, the total being 120,000 less than in 

 1902. 



Animals. 



2nd 

 Quarter, 

 1903. 



2nd 

 Quarter, 

 1902. 



Cattle : 



Entering markets 

 Weighed 

 Prices returned 



Prices returned with quality distinguished ... 



No. 



328,675 

 45,614 

 38,573 

 31,420 



No. 



336,829 

 44,348 

 36,332 

 29,158 



Sheep : 



Entering markets 

 Weighed 



Prices returned with quality distinguished ... 



1,067,715 



11,201 

 8,196 



1,187,169 

 13,018 

 9,240 



Swine : 



Entering markets 

 Weighed 



Prices returned with quality distinguished ... 



H5,034 

 922 

 906 



100,108 

 840 

 840 



The percentage of cattle weighed was somewhat higher 

 than that recorded in the corresponding quarter of last year, the 

 increase being chiefly due to the larger proportion of animals 

 returned as weighed at Shrewsbury. For the first time since 

 1900, use appears to have been made of the weighbridge at 



