272 



Live Weight Prices of Cattle. 



York Market, although only in the case of 44 cattle and 87 

 pigs. 



The weighing of sheep is practised to only a small extent at 

 a few markets, but it is to be noted that in the quarter under 

 review 1,059 sheep were returned as weighed at Wakefield. 



As on previous occasions, a sufficient number of complete 

 returns, showing both the price and quality of cattle weighed, 

 were obtained from thirteen markets, and from these the 

 average prices shown in the table below have been calculated. 



Places. 



Inferior 

 or 



Third Quality. 



Good 



. or 

 Second Quality. 



Prime 



or 



First Quality. 



Number. 



per 

 Stone. 



per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



per 

 Stone. 



per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Carlisle ... 



227 



s. d. 



3 5§ 



s. d. 



V 8 



266 



s. d. 

 3 10 



s. d. 

 30 8 



1,782 



s. d. 

 4 5^ 



s. d 

 35 8 



Leicester ... 









19 



3 9 



30 0 



188 



4 7i 



36 10 



Leeds 









298 



4 0^ 



32 2 



571 



4 6 



36 0 



Liverpool ... 



IO4 



3 5^ 



27 8 



131 



3 n| 



31 10 



571 



4 6| 



36 6 



London 



6 



3 7 



28 8 



151 



4 51 



35 10 



827 



4 10 



38 8 



Newcastle ... 









63 



4 2f 



33 10 



1,284 



4 71 



37 0 



Shrewsbury 



164 



3 "I 



3i 8 



398 



4 4§ 



35 0 



203 



4 8 



37 4 



Aberdeen ... 



1,411 



3 4s 



26 10 



1,851 



4 31 



34 6 



2,256 



4 7\ 



36 10 



Dundee 



630 



3 25 



25 10 



i,359 



4 3\ 



34 2 



797 



4 7h 



37 0 



Edinburgh... 









2,979 



4 51 



35 10 



221 



4 6| 



36 2 



Falkirk ... 



99 



4 n 



32 10 



378 



4 Sk 



35 6 



459 



4 8 



37 4 



Glasgow . . . 



237 



4 4i 



34 10 



689 



4 5! 



35 10 



2,098 



4 71 



37 0 



Perth 



328 



3 io| 



31 2 



965 



4 3i 



34 4 



790 



4 7 



36 8 



Comparing these prices with those given in the corresponding 

 table published last quarter, the figures, it will be observed, 

 show a considerable reduction in practically every instance. 



Taking the returns from England and Scotland together, the 

 trend of prices for each month of the present year is shown in 

 the following table, and may be compared with the rates prevail- 

 ing in the same months of 1902. 



