416 



Prices of Live Stock. 



Among the English markets Shrewsbury was remarkable for 

 the large proportion of cattle weighed, no less than 45*9 per 

 cent, of the total number being reported as passing over the 

 weighbridge, a considerable proportion of these being stores. 



The following table shows for cattle of each grade the aver- 

 age local price during the quarter at thirteen of the scheduled 

 markets from which prices were reported, but it should be noted 

 that in several instances the number of animals in respect to 

 which prices were obtained was too small to permit of the 

 average value being regarded as an absolutely reliable indica- 

 tion of the prices prevailing at the markets. 





Prime 



or 



First Quality. 



Good 

 or 



Second Quality. 



Inferior 



or 



Third Quality. 



Places. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Carlisle 



1,367 



S. 



4 



d. 

 4§ 



S. 



35 



d 

 0 



6lO 



s, 



3 





31 



d. 

 0 



379 



S. d. 



3 5l 



s. d. 

 27 IO 



Leicester ... 



344 



4 



i| 



33 



2 



84 



4 



0 



32 



0 



3 



2 41 



18 10 



Leeds 



489 



4 



4i 



34 



IO 



268 



3 



115 



31 



8 









Liverpool ... 



1,601 



4 



31 



34 



6 



927 



3 



9h 



30 



4 



230 



3 2| 



25 IO 



London 



673 



4 



Si 



37 



6 



525 



4 



35 



34 



4 









Newcastle ... 



442 



4 



8 



37 



4 



145 



4 



33 



34 



2 









Shrewsbury 



63 



4 



6J 



36 



2 



142 



4 



3 



34 



0 



106 



3 8| 



29 IO 



Aberdeen ... 



1,683 



4 



8* 



37 



6 



1,682 



4 



4 



34 



8 



1,291 



3 4s 



27 0 



Dundee 



630 



4 



71 



37 



2 



1,338 



4 



3i 



34 



2 



369 



3 of 



24 6 



Edinburgh... 



214 



4 



61 



36 



6 



3,H4 



4 



4f 



35 



2 









Falkirk ... 



297 



4 



7\ 



36 



10 



443 



4 



4 



34 



8 



285 



3 io| 



31 2 



Glasgow ... 



1,866 



4 



7h 



37 



0 



658 



4 



61 



36 



4 



320 



4 4h 



35 0 



Perth . ... 



388 



4 



7 



36 



8 



503 



4 



3 



34 



0 



223 



3 H2 



31 8 



For comparative purposes an average monthly price may be 

 obtained by combining the values reported monthly from these 

 thirteen markets in Great Britain, for first and second quality 

 cattle respectively. These figures are given in the table below 

 for the first ten months of the present year, with corresponding 

 figures for 1902. 



Prices in July and August were much below those of the 



