Live Weight Prices of Cattle. 



553 



Places, 



Prime 

 or 



First Quality. 



Good 

 or 



Second Quality. 



Inferior 



or 



Third Quality. 



Number. 



Price 



per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 



Carlisle 







7,257 



s. 



4 



d. 



Si 



35 



d. 

 6 







i,933 



s. 



3 



10 



s. 



3^ 



8 



1,45° 



s. 



3 



5? 



27 6 



Leicester ... 



1,339 



4 



3-1 



34 



2 



384 



3 



10J 



31 



0 



3 



2 



4i 



18 10 



Leeds 



2,041 



4 



51 



35 



6 



954 



3 



Hi 



3 J 



10 











Liverpool ... 



6,435 



4 



31 



34 



6 



2,740 



3 



9i 



30 



2 



890 



3 



3f 



26 6 



London 



2,916 



4 



8| 



37 



10 



1,643 



4 



2| 



33 



10 



6 



3 



7 



28 8 



Newcastle ... 



2,840 



4 



8* 



37 



6 



387 



4 



2 



33 



4 



— 







— 



Shrewsbury. . 



574 



4 



61 



36 



2 



988 



4 





33 



10 



586 



3 



9 



30 0 



Aberdeen ... 



8,337 



4 



71 



37 





7,637 



4 



31 



34 





5,573 



3 



3l 



26 6 



Dundee 



2,602 



4 



H 



37 



8 



4,755 



4 



32 



34 



6 



2,031 



3 



1^ 



25 0 



Edinburgh... 



864 



4 



Si 



37 



8 



12,582 



4 



5 



35 



4 



19 



4 



0 



32 0 



Falkirk ... 



1,254 



4 



71 



37 



2 



1,684 



4 



4* 



34 



10 



1,065 



3 



10 



30 8 



Glasgow . . . 



7,456 



4 



7 



36 



8 



2,483 



4 



51 



35 



10 



1,015 



4 



3* 



34 4 



Perth 



2,238 



4 



8 



37 



4 



2,422 



4 



3i 



3 4 



4 



880 



3 



1 of 



31 2 



The animals returned as prime quality averaged 34s. 2d. and 

 34s. 6d. per cwt. at Leicester and Liverpool respectively, 35s. 6d. 

 at Carlisle and Leeds, 36s. 2d. and 36s. 8d. at Shrewsbury and 

 Glasgow, while at the remaining markets they fetched over 37s. 

 per cwt., reaching a maximum of 37s. iod. in London. In the 

 case of second quality animals the range was from 30s. 2d. at 

 Liverpool to 35s. iod. at Glasgow, the price at all the Scottish 

 markets being over 34s., while in the English markets the 

 highest average recorded gives 33s. iod. per cwt., which was 

 reached both at Shrewsbury and London. 



Only at eight of these markets can the course of prices be 

 c ompared over the whole period of eleven years, but the figures 

 for first quality animals so far as they are available, are shown 

 in the following table : — 



It will be seen that from 1893 to 1896 prices generally showed 

 a tendency to fall, though in several markets there was an 



