554 



Live Weight Prices of Cattle. 



improvement in 1895 as compared with 1894 In 1897 prices 

 rose, but fell again in 1898, when minimum figures were recorded 





First Quality Cattle. 



Years. 





0 



On 



5 



> 



London 



Newcastle. 



Shrewsbury. 



i Aberdeen. 



Dundee. 



Edinburgh. 



Perth . 



1893 



s. 

 34 



d. 

 6 



s. 



39 



d. 

 4 



s. 

 35 



d. 

 10 



s 



32 



d. 

 6 



s. 

 37 



d. 

 4 



s. 

 35 



d. 

 4 



s. 

 36 



d. 

 0 



35 4 



1894 



32 



4 



38 



6 



35 



4 



34 



4 



36 



2 



34 



1 



34 



2 



34 4 



1895 



"21 



33 



8 



38 



0 



35 



4 



33 



10 



36 



8 



35 



3 



35 





35 11 



1896 



32 



4 



37 



0 



33 



10 



34 



4 



34 10 



33 



6 



33 



A 



33 10 



1897 



32 



8 



38 



10 



36 



2 



34 



6 



36 



0 



35 



2 



35 



8 





1898 



31 



10 



36 



6 



33 



4 



34 



2 



34 



8 



33 



8 



34 



0. 



34 8 



1899 



33 



6 



38 



0 



36 



2 



34 



10 



36 10 



35 



2 



36 



6 



35 6 



1900 



35 



4 



39 



4 



3S 



8 



36 



6 



38 



2 



37 10 



38 



4 



38 8 



1901 



34 



2 



38 



4 



36 



10 



35 



8 



36 



4 



37 



0 



37 10 



37 10 



1902 



36 



2 



40 



6 



39 



8 



37 



4 



39 



0 



39 



8 



40 



0 



39 0 



!9Q3 



34 



6 



37 



10 



37 



6 



36 



2 



37 



2 



37 



8 



37 



8 



37 4 



at three English markets and at Aberdeen, whilst the lowest 

 level was touched at the three remaining Scottish markets in 

 1896. The difference, however, between the prices of 1896 and 



1898 was very slight. Prices had a rising tendency in 



1899 an d 1900, but declined again in 190 1. In 1902 there was 

 a marked rise of from two to three shillings per cwt., and the 

 price of each of the markets reached a higher point than in any 

 other recorded year. 



The returns on which the above particulars are based, together 

 with those from the remaining five markets for which figures are 

 not available throughout the whole period, afford material for 

 ascertaining what may be regarded as an average yearly value 

 for the two higher grades of cattle in Great Britain as a whole. 

 This average price, which is given in the next table, has been 

 calculated for the past six years by dividing the total recorded 



