Live Weight Prices of Cattle. 



557 



Month. 



Prime 

 or First 

 Quality. 



Good 

 or Second 

 , Quality. 





1903. 



1902. 



1901. 



1903. 



1902. 





January ... ... 



Per cwt. 

 s. d. 

 37 8 



Per cwt. 

 J. d. 

 36 2 



Per cwt. 

 s. d. 

 36 2 



Per cwt. 

 s. d. 

 36 2 



Per cwt. 

 s. a. 

 34 6 



Per cwt 

 s. d. 

 34 8 



February... ... 



37 



0 



36 



4 



35 



10 



35 



0 



34 6 



34 6 



March ... ... 



37 



0 



36 



4 



36 



0 



35 



4 



34 6 



34 2 



April 



37 



2 



37 



8 



36 



0 



35 



2 



35 10 



34 2 



May ... 



36 



8 



39 



8 



36 



0 



34 



6 



37 4 



34 2 



June ... 



36 



8 



42 



8 



36 



4 



34 



10 



40 4 



34 8 



Tulv 



37 



0 



4i 



4 



36 



4 



34 



10 



39 8 



34 8 



August ... 



36 



2 



38 



4 



36 



0 



3+ 



6 



36 6 



34 10 



September 



35 



4 



37 



2 



35 



6 



33 



2 



34 10 



33 10 



October ... 



35 



0 



36 



6 



35 



2 



33 



0 



34 4 



33 6 



November 



34 



10 



36 



6 



35 



4 



32 



8 



34 10 



33 4 



December 



35 



2 



38 



0 



36 



6 



33 



4 



36 0 



34 4 



The number of store cattle weighed, for which prices were 

 recorded, was 23,070 compared with 19,464 in 1902 and 14,054 

 in 1901. Of this total 19,831 were reported from Shrewsbury, 

 where an average price of 36s. iod. per cwt. appears to have 

 been realized for first quality animals, 33s. 6d. for second, and 

 29s. iod. per cwt. for third quality. 



The number of recorded sales of fat cattle at an agreed price 

 per cwt., or per stone, live weight in 1903 was 1 1,439, and these 

 actual sales by weight were reported from eleven markets. 



The usual tables, giving particulars for the whole year and 

 for the fourth quarter of 1903, are appended. 



