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Prices of Live Stock. 



data for the calculation of an average for fat cattle were forth- 

 coming, were as under : — 





Inferior 





Good 





Prime 









or 







or 







or 







Third Quality. 



Second Quality. 



First Quality. 



Places. 























Price 



Price 





Price 



Price 





Pi ice 



Price 





Number. 



per 



per 



Number 



per 



per 



Number. 



per 



per 







Stone 



Cwt. 





Stone 



Cwt. 





Stone 



Cwt. 







s. d. 



s. d. 





s. d. 



5. d. 





j. d. 



s. d. 



Carlisle • 



4 



3 5i 





600 



3 io i 



30 10 



1691 



4 3* 



34 2 



Leicester - 











3 Si 



29 6 



152 



4 6 



36 0 



Leeds 









93 



0 7 



28 8 



408 



A a\ 



34 i° 



Liverpool - 



2 7 6 



3 5l 



27 6 



34i 



3 11 



3i 4 



1.606 



4 4 



34 8 



London • 



5 



3 f>\ 



28 4 



3i9 



4 5 



35 4 



1,185 



4 i°! 



39 2 



Newcastle 









137 



4 2f 



33 10 



773 



4 7! 



37 2 



Shrewsbury 



163 



3 7i 



28 10 



245 



4 0 



32 0 



i3 9 



4 A 



35 0 



Aberdeen • 



1=768 



3 2} 



25 8 



i»997 



4 3^ 



34 2 



2,888 



4 7 



36 8 



Dundee - 



601 



3 2 



25 4 



1,302 



4 3| 



34 6 



601 



4 8* 



37 8 



Edinburgh 









3,162 



4 5h 



« 8 



190 



4 81 



37 6 



Falkirk - 



263 



4 oj 



32 4 



349 



4 4i 



34 10 



309 



4 7l 



36 TO 



Glasgow - 



257 



+ 3 , 



34 0 



617 



4 4* 



35 0 



2,123 



4 6i 



36 2 



Perth 



37 



3 "J 



31 6 



401 



4 3^ 



34 4 



215 



4 7i 



36 IO 



By combining the returns from the thirteen markets above 

 specified it is possible to give a general indication, month by 

 month to the end of May, of the prevailing live weight prices 

 of cattle during the present as compared with the preceding 

 year : — 



Prime or First Quality. 



Months. 



England. 



Scotland. 



Great Britain. 





1902, 



1 901. 



1902. 



1 901. 



1902. 



1901. 



January « 



Per cwt. 

 s, d. 

 35 10 



Per cwt. 

 s. d. 

 35 10 



Per cwt. 

 s. d. 

 36 6 



Per cwt. 



*. d. 

 36 6 



Per cwt. 

 s. d. 



36 2 



Per cwt. 

 s. d. 

 36 2 



February - 



36 0 



35 6 



36 



8 



36 



0 



1 36 



4 



35 10 



March 



35 10 



35 10 



36 



8 



36 



2 



36 



4 



36 0 



April • 



37 6 



35 6 



37 



8 



36 



/t 



^ 37 



8 



36 0 



May 



39 8 



35 8 



39 



6 



36 



2 



39 



8 



36 0 



