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LIVE WEIGHT PRICES OF CATTLE. 



The returns received from the twenty-one places in Great 

 Britain scheduled under the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of 

 Cattle) Act, 1 89 1, show that the number of cattle entering the 

 markets in the second quarter of 1902 was 336,829, as compared 

 with 300,579 head in the corresponding period of last year. 

 There was a substantial increase in the number of pigs exposed 

 at these places of sale, and the sheep were also rather more 

 numerous. 





2nd 



2nd 



Animals. 



Quarter, 



Quarter, 





1902. 



1901. 



Cattle : 



No. 



No. 



Entering markets ... 



336,829 



300,579 



Weighed 



44,348 



36,384 



Prices returned 



36,332 



32,848 



Prices returned with quality distinguished 



29,158 



26,535 



Sheep : 







Entering markets ... 



1,187,169 



1,145,699 



Weighed 



13,018 



14,396 



Prices returned with quality distinguished 



9,240 



10,591 



Swine : 







Entering markets ... 



100,108 



88,238 



Weighed 



840 



652 



Prices returned with quality distinguished 



840 • 



646 



The number of cattle weighed was 13*2 per cent, of the 

 total, compared with i2 - i per cent, last year, and prices were 

 available in io*8 per cent, of the total number of cattle, a slight 

 increase on any previous quarter. The use made of the weigh- 



