Prices of Live Stock. 



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beasts averaged 36s. 6d. per cwt., prices which were in both cases 

 the same as those reported in December, 1901. It appears from 

 these figures that the value of fat cattle in Great Britain fell 

 generally by about 6s. per cwt. between June and October. It 



Months. 



Good, 

 or Second Quality. 



01 



Prime, 

 First Quality. 







1902. 



1901. 



1902. 



1901. 



January... 



per 

 s. 

 34 



cwt. 



d. 



6 



per cwt. 

 s. d. 

 34 8 



per cwt. 

 s. d. 



36 2 



per cwt. 

 s. d. 

 36 2 



February 



34 



6 



34 



6 



36 



4 



35 



10 



March 



34 



6 



34 



2 



36 



4 



36 



0 



April ... 



35 



10 



34 



2 



37 



8 



36 



0 



May 



37 



4 



34 



2 



39 



8 



36 



0 



June 



40 



4 



34 



8 



42 



8 



36 



4 



July 



39 



8 



34 



8 



4i 



4 



36 



4 



August ... 



36 



6 



34 



10 



38 



4 



36 



0 



September 



34 



10 



33 



10 



37 



2 



35 



6 



October 



34 



4 



33 



6 



36 



6 



35 



-> 



may be observed that corroborative evidence of this fact is 

 furnished by the tables relating to meat prices on p. 417 of this 

 Journal, which show that whereas in June and July the prices of 

 English beef at the London Central Market were quoted at from 

 4s. yd. to 4s. iod. per stone of 8 lb., the corresponding quotations 

 in October ranged from 3s. iod. to 4s. 2d. 



At five markets store cattle were reported to have been weighed, 

 and prices were furnished in respect of 4,112 head, the majority 

 of which were returned from Shrewsbury. At this market the 

 average price of second quality store cattle in the third quarter 

 was 34s. 6d. per cwt., or is. less than in the preceding three 

 months, while first quality animals averaged 37s. 4d. as against 

 39s. 6d. per cwt. in the second quarter of the current year. 



The table giving the usual particulars for the quarter is 

 appended : — 



