Sept. 1894.] 



PRICES OF LIVE STOCK. 



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No prices of cattle were returned in the past half year from 

 the markets of Bristol, Leeds, Lincoln, Wakefield, or York. 

 Norwich gave prices for only 236 head of cattle, Glasgow for 

 199 head, Leicester for 178 head, Salford for 131 head, Ashford 

 for 64 head, and Birmingham for only 3 head. These numbers 

 are obviously too few to warrant their employment for any 

 publication of the average prices per live cwt. or stone. 



On the other hand, tiiere were four markets in England and 

 four in Scotland, from each of which retui^ns were received 

 furnishing quotations of price for over 1,000 head ; and the 

 following table indicates, for the grades and qualities distin- 

 guished, the range of prices supplied from these centres as 

 current in the two quarters of the first half year of 1894. 





First Quarter. 



Second Quarter. 



Places. 



Inferior, or 



Good, or 



Prime, or 



Inferior, or 



Good, or 



Prime, or 





Third 



Second 



Pirst 



Third 



Second 



First 





Quality. 



Quality. 



Quality. 



Quality. 



Quality. 



Quality. 





Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Liverpool 





28s. 



33s. 4>d. 





28s. 6d. 



34s. 4id. 



London - 



28*. id. to 



32s. to 37s. 



B7s. ed. to 



26s. Qd. 



33s. 4£Z. to 



87s. to 





33s. 2d. 





40s. 8d. 





37s. 4d. 



40s. ^d. 



Newcastle 





22s. to 



30s. to 





27s. 4d. to 



27s. lOd. to 





32s. 8d. 



36s. 2d. 





36s. 2d. 



86s. 8d. 



Shrewsbury - 



16s. 2d. to 



23s. to 



31s. to 



' 21s. Wd. to 



24s. 4d. to 



31s. lOd. to 



24s. Bd. 



28s. 2d. 



32s. Od. 



27s. 2cl. 



33s. 8d. 



39s. 8d. 



Scotland : 















Aberdeen 



24s. 6d. to 



31s. 8d. to 



35s. 4(Z. to 



25s. to 



27s. to 



36s. to 





26s. 2d. 



34s. 6d. 



38s. 



27s. 6d. 



35s. 2d. 



38s. 8d. 



Dundee - 



25s. to 



31s. 6d. to 



84s. 2d. to 



25s. 8d. to 



31s. IQd. to 



32s. to 



29s. 4d. 



32s. 6d. 



35s. 2d. 



30s. 



82s. 4cZ. 



85s. 2d. 



Edinburgh 



23s. 2d. to 



81s. to 



33s. 6d. to 





28s. 2d. to 



38s. 8d. to 



27s. 



33s. 8d. 



44s. 8d. 





33s. 6d. 



85s. IQd. 



Perth 



28s. 8!^. to 



31s. 6cZ. to 



83s. ed. to 



30s. 2d. to 



32s. 2d. to 



32s. lOd. to 





30s. 8d. 



32s. 2d. 



34s. 6d. 



34s. 



33s. 6d. 



36s. 2d. 



In order to obtain an average quotation of prices, the aggre- 

 gate of the local prices realised at the eight markets above 

 named has been divided by the total live weight recorded, with 

 the result shown in the following table : — 





First Quarter. 



Second Quarter. 



Half Year. 



Places. 



Inferior, 

 or Third 

 Quality. 



Good, or 

 Second 

 Quality. 



Prime 

 or First 

 Quality. 



Inferior, 

 or Third 

 Quality. 



Good or. 

 Second 

 Quality. 



Prime 

 or First 

 Quality. 



Inferior, 

 or Third 

 Quality. 



Good or 

 Second 



Quality. 



Prime 

 or First 

 Quality. 





Per. 



Per 



Per 



Per 



Per 



Per 



Per 



Per 



Per 





Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Cwt. 



England : 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. 



d. 



s. d. 



Liverpool 





28 0 



33 4 





28 6 



34 4 





28 



0 



33 8 



London - 



29 10 



85 2 



39 2 



26 6 



36 2 



38 6 



28 8 



35 



6 



38 10 



Newcastle 





32 6 



35 2 





34 10 



35 8 





34 



2 



35 6 



Shrewsbury - 



19 10 



27 4 



31 2 



23 10 



29 10 



35 6 



23 4 



29 



4 



34 10 



Scotland : 















25 0 



82 





36 4 



Aberdeen 



24 8 



31 11 



36 4 



25 4 



32 2 



36 4 



0 



Dundee 



25 11 



81 11 



34 3 



27 1 



32 0 



84 2 



26 4 



32 



0 



84 3 



Edinburgh - 



24 11 



83 6 



34 8 





33 8 



33 10 



24 11 



33 



7 



34 3 



Perth - 



29 11 



82 1 



33 8 



30 6 



32 2 



84 7 



30 3 



82 



1 



84 4 



In order to show the details of the prices quoted from the 

 above-named markets for each of the breeds or classes of 

 animals, actual sales per live weight being distinguished, the 

 following tables, compiled from the Quarterly Summaries, are 

 appended. 



