132 



PKICES OF LIVE STOCK. 



[Sept. 1894. 



Retlirns of the prices of Sheep under the Markets and Fairs (Weighing 

 of Cattle) Act, 1891, have been received from eight ot' the scheduled 

 markets, and in several of these cases the total of quotations has been 

 insignificant. Only in three markets — London, Aberdeen, and Pertli — have 

 prices for over 1,000 head of weighed sheep been recorded in the past half 

 year, and the following table shows for each of these places the number and 

 prices of sheep weighed in the first quarter of the year 1894 : — 







Inferior. 

 (3rd Quality.) 



Good. 

 (2nd Quality.) 



Prime. 

 (1st Quality.) 



Places. 



Breed or Class. 



Animals 



Average 

 Price. 



Animals 



Averag3 

 Price. 



Animals 



Average 

 Price. 







Weighed. 



Per 

 Stone. 



Per 

 Cwt. 



Weighed. 



Per 

 Stone. 



Per 

 Cwt. 



Weighed. 



Per 

 Stone. 



Per 

 Cwc. 



EXGLAND: — 





No. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



No. 



6'. d. 



s. d. 



No. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



London - 



Cotswold Tup 



1 



3 4 



26 8 

















Downs 





- 



- 





- 



- 



133 



5 4^ 



42 10 





Half Bred - 



— 



- 



- 



205 



5 0 



40 0 



12 



5 2f 



41 10 





Half Bred* - 



- 



- 



- 



112 



5 If 



41 2 



30 



5 41 



43 0 



Scotland : — 























Aberdeen - ' 



Black Pace "Wethers 









53 



3 6f 



28 6 



330 



t / 



oo o 



1 



Cheviot Wether 



Hoggets. 

 Cross Bred - 









1,113 



3 81 



29 10 



20 

 553 



4 9?- 

 4 9 



38 4 

 38 0 





Cross Bred Hoggs - 





- 



- 









35 



4 21 



33 10 



- 



Grey Face Hoggets 



— 







— 







115 



4 81 



37 10 





Grey Face Shearling 



Hoggs. 

 Half Bred Hoggets 















81 



306 



4 91 

 4 11 



38 2 

 38 10 





Half Bred Hoggs - 









40 



3 111 



31 10 



62 



4 1\ 



32 10 



Perth 



Black Face Ewes - 



289 



3 71 



29 0 



140 



3 7 



28 8 











Black Face Wethers 









178 



4 51 



35 6 



191 



4 7 



36 8 





Cheviot Ewes 



20 



3 11 



25 0 















1 



Cross BredDinmonts 















40 



5 li 



-10 10 





Cross Bred Hoggets 















20 



4 9i 



3S 2 





Cross Bred Hoggs - 









81 



4 5| 



35 6 



482 



4 9-1 



38 2 





Half Bred Hoggets- 









83 



4 6f 



30 6 



102 



4 81 



37 10 



1 



Half Bred Hoggs - 









40 



4 4| 



35 2 



90 



4 74 



36 10 



I 



Shropshire Cross 

 Bred Hoggets. 









20 



4 7 



36 8 



35 



4 9 



38 0 



* Sold by Live Weight. 



