Sept. 1894.] 



PRICES OF LIVE STOCK. 



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The number and prices of sheep reported as weighed under the Markets 

 and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act, 1891, in the before-mentioned places in 

 the second quarter of 1894 are shown in the following table : — 







Inferior. 

 (3rd Quality.) 



Good. 

 (2nd Quality.) 



Prime. 

 (1st Quality.) 



Places. 



Breed or Class. 



Animals 



Average 

 Price. 



Animals 



Average 

 Price. 



Animals 



Average 

 Price. 







Weighed. 



Per 

 Stone. 



Per 

 Cwt. 



Weighed. 



Per 

 Stone. 



Per 

 Cwt. 



Weighed. 



Per 

 Stone. 



Per 

 Cwt. 



England : 





No. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



No. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



No. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



London - 



Downs 



— 







20 



5 2f 



41 10 



20 



5 41 



43 0 





Downs* 



— 







— 







62 



5 6| 



44 6 





Half Bred - 



— 







70 



5 If 



41 2 



71 



5 3f 



42 6 





Half Bred* - 



— 







676 



5 Of 



40 6 



12 



5 4 



42 8 





United States* 













280 



5 0 



40 0 



~ 









Yorkshire - 





_ 



— 



20 



4 111 



39 6 





_ 







Yorkshire* - 





- 



- 



193 



5 0 



40 0 



I 



— 



- 



Scotland : 























Aberdeen - 



Black Pace Wethers 



- 







32 



4 2i 



33 6 



211 



4 5f 



35 10 





Cheviot Wethers - 



— 













20 



4 7i 



36 10 





Cross Bred - 









1,899 



3 llf 



81 10 



1,559 



4 81 



37 10 





Cross Bred Hoggets 



— 



- 



- 









158 



4 lOi 



39 0 





Grey Pace Hoggs - 















44 



4 %\ 



33 4 





Grey Face Hoggets 



- 







- 







316 



4 %\ 



37 8 





Half Bred Hoggets 















503 



4 71 



37 2 





Shropshire Cross 

 Bred Hoggets. 















60 



4 11 



39 4 



Perth 



Black Pace Wethers 



72 



4 21 



33 6 



125 



4 71 



36 10 



173 



4 lOi 



38 10 





Black Face Wether 



Hoggs. 

 Black Pace Ewes - 



- 



85 



3 111 



31 10 









40 



5 0 



40 0 





Cross Bred Hoggs - 



36 



4 3 



34 0 



452 



4 6| 



36 6 



1,226 



4 101 



38 10 





Half Bred Hoggs - 















73 



5 OJ 



40 2 





Half Bred Ewes - 



20 



3 5i 



27 6 

















Shropshire Cross 

 Bred Hoggs. 













1 



31 



5 Oi 



40 4 



* Sold by Live Weight. 



In the memorandum prefixed to the annual returns of prices of li\e stock 

 published for 1893, it was pointed out that the prices of pigs were not 

 supplied in sufficient numbers for any average quotations to be extracted 

 from the returns for comparative purposes. Altliough the swine returned as 

 having been weighed in the first half of 1894 were somewhat more numerous, 

 the records of prices supplied have been as imperfect as before. 



