March 1895. J 



PEICES OF LIVF. STOCK. 



353 



Selecting the markets from which a sufficiently numerous 

 series of quotations of prices has been furnished, the following 

 statement represents the range of prices per live cwt. during 

 the two years for which these returns have been rendered 



Places. 



Inferior, or Third 

 Quality. 



Good, or Second 

 Quality. 



Prinio, or First 

 Quality. 



, 1 



1894. 



1893. 



1894. 



1893. 



1894. 



1893. 



England : 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Liverpool 





235. 8d. to i 



275. 8d. to 



285. to , 



3l5. 2d. to 



335. 2d. to 







285. i 



295. 6d. 



295. 8d. , 



345. 4d. 



385. 8d. 



London - 



21*. 4cZ. to 



255. 4d. to 



28s. 8d. to 



305. 4d. to 



345. to 



37s. 2d. to 





33s. 2d. 



'62s. lOd. 



375. 4(Z. 



405. 



405. Sd. 



42s. lOcZ. 



Newcastle - 1 





* 1 



225. to 



23s. to 3Ss. 



27s. mi. to 



285. 4d. to 



Shrewsbury - 





i 



3()5. 2d. 





375. 4(7. 



425. 6d. 



16s. 2a. to 



Us. 6d. to ! 



235. to 



175. sa. to 



295. LOd. to 



25s. 6d. to 



21s. 4d. 



275. lOfZ. 



335. 8d. 



395. 4d. 



395. 8d. 



355. 4d. 



Scotland : j 















Aberdeen - j 



225. 8d. to 



2l5. 2f?. to 



24s. to 



235. to 



305. lOd. to 



26s. lOd. to 





27s. Gd. 



315. 6d. \ 



365. 6d. 



375. 2 



455. 4d. 



405. 2d, 



Dundee - 



215. to 



22s. lOd. to , 



305. to 



295. 8d. to 



805. to 365. 



34?, 2d. to 





305. 6d. 



315. 1 



335. 6d. 



355. 





385. 



Edinburgh - I 



235. 2d. to 



2l5. lOd. to 



255. 4d. to 



235. to 385. 



325. lO.d. to 



345. to 



275. 6d. 



295. 6d. ■ 



355. 





445. Sd. 



4l5, 6d. 



Perth - - 



285. to 



285. to 1 



305. 2 c?. to 



285. 6cZ, to 



325. lOtZ. to 



32s. 6d. to 





345. 



315. 2d. 



335. ed. 



37s, 4d. 



365. 2d. 



395. 2d. 



* Only one animal Avas returned from Newcastle in this grade, the price shown being 205. 

 per cwt. 



In view of the wide range which these quotations offer, an 

 attempt is made in the next table to show what has been the 

 actual average price per live cwt. of the cattle weighed in the 

 markets above referred to in 1893 and 1894. This average is 

 obtained by dividing the total price by the total weight of the 

 weighed animals of all descriptions in each of the three qualities 

 or grades distinguished by the reporters. 



Places. 



Inferior or Third 

 Quality. 



Good or Second 

 Quality. 



Prime or First 

 Quality. 





1894. 



1893. 



1894. 



1893. 



1894 



1893. 



England : 

 Liverpool 



Per Cwt. 

 5. d. 



Per Cwt. 

 5. d. 



25 4 



Per Cwt. 

 5. d. 



28 4 



Per Cwt. 

 s. d. 

 29 4 



Per Cwt. 

 5. d. 

 32 4 



Per Cwt. 

 s. d, 

 84 6 



London - 



26 4 



28 6 



34 0 



35 0 



38 6 



39 4 



Newcastle - on- 



Tyne. 

 Shrewsbury - 



21 10 



21 4 



34 0 

 29 2 



31 4 

 23 0 



35 4 

 34 4 



35 10 



32 6 



Scotland : 

 Aberdeen 



24 6 



24 10 



32 0 



83 2 



36 2 



37 4 



Dundee °- 



26 2 



27 2 



31 10 



S3 2 



34 1 



35 4 



Edinburgh 



26 6 



26 3 



33 3 



33 8 



34 2 



36 0 



Perth 



30 4 



31 2 



32 1 



33 2 



34 4 



35 4 



These figures show a closer agreement in Scotland than in: 

 England in the two higher grades. This is no doubt due ^ to the 

 greater prevalence of the practice and to the greater familiarity 

 with the methods of live weight quotations in the North. 



Comparing the mean quotations of the past year with 1893, 

 the current prices seem slightly lower as a rule, though not 

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