June 1896.] 



PEICES OF LIVE STOCK. 



93 



Omitting the quotations of prices which are distinguished 

 as those of store cattle, and adding, as may now be done, Leeds 

 to the number of English markets hitherto specified as having 

 a sufficient number of reports of the sales of fat stock to provide 

 an average quotation, the averages for the first quarters of 1896 

 and 1895 contrast as follows in the undernoted places : — 



Places. 



Inferior or Third 

 Quality. 



Good or Second 

 Quality. 



Prime or Pirst 

 Quality. 



189d. 



1895. 



1896. 



1895. 



1896. 



1S95. 



England: 



Leeds 



Per Cwt. 

 s. d. 



26 0 



Per Cwt. 

 s. d. 



Per Cwt. 

 s. d. 



29 4 



Per Cwt. 

 s. d. 



Per Cwt. 

 s. d. 

 32 0 



Per Cwt. 

 s. d. 



Liverpool 







28 8 



27 8 



33 0 



33 10 



London - 



27 8 



29 4 



33 8 



34 0 



37 4 



37 6 



Newcastle-on- 

 Tyne. 



Shrewsbury - 



26 4 

 25 4 





31 0 

 29 10 



32 8 



33 4 

 33 8 



34 2 



Scotland : 

 Aberdeen 



23 6 



24 8 



31 6 



31 6 



34 6 



35 0 



Dundee - 



24 10 



26 2 



31 0 



31 8 



32 8 



33 8 



Edinburgh - 



24 8 





82 2 



33 6 



33 2 



34 0 



Glasgow 







32 4 





34 8 





Perth - 



29 6 



29 8 



31 2 



32 0 



32 8 



34 10 



Where quotations are given for each quarter in the lowest or 

 inferior grade of stock, the prices per cwt. seem in each case lower 

 than those supplied last year. Second quality cattle are also 

 generally lower in price. In this grade, the first quarter of 1896 

 shows prices ^varying from 28s. 8d. per cwt. in Liverpool to 

 33s. Sd. in London. The variations between markets were 

 much less in the five Scotch towns quoted, or from 31s. per cwt. 

 at Dundee to 32s, 4d at Glasgow. 



In the case of Prime cattle in the highest grade, the English 

 quotations are 32s. per cwt. at Leeds ; between 33s. and 33s. 8d. in 

 Liverpool, Newcastle, and Shrewsbury ; and 37s. 4cZ. in London. 

 In Scotland the range is from 32s. 8c?., which is the average both 

 of Perth and of Dundee, to 34s. 6cZ. in Aberdeen and 34s. 8d. in 

 Glasgow. In all cases where the 1895 figures are available, the 

 values of 1896 show a reduction. 



The following table shows the number of fat cattle on which 

 the average prices for each grade or quality were computed, and 



