332 



PRICES OF LIVE STOCK. 



[Dec. 1896. 



from Edinburgh. The range in price of the group of cattle 

 classed as prime is narrower than in the " inferior " grades ; the 

 quotations being given as 32s. per cwt. at Leeds and Liverpool, 

 and varying from 33s. 6d. to 36s. per cwt. elsewhere, the highest 

 average being reported from London. 



Places. 



Inferior. 

 (3rd Quality.) 



Good. 

 (2nd.Quality.) 



Prime. 

 (1st Quality.) 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 



£ er L 

 Cwt. 





7 



s. d. 



3 6 



d. 



28 0 



50 



s. d. 

 3 9 



s. d. 

 30 0 



127 



s. d. 

 4 0 



s. d. 



32 0 



Liverpool 









598 



3 8 



29 4 



1,494 



4 0 



32 0 



London - 



14 



3 4£ 



27 0 



817 



4 01 



32 2 



781 



4 6 



36 0 



Newcastle 



6 



3 31 



26 4 



20 



3 10| 



31 2 



110 



4 3i 



34 2 



Shrewsbury - 



15 



3 If 



24 10 



54 



3 9| 



30 4 



s 



4 2| 



33 6 



Aberdeen 



774 



3 0 



24 0 



2,698 



3 111 



31 8 



1,630 



4 4| 



3i 10 



Dundee • 



116 



3 3| 



26 4 



1,686 



3 llf 



31 10 



1,213 



4 3 



34 0 



Edinburgh - 









2,235 



4 If 



33 2 



126 



4 3f 



34 6 



Glasgow 



53 



s m 



31 8 



296 



4 0| 



82 4 



270 



4 4| 



35 2 



Perth - 



74 



3 9 



30 0 



300 



4 Oi 



32 2 



263 



4 Sf 



34 6 



Comparing these quotations with those of the same quarter 

 of the immediately preceding year, a general decline of values, 

 with only insignificant exceptions, is apparent. The details 

 are shown as under : — ■ 



Places. 



Inferior 

 or 



Third Quality. 



Good 

 or 



Second Quality. 



Prime 

 or 



First Quality. 





1896. 



1895. 



1896. 



1895. 



1896. 



1895. 



Leeds - 



Per Cwt. 

 s. d. 

 28 0 



Per Cwt. 

 s. d. 



Per Cwt. 

 s. d. 

 30 0 



Per Cwt. 

 s. d. 



Per Cwt. 

 s. d. 

 32 0 



Per Cwt. 

 s. d. 



Liverpool - 







29 4 



28 6 



32 0 



34 8 



London 



27 0 



29 4 



32 2 



34 6 



36 0 



38 0 



Newcastle - 



26 4 





31 2 



34 10 



34 2 



37 10 



Shrewsbury 



24 10 



27 2 



30 4 



30 2 



33 6 



35 8 



Aberdeen - 



24 0 



26 3 



31 8 



34 7 



34 10 



38 0 



Dundee 



26 4 



28 2 



31 10 



34 1 



34 0 



36 6 



Edinburgh - 







33 2 



33 11 



34 6 



36 4 



Glasgow 



31 8 



33 6 



32 4 



86 0 



35 2 



36 10 



Perth - 



30 0 



33 8 



32 2 



35 5 



34 6 



37 1 



It may be again pointed out that in a certain number of 

 instances the bargains reported were on the basis of a definite 

 price per live cwt. This occurs more especially in the two 



