444 



PEICES OF LIVE STOCK. 



[March 1897. 



Some extension of the practice of weighing to store as well as 

 fat cattle is reported. Shrewsbury alone furnished the greater 

 part of these instances, or 2,612 out of 3,266. The inferior 

 quality averaged 25s. 8d. per cwt., the second 30s. 6d, and the 

 prime stores 34s. 6d. From Edinburgh, in 536 cases, stores are 

 reported as weighed, while the returns indicate a few further 

 instances at Dundee and Glasgow. 



I. — Animals entering, weighed, and priced at the Scheduled 

 Places in the Fourth Quarter of 1896. 



Animals. 



4th Quarter, 



4th Quarter, 



4th Quarter, 



1896. 



1895. 



1894. 



Cattle : 



No. 



No. 



No. 



Entering markets 



342,981 



345,630 



346,564 



Weighed - 



29,664 



26,879 



27,822 



Prices returned - 



26,146 



23,342 



22,500 



Prices returned with quality dis- 



20,504 



17,443 



16,556 



tinguished. 









Sheep : 









Entering markets 



1,010,925 



1,043,239 



918,370 



Weighed - 



7,411 



6,527 



6,838 



Prices returned with quality dis- 



6,266 



5,367 



4,846 



tinguished. 









Swine : 









Entering markets 



65,498 



68,611 



48,972 



Weighed - 



865 



808 



805 



Prices returned - 



255 



240 ■ 



243 



Prices returned with quality dis- 



255 



11 



32 



tinguished. 









II, — Prices of Fat Cattle at the under-mentioned Places in 

 the Fourth Quarter of 1896. 





Inferior. 

 (3rd Quality.) 



Good. 

 (2nd Quality.) 



Prime. 

 (1st Quality.) 



Places. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Piuee 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Leeds - 



20 



s. d. 



3 4* 



s. d. 

 27 0 



144 



s. d. 



3 61 



s. d. 



28 4 



193 



5. d. 



4 Of 



s. d. 



32 6 



Liverpool 









731 



3 5 



27 4 



1,871 



4 0! 



32 2 



London - 



100 



3 5i 



27 10 



497 



3 11| 



31 10 



820 



4 8| 



37 10 



Newcastle 



10 



3 1| 



25 0 



80 



3 ?! 



29 6 



8S 



4 4f 



35 2 



Shrewsbury - 



82 



3 0 



24 0 



57 



3 9 



30 0 



15 



4 4 



34 S 



Aberdeen 



91)3 



2 11 



23 4 



2,909 



3 11| 



31 8 



2,744 



4 5 



35 4 



Dundee - 



186 



3 If 



25 2 



1,503 



3 111 



31 8 



1,034 



4 4 



34 8 



Edinburgh - 



3 



3 6| 



28 6 



3,329 



4 0 



32 0 



179 



4 4| 



35 0 



Glasgow 



52 



3 11 



31 4 



4S3 



3 Sf 



29 10 



252 



4 5| 



35 8 



Perth - 



G9 



.5 /i 



29 2 j 



229 



4 01 



32 2 



2^9 



4 3f 



34 6 



