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PRICES OF LIVE STOCK. 



Returned under the Weighing of Cattle Act. 



The returns of prices received by the Board of Agriculture 

 under the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act, 1891, 

 from 19 scheduled places in Great Britain are now avail- 

 able for the third quarter of 1897. These returns show 

 the number of animals entering the public markets or auction 

 marts, the number of those whereof the live-weights were 

 ascertained on the weighbridges, and they purport to give, so 

 far as can be ascertained by the market authorities and auc- 

 tioneers respectively, the current prices per live stone or live 

 cwt. The total number of cattle, sheep, and swine reported 

 to the Board as entering, weighed, and priced within the 1 9 

 scheduled places, in the three months ending 30th September, 

 1897, compare as under with the statistics for the same 

 quarter of the two previous years : — 





3rd 



3rd 



3f 



Animals. 



Quarter, 



Quarter, 



Quarter, 





1897. 



1896. 



1895. 



Cattle : 



No. 



No. 



No. 



Entering markets 



223,323 



227,346 



270,831 



Weighed ----- 



26,024 



24,471 



22,320 



Prices returned - - - - 



23,037 



22,481 



19,345 



Prices returned with quality dis- 



18,172 



16,857 



13,815 



tinguished. 







Sheep : 









Entering markets 



1,380,624 



1,424,166 



1,444,156 



Weighed - - . - - 



12,290 



1 1,028 



9,727 



Prices returned with quality dis- 



10,485 



8,476 



7,348 



tinguished. 









Swine : 









Entering markets 



44,428 



46,431 



48,127 





696 



1,346 



1,014 



Prices returned ... - 



474 



503 



453 



Prices returned with quality dis- 



474 



503 



2 



tinguished. 









