Prices of Live Stock. 



543 



I. — Total number of animals entering, weighed, and priced 

 at the nineteen Scheduled Places in Great Britain in the 

 Fourth Quarter of 1897 • — 





4th 



4th 



4th 



Animals. ' , 



Quarter, 



Quarter, 



Quarter, 





1897. 



1896. 



1895. 



Cattle : 



No. 



No. 



No. 



Entering markets 



350,807 



342,981 



345,630 



Weighed ----- 



29,386 



29,664 



26,879 



Prices returned - - - 



25,332 



26,146 



23,342 



Prices returned with quality dis- 



20,625 



20,504 



17,443 



tinguished. 





Sheep : 









Entering markets 



949,744 



1,010,925 



1,043,239 



Weighed ----- 



7,632 



7,411 



6,527 



Prices returned with quality dis- 



6,100 



6,266 



5,367 



tinguished. 







Swine: 









Entering markets 



93,750 



65,498 



68,611 



Weighed ----- 



831 



865 



808 



Prices returned - - - - 



513 



255 



240 



Prices returned with quality dis- 



513 



255 



II 



tinguished. 





II. — Prices of fat cattle at the undermentioned ten places 

 in the Fourth Quarter of 1897 : — 



Places. 



Inferior 

 (3rd Quality). 



Good 

 (2nd Quality). 



Number. 



Price per 

 Stone. 



Price per 



% 

 U 



Number. 



Price per 

 Stone. 



Price per 



% 

 U 







s. 



d. 



s. 



d 





s. d. 



s. 



d. 



Leeds - 



25 



3 



5 



27 



4 



223 



3 lof 



31 



2 



Liverpool 



18 



3 



T 1 



^ 2 



25 



0 



277 



3 6i 



28 



2 



London - 



9 



3 



0^ 



24 



4 



572 



4 oi 



32 



2 



Newcastle 



14 



3 



5f 



27 



10 



44 



3 loA 



30 



10 



Shrewsbury - 



30 



3 



If 



25 



2 



42 



3 11 



31 



4 



Aberdeen 



862 



--» 



oi 



24 



2 



2,511 



4 If 



33 



2 



Dundee - 



155 



3 



4h 



27 



0 



1,290 



4 oi 



32 



2 



Edinburgh 













2,543 



4 o| 



32 



6 



Glasgow 



571 



3 



7i 



29 



2 



554 



4 oi 



32 



2 



Perth - 



97 



3 



9h 



30 



4 



346 



4 



32 



10 



Prime 

 (ist Quality). 



191 



1,965 

 816 



97 

 12 



2,159 

 1,085 



777 

 603 

 231 



a, u 



s. d. 

 4 o^ 



