544 



Prices of Live Stock. 



Cattle, Sheep, and Swine, entering the Markets and Marts 

 of the undermentioned Places, with the Number Weighed, as 

 received from the Market Authorities in the Fourth Quarter 

 of 1897, under the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle; 

 Act, 1 891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 70). 



1 



1 



Cattle. 



Sheep. 



Swine. 



Places. 



Total 

 Number 

 entering 



the 

 Markets 

 or 

 Marts. 



Number 

 Weighed. 



Number 

 Welgh'd 

 for 

 which 

 Prices 

 were 

 given. 



Total 

 Number 

 entering 



the 

 Markets 

 or 

 Marts. 



Number 

 Weighed. 



Number 

 Weigh'd 

 for 

 which 

 Prices 

 were 

 given. 



Total 

 Number 

 entering 



the 

 Markets 

 or 

 Marts. 



Number 

 Weighed. 



Number 

 Weigh'd 

 for 

 which 

 Prices 

 were 

 given. 



ICngland. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



Ashford - 



4>i77 



18 



- 



30,266 





- 



3,967 



I 



— 



Birmingham 



5>554 



4 



4 



15,172 





- 



51,016 





— 



Bristol 



17,786 



24 



24 



20,020 













Leicester - 



15-436 



312 



222 



25,225 



5 



- 



1,438 



16 



12 



Leeds 



7,406 



439 



439 



25,085 



29 



29 



488 



93 



— 



Lincoln 



2,462 



17 



7 



16,583 





— 



1,563 





— 



Liverpool - 



^5)742 



12,260 





78 4.8? 

 7°,4°5 



416 







- 





London 



24>9i5 



4,382 



1,397 



109,477 



1,504 



10 



1,465 





- 



Newcastle-upon-Tyne 



28,127 



155 



155 



79,486 







12,666 



408 



408 



Norwich - 



41,009 



29 



29 



27,862 





— 



5,581 







Salford 



37-454 



303 



115 



97,502 







577 



214 





Shrewsbury 



11,054 



1,586 



1,552 



18,451 





- 



2,216 





- 



Wakefield 



26 860 



317 





42,171 













York- , - - - 



29,265 



21 



21 



73,939 







395 







Scotland. 





















Aberdeen - 



17,288 



5,532 



5,532 



36,150 



3,549 



3,549 



4,622 







Dundee 



3,163 



2,569 



2,530 



5,455 



779 



779 



594 



6 





Edinburgh 



20,632 



7,305 



*3,936 



54,247 







1,824 







Glasgow - 



17,179 



2,058 



1,728 



108,148 



20 



8 



1,914 







Perth 



15,298 



2,055 



^674 



86,020 



1,329 



1,309 



3,424 



93 



93 



Total for England 



277,247 



9,867 



6,225 



659,724 



1,955 



455 



81,372 



732 



420 



Total for Scotland 



73,560 



19,519 



"^^14,400 



290,020 



5,677 



5,645 



12,378 



99 



93 



Total 



350,807 



29,386 



^20,625 



949,744 



7,632 



6,100 



93,750 



831 





* Prices for 3,326 cattle in addition to the above were quoted from Edinburgh, and for 1,381 

 cattle from Perth, but without distinguishing the quality. 



