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Prices of Live Stock. 



of the scheduled places the average of prices per stone and 

 per cwt. ascertained by dividing the total values reported by 

 the aggregate live weight of the animals — these figures not 

 including cattle distinguished as stores. It will be observed 

 that the data even in these selected towns are in most in- 

 stances very defective in the third or inferior class, and 

 except in a few markets it is rare to find the weight of the 

 lowest quality of stock tested on the weighbridge. It may be 

 added that while the name of Shrewsbury is retained for the 

 quarter for comparison with former records, the number of fat 

 stock weighed at that centre is insufficient to make the quo- 

 tation of much real value. 





Inferior 





Good 





Prime 









or 







or 







or 







Third Quality. 



Second Quality. 



First Quality. 



Places. 























Price 



Price 





Price 



Price 





Price 



Price 





Number. 



per 



per 



Number. 



per 



per 



Number. 



per 



per 







Stone. 



Cwt. 





Stone. 



Cwt. 





Stone. 



Cwt. 







s. d. 



s. d. 





s. d. 



s. d. 





X. d. 



s. d. 



Carlisle - 



709 



3 2 



25 4 



1,409 



3 8| 



29 10 



431 



4 of 

 3 iif 



32 6 



Leeds ... 



21 



3 6 



28 0 



103 



3 81 



29 6 



3" 



31 10 



Liverpool - 



128 



3 0 



24 0 



68 



3 6 



28 0 



1,080 



4 0 



32 0 



London 



15 



3 2 



25 4 



399 



4 ^\ 



32 10 



648 



4 8 



37 4 



Newcastle - 



21 



3 3i 



26 4 



24 



3 8^ 



29 8 



59^ 



4 2i 



33 6 



Shrewsbury 



22 



3 I 



24 8 



23 



3 8^ 



29 8 



I 



4 25 



33 8 



Aberdeen - 



1,355 



3 0^ 



24 4 



2,457 



4 oi 



32 1 



1,629 

 1,087 



4 3? 

 4 35 



34 6 



Dundee 



341 



3 4J- 



26 10 



1,570 



4 0 



32 0 



34 6 



Edinburgh 



19 



3 l\ 



28 10 



3,470 



4 4 



33' 0 



369 



4 2i 



33 8 



Falkirk - 



119 



3 7 



28 £ 



364 



4 o\ 



32 2 



259 



4 2j 



33 10 



Glasgow - 



470 



3 loj 



31 0 



1,030 



4 0 



32 0 



526 



4 35 



34 4 



Perth 



lOI 



3 9I 



30 4 



534 



4 05 



32 2 



232 



4 3^ 



34 4 



With a view to furnishing a means of contrasting the 

 current values of fat cattle per cwt. with the averages for the 

 first quarter of 1897, the reports from the markets above 

 named may be compared as under : — 



Places. 



Inferior 

 or 



Third Quality. 



Good 

 or 



Second Quality. 



Prime 



or j 

 First Quality. 



3898. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 





Per Cwt. 





Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 





^. d. 





s. a. 



J. d. 



J. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



Carlisle 



25 4 







29 10 





32 6 





Leeds - 



28 0 





28 0 



29 6 



29 4 



31 10 



32 6 



Liverpool - 



24 0 





26 8 



28 0 



31 0 



32 0 



33 4 



London 



25 4 





28 6 



32 10 



34 0 



37 4 



38 6 



Newcastle - 



26 4 





26 4 



29 8 



30 0 



33 6 



35 0 



Shrewsbury 



24 8 





25 2 



29 8 



30 0 



33 8 



34 4 



Aberdeen - 



24 4 





23 10 



32 2 



32 4 



34 6 



35 2 



Dundee 



26 10 





27 0 



32 0 



32 4 



34 6 



34 6 



Edinburgh - 



28 10 







33 0 



34 0 



33 8 



35 4 



F\-xlkirk 



28 S 







32 2 





33 10 





(jlasQ;ow 



3t 0 







32 0 



31 4 



34 4 



35 6 



Perth - 



30 4 





30 6 



32 2 



32 8 



34 4 



34 6 



