540 



Prices of Live Stock. 



stone of 14 lbs. and at per cwt., with the numbers on which 



the quotations were based : — 



Places. 



Inferior 

 or 



Third Quality, 



Good 

 or 



Second Qualitj'. 



Prime 

 or 



First Quality. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 







^. d 



^. d. 





^. d. 



s. d. 





J. d. 



J. d. 



Carlisle 



2,640 



3 2| 



25 10 



3,417 



3 8| 



29 10 



1,695 



4 li 



32 10 



Leeds 



39 



3 6 



28 0 



225 



3 8 



29 4 



1,367 



4 % 



32 0 



Liverpool - 



219 



3 0 



24 0 



625 



3 6 



28 0 



7,166 



3 iif 



31 10 



London 



37 



3 if 



25 2 



2,141 



4 o| 



32 4 



2,752 



4 6| 



36 6 



Newcastle - 



66 



3 3 



26 0 



305 



3 8f 



29 10 



1,932 



^ '1 



33 4 



Shrewsbury? 



83 



3 of 



24 6 



429 



3 8^ 



29 8 



134 



4 3i 



34 2 



Aberdeen - 



4.795 



2 III 



23 10 



io,9S4 



3 i4 



31 8 



7,336 



4 4 



34 8 



Dundee 



1,044 



3 4i 



26 10 



7,474 



3 II 



31 4 



4,557 



4 2i 



33 8 



Edinburgh 



19 



3 7i 



28 10 



13,025 



4 I 



32 8 



1,321 



4 3 



34 0 



Falkirk - 



517 



3 6i 



28 2 



1,710 



3 iif 



31 10 



1,406 





34 0 



Glasgow - 



1,593 



3 103 



31 0 



3,537 



4 o| 



32 2 



6,087 



4 2I 



33 10 



Perth 



630 



3 9i 



30 2 



2,OT2 



4 oi 



32 4 



1,145 



4 4 



34 8 



The prices for cattle of first quality ranged from 3s. iifd. 

 per stone (31s. lod. per cwt.) at Liverpool to 4s. 6£d. per stone 

 (36s. 6d. per cwt.) in London ; and it will be seen that at 

 eight of the markets the average price lay between 4s. 2d. 

 and 4s. 4d. per stone (33s. 4d. to 34s. 8d. per cwt.). For second 

 quality beasts the range was of exactly the same extent, 

 being from 3s 6d. per stone (28s. per cwt.) at Liverpool to 

 4s. id. per stone (32s. 8d. per cwt.) at Edinburgh. In the 

 case of the third quality the range was wider — viz., from 

 2s. iifd. per stone (23s. lod. per cwt.) at Aberdeen to 

 3s. loM. per stone (31s. per cwt.; at Glasgow. 



The prices of 1898 compared with those of 1897, stand as 



in the following table: — 



Places. 



Inferior 

 or 



Third Quality. 



Good 

 or 



Second Quality. 



Prime 

 or 



First Quality. 





1898. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 





Per 



Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per 



Cwt. 



Per 



Cwt. 



Per 



Cwt. 



Per 



Cwt. 





s. 



a. 



s. 



d. 



J. 



d. 



J. 



d. 





d. 



s. 



d. 



Carlisle 



25 



10 







29 



10 







32 



10 







Leeds - 



28 



0 



27 



8 



29 



4 



30 



4 



32 



0 



32 



4 



Liverpool - 



24 



0 



25 



ID 



28 



0 



30 



0 



31 



10 





8 



London 



25 



2 



28 



4 



32 



4 



33 



8 



36 



6 



38 



10 



Newcastle - 



26 



0 



27 



2 



29 



10 



30 



8 



33 



4 



36 





Shrewsbury 



24 



6 



25 



4 



29 



8 



30 



6 



34 





34 



6 



Aberdeen - 



23 



10 



24 



8 



31 



8 



33 



0 



34 



8 



36 



0 



Dundee 



26 



10 



27 



6 



31 



4 



32 



6 



33 



8 



35 





Edinburgh - 



28 



10 







32 



8 



33 



10 



34 



0 



35 



S 



Falkirk 



28 



2 









10 







34 



0 







Glasgow 



31 



0 



30 



8 







32 



10 



33 



10 



35 



10 



Perth - 



30 





31 



4 





4 





TO ; 



34 



8 



35 



10 



