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PRICES OF LIVE STOCK. 



[Dec. 1895. 



The number and prices of Sheep reported as weighed under the Markets 

 and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act, 1891, in the under-mentioned places in 

 the Third Quarter of 1895 are shown in the following table : — 





i 



Inferior. 

 (3rd Quality.) 



Good. 

 (2nd Quality.) 



Prime. 

 (1st Quality.) 



Places. 



Breed or Class. 



Animals 



Average 

 Price. 



Animals 



Average 

 Price. 



Animals 



Average 

 Price. 







Weighed. 



Per 



Per 

 Cwt. 



Weighed. 



Per 

 Stone. 



Per 

 Cwt. 



Weighed. 



Per 

 Stone. 



Per 

 Cwt. 







No. 



5. d. 



s. d. 



No. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



No. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



Liverpool 



Irish Cross Bred 









U20 



5 of 



43 10 









London - 



Canadians - 



— 



- 



- 



13 



3 8 



29 4 



— 









Downs 















65 



5 91 



46 2 





Down Ewes* 





4 0 



32 0 













„ 





Half-Bred - 









146 



5 li 



41 0 



25 



5 6f 



44 6 





Half-Bred* - 









337 



4 11\ 



39 6 



229 



5 01 



40 2 



Scotland: 























Aberdeen 



Cross Bred - 





- 



- 



2,128 



4 24 



33 6 



1,397 



4 S| 



37 10 



Dundee - 



Cheviot Ewes 









55 



3 9i 



30 4 



15 



3 7i 



29 2 





Cross Bred Hoggs - 



— 







34 



4 4i 



35 0 



10 



4 8i 



37 6 





Highland Ewes 









20 



3 61 



28 6 











Highland Black 



Pace Ewes. 

 Highland Black 



Face Ewes.* 









20 



3 If 

 3 6 



25 2 

 28 0 









Glasgow 



Down Ewes - 















10 



5 of 



43 10 





Half-Bred Ewes - 















46 



3 71 



29 2 



Pertli - 



Black Face Wether 



Hoggs. 

 Cross Bred - 



30 



3 91 



30 4 























205 



4 101 



38 10 



277 



5 01 



40 4 





Cross Bred Hoggs - 



63 



4 1| 



32 10 



256 



4 6i 



36 4 



815 



4 81 



37 10 



* Sold by Live Weight. 



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