Prices of Live Stock. 



413 



than in any previous period recorded. Specific information 

 as to the prices realised is still, however, not furnished for all 

 those which pass over the weighbridges. In the English 

 markets 5 per cent, and in the Scottish markets rather more 

 than 26 per cent, of the total number of cattle entering the 

 markets were priced as well as weighed. 



From the table given on p. 416, it will be seen that not a 

 single instance of the use of weighbridge was reported 

 during the three months from the markets of Birmingham, 

 Lincoln, or York ; while the returns from Ashford, Bristol, 

 and Norwich were again insignificant. 



The average prices per stone and per cwt. of fat cattle 

 weighed at the thirteen markets from which sufficient returns 

 are available are shown in the following table : — 



Places. 



Inferior 

 or 



Third Quality. 



Good 

 or 



Second Quality. 



Prime 



or 



First Quality. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number 



Price 

 per 

 Stone 



Price 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Pjice 

 per 

 Stone 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 







d. 



, a. 





s. d. 



s. d. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



Carlisle - 



448 



3 5h 



27 8 



345 



3 I0 i 



30 10 



959 



4 ; 3 > 



34 4 



Leicester - 









30 



3 7 



28 S 



188 " 



4 -2j 



33 8 



Leeds 









70 



3 7! 



28 10 



212 



4 3 



34 0 



Liverpool - 



136 



3 4 



26 8 



421 



3 " 



31 4 



1,643 



4 3i 



34 4 



London • 









557 



4 3l 



34 6 



866 



4 H 



37 8 



Newcastle- 









164 



4 35 



34 6 



249 



4 8 



37 4 



Shrewsbury 





a 8- 



29 8 



273 



4 4 



33 "> 



64 



4 81 



37 6 



Aberdeen • 



1,261 



3 4 



25 10 



i>45i 





34 0 



1.695 



4 61 



36 2 



Dundee 



273 



3 2 i 



25 6 



1,299 



4 3l 



34 2 



516 



-ft 



36 10 



Edinburgh 









3,348 



4 4l 



35 2 



IT2 



4 9l 



38 2 



Falkirk - 



200 



4 °h 



32 4 



406 



4 4i 



34 10 



202 



4 7s 



36 10 



Glasgow - 



273 



4 " 1 



34 2 



612 



4 ii 



35 0 



1,719 



j 4 7 



36 8 



Perth 



6 



4 zl 



33 6 



150 



4 5 



35 4 



200 



4 83 



37 10 



The range of prices for prime cattle was from 38s. 2d. per 

 cwt. at Edinburgh, to 33s. 8d. per cwt. at Leicester, while in 

 the case of cattle of second quality the highest average was 

 returned at Perth, 35s. 4d. per cwt., and the lowest at 

 Leicester, 28s. 8d. per cwt. For cattle of the third quality 



