4H 



Prices of Live Stock . 



Glasgow shows an average of 34s. 2d., per cwt., and Dundee 

 of 25s. 6d. per cwt. The statistics suggest, however, that the 

 classification or grading of the stock is not made on quite 

 the same basis at all the markets concerned. 





Inferior 





Good 







Prime 





or 





or 







or 



Places. 



Third Quality. 



Second Quality 





First Quality. 





1901. 



1900. 



1901. 



1900. 



1901. 



1900. 





Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per 



Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



Sm 



d. 



.r. 



d. 



Sm 



d. 



s. d. 



Carlisle 



27 8 



27 8 



30 



10 



3i 



4 



34 



4 



34 10 



Leicester 





32 8 



28 



8 



31 



4 



33 



8 



34 0 



Leeds - 





30 0 



28 



10 



30 



10 



34 



0 



35 6 



Liverpool - 



26 8 





3 1 



4 



31 



8 



34 



4 



36 4 



London 





29 2 



34 



6 



35 



0 



37 



8 



38 10 



Newcastle - 





29 0 



34 



6 



36 



4 



37 



4 



39 0 



Shrewsbury 



29 8 



29 8 



33 



10 



33 



8 



37 



6 



37 0 



Aberdeen - 



25 10 



28 4 



34 



0 



35 



to 



36 



2 



39 0 



Dundee 



25 6 



28 10 



34 



2 



36 



0 



36 



10 



39 4 



Edinburgh 







35 



2 



37 



2 



38 



2 



39 i° 



Falkirk - 



32 4 



30 10 



34 



10 



35 



6 



36 



10 



38 6 



Glasgow • 



34 2 



33 2 



35 



0 



35 



0 



36 



8 



38 4 



Perth 



33 6 



34 4 



35 



4 



37 



4 



37 



10 



40 0 



A comparison of these averages with those for the same 

 period last year — which is made in the above table — shows a 

 distinctly lower level of prices than was recorded in 1900. 

 This is still more clearly indicated in the next table, which 

 gives the average price month by month of first and second 

 quality cattle respectively at all the thirteen selected markets. 

 It appears that not only has the general level of values been 

 markedly below that which prevailed in the third quarter of 

 last year, but that there has been a comparative absence of the 

 fluctuations which distinguished the cattle trade in 1900. 



The number of actual transactions at an agreed price per 

 live stone or per live cwt. is still limited — the total reported 

 at all markets during the quarter being 2,560, nearly one- 

 half of these transactions occurring at Glasgow. 



