552 



Prices of Live Stock. 



the results of the returns from Aberdeen, Dundee, and 

 Falkirk, where prices were recorded for every head of cattle 

 weighed, amounting in the aggregate to 35,328. Prices were 

 quoted also for all the cattle weighed at Edinburgh and at 

 Perth, although the information furnished from these places 

 was to some extent defective. 



From the returns supplied by the market authorities at 

 the thirteen towns named in the table below, the average 

 live-weight prices for three grades of cattle ha ye been cal- 

 culated for 1 90 1 as follows : 





In 



FKRIOR 





Good 





Prime 







or 



Third Quality. 



or 



Second Quality. 



or 



First Quality. 



Places. 























Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number 



Price 

 per 

 Stone 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Pi ice 

 per 

 Stone 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 







.r. d. 



s. d. 





s. d. 



s. d. 





j. d. 



x. d. 



Carlisle - 



2,280 



3 5i 



27 8 



2,489 



3 IO * 



31 2 



5,"6 



4 4 



34 8 



Leicester - 



2 



3 5i 



27 10 



233 



3 9i 



30 2 



680 



4 3i 



34 2 



Leed 



18 



3 6 



28 0 



352 



3 °i 



29 6 



171x5 



4 3* 



34 2 



Liverpoo - 



606 



3 3* 



26 4 



1,328 



3 9h 



30 4 



6,668 



4 3? 





London • 



13 



3 &h 



29 8 



1,888 



4 3f 



34 6 



3,545 



4 94 



38 4 



Newcastle 







— 



722 



4 ij 



33 0 



2,360 



4 l\ 



36 10 



Shrewsbury 



474 



3 8 



29 4 



1,025 



4 il 



33 2 



380 



4 54 



35 8 



Aberdeen - ■ - 



5>433 



3 3 



20 0 



7 363 



4 3 



34 0 



9,019 



4 64 



36 4 



Dundee - 



1,777 



3 3i 



26 2 



5,616 



4 35 



34 4 



2 367 



4 74 



37 0 



Edinburgh 









14,253 



4 41 



35 2 



490 



4 8| 



37 10 



Falkirk - 



948 





31 10 



i,493 



4 4l 



34 10 



953 



4 74 



37 0 



Glasgow - 



Ij3°4 



4 *l 



33 xo 



2,544 



4 35 



34 6 



7,808 





36 0 



Perth 



9 



4 2I 



33 6 



597 



4 5l 



35 6 



625 



4 8! 



37 10 



Prime quality cattle thus ranged in price in 1901 from 

 38s. 4d. per cwt. (4s. gjd. per stone) in London to 34s. 2d. per 

 cwt. (4s. 3jd. per stone) in Leicester, Leeds and Liverpool. 

 Prices current at the Scottish markets, though not reaching 

 the level of the Metropolis, were distinctly above those 

 recorded for the rest of England. For second quality beasts, 

 the range was from 35s. 6d. per cwt. (4s. 5^d. per stone) at 

 Perth, to 29s. 66. per cwt. (3s. 8Jd* per stone) at Leeds. 

 The returns for cattle classed as inferior or third quality 



