554 



Prices of Live Stock. 



affords a reliable indication of the general trend of prices 

 in Great Britain during- the past three years: 



Months. 





Good 

 or Second 

 Quality. 







Prime 

 or First 

 Quality. 





1901. 



1900. 



1899. 



1901. 



1900. 



t8 



99. 





Per 



1 



cwt. 

 d. 



Per 



s. 



cwt. 

 d. 



Per 



cwt. 

 d. 



Per 

 s. 



cwt. 

 tf. 



Per 



cwt. 

 <:/. 



Per 

 .5. 



cwt. 

 d. 



January 





8 





8 



32 



6 



S) J 



2 



j/ 



2 



34 



6 



February - 



34 



6 



34 





32 



6 



35 



IO 



36 



8 



34 



8 



March - - 



34 



2 



34 



2 



32 



10 





O 



36 



0 



34 



10 



April - 



34 



2 



33 



8 



33 



2 



! 36 



O 



35 



10 



JO 



2 



May - 



34 



2 



35 



6 



33 



4 



36 



O 



37 



4 



35 



6 



June - 



34 



8 



37 



6 



35 



2 



36 



4 



39 



2 



37 



0 



July .... 



34 



8 



36 



10 



35 



4 



36 



4 ' 



38 



8 



37 



0 



August 



34 



10 



36 



0 



33 



4 



j 36 



0 



37 



8 



35 



6 



September - 



33 



10 



35 



2 



32 



4 



1 35 



6 



36 



10 



34 



2 



October 



33 



6 



34 



2 



32 



4 



; 35 



2 



36 



2 



34 



2 



November - 



33 



4 



34 



2 



33 



4 





4 



36 



0 



35 



2 



December - 



34 



4 



34 



4 



34 



4 



36 



6 



36 



8 



37 



2 



A considerable rise in values took place in the summer 

 months of 1900, but in October of that year a dacline 

 was recorded to a little over 36s. per cwt. prime 

 quality, and prices remained within a few pence of the same 

 level until September in the following year, when, as will be 

 seen, they fell to 35s. 6d. per cwt. for prime cattle, and to 

 33s. iod. per cwt. for second quality. In October and 

 November values were a few pence lower, but the close of 

 the year saw a rise of about is. per cwt. in each case, 

 average for December being 36s. 6d. for prime, or 2d. less 

 than in 1900 and 8d. less than in 1899. For second quality 

 the December average stood at 34s. 4d. per cwt., which was 

 the same average figure as that recorded at the same date in 



