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Prices of Live Stock. 



increase is shown in those weighed and priced. Fewer sheep 

 seem to have appeared at the markets than in the correspond- 

 ing period of 1 898, and the number weighed and priced remains 

 relatively insignificant. There was a marked increase in the 

 total number of swine exposed at these 21 markets of 

 Great Britain during the past quarter, but in the sale of 

 these animals the use of the weighbridge is rarely resorted to* 

 In Bristol and York not a single animal was returned as 

 weighed during the three months, and no quotations of 

 price were supplied from Ashford, Norwich, or Salford. 



As usual, the reports from Scotland are, as regards 

 weighing of stock, greatly in advance of those from England^ 

 the total number weighed and priced in the three months 

 being in the former country 16,516, or upwards of 25 percent, 

 of the number entering the markets, while in England the 

 corresponding figures were 8,504 head, or less than 4 per cent. 



For the purpose of price records the returns from the 

 twelve places — six in England and six in Scotland — from 

 whence data of sufficient importance are obtained are again 

 tabulated as follows : — 



Places. 



Inferior 

 or 



Third Quality. 



Good 

 or 



Second Qual 



ty. 



Prime 

 or 



First Quality. 























Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Carlisle 



679 



j. d. 



3 4 



s. d. 



26 8 



866 



s. d. 



3 9^ 



s. d. 



3° 4 



1,056 



s. d. 



4 4 



s. d. 



33 0 



Leeds 



8 



3 6 



28 0 



62 



3 l\ 



28 10 



365 



4 0 



32 0 



Liverpool - 



T S° 



3 ci 



24 4 



143 



3 7i 



29 0 



1,257 



4 2 



33 4 



London 



7 



3 3% 



26 4 



192 



4 3h 



34 4 



i,i35 



4 9 



38 0 



Newcastle- 



19 



3 6£ 



28 4 



24 



4 oh 



32 4 



780 



4 45 



34 10 



Shrewsbury 



13 



3 



29 S 



36 



4 1? 



32 10 



46 



4 4 



34 8 



Aberdeen - 



1,219 



3 4 



25 0 



2,447 



4 °h 



32 4 



2,189 



4 4* 



35 0 



Dundee - 



162 



3 5 



27 4 



1,488 



4 o| 



32 2 



92S 



4 3^ 



34 4 



Edinburgh 









2,764 



4 2| 



33 10 



185 



4 4i 



34 10 



Falkirk - 



26 



- 8 



29 4 



293 



4 1 



32 s 



6S7 



4 2| 



33 10 



Glasgow - 





3 « 



31 4 



i»392 



4 1 



32 8 



1,776 



4 4? 



34 10 



Perth 



31 1 



3 10 



30 8 



139 



4 



32 2 



364 



4 3i 



34 4 



These figures relate to fat cattle only, stores being 

 excluded in their compilation. The range of prices at the 



