270 



Prices of Live Stock. 



Ashford, Norwich, and wSalford are still conspicuous as 

 the only places from whence no returns of price are received. 

 There was no place at which the weighbridge was absolutely 

 unused during the three months, as has sometimes happened, 

 although at Birmingham, Bristol, Lincoln, and York the 

 demands upon it were quite inconsiderable. 



Scotland continues to be far in advance of England as 

 regards the weighing* of live stock — 20 per cent, of the 

 cattle entering the markets north of the Border being 

 weighed and priced, as compared with only 4 per cent, in 

 the South. 



The twelve places, six in England and six in Scotland,, 

 which supply sufficient data for the compilation of price 

 records appear in the following table with the average price 

 per stone and per cwt. for each quality of fat cattle : — 





Inferior 

 or 



Third Quality. 



Good 

 or 



Second Quality. 





1 



Prime 

 or 



First Quality. 



Places. 

























































Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 



c„ 



Carlisle 



427 



s. 



3 



d. 

 4 



d. 



26 8 



401 



3 



d. 



ioJ 



, 

 3o 



d. 



10 



i,i75 



s. 



4 



d. 



3h 



d. 



34 4 



Leeds 



6 



3 



6 



28 0 



56 



3 



64 



28 



6 



427 



4 



01 



32 2 



Liverpool - 



47 



3 



if 



25 2 



132 



3 



9i 



3° 



4 



646 



4 



3? 



34 2 



London - 



13 



3 



si 



27 6 



233 



4 



4i 



34 



10 



1,019 



4 



92 



38 4 



Newcastle- 



8 



3 



6h 



28 4 



68 



4 



I 



3 2 



8 



1,005 



4 



7i 



37 0 



Shrewsbury 



42 



3 



8 



29 4 



108 



4 





32 



8 



228 



4 



4 



35 0 



Aberdeen - 



1,245 



3 



3l 



26 6 



2,453 



4 



I J 



32 



10 



2,174 



4 



6£ 



36 4 



Dundee - 



126 



3 



73 



28 10 



1,240 



4 



I 



32 



8 



934 



4 



4 



34 8 



Edinburgh 











2,916 



4 



4* 



35 





399 



4 



_3 



35 10 



Falkirk - 



*3 



3 



ni 



31 6 



333 



4 



Q l 



34 



4 



597 



4 



5* 



35 8 



Glasgow - 



333 



4 



oh 



32 4 



894 







33 



8 



2,084 



4 



6 



36 0 



Perth 



8 



3 



7\ 



28 TO 



"5 



4 



o\ 



32 



4 



424 



4 



si 



35 8 



The prices for prime cattle ranged from 4s. o\d. per stone 

 (32s. 2d. per cwt.) at Leeds to 4s. aid. per stone (38s. 4d. 

 per cwt.) in London, and in the case of second quality beasts 

 Leeds again furnished the lowest quotation, 3s. 6|d. per 

 stone (28s. 6d. per cwt.), and Edinburgh with an average 

 of 4s. 4fd. per stone ("35s. 2d. per cwt.) exceeded by a fraction 

 the return for London. 



