Prices of Live Stock. 



271 



The quotations at each of these places are compared with 

 those recorded for the same markets last year as follows : — 





Inferior 



Good 





Pr 



ME 





or 



or 





or 



Places. 



Third Quality. 



Second Quality. 



1 



F 



irst Quality. 







1899. 



1898. 



1899. 



1898. 



1899. 



1898. 





i 



Per Cwt. 







.rer V-^vv t. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 





s d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



j. ^. 



s 





s c '. 



Carlisle 





2 3 O 







34 



4 





Leeds - 



- ' 28 0 



28 O 



28 6 



29 0 



32 



2 



32 0 



Liverpool - 



25 2 



24 2 



3° 4 



28 0 



34 





32 8 



London 



- 27 6 



23 8 



L 34 10 



32 10 



38 



+ 



36 6 



Newcastle - 



28 4 



25 3 



32 e 



30 0 



37 



0 



32 10 



Shrewsbury 



29 4 





32 2 





35 



0 





Aberdeen - 



- I 26 6 



24 2 



32 TO 



3 r 8 



36 



4 



34 4 



Dundee 



28 10 



26 8 



32 8 



30 10 



| 34 



8 



33 4 



Edinburgh - 







33 2 



32 10 



' 3o 



10 



33 6 



Falkirk 



31 6 



29 4 



34 4 



32 4 



35 



8 



34 0 



Glasgow- 



32 4 



31 2 



33 8 



32 2 



36 



0 



34 2 



Perth - 



28 TO 



30 0 



32 4 



32 2 



35 



8 





This statement clearly indicates the higher range of values 

 which prevailed this year during the three months under 

 review. 



Continuing, moreover, the series of monthly quotations 

 which were given for the first time in the last number of the 

 Journal, the improvement in prices is shown to have been 







Average 



Prices. 





Months. 



Good 



Prime 



or Second Quality. 



or First Quality. 





Per Stone. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Stone. 



Per Cwt. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



April - - - 



4 if 



33 2 



4 45 



35 2 



May 



4 2 



33 4 



4 5i 



35 6 



June - 



4 4i 



35 2 



4 7i 



37 0 



progressive, the higher quarterly averages being evidently 

 ttributable mainly to the course of trade in the month of 

 June. 



