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Prices of Live Stock. 



These figures, it may be observed, are, as previously 

 explained, based upon the actual prices realised by the 

 cattle of first and second quality weighed and priced at the 

 twelve places from which sufficient returns are received to 

 form the basis of calculation, and may be therefore not 

 unfairly taken as an index of the general range of values. 

 The rise of 2-fd. per stone for prime, and of 3d. per stone 

 for second quality beasts, which thus appears to have taken 

 place from April to June followed upon the slightly rising 

 tendency noticed in the last volume of the Journal as apparent 

 during the first three months of the year. 



Transactions in which animals are sold at an agreed-on 

 rate per stone, or per cwt., are still few and are quite insigni- 

 ficant in number south of the Tweed. Returns of prices 

 realised in such cases during the quarter relate altogether to 

 3,606 fat cattle and 106 stores. Nearly half of the whole 

 number were returned from Glasgow, the other markets 

 represented in this category being Falkirk, Edinburgh, Dun- 

 dee, London and Newcastle. The prices calculated from 

 these actual sales by live weight ranged from 4s. 3 J d. per 

 stone at Dundee to 4s. 7-Jd. per stone in London for prime 

 beasts, while for second quality cattle prices averaged 

 about 4s. 2d. to 4s. 3d. per stone. 



At Shrewsbury the practice of passing store cattle over the 

 weighbridge seems to increase in favour, figures of the weights 

 and prices of 3,147 animals of this class having been received 

 during the quarter. The average prices returned were for 

 first quality 4s. 4fd., for second quality 3s. nfd., and for 

 third quality 3s. 8fd. per stone. A small number of stores 

 were also weighed at Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Dundee. 



The usual table giving details of the stock of all descriptions 

 entering and weighed at each of the scheduled markets is 

 appended : — 



