Prices of Live Stock. 



413 



The prices per cwt. at the places above enumerated com- 

 pare as follows with those prevailing during the same 

 period last year : — 





Inferior 



Good 







Pr 



1ME 







or 



or 







or 





Places. 



Third Quality. 



Second Quality. 



First Quality. 







1899. 



1898. 



1899. 



1898. 



1899. 



1898. 





Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



j Per Cwt. 



P 



er Cwt. 



Per 



Cwt. 



Per 



Cwt. 





s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 





j. d. 



s. 



d. 





d. 



Carlisle 



27 4 



26 6 



30 6 





30 2 



34 



0 



3 2 



6 



Leeds - 





28 0 



28 8 





29 0 



32 



2 



32 



0 



Liverpool 







30 0 





28 6 



33 



'8 



32 



8 



London 



25 2 



23 6 



33 2 





32 2 



37 



0 



35 



6 



Newcastle - 



27 10 



26 4 



31 10 





29 10 



37 



0 



34 



2 



Shrewsbury 



25 10 



24 4 



30 4 





29 6 



34 



0 



34 



2 



Aberdeen - 



25 4 



24 0 



33 8 





3i 6 



37 



6 



34 



6 



Dundee 



27 2 



26 8 



33 4 





31 2 



36 



0 



33 



2 



Edinburgh - 







34 to 





33 0 



38 



0 



33 



10 



Falkirk 



29 4 



28 6 



33 8 





3i 8 



36 



4 



33 



10 



Glasgow 



3i 8 



30 10 



33 4 





32 2 



35 



4 



33 



6 



Perth - 



28 4 



30 2 



33 8 





32 6 



36 



6 



34 



8 



It will be observed that, as was the case in the Jun e quarter^ 

 the averages this year indicate a prevalence of better prices 

 than in 1898. When, however, as in the next table, the 

 monthly prices of the two better qualities of fat cattle are 

 calculated, it appears that there was a serious fall in values 

 during the three months, and that the relatively satisfactory 

 figures for the whole quarter are largely due to the transac- 

 tions of July. 



Months. 



Good 

 or Second Quality. 



Prime 

 or First Quality. 



Per Stone. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Stone. 



Per Cwt. 





s. d. 



■ s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



July - - - 



4 5 



35 4 



4 7h 



37 0 



August - 



4 2 



33 4 



4 Si 



35 6 



September - 



4 oh 



32 2 



4 3i 



34 2 



The prices thus recorded for the month of September are 

 lower than in any previous month of the current year, having 



