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Prices of Live Stock. 



returned to and fallen slightly below those of January. An 

 examination of this table with the similar tables given in the 

 Journal for preceding months tends to show that the level of 

 prices for fat cattle rose month by month until June, 

 remained at its highest in July, and then fell in the two 

 months, August and September, to the point from which it 

 started in January. 



Returns of cattle which were actually sold by live weight, 

 i.e., at a rate per stone or per cwt. previously agreed upon, 

 were more numerous in the third than in either the first or 

 second quarter of the year, the total being 4,046 fat beasts and 

 88 stores, although the places at which such transactions take 

 place are still very few. The prices calculated from these 

 sales alone would show a range for prime fat cattle of from 

 4s. ijd. per stone at Liverpool to 4s. 9M. at Edinburgh, and 

 for second quality cattle from 4s. ojd. per stone at Edinburgh 

 and London to 4s. 4d. per stone at Dundee. 



The weighing of store cattle appears still to be practi- 

 cally confined to Shrewsbury, among the returning markets, 

 although a few were also subjected to the test of the scales 

 at Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. 



The usual table is appended giving details of the stock of 

 all kinds entering and weighed at each of the scheduled 

 markets. 



