Prices of Live Stock. 



537 



of a larger number entering the markets. Ml the six Scot- 

 tish markets contribute to this total, the proportion 

 of priced animals being least satisfactory in the case 

 of Perth. In two of the 15 English markets, Ashford and 

 Salford, not a single weighed animal was priced, and in five 

 other instances the returns were insignificant. 



From twelve places in Great Britain, however, the data 

 now supplied are sufficient to form the basis of a fairly reliable 

 record of prices, and the total numbers of the animals of 

 each quality, with the average price of each grade, are shown 

 separately for these places in the following table : — 





Inferior 









Good 







Prime 







or 



Third Quality. 





or 



Second Quality. 





or 



First Quality. 



Places. 































Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Number. 



Price 

 per 

 Stone. 



Price 

 per 

 Cwt. 



Carlisle 



2181 



J. 



d. 



4± 



.y. 



26 



d. 



10 



23*7 



3 



d. 



10 



s. 



30 



d. 



8 



3,930 



s. 



4 



3l 



d. 



34 6 



Leeds 



17 



3 



6 



28 



0 



162 



3 



7i 



28 



TO 



i,35i 



4 



oi 



32 2 



Liverpool - 



212 



3 



of 



24 



6 



1,056 



3 



9 



30 



O 



'6,742 



4 



2i 



33 6 



London 



56 



3 



37 



26 



4 



1.463 



4 





33 



8 



3,747 



A 



9 



38 0 



Newcastle- 



29 



3 



6h 



28 



4 



467 



4 





32 



8 



2,230 



4 



6i 



36 2 



Shrewsbury 



291 



3 



6i 



28 



2 



765 



3 



io| 



3i 





656 



4 



4j 



34 10 



Aberdeen - 



, 4,867 



3 





25 



4 



9,475 



l 4-1 



i 3 



33 



2 



8,452 



4 



7i 



36 10 



Dundee - 



992 



3 



_i 



26 



4 



4,556 





i,l 



32 



10 



3,273 



4 



4f 



35 2 



Edinburgh 



8 



3 



9 



30 



0 



",57 2 



4 



3l 



34 



6 



961 



'4 



6| 



36 6 



Falkirk - 



280 



3 



8 



29 



4 



1,656 



4 



it 



33 



2 



2,007 



4 



4l 



35 2 



Glasgow - 



1,365 







31 



8 



3,965 



4 



i* 



33 



0 



8,984 



4 



5 



35 4 



Perth 



5* 



3 



9l 



30 



2 



5'° 



4 



lh 



33 



b 



*,Ji5 



4 



Si 



35 6 



The year's average for prime cattle ranged, it will be seen, 

 from 4s. ojd. per stone (32s. 2d. per cwt.) at Leeds, to 4s. od. 

 per stone (38s. per cwt.) in London. For second quality 

 beasts the range was from 3s. 7jd. per stone (28s. iod. per 

 cwt.) at Leeds to 4s. 3fd. per stone (34s. 6d. per cwt.) at Edin- 

 burgh. For third quality cattle 1he lowest average was 

 3s. ofd. (24s. 6d. per cwt.) at Liverpool, and the highest, 

 3s. ii^d. (31s. 8d.), at Glasgow. 



