538 



Prices of Live Stock. 



Comparing these price quotations with those recorded for 

 1898, the figures are as follows : — 







I.\FE 



RIOR 



Good 





Prime 





Places. 



or 



Third Quality. 



or 



Second Quality. 



or 



First Quality. 







1899. 



1898. i 



1899. 



1898. 



1899. 



189 







8. 





Per 



Cwt. 



Per Cwt. | 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per 



Cwt. 







d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



S. 



d. 



j. 



d. 



Carlisle 



26 



10 



25 10 ' 



30 8 



29 10 



34 



6 



32 



TO 



Leeds- 



28 



0 



28 0 



28 10 



29 4 



32 



2 



32 



C 



Liverpool - 



24 



6 



24 0 



30 0 



28 0 



33 



6 



31 



IO 



London 





4 



25 2 



33 8 



32 4 



38 



0 



36 



6 



Newcastle - 



i 28 



4 



26 0 



32 8 



29 10 



36 



2 



33 



4 



Shrewsbury 



28 



2 



24 6 | 



31 2 



29 8 



34 



10 



34 



2 



Aberdeen - 



2 5 



4 



1 



23 10 i 



33 2 



3i 8 



36 



10 



34 



8 



Dundee 



26 



4 



26 10 



32 TO 



3i 4 



35 



2 



33 



8 



Edinburgh - 



30 



0 



28 10 



34 6 



32 8 



36 



6 



34 



0 



Falkirk 



1 29 



4 



20 2 



33 2 





35 



2 



34 



0 



Glasgow - -1 31 



I 



Perth - - - 30 



8 



31 0 



33 0 



32 2 



35 



4 



33 



10 



2 



30 2 



33 0 



32 4 



35 



6 



34 



8 



Taken as a whole this comparison shows a distinct im- 

 provement in values during 1899 as compared with 1898. At 

 every place the average price per cwt. for prime cattle was 

 higher, and, except at Leeds, the advance occurs also generally 

 in second quality beasts. The difference of price was 

 not so marked in third quality animals, but the paucity of 

 the numbers accounted for in this class prevents any great 

 stress being laid upon the figures. 



In the notes on the live weight returns which have appeared 

 in the Journal during the past year an attempt has been made 

 to utilise the ascertained prices, at the twelve places above 

 referred to, as a basis for measuring the general movement 

 of values, for first and second quality fat cattle respectively, 

 throughout Great Britain as a whole. The calculations so 

 arrived at for each month are brought together in the state- 

 ment appended opposite. 



"While it must be admitted that a broader statistical basis, 

 if it were obtainable, might be desirable for an average of this 



