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PRICES OF LIVE STOCK. 

 Returned under the Weighing of Cattle Act. 



The returns of prices received by the Board of Agriculture 

 under the Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle^ Act, 1891, 

 from 19 scheduled places in Great Britain are now avail- 

 able for the third quarter of 1897. These returns show 

 the number of animals entering the public markets or auction 

 marts, the number of those whereof the live -weights were 

 ascertained on the weighbridges, and they purport to give, so 

 far as can be ascertained by the market authorities and auc- 

 tioneers respectively, the current prices per live stone or live 

 cwt. The total number of cattle, sheep, and swine reported 

 to the Board as entering, weighed, and priced within the 1 9 

 scheduled places, in the three months ending 30th September, 

 1897, compare as under with the statistics for the same 

 quarter of the two previous years : — 





3rd 



3rd 



3r 



Animals. 



Quarter, 



Quarter, 



Quarter, 





1897. 



1896. 



1895. 



Cattle : 



No. 



No. 



No. 



Entering markets 



223,323 



227,346 



270,831 



Weighed - 



26,024 



24,471 



22,320 



Prices returned - 



23,037 



22,481 



19,345 



Prices returned with quality dis- 



18,172 



16,857 



13,815 



tinguished. 





Sheep : 









Entering markets 



1,380,624 



1,424,166 



1,444,156 





12,290 



1 1,028 



9,727 



Prices returned with quality dis- 



10,485 



8,476 



7,348 



tinguished. 







Swine : 









Entering markets 



44,428 



46,43! 



48,127 



Weighed - 



696 



1,346 



1,014 



Prices returned - 



474 



503 



453 



Prices returned with quality dis- 



474 



503 



2 



tinguished. 









