Prices of Live Stock. 



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maximum local average is that reached in London, where 

 the figure, calculated on 857 transactions, reaches 38s. per 

 cwt., Newcastle came next with 37s. 6d., and Aberdeen with 

 36s. iod, 



Compared with the prices of the third quarter of 1896 

 the quotations stand as under : — 





Inferior 



Good 



Prime 





or 



or 



or 



Places. 



Third Quality. 



Second Quality. 



First Quality. 





1897. 



1896. 



1897. 



1896. 



1897. 



1896. 





- 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 



Per Cwt. 





s. d. 



s, tl. 



■S". d. 



s. d. 



& d. 



s. d. 



Leeds - 



28 0 



28 0 



30 O 



30 0 



32 4 



32 0 



Liverpool - 







30 2 



29 4 



32 10 



32 0 



London 



28 8 . 



27 0 



33 6 



32 2 



38 0 



36 0 



Newcastle - 



27 10 



26 4 



30 0 



31 2 



37 6 



34 2 



Shrewsbury 



25 TO 



24 10 



3i 8 



30 4 



34 4 



33 6 



Aberdeen - 



25 2 



24 0 



34 0 



3i 8 



36 10 



34 10 



Dundee 



27 O 



26 4 



32 6 



31 10 



35 8 



34 0 



Edinburgh - 







34 0 



33 2 



35 10 



34 6 



Glasgow 



30 8 



3i 8 



33 0 



32 4 



36 2 



35 2 



Perth - 



1 3i 6- 



30 0 



34 2 



32 2 



36 6 



34 6 



Glasgow alone quotes any reduction in the group of inferior 

 cattle, increases up to is. 8d. and is. 6d. per cwt. occurring 

 in several instances. Except for a lower Newcastle quotation 

 and a stationary one at Leeds, the second quality animals seem 

 to have sold for more money, while as regards prime cattle, 

 there is no exception to the rise of price recorded in these ten 

 towns, the quotation standing 2s. per cwt. above that of 

 1896 at London, Aberdeen, and Perth, and being apparently 

 3s. 4d. up in the case of Newcastle. 



Transactions by actual live weight are reported from seven 

 places at rates varying from 22s. 8d. per cwt., in one instance,, 

 to 37s. 4d. per cwt, on the mean of 105 animals, according 

 to quality. Both of these extremes occurred in London, 

 the total number of cattle thus sold reaching 1,585. 



The prices of store stock, of which almost exactly the same 

 number, 1,583, were weighed, ranged from 21s. to 34s. 6d. 

 A total of 225 store cattle were sold by actual live weight at 

 Edinburgh at 29s. 6d. per cwt. 



The total number of cattle, sheep, and swine entering the 

 markets and marts of the under-mentioned places in England 



