Prices of Live Stock. 



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which each average price is based per stone and per cwt., are 

 shown below : — 





Inferior 





Good. 





Prime. 





Places. 



(3rd Quality.) 



(2nd Quality.) 



(1st Quality.) 

























Price 



Price 





Price 



Price 





Price 



Price 





Number. 



per 



per 



Number. 



per 



per 



Number. 



per 



per 







Stone. 



Cwt. 





Stone. 



Cwt. 





Stone. 



Cwt. 







s. d. 



s. d. 





s. d. 



s. d. 





s. d. 



J. d. 



Leeds 



59 



3 5* 



27 8 



445 



3 9h 



30 4 



622 



4 o| 



32 4 



Liverpool - 



141 



3 2f 



25 10 



1,130 



3 9 



30 0 



4-495 



4 1 



32 8 



London 



76 



3 6J 



2S 4 



1,689 



4 n 



33 8 



3,774 



4 io? 



38 10 



Newcastle - 



45 



3 4i 



27 2 



105 



3 10 



30 8 



1,848 



4 6| 



36 2 



Shrewsbury 



85 



3 2 



25 4 



274 



3 9f 



30 6 



120 



4 3l 



34 6 



Aberdeen - 



4,262 



3 1 



24 8 



11,420 



4 12 



33 0 



8,834 



4 6 



36 0 



Dundee 



581 



3 5? 



27 6 



5,951 



4 oi 



32 6 



4,651 



4 4? 



35 2 



Edinburgh 









9)763 



4 *t 



33 10 



1,772 



4 5i 



35 8 



Glasgow - - - i 



1,241 



3 10 



30 8 



2,096 



4 ij 



32 10 



2,275 



4 5f 



35 10 



Perth - - - j 



464 



3 11 



3i 4 



1,494 



4 2| 



33 xo| 



1,216 



4 5l 



35 10 



So far as these figures represent the prices of the year it 

 will be observed that the quotations supplied fluctuate in the 

 inferior grade from 24s. 8d. per cwt. to 31s. 4.6.. Only Perth 

 and Glasgow, however, quote prices of over 30s. per cwt. as 

 representing the average of the transactions in the lowest ot 

 the three grades of quality. In the group of cattle entered 

 as of second quality the range is closer, and the basis of 

 number much more satisfactory and extensive, a price ot 

 30s. per cwt. at Liverpool comparing with one of 33s. 8d. 

 in London, and with 33s. iod. in Edinburgh and Perth. 



In the group of prime cattle the average liveweight prices 

 of the complete year 1897 range from 32s. 4d. per cwt. at 

 Leeds to 38s. iod. in London ; and it may be remarked that 

 of 18,700 cattle so classed in the five Scotch towns the range 

 of quotations comes singularly close, differing only between 





T 



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. ct. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



Leeds - 



27 8 



26 10 



3° 4 



29 2 



32 4 



32 2 



Liverpool - 



25 10 





30 0 



28 4 



32 8 



32 4 



London 



28 4 



27 8 



33 8 



32 8 



38 10 



37 0 



Newcastle - 



27 2 



26 0 



30 8 



3° 4 



36 2 



33 10 



Shrewsbury 



2 5 4 



25 0 



30 6 



30 0 



34 6 



34 4 



Aberdeen - 



24 8 



23 8 



33 0 



31 6 



36 0 



34 10 



Dundee 



27 6 



25 2 



32 6 



3i 4 



35 2 



33 6 



Edinburgh - 





27 2 



33 i° 



32 6 



35 8 



33 4 



Glasgow 



30 8 



31 6 



32 10 



3i 4 



35 10 



35 0 



Perth - 



3i 4 



29 10 



33 10 





35 10 



33 10 



