Prices of Meat. 



549 



Chicago. 



Prices of Cattle at Chicago per Cwt. (Live Weight) in 

 the under-mentioned Months of 1897 and 1898, together 

 with the mean Prices for the Year 1897. 



Months. 



Good Dressed Beef 

 and 



Shipping Steers. 



Export Cattle. 



Extra Prime 

 Cattle. 



December, 1897 

 Mean of the 

 year - 



January. 1898 - 



February - 



s. d. s. d. 



19 7 to 23 10 



s. d. s. d. 

 19 4 to 24 9 



s. d. s. d. 



23 10 to 26 4 



19 5 „ 2 3 10 



20 2 24 7 



24 0 „ 25 11 



20 1 „ 24 3 

 19 10 ,, 25 2 



20 1 ,, 24 6 

 20 4 ,, 25 8 



24 6 26 2 



25 2 ,, 26 10 



Compiled from the Live Stock Reports issued by Messrs. Clay, Robinson, and Co. , 

 of the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois. 



Average Values, per Cwt., of various Kinds of Dead 

 Meat Imported into the United Kingdom from Foreign 

 Countries and British Possessions in each Quarter 

 of 1897, with the Average Values for the Year. 



[Computed from the Trade and Navigation Accounts?) 



Period. 



Beef. 



Mutton. 



Pork. 



Bacon. 



Hams. 



Fresh. 



Salted. 



Fresh. 



Fresh. 



Salted. 



1st Quarter, 1897 - 

 2nd Quarter ,, - 

 3rd Quarter ,, - 

 4th Quarter ,, - 



s. d. 



39 4 



40 1 

 37 2 

 37 7 



25 9 



23 10 



24 7 

 24 9 



s. d. 

 27 4 



32 0 



30 9 



30 5 



s. d. 

 44 11 



43 11 



43 3 



43 7 



s. d. 

 23 4 



20 10 



20 3 



21 2 



s. d. 



33 5 



35 11 



35 10 



36 9 







j. d. 

 41 9 



43 5 



43 5 



41 2 



The Year - 



38 5 



24 8 



30 3 



44 0 



21 5 



35 5 



42 8 



