Prices of Cattle and Wool. 
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Table VII. — Average Prices of Fat Cattle per ewt. {Live 
Weight) at the undermentioned places in England and 
Scotland, for the years 1900 to 1906 inclusive. Compiled 
from the Returns received under the Markets and Fairs 
{Weighing of Cattle) Act, 1891. 
Places 
1900 
1901 
1902 
1903 
1904 
1905 
1906 
England - 
s- d. 
s. 
d. 
s. d. 
8. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
8. 
d. 
a. d. 
Carlisle 
33 2 
32 
2 
33 2 
33 
6 
.31 11 
31 
6 
31 6 
Leeds 
33 6 
33 
0 
35 6 
34 
4 
33 
4 
32 11 
33 0 
Leicester 
.32 10 
33 
2 
35 2 
33 
6 
32 
2 
32 
9 
31 11 
Liverpool 
34 6 
33 
0 
34 10 
32 
8 
32 
1 
31 
3 
30 10 
London 
38 0 
37 
0 
39 4 
36 
4 
35 
6 
35 
4 
34 10 
Newcastle .... 
37 10 
36 
0 
38 10 
37 
0 
36 
2 
34 
8 
35 4 
Shrewsbury . 
33 4 
32 10 
33 10 
33 
6 
31 
9 
31 
6 
31 3 
Scotland— 
Aberdeen 
34 3 
32 10 
34 9 
.33 
4 
.32 
8 
32 
6 
32 5 
Dundee 
34 7 
33 
6 
34 11 
33 
3 
32 
7 
32 
0 
31 11 
Edinburgh .... 
36 5 
35 
3 
37 4 
35 
5 
34 10 
33 10 
34 2 
Glasgow 
.35 11 
35 
5 
37 10 
36 
3 
.35 
8 
32 
6 
32 5 
Perth 
37 7 
36 
9 
37 4 
35 
1 
33 
3 
34 
4 
.34 6 
England 
34 11 
33 
9 
35 5 
34 
1 
33 
1 
32 
8 
32 6 
Scotland 
35 3 
34 
1 
36 2 
34 
6 
33 
9 
33 
0 
33 0 
Great Britain .... 
35 2 
34 
0 
35 11 
,34 
4 
33 
7 
32 11 
32 11 
Table VIII. — Average Prices of Wool in the undernoted 
Years. 
English 
n I . 
Year 
si 
Leicester’ 
Half-breds’ 
Southdown ’ 
Lincoln = 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
1889 
9| 
to 
101 
10| to 
11 
lOi 
to 
121 
11 
lOf 
101 
10| 
1890 
10 
lOi 
10| „ 
111 
11 
13 
11 
11 
10| 
10| 
1891 
n 
,, 
10 
10 „ 
lOf 
101 
13 
9| 
9| 
9f 
9| 
1892 
8X 
J) 
9 
H „ 
m 
101 
121 
8| 
8i 
9i 
US 
1893 
H 
H 
91 „ 
lOiJ 
101 
12 
lOi 
8| 
9i 
9i 
1894 
9 
Jl 
10 
91 n 
10| 
9| 
12 
10| 
81 
9 
9f 
1895 
n 
101 
9i „ 
11 
91 
HI 
12 
8 
81 
9i 
1896 
H 
11 
91 „ 
10| 
91 
11 
Hi 
111 
81 
8| 
7| 
1897 
8| 
n 
10 
8| „ 
9| 
8| 
101 
9| 
8 
8| 
7^ 
1898 
8 
81 
H „ 
8| 
81 
11 
9| 
8f 
8| 
8| 
7| 
1899 
7 
8 
7 „ 
81 
7i 
11 
8i 
9| 
8 
7| 
1900 
61 
11 
n 
6f „ 
8i 
8 
11 
12 
7i 
11 
81 
8| 
1901 
51 
1) 
6 
61 „ 
91 
71 
11 
9i 
6i 
8i 
6| 
7 
1902 
5 
11 
5| 
6| „ 
6| 
7| 
11 
9| 
6J 
8| 
6i 
7| 
1903 
6i 
11 
6| 
7| II 
8 
81 
11 
HI 
7i 
9| 
7 s 
' T 
71 
1904 
11 
n 
91 II 
10| 
91 
11 
Hf 
lOi 
10 
81 
7| 
1905 
III 
12 
1 
^ * 8 11 
12| 
Hi 
11 
131 
121 
lOi 
9| 
7| 
1906 
12| 
11 
13 
10 3 
^^8 11 
14| 
Hi 
11 
1.51 
Hi 
11 
H| 
8i 
1 Computed from the prices given weekly in The Eeonomitt newspaper. 
’ Prices extracted from “ The Torkahire Daily Observer Wool Tables.” 
• Calculated from the Trade and Navigation Accounts. 
