PRICES OF LIVE STOCK. 535 
= 
295. 8d. per cwt. (3s. 84d. per stone) at Leeds to 36s. 4d. per 
CWicmO, Cm pcrstone)| ar adinbursk and Perth Phe 
returns for cattle of third quality are in many cases based on 
numbers too small to possess statistical value, and con- 
sequently the extreme range possesses little interest. 
Fluctuations in the mode of classification also occur. In the 
case of Leicester a few “inferior” beasts, being on two 
occasions the only animals returned from that market, were 
higher in price than the average of cattle graded second 
quality in other weeks. But it is evident that apparent 
inconsistencies of this kind may occasionally occur when 
small numbers are concerned and the movement of market 
values is at all active. 
Comparing the prices in 1900 with those prevalent at the 
several markets in 1899 the following figures appear :— 














| INFERIOR || Goop | PRIME 
|| or \| Cy | Pekan 
| Third Quality. Second Quality. | First Quality. 
PLACES. i e 
{| | 
|| . xQ00. 788g. || —_ 1900. 1899. ‘| 1900. 1899. 
\| \] | 
= = || 1] i DCR = = ee = 
|| Per Cwt.| Per Cwt. | Per Cwt. | Per Cwt. || Per Cwt. | Per Cwt. 
& Gh % Gh il 5 SSCL SSCL GS  & 
Carlisle - =| 27 6 26 to || Bi D 30 8 BG 1D I 34 6 
| || | | 
Leicester - - || 22 8 28 2 | 30 0 a) 2 | By, @ | 34 4 
Leeds - - - | 2Om0 23 © I 29 8 2OeTORm| 34 4 3 2me2 
| \ | | 
Liverpool - a | 26 6 24ONe| 30 8 BOmOna| 25 fell 33 «6 
i | 
London - - | 26 6 AS a ih 34 10 an 8 | 39 4 38 Oo 
| | Q | Q 2 oO 
Newcastle - - || 27 0 A 2 il 25 3) 220 Ol go S| 302 
| 2 
Shrewsbury | 29 2 28 2 2a) 2 iro 300) Ol 34 10 
8 | 26 I 
Aberdeen - - | yp 25 Gi 34 8 23 | 38 2 | 36 Io 
| | 
Dundee - - 27 0 26) 4. | ay fF 32 10 C7LOmmal| 35 2 
Edinburgh - - | Bommo 30 0 | 36 4 34 6 3 Om A iea| 36 6 
| | } | 
Falkirk - - |} 30 «8 29 4 || 34 i0 a 2 || a7, 3) | 35 2 
Glasgow - - i an) {3} ae | ay © ESO 36 10 | 35 4 
1 \| | 2 
Perth - - | ag di By) 2 36 4 Boon | 38 8 | 35 6 
|| | 

The rise in values on the average of the year is very 
evident. At every place on the list, with the single excep- 
tion of Leicester, the price of first and second quality 
cattle was on the whole higher than in the preceding 
year, the increase being especially marked in Scotland. 
During the past two years something like a general 
