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| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 9A10 Fatstock market prices by month, 19971,2 |
Cattle |
Sheep |
Pigs |
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Clean cattle p/kg Live wt |
Cows £ /head |
Clean sheep p/kg est dcw |
Ewes £ /head |
Clean pigs p/kg dwt |
Sow £ /head |
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| January3 | 108.29 |
- |
286.89 |
46.59 |
103.89 |
93.10 |
| February | 105.99 |
- |
287.48 |
48.44 |
101.66 |
91.81 |
| March | 101.45 |
- |
296.00 |
48.13 |
106.89 |
100.24 |
| April3 | 96.86 |
- |
268.06 |
49.53 |
111.75 |
109.58 |
| May | 92.23 |
- |
251.58 |
38.12 |
132.96 |
127.98 |
| June | 94.86 |
- |
239.79 |
35.05 |
135.11 |
102.07 |
| July3 | 100.77 |
- |
232.06 |
35.01 |
127.50 |
91.04 |
| August | 103.26 |
- |
233.34 |
30.77 |
111.97 |
98.53 |
| September | 101.98 |
- |
234.19 |
30.89 |
106.63 |
100.06 |
| October3 | 99.17 |
- |
219.03 |
28.75 |
108.13 |
93.36 |
| November | 96.92 |
- |
205.41 |
29.35 |
103.01 |
81.76 |
| December3 | 96.79 |
- |
184.90 |
25.89 |
94.55 |
38.72 |
Source: SOAEFD Economics and Statistics Branch 2 |
| 1 Weighted average weekly
prices, mainly from Meat and Livestock Commission sources, at liveweight auction sales,
except that clean pig prices cover all categories deadweight. 2 Support payments are excluded. 3 Monthly averages relate to statistical months of five weeks. Other months are four weeks. |
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