The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

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MARK-LANE.
On the week the advance for wheat in the country was -
pretty generally is. per quarter, and at Mark-lane on
Monday English red wheat also sustained that advance; • •
'while on foreign descriptions the improvement of 63. pot -
quarter noticed on Friday was upheld, but the market
finished disappointingly with perceptible less disposition s • - -
to buy. The better grades of white wheal, both Englislk
and foreign, are not altered from Monday last off stands.. '
On Saturday 30s 9d was paid for No. 1 Californian off coast,
but there have been no further buyers at the price to-day.
Flour, on the week, is in some cases the turn in sellers'
favour. On the spot, grinding barley is quiet, but steady, _
and floating Danubian, about shipping, has been sold at 229
direct, which is rather dearer. Beans fully support late' .
value, and peas from scarcity are is higher. Maize is areo
scarce, et a like rise for the week, the market to-day tend -
ir g further to harden. Forward, there is a good deal or -
maize offering, but stiffer rates have been obtained, several
cargoes having clsanged hands at 24s 9d to 25se.pe.r 4601 b.
and 25s 6d per 4921 b. There have been good arrivals 'of
eats during the week, and common grades of BUSSL3II are
3d lower since Monday lest, prime qualities remaiui pg. firm,
and a fairly good business has been done to-day.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
portion comprised 880 Daeish, at 4s 6d • ' • '•-•*
A very depressed trade experience] in every department,
Prices Prices of both beast and sheep have given way, the
.former
2d, and in some instances 4d, and the latter very g6nerally
reached, only Es 4d per 81b,
4cl per 81b. There were but ten Scots in this morning's
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assortment, and these with a few very choice homebred -
Norfolks realised 5s Sd, but this was above the current c-•
4s 41 per 81b. .Lambs
at 4d to 61 decline, and calves were lower ; • •
la.),,cef°ererei'edin-nsh at 3s 10d to
and the top quotations for English are nominal. Best
Scots and Norfolks, 5s 4(1 to Es 6(1- heavier sliort- '
komee 5s to 5s 2(1 ; second qualities beasts, 4s 8,1 to
es 10d; inferior, Is 10,1 to 4s 4,1; best Downs and hat. • •
brods, 5s 6(1 to 5s 8,1; beat long wools, 5s 4d to 5s 6d e- • -
second qualities and ewes 48 8,1 to 5s Od ; lambs, is 6d • • -
to 8s d calves, is 0(1 tio 6s 8,1 per B:b., sinking the •
On]. Total supplies Beasts, S 00); sheep 10,630; , •
calves, 110.
trade.tclol 5d af NO2 ii;re Ty: gbn dic
hY lefly, Swedes,
METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET. • e •
A full market of beef, and very heavy market of
4tnautitemsne
'with a very limited demand for either at again loweezir;c . .•. ,
Beef, prime, 458(1 to 43 led_ee 38 10d to
ferior, Is 2d to 3s 6(1. Mutton, prime, :
tser ;0
suidd ing, 4s (Id to 4s 4d ; inferior,
3to 5s Sd ; mid-
Lamb, 6s 8(1 to 7s Bd. Veal, prime, 55 6,10
4s Od. Pork,
Sn-
dung, 4s 81 to 5s Od ; inferior, 35 4d ; inferior, •
Is 6d
prime, Is 61 to 4s 8d; middling, 40 2a
is Ed to 43 por lb. •
FISII.
Very heavy supply, and pricesikees, 2i to 55; shad, Is 6cl ;
2s to 103; brill. 2s to s 58 each;
salmon, Scotch,
(lc ry, 2, to 4s ; cod, 241 d; ditto, Dutch, Is 4cl ; trout,
Is 41d ; eitto, Irish,
isau-but, sd; sturgeon, 4,1 per lb;
Is 9d ; soles, 103; b
60 ; Irish ditto, 7s per 20; smelts,
lower all mend Turbot,
mackerel,
ddocks, ;13s; whiting, 6s per box;
draft; pleace,
150
; 0 6d each.
lobsters, is; crabs, 1 _
6s per 100;litisolfderiL2s 6d per quartern; eels, 26$ Per

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