The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-01-31 00:00:00

CATTLE MARKETS.

WatErtista), 25th.-920 fat bouts, 6,400 sheep, 00 dove
cattle, fl and 230 pigs. ood demand, and • satirdactory clearance
was effected at the following prices: Beef, Se 8d to Os 6d pits
stone of 141 b.; wether mutton, lid to 9d; hoggets, 10d ; ewe,
nd ned.; fat pigs, 7s 3d to tie per stone of 1410.
MITIWPOLITAII, 20.—Supply of beasts lamer than for many
Thursdays, and the scanty pun:hesee made on Monday created
a good demand, notwithstanding which, however, no increase
in price can he quoted, an t, indeed, while there Is a tome.
what quicker sale for foreign and the second qualitie• of
British, the hest descriptions bang on hand. Tramactions in
the sheep market are to limited that no variationiff.m previous
rates can be recorded, and trade must be written slow, at
Monday's figure, A few arrivals ,d foreign calves have
rewhed to, and these, with the few English ~11 offer, are
luickly mid at remunerative rota. In pork float to nothing
doing.
Beasts

TOTILL Surna. YOLIIIOA "wpm.
.. 1,160 160

ril—locp and Lambs .. 4,U)

Calvt.m.

Pi

. re
yer 81b: by the mamma.

Inferior Quality. First Quality.
Beef.... t 0.44. 104. 54. Od. to 6s. Od.
Minton 30. tkl. 41. 104. . 61. Od. Cw. Od.
Vat.... 30 641. 7,5. 0,1. 6.. Od.
Pork.... 3s. (is!. 0.. 101. .... 6s. Od. 6s. Os!.
At per stone of Sib., sinking the offal.
Bsuirot, dilth. -Short supply of beef and it was hardly
enough for the demand, though, owing to the extremely high
rate., trade wan anything but bride. Best descriptions realised
In some cases 80s, and middling and fair samples nts to 70s
per cwt. There wan a large supply of sheep, which met with
an active trade, choice weathers realisir.g as much as Oil per
lb., but ewes and inforior sorts sold at 84 and iild. Of store
cattle there wan scarcely any on offer, and we received no cOn-
oig-n men 44 from Ireland owing to the high rate. demanded
there. These was, however, aome inquiry for good descrip-
tions. The supply of nilich cows WM large, but the quality
was indifferent, and there wait slow trade, at prices ranging
from Lll to Ll 7.
. . . .

Lemma, 270.—There were moderate eupplim of meat on
aste here to-day. The trade influenced by the cold weather,
was improved, and pricca were well aupported. Per tilb to
sink the offal : . .

sdsd sdsd
1
Inferior beef ......3 4 4 0 Inferior mutton ....8 4 4 a
Middling ditto .4 0 4 3 Middling ditto 4 4 410
Prime largo ditto.. 4 8 5 0 Prime ditto .8 0 5 2
Prime antall ditto 5 0 5 4 1 LIZO pork ........3 0 4 0
Veel .5 4 5 8 1 Small pork 4 4 5 0
Sortuatirros, 27th.— Sheep, 244; beaMa, 32; pigs, 39;
slaves, 0; horses, 8 There wa. a short supply, and the same
rates quoted Isat week were maintained.
TACJITOS, 3145.—The market was fairly supplied with stock,
and late pricer were fully sustained. Fat steer., £2l to £l5 ;
fat heifers. CIS to 4120 ; grazing %tour, £24 to £l6 per pair ;
graving heifers, LS to ZIS Ms ; Cowl and calves, £9 to £l6 ;
barroom., £1 to 14; fat wotherv, 46. to 57. ; griming wethers,
gzo to ;to.; grazing ewes. 32. to 36. each. Average price of
liml per score, 14s to 15o; average price of mutton petit.., ild
to OA ... .. .. .. . . .. .

111.—At Mr. Enser's fortnighUy sale teslay
there ww. an unosually large supply of both cattle and iibeep,
and the demand being keen almost Chriatmaa prices wore
obtained. The beet beef realised las per score, from gla to
1i25 being given for good heifer., and from 122 to g3l for
bulls. Barnum.. from 412 to £l4. rat Southdown sheep
fetchisl from 47. to ids per head ; wetber mutton averaged 9d
per lb., and ewe mutton dd.

POULTRY MARKET.
Dating, Jan. M. —Prices to-day were ea follow :—Chicken.
&a 01. to It OA; duck; as 01 tu 5s ; goes° (oach), Ca 641 to
tti Od ; turkeys, 7s Ot to Rh le Id to La 44.1 per
pair ; nap, 11 10 12 for a shilling.