The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

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METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—Mo/JOAY.
The cattle trade is not so strong the mild weathri and
the slackness in the dead meat market. hayec obecked
animation and imported a tone of
.weeknesa. to gnats4ions.
Fresh supplies of stock were not large. As regard's beasts,
the receipts of English were only 'moderate, and not many
Scotch were offered. The demand was -very quiet at
drooping prices. The best Soots and crosses sold at
Se Sd to is 104 per 81b. On .the foreigp side-of the
market there was a moderate supply. of beasts.. Danish and
Swedish, the demand was inactive and, prices .wealt.,.; The
_show of sheep was limited. There was a steadlOxitrade,
and prices remained abont the Arnie. The best newnil
and half-breeds realised Os 2d to 6s 6d pr Sib., clipped,
7s 24 to 7s 44 in the wooL Lambs Were 'decidedly dearer, at
Ss to 9s per 81b. Calves and pigs were, on the whole, quiet.
At Deptford there were about, ZOO beasts and 9,500 she And
lambs. Quotations :--Coarie sin 4 inferior • beasts, '43. to
4s 6d ; second quality ditto; ita 60 to 53 ; prime large oxen,
Es 4d to be Sd ; ditto Scots, 5tc.i...65 la to be 104; coarse and
Inferior sheep, 5s to 5864 ; 'secotid quality ditto, 58.6 d to Os ;
prime coarse
,woolled ditto, Os to -tlft 24 ; prime Southdown
ditto, 6e 24 to 65 44 ; lambs, Sc ttli9s•;' large .ccinise calves, 6s
to 63 44 ; prime small ditto, 65 44 'tells 8d ; large hogs, .4s 4d
to 45 8d ; neat said porkas, 4.5 ild,to,bs per 81h: to sink ' the
METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.—MONDAT.
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A large supply, with .tt tentlesioy to . lower. prioes
, Inferior beef. 38 41' to Sc 8d '; Middling ,ditto. 40,t0-45 fid;
'prime large ditto. 41 81 to Is; "lime small ditto, 45 10d to
8,32.1; veal, 43 10(1 to 6s 44 ;-106ritrz• mutton, 34 8d toAs 44;
-middling ditto, 4s G,lt Sc 4d ; prime ditto,, Is 41• to Os ;
't large pork, 4s to 4s 44; small- ditto,_.4l 6d to Is Bid:" lamb,
4d to 8s .per alb. by,the .carcase.!:4 • •'•,, .;,`' •
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, • . GARE,AND POULTRY. . 2.• •
c'rlcl 4,155.;- seabitsrviiittr.tit ; duoklingt, 81. id to
TAlid ; goslings, 75 64 to 105 64.; .11m quatlttild teft.qd ;
Norwegian ptarmigan, 1444it0 ; sPrleg chtokenso,a to
sa.; live bens; •281.1311-td Ifr annehes of paddock. •fed
65s to 7Ss 'eatt,..4oll3'ittt '
Atli of Otto, Sdlo is per
lb ; plovers eggso2l to 3% per „-dote??
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Large soles, 31 6d. to -155„e0 tpar pair; slips. Is- to Is 6d
per lb. ; cod, 4.2 Is 64 to £5 per sdare ; crlipped ditto., 5; 64
to 8s 94 each ; oysters, Is to 41111, fibr dozer, :hake' •25' 6d to
64. each; crimped salmon, 2s to 2s 34. per lb. ; lobsters,
103 64 to 40s per dozen; crabs, 30s to SO s per kit; bloaters,
Ss 6i to 6s per box; trout, is. 24 to. is
.54 peclp. ; mullet,
85 to 151 per score; mackerel, b (Id to" is per-dosen .; large
turbot, 8a 64. to 13s 64. each. , • • • •
POTATO. • •
There was a moderate show of potatoes on sale. The
demand was good, as follows :—Magnum bonqmis, 1.806 to
1805 ; regents, 1405 to. 1608,• champions, 150 s tp 160 e per ton
victorias, leas to 1895 per ton; perman reds 74 to Iss per big.
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