The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-12-12 00:00:00

THE fa&RKETS.

MARK LANE.

At Mark-lane business has not bcen neive, but the tone '
of the market has teen rather stronger. Fresh supplies of .'
produce were not large. The quantity cf glish wheat
disposed of in the leading markets of England and Wales s
during the .hrs). 14 weeks of the season was 894,203 qrs.,
against 978,01 qrs. last year, the average price bi ing
against 32s 3d per qr. ; the sales of barley were .1.4147§3;
against 1,538,924. qrs., an average of 30s 6d, against 31s kid;
and oats, 135,184, against 157,674 qrs., average; 19s, sigainstl9s *•'•
3d per qr. English wheat was. quiet,. at about late -.• •
rates. For foreign wheat the demand was not active, ipt
the tone Was steadier. The flour mask t was ins ctive, at , •
yrsvious currencies. In barley the business doing was not
1 +rge Both malting and grinding samples were not over • -
well hld Oats changed hands at prey ons currencies.
Make, with a moderste demand, realised fsrrner prices.
Deans were quiet and unsiteso 1. Teas, with a large supply • • •i•
IN'ero Is cheaper.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
The total imports of foreign Stock intOLondon last week •
amounted JO 10,351 head. In the corresponding period last •
year we received 14,520; in 1883, 10,689 ; in 1882, 8304;
in IEBI, 12,9(0; in 1880, 9160 ; in 1879, 5853; in 1878; •
12.372; and in 1877, 11,0/2 head. .&t Liverpool were received
426 heas`s and 822 sheep from Montreal.- The cattle trade •
though quiet, is showing more life, and is steadier. Sup-
plies were moderate, but sufficient. The receipts of beasts .
from our own grazing districts were about the' average. • '
Business was still slow, but the market was stronger. Fine
choice Scotch stock offered made as much as 5s 4d Der 81b;
but the to quotation for other heavy breeds was only 5s Per •
81b. On the foreign side of the market the supplies were
molerate, and the demand was quiet. Prices remained
about the same as last week. The -sheep pens were .
moderately well filled. A steadier inquiry prevailed. -
and t e tendency of prices was against the buyer.
The lest Downs and half-breds made Es 6d to 5s Ed
per Sib. Calves and pigs were in quiet request at
previous currencies. Prices as follow: Coarse and inferior
second quality ditto, 4s to 4s 6<l; prime
Lets O
ragsec&esn,6d,4sth "; ecEdtoss ; ditto Scots, &c.,5s to 5s 4d ;.coarse and
Inferior sheep, 4s 2d to 48 6<l; second quality ditto. 486<1 to
5s ; prime coarse-woolled ditto, 5s 4d to 5s 6<l; prime
Southdown ditto, 5s 6d to 5s 8d; large coarse calves,
os 8d to 48 4<l; prime small ditto, 4s 6el to 5s Od ; large
hogs, 2s 10d to 38 (3d; neat small porkers, 38 Fd to 4, 44
per Slb, to sink the offal. Total supply: Beasts, 4630; •
,
sheep and lambs, 8170; calves, 180; pigs, 10 ; much cowii,
50. Foreign : Beasts, 610; and sheep and lambs, 160'.
From the midland, home, and western counties we received •
.2COO boasts; from Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, 200 from
Ireland, 1500; from Scotland, 0; and from C de. , 500
beasts.
METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET. - •
A moderate supply was on sale. The trade -Was. very
slow. The following are the prices: Inferior beef, 2s 4-1
to 2s Bcl •, middling ditto, 3s Od to 3s- 6cl. ; prime large dittbs
3s Sil to IR 441 ; prime small ditto, 4s 2d to 48 Sd ; veal, 4s O to • • -
to
4s ; inferior mutton, 2s 8d to 3s Cd ; middling ditto, 38 4d
to 4s ; prime ditto, 4s 4d to 58 Od • largesperka 35 Oct •;
to 3s 4<l; small ditto,3s 10c1 s, -
carcase. 4s per 81b. by the s s'
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FISH. •
Black soles, •ls 64 to Os per pair; ditto slips, Sd to 10d
Der lb ; cod, Lc; 15s to to s:9 53 per score; crimped ditto.
9a. its Ss Gd each each ; native os eters, 15s to 16s per • '•
101 ; eosin:cm ditto, Os to 7s Gd per 100; sprats, 5s 64 to.
10s per kit ; smelts, Os 6d to its per basket; mackerel, is
ti 6s per score; lobsters; lls to 409 per dozen: whitings,
Fs to 9s per box ; Dutch salmon, Os Gd to 2s 9d per lb
large turbots, Es to 13s esch ; and plaice, 15s tb 21s per
pad. ,
POTATO. .
There was a good supply of potatoes on offer. The tradq, r
was, quiet, sa follows :—Magurtin bonums, • 60e sto ,FRYs
*gra 70s to 410 s • chjapagtintAgg 4says Vilsorias.
-60 s 6--ya,s pa- -'1"'"

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