The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-29 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

ik . MARK L.ANE. .
. .
A quiet business was passing at Mark-lane. New grain
is coming forward more I reely, and as buyers are not eager'
the tone is weak American advices report a dull and cle.
pressed trade. Old wheat was very dull of sale and was.
depressed in value. New may be written ls per qr. lower
on the week. White. 365. ; red, 33e per qr. Foreign wheat,
moved off slowly, with a distinc,. tendency in buyers'
favour. The flour market was dull, and prices were . •
drooping. Barley was in limited request. Some new
grain was offered, but not in sufficient quantities to fix '
quotations. Oats were dull. Fine samples were fairly
E thinly, but inrerior sorts were lower to sell. Maize sold. slowly at anout late rates. Beans and peas were Unaltered. I
the demand being quiet.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. -
ain year Th: totalwe
ltecfelrost:oeli
Im2i9vp6;elr: imports
als7 head,lo,
78f foreignB47o,
; lln9ntllhB,3l 03; ,
correspondingci 1 1 into London
l lastisnac , period
ii s
iwre:33 ; i
25,102 ; and in 1877, 53,534 head. At Liverpool were received
455 beasts from Baltimore, 706 beasts from Boston, 843
beasts and 567 sheep from Montreal ; and at Sonthampton.24. .•
beasts from Jersey and Guernsey, 50 beasts from Oporto,
and 213 beasts and 1532 sheep from Quebec' The cattle
.
trade has been very quiet, and with a tendency towards wee.. 152
nese. Supplies have been about the same as usual. Th°" °K
beasts from our own grazing districts wwaernetmoof danimerateat
bdeeicelignveereyouiquid
iug some well-condit: oned animals. A
throughout
the characteristic of the inquiry. business . iillondwaand-
81b The supPii of' .
crosses made 58 2d to 55 4cl per 'd ad for them
foreign beasts mas moderate, and the demand quiet. Prices
cebes qfuavotoedur.ed
ens We •
inactive at about late rates. The best
sbtutsacontsactithui ,
Thesheepprevailed, pens
ric
tolerably well filled. A dull market
hu.hredspmadel ,
favoured buyers. The best Downs
szd a
d at 5s 8d to 6a 2d • •
5s 441 to, 5s 6d per lb. Lambs were
quality d'ttc; 4s
6d • second I ,
inferior beasts 4s to 4s .
larss to 5s 2d ; ditto Scots, er,o., .
to 5s ; prime go oxen, Inferior •
per 81b. Calves and pigs met a slow, sale, Coarse and. .
d'tto 4s td to ss; prune coarse-woolle&
second quality i , .
Southdown ditto 58 4EI to
ditto, 58 2d to 5s 4d ; Pr'. me , , 5,6 d;
..
5s 2d to 6s 4d ; coarse and sheep, 48 to 4s 6d •_
d large coarse calves, 4s 2d to 48 6d ;
lambs, 55 8d to as 2 , _ . -
3 4 per 81b. to sink the
B:,u3PoP;lY,—eßheascotws,s,3l3olo. ; sioereepiguan:_d
Bealamsbut !
prime small ditto, 4s Sd to otos ;
4iargde hogs, 38 4d
and neat small Porkers.
711:J.6a:1.08'h. ecaTepolvtalane% iambs, 1560; calves, 10. Prom the mid-
land, home and western counties we received 2240 beasts;
70 ; and from Canada, 450
bfrefts.Scotland, so; from Ireland,

SISTROPOLITILII /CUT MAEHICT. •
There was a large supply on sale, for which the Israde • ' was very bad as follows: Inferior
beef, 2s Sd t° 3a
middling ditto, 3 tr,
s 's 441; Prime large dittc;.,Bs,
482(1; prime small ditto, 4s od to 48 6d; Let,: Kt-to,
48 44; inferior mutton, 2s 841 to 3s 441; m"4 Ss to
Ss 441 to 4s; prime ditto, 45 to 58 4cl; large ,3s 44. small ditto, 48 241 to 4s 6d ; lamb, 48 Sd to Ss 4d Per
Sib. by the carcase.

,8z to • ,
FISH;
.
Fresh herrings, 4s to 8s roused ditto, 68 to 7e 6d;,
pered ditto
pickled ditto, 5s 6d to Cs 6d; red ditto, Ss to 48 3d.; kip-
9s' bloaters
6s 083 63 per 100; salmon.
grilse, and trout, 94 to is 13 per lb; _ lobsters, 88 to 30
g 8;
crabs, 6s to 265; mackerel, 2s to 2s 6d; mullets, 53 63 to,
lis 6d ; whitin s 4 to 5 ,• skinners, is 2d to i s Ed •, per
dozen; nativeoy'sters, 128 s-to 15s; and oommon ditto, 58 to,
8s per 100.

POTATO.
There was a go d supily of potatoes on offer, for which
the demand was du 1 at the annexed rates: litaenum
bonums, 90s to 100 s ; Kent regents, 90s to 10)s ; Essex
Shaws, 709 to 90s • early roses, 75s to 90s; Jersey kidneys.
110 s th 120 s per tan.