The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

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MARIC-LANE.--°,O 1,1
At Mark-lane business has been very quiet, ~%-froP,All
tendency is against the buyer. Lower prices are ; 01)1;01
from New York, and agricultural work here is beie. Disr/.00
pushed forward, to the steady improvement of 01,r,100,17,-4
prospects. Very little Englieh grain has come forwar Jortotiutio
being moatly engaged in the fields Foreign ing),,cf pri4B
were short. English wheat changed hands slowlY,
were weak. The demand for foreign waslimited,andPropAps ,
tending in buyers favour. Flour was dull and dr° 00 (11
value, on the prospect of large supplies comingw /et,
market. Malting and grinding barley was tolerft „tie
held, but the inquiry was very moderate. Oats 01011
at Drevious prices. Round maize war scarce an „ujett
butilst was dull and weak. Beans and peas were
former terms.
tWAI.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.--%rtanue;
The cattle trade shows no fresh feature of inf are owri
Business is quiet, and fresh supplies, though 511°I. ,-sts "ted-
dent for the demand. The arrivals of English be, toi 44,
fairly good but those front Scotland and Irelannipportot,
The trade was dull, and prices were with difticulti per„oo
l'he best Soots and crosses sold at Oa to 6"soo,
From Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex we received aseuttei
the Midland and Home Counties 201, from Se° vOicof
and from Ireland 100 head. The foreign side of t"011°If
rir tlO
was well supplied with beasts. There was a
Danish, with some Swedish. The trade was elh 1300+°001
rates. The sheep pens were only sparingly stock/15_0o 40
was inactive, and prices were weak. The best ulves 70°,41
half-breds made 7s 8,1 to 7s 10d per 81b- DePt.ote
scarce and dear. Pigs quiet on former terms- "wing ' 60,
there were 100 beasts and 8,000 sheep. Tno folio
4d Loa to
the quotations :—Coarse and inferior beasts, 4a S„opi
t,econil qullity ditto, 5s to 5s 6d ; prime large "el'or o'loo6
; ditto Scots, ix., 6s to 6s 2d: coarse and infeLe coed;
Os 6cl to 7s ; second quality ditto, 7s to 7s ed Pr,l`47, 7s la so
P
woolled, 7s &d to 7s 8d; prime Seuthdown, 61 6 rOt
large coarse calves, 6s to es 8d; prime small ditto
°
63 10d; large hogs, Is 104 to 4s 2d; neat 1133-
all
4s 4d to 4s 8d per 81b. to sink the offal. Lf.
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METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKE L-- Friceliao
There was a moderate supply but slow trade.
Inferior beef, 4s to 4s 4d ; middling ditto, 45 6,1 toad, 400 to
large ditto, be 4d ; prime small ditto, 6s 6,1 ; °ditto, 600
6s bd ; inferior mutton, 44 41 to 5s ; middling
6s ; prime ditto, 63 to 6s 10d ; large pork, 33 Bdo.
ditto, 45 4d to 5s ; lamb, 8s Sit to 10A Per
carcase. aa f•
GAME AND POULTRY.
iti, deoe
Hares, 41 to 5s ; white ditto, Sc to ts 9d ; rabb, woo to/
to ,

2s 6.1: conies, is Co 13 6d; guinea fowl, 2,3 - „,(to •
3s 6d to 41 641; s dpe, is to is 6d •' plovers, 15,1'—sti
is 6d to is Pd; widgeon, is Od to 2s; qnIlJ za
each. Pf
POTATO.
There was rather a short supply on ssle;010
which the demand was slack, as follows los r„ ,e 0
130 s to 150 a ; champions, 110 s to 120 s ; regents, ,
per ton; German reds, bs 6d to Os; Dutch oaf
bag. of potatoes
am boo 000

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