The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-03 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

MARK-LAN-MONDAY.

The grain trade at Mark-lane to-day has been in a quiet
state. There was a thin attendance, and busineu through-
out has been restricted. The supply of English wheat was
limited. Business has not been brisk. An advance of Is.
per quarter was asked, but the transactions reported were
at the rates current on Monday last. Foreign wheat has
been in fair supply, and trade has been quiet but steady,
operations being concluded at previous quotations. A mo-
derate supply of barley has been on offer, and the demand
has been quiet at about late rates. Malt dull on former
terms. English oats scarce, but foreign in fair supply. The
trade has been quiet, and prices barely so firm as on Mon-
day last. For maize there was a dull market, and 6d. to is.
per quarter less money has been taken. Beans and peas in
limited request, and drooping in value. The flour market
was quiet, but prices have ruled firm.
MARK-LANE -WEDNEgDA
The position of the grain trade at Mark-lane has been
much the same. The supply of English wheat has been
moderate. Although quiet the demand has been steady, at
full prices. As regards foreign wheat the show has been
liberal. The demand has been to a fair extent, at steady
currencies. A moderate supply on offer. Trade quiet, on
former terms. Malt has sold steadily, at late rates. English
oats have been in limited supply, but there has been a fair
show of foreign. The trade has been inactive at barely late
rates. Beans and peas have been quiet at late rates.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.-MONDAY.
A dull tone has pervaded the cattle trade to-day. The
supplies have been rather larger, and the demand being in-
active prices have ruled weak. As regards bouts, the
receipts from our own grazing districts have been rather
more liberal, but the condition is not so satisfactory.
Throughout there has been less animation in the demand,
and the tendency of prices has been in favour of buyers, the
extreme quotations for the best Soots and crosses being
6s 24. and the general 6a per 81b. From Norfolk, Suffolk,
Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received about 1,000, from
Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire about
900, from other parts of England, about 500, and from
Scotland 8 head. On the foreign side marketoltchiueding
autth:sore
has been a fair show of foreign beasts,
Dutch, about 250 Danish, and about 100 Spanish. The
demand has been dull, at drooping prices. The sheep
pens have been more freely supplied. Trilefiletioell have
been on a limited scale, and prices have given way to the
extent of 2d. per 81b. The top price for the beat Downs and
half-breds has been 6s. Bd. to 6s. lid per 81b. Lambs have
been very dull at a serious decline, the top quotations now
being 7s. per 81b. Calves have been in slow request at
drooping prices. Pigs were quiet. At Deptford there have
been 240 German and 60 French beasts. Coarse and inferior
beasts, 45. to 48. 6d. ; second quality ditto, 45. 6d. to SL;
prime large oxen, ss. 10d. to 6s. ; prime Scots, &c., 68. to 68.
2d.; coarse and inferior sheep, 4. 61 to sa. ; second quality
ditto, ss. to Si. 6d. ; prime coarse woolled. Os. 64. to Os. Bd.;
prime Southdowns, 6s. Bd. to 65. 10d ; large coarse calves,
45. 6d. to ss. ; prime small ditto, 68. to ss. 81_; large hogs,
45.64. to 5a ; small porkers, ss. to Si. 4d. ; and lambs, 45. 6d.
to 7s. per 81b, to sink the offal.
METROPOLITAN MYAT MARKET.-110NDAY. 141
The market to-day was moderately supplied with meat,
the demand for all descriptions of which was slow at the '
quotations annexed. Per 81b by the carcass :-Inferior beef,
is. to 3a. 8(1; middling ditto, 4s. to 45. Sd. ; prime large
ditto, Si. to Si. 6d. 'prime small ditto, 6s. to 68- 8(1' veal,
45. 8(1. to 55 4d. ; Baferior mutton, 38. 4d. to 45.; middling
ditto, 4s. 6d to ss. 24. ; prime ditto, ss. Bd. to Cs. 41 • large
pork, &a 101 to 45.4&; small ditto, fet. to 544. laLb, 6s.
to 6a 81
PROVISION.
Lownort, Monday, June 23.-The arrivals last week from
Ireland were 296 firkins butter, and 2,338 bales bacon, and
from foreign ports 25,205 packages butter and 4,053 bales
bacon. Foreign butter ruled aow, without any material
change in prices. In Irish very little doing. The sale for
bacon was gqod, with the exception of heavy weights, which
declined about 2s. Hamburg advanced about 25. per cwt.
Butter, per cwt.: s. a Cheese, per cut.: s. a
Dorset
Friesland.. ..110 116 Dble. Glonc., new 86 74
Jersey .. 94 102 Cheddar
Eng. Fresh, per dz. 14 16 American new 6O 60
' Bacon, per cwt.: Rams: York lOB 108
Wiltshire . SO 84 Cumberland
green,.l. o. b 78 84 Irish 9O 102

HOPS.
The Market jj very slow, and the prices continue weak.
The supply, however, is small, and should the accounts from
the growing districts come less favourable, and a speculative
demand arise, an advance in the quotations would very soon
take place. Continental markets are reported firm but in-
active. The imports of foreign hops into London last week
consisted of one bale from Antwerp, 24 from Hamburg, and
63 from Rotterdam.

FISH.
Pickled herrings, 275. 6d. to 381. ; red ditto, 121. 6cl. to
225. ; roused ditto, 30s. to 3SL ; fresh ditto, 225. to 281. per
barrel; kippers, 2s. 9d. to 4.. ; bloaters, 31. to 45. 6(1. Per
box ; smoked haddocks, 20L to 304. per barrel ,• trawl ditto,
18s. to 208. ; ditto plaice, 18s. to 2SI. ; ditto whiting, 131. to
15s. per basket ; salmon is. to Is 6d. per lb. ; soles, IL Sd.
to 3s. 10d. per pair ; turbot, Bs. to 15s. ; brill. Is. to EL 00d,r61.
to 10s. each ; lobsters, Bs. 6(1. to 30L ; crabs, 7s. 6(1. to 271.
6cl. ; mackerel, is. 6d. to 2s. 3d. ; mallet, 2t• t° 85' per
dozen; oysters, lits. to 4/ 2 per busheL

TALLOW.
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LONDON, Monday, June 28. —The market remains steady. --•
Y.C. on the spot making 445. 3d. per cwt., aid Town Tallow
41s. net cash. Rough fat is quoted at ls. ilid. per Sibs. b
s. d. I a. d.
hcwt. ..'
Town Tallow, per cwt. 43 6 I ii°ng Shift ' per 14 9 '
18 o .4
Rough Fat, per 81105... 1
I Good Dregs ''
Melted Stuff, per cwt. 20 0 - Pl 6 0
.. 445. Od. per ...
Yellow Russian, new... .....445. V' 0”... . .
Ditto Ditto 01d... ..... 00s. Od. _ ;,ar, . - ira. • s
Australian Mutton Tallow —42 s. 6d. '.',
...
from Antwerp, 141 tons and
iti 1 Greaves
Ditto Beef Ditto —4oa i3d. :, P '-'4:
POTATOES.
The trade for new and old potatoes is very slow, and with a
a heavy supply prices continue to droop. Last week's imports '',
2in,stor7Lroanedkoangecsofnrsoismteleorsfe4yl,s3b37agseaski f
rom
Bar
flew,
368
boxes . .
from Malta, 120 tons and 2,000 packages from St. Maio, 21 .
tons from Cherbourg, 115 tons from Colber& 262 bags from
Boulogne, 83 casks from Bordeaux, 234 baskets and 048 soaks
from Dunkirk, 200 packages from Lisbon, and 2,890 basketa
and 1,003 packages from Rotterdam. Quotations :—Old :
Regents, 50s. to 60',; Victorias, COL to 80& ; Rakes, 70s. to ~
100& ; and rocks, 451. to 551. per ton. New: Round Ware, .
120 s. to 130 s. ; Kidney ditto, 180 s. to 1901. per ton.
HAY.
WHITECHAPEL, Saturday, June 26. —There was only a
ginsz Dimply of fodder, which cleared without diflasralkst a
; Mtadow hay, 90s. So 184 a.
further slight advance. Prime clover made Aram 16PI. to
186 s. ; Inferior, 851. to 951. Prime
inferior 555. to 755. ; and slitaW, S. to at per toad.