The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-06 00:00:00

THE MARKETS;

MARK-LANE.
At Mark-lane a quieter business has been passing, and'
the tendsney is hardly so good. The sales of home-grown
wheat in the leading markets of England and Wales daring
the first 22 weeks of the season were 1,331,845 qrs., against-
-1,479,188 qrs. last season—the average being 30s Sd against
Ns 5d per qr. ; barley, 2,222,199, against 2,317,939 qrs.,.
average 30s, against 31s 9d; and oats, 215,079, against
242,420 qrs , average 192 9d, against 19.3 aa per qr. English
wheat changed hands quietly, atid was weak in value..
Foreign also was dull and lower to sell. The flour market
was inactive at previous currencies. Barley was firm.
Fine samples were in demand at 3d to 5d qr. advance. All
other kinds were steady. Oats realised full prices with a
fair inquiry. Maize was firm and • about 3d p-r qr. dearer
than on Monday last. Beans and peas sold quietly at
yr evious prices. Cakes were firm with a moderate demand.
1 The exports of grain, ke., from London last week were :•
Wheat, 96i ; barley, 1516; malt, 1513; oats, 333 ; beans, 10;
linseed, 2448; rapeseed, 4435; °flaccid, 1287; canaryseed,
27 ; hempseesl, 109 ; sundry, 156 qrs. ; flour, 502 cwt.
• METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
The total imports of foreign stock into London last week
amounted to 7127 head. In the corresponding period kat
year we received 6024 head; in 1884, 21,923- in 1883,
10,928 •, in 1882, 6277; in 1881, 4888; in 1830, 6673; in
1879, 5220; in 1878, 6726; and in 1877, 11,621 head. At
Liverpool were received 300 beasts from Boston, and 140
beasts from Baltimore; at Bristol, 675 beasts from New
York, and 213 beasts from Portland; and at Southampton
25 beasts from Jersey and Guernsey. There is nothing
special to notice in the cattle trade. Business has remained
dull and inanimate, and prices have not shown much
strength. The show of beasts from our on grazing dis-
tric a has not been large, but has proved sufficient forth°
demand, which has at no time been heavy. The quality and.
condition have been about up to the average. The market
throughout was dull, and the tendency weak. The best
Scots and crosses made 48 8d to 46 108 per 81b. Foreign beasts
were not plentiful, and they sold slowly at about late cur-
rencies. The sheep pens were filled, and the trade was slow.
Occasionally a very choice small down made Is Ed, but
such a quotation was quite exceptional, the general top
price being Is 6d. per 81bs. The best heavy sheep made
about Is per Sibs. Calves and pigs, were quiet. Coarse
and inferior beasts, Is 48 to 4s; second quality ditto, 48 28
to 48 6d ; prime large oxen, 4s 6d to 4s Sd; ditto Scots,
&es 4s 88 to 4s it'd; coarse and inferior sheep, 48 to 4s 68 ;
second quality ditto, 4s 6d to 4s Sd ; prime coarse-woolled
ditto, 48 10d to ss; prime Southdown ditto, 5s 2d to
Is 6d; large coarse calves, 36 6d to 48 44; prime small
ditto, 4e oel to 5s 4d; large hogs, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; neat
small porkers, Is Ed to 4s per 81b. to sink the offal. Total
supply :—British: Beasts, 3040; sheep and lambs, 11,550 ;
calves, 150; milch cows, 50. Foreign: Beasts, 300. From
the midland, home, and western counties we received.
1500 beasts; from Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, 600; from
Ireland, 500; and from Scotland, 110 beasts.
• METROPOLITAN MELT MARKET.
The supply of mutton Was large, and trade very heavy ;
but prices are firm, and top quotations fairly maintaned.
There is also a fair demand for veal, but the quantity of
beef in market is much in excess of the demand, and is •
dling badly even at lower rates than the subjoined :
Inferior beef, 2s 4d to 2s 8d ' • middling ditto, 3s to
35 48; prime ditto, Ss 8d to 48 Od ; Scotch ditto,
Is 88 to 48 Od ; American Liverpool killed, 3s 4cl to
Is Ed; American killed hind quarters, Is 41 to Is 10c1,•
ditto fore quarters, 2s 88 to Is Od ; veal, English;
4s 48 to Is Od ; ditto Du' s', 4s Od. to 4s 8d ; inferior
mutton, 28 Ed to Is Od ; iss.•:.lling ditto, Is 4d to 4s Od •
prime ditto, 4s Oct to 4s 6d ; Scotch ditto, 4s 4d td 4s 8:1;
New Zealand ditto, 3s 4d to 3s ; large pork, 28 Ed tO
Ss Od ; small ditto, Is 48 to 48 per 81b, by the carcase.

POTATO.
A gool supply of potatoes on sale. There was a fair
demand at the annexed rates; /slagnuni bonums, 60s to
eOs ; regents, 70s to 110 s ; victorias,. COs to SOs ; and.
champions, 50s to 70s per ton.

• FISH. • -
A moderate supply, with a quiet demand. Prices:
Soles, Is to is 4d; slips, 104; turbot; 104 to is 24; irill,•
Ed to 10d; eels, 104 to is 2d; lemon soleis, 6d to 8d ;
crimped skate, 6d ; roker, 3d; conger eel, 3a to 43; fresh
haddock, 24 to 3d; plaice, 3d to 4d; cod, 3d tG 61 per lb;
fresh herrings,64 to is; bloaters, 94 to is 61; whiting, 2s
to 4s ; oysters, 64 to 2s per dozen; kippers, Is to Ss 6d
per dozen pairs; smoked haddocks, 2.4 to Pd; crabs, 9d to
2s; lohsters, 1.• to is; mackerel, 3d to .5d each ; bighy
chicks, 6d per bundle.
PRODUCE.
Sugar: Paris, dull, 4lf. 37c. ; February, 43c. 75f. May.,
August; New York, steady: London prices, Thall, t
easier; dried goods ivaciive ; beat flat, sellers, Ns
February-March ; cane very slack on the spot, and easier -
floating; Java, 14, quoted 17,s id. Cone: New York.
steady; Havre, 453 to Os dull; Lom'on, dull, uncharged-
Rice, flat. Tea, qu:et tone. Jute, dull. Linseca oil,
' 19s 60 to 19s 141. Turpcutine, 235. Petroleum and
tallow unaltered.
GAME AND POULTRY.
Pheasants, is 9d to 25 3d ; partridges, is 44 to 2s Od ;
hares, is ed to 4s : foreign ditto, Is 61 to 2s; rabbits,
Is 44 to Is led; wild ditto, 9d to ls id ; ro'geoas, &I to 104; •
Bordeaux ditto, is Id to ls 34; Sorrey fowls, 4s to es ed ;
Sussex ditto, 3s to ; Essex ditto, 2s to 2s 64; Postoi?s
2s 3d to Is 3d; Irish (lit tc.., 2s to 2s fid ; live ditto, is bid to
3s ; turkeys, Ss to 118; geese, 3s 9d to 7s 6d; and duckdngs,
Ss ed to is Ucl each.