The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-06-12 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

MARK-LANE.

At 'Mark-lane business has been quiet, and the tendency'
weak. The ag•gregate sales of home-grown produce in
the leading markets of England and Wales during the
pabt I/ weeks of the season were 2,40;),676 qrs., against;
2 411,357 qrs. last season, the average being 3..,s 6d against
2s 6d per qr. The sales of barley were 2,517,718
qrs. aganst 2.6-50,072 qrs. at an average of F:i(s Sd against
bis (id; and of oats 351,927 qrs. against ,135,452 qrs, the
average being 19s id against •:.Os 6d per qr. Fair supplies
of foi eign produce were offering but home deliveries were,
short. ihe tine weather is against the trade, but, on the
other hand, the firmneas of the New York nnriket is a check
to serious depression, English wheat moved off slowly at
a decline of • d per qr. For fore'gri wheat the demand was
inactive, and prices were Gd ver qr lower. Flour was a duff.
P, d weak market. Dealiegs in barley were restric'ed. The
tone was not so strong, grinding being rather o tered. Oats
were in fair supply, and they sold slowly but were not
I reseed on the market. Prices remained about the same.,
Mai,e. though quiet, was fairly steady at late rates. Beans.
peas, and lentils unaltered.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
The total imports of foreign stock into London last week
amounted to 24,738 head. In the corresponding period last
year we received 22,173; in 1884, a 2,140; in 1883, 22,633;
1882, 28,012 ' • in 1881, 15,514; in 1880, ;44,355 ; in 1879,
18,608 ; in 1 i
678, 18,686 ; and n 1877, 15,133 head. At;
Liverpool were received 200 beasts from Baltimore, and:
104 beasts from lioston, and at Southampton 49 beast
from Jersey and Guernsey, and 35 beasts from Oporto.
A quiet business has been passing in the cattle trade..
Suppii.rs wero about the average, and were ample
for ieqdrntUtS. The number of beasts to hand from
u
agrcrigracing
districts was moderately good, and the
condition up to the average. The trade,
quiet, was steady, and for the best breeds full
oaqlutiloi
although
ownyg n
prices were realised. The best Scots and crosses changed
thuds at Is 10d to is 2d per 81b The foreign side of the,
market was fairly well supplied with beasts, which
sotd slowly at late quotations. In the sheep pens
thero was a sod supply. A. dull market prevailed and:
prices favoured buyers. The best Downs and halt-bredst
realised 6s 2d to Os 4d per bib. Lambs were very fiat at
6s to is per 8 lb. Calvzis and pigs inactive. Coarse and.
inferior beasts, Is 2d to 4s; second quality ditto, 48,
to 4s ; prime large oxen, 4s 8d to 5s ; ditto
ticots, &e., 4s 108 to Is 2(1; coarse and inferior sheepi
4s id to 5s Od ; second quality ditto, 5s to 58 6d ;.
prime coarse-woolled ditto, Is 10d to 6s 28;
prime Southdown ditto, 6s 2d to 6s 4(1; lambs,
Od to 7s 01. large coarse calves 3s 8d to 4s 8d;
prime small ditto, 4s 10d to 5s 4d; 'large hogs, Is 81
to 35 ; neat small
_porkers, Is 8.3 to 4s Bd per
81b to sink the offal Total supply ; English
Beasts, 33.50; sheep and lambs, 12,160; calves, 310;.
much cows, 50. Foreign: Beasts, 850 ; sheep and lambs,
230; calves, 20. From the Midland, Home, and Western
Counties we received 1760 beasts ; from Norfolk, Suffolk,
and Essex, 900; from Scotland, 140, and from Canada
550.
METROPOLITAN NEAT MARKET.
The supply was not large, but the trade was very heavy,
and top quotations were not general, the tendency being to
lower prices. The following are the quotations : In-
ferior beef, 2s 4d to 35 Od • middling ditto, 3548 to 480(1;
prime ditto, 45 2d to 4F36d; Scotch ditto, 4s 2d to 4s 68;
American killed, hind quarters, 4s 8d to ss; American_
killed, fore quarters, 3s 4d to 3s 88 ; veal, English
48 4d to 48 8.1 ; ditto, Dutch, 3s 4d to 4s Ocl •, inferior
mutton, 3s 4d to 4s Od ; middling ditto, 48 48t0 Is 4d;
prime ditto, Is 6cl to 6s Od ; Scotch ditto, 5s 10d to
6s 4(1; New Zealand ditto, 38,4 d to Is Bcl • ilamb, 6s 4d to
6s 8c1; large pork, 3s 0.1 to 3s 641 ; small ditto, Os 8d to
48 4cl per 81b. by the carcase.
FISH.

Black soles, is 91 to 38 6d per pair; ditto slips, Sd to
is per lb; native oysters, 3s to 3s ed per dozen ; common
ditto, is to 8s per 100; grilse, is 2d to is 6d per lb.; large
lobsters 2s 6d .to 48 each; small crabs, 2s to 2s 6d per
couple; whitings, 2s 6d to 3s 9d per dozen; salmon, is 54
to is 10d per lb; large turbots, 8s to 138 each; rgeil
mullets, 10s to 25s per dozen; trout, Is Od to la 9d per rb ;
and brill, is led to 38 each.
POTATO.
There was a g.ood supply of potatoes on sale. The trade
was dull at the annexed rates : Old—Magnum 60s to 908;
regents, 80s to 1108 Victories, 708 to 90s ; champions.
658 to 65e per tan. New—Jersey kidneys, lie to 208 Per
wt.; Malta romrl. 9a to its per cwt.

SITI 'XY, JUNE 12, 1880.

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