The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-14 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

The cattle trade has been without any fresh feature.
A quiet, slow business has been transacted, but prices
have remained much about the same as on the last
market. Beasts were in moderate supply from our own
grazing districts. There was a want of animation, but
prices were about on a par with last week. The best
Scots and crosses changed hands at 4s 10c1 to 5s per Slb.
Foreign beasts were in moderate supply and slow re-
quest, the prices realised being about on a par with last
week. In the sheep pens there have been fair sup-
plies available. A slow business was transacted,
and prices were not over strong.* The best small Bst.
to Bst. 71b. Downs made 5s to 5s 2d ; Ost. to 9st. 71b.,
ss; lOst and lOst 71b., 4s 10d per 81b. Calves were
tittiet, at late rates. Pigs were dull on former terms:
Quotations: Coarse and inferior beasts, 2s 4d to 3s;
second quality ditto, 3s to 4s; prime large oxen, 4s 4d
to 4s 8d •, ditto Scots, &c., 4s 10d to ss; coarse and
inferior sheep, 3s to 4s' second quality ditto, 4s to
4s 6d •, prime coarse-woolled ditto, 4s 8d to ss; prime
Southdown ditto, 5s to 5s 2d' large coarse calves, as to
4s; prime small ditto, 4s to ss; large hogs, 2s 4d to 3s;
neat small porkers, 3s to 3s i.N'd per 81b to sink the offal.
METROPOLITAN MEAT.
The supply was larger and the trade slower, with a
tendency to lower rates. The market was not cleared.
Inferior beef, 2s Od to 2s 4d; middling ditto, 3s Od to
3s 4d; prime ditto, 3s 8d to 4s Od; Scotch ditto, 3s 10d
to 4s 2d • American, Liverpool killed, 3s 8d to 3s 10c1;
iiitto killed, hind-quarters, 3s 8d to 4s Od; ditto, ditto,
fore-quarters, 2s 4d to 2s 8d ; English veal, 3s &I to
4s 4i; Dutch ditto, 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; inferior mutton,
2s Od to 2s 8d ; middling ditto, 3s to 3s 4d ; prima
ditto, 3s Set to 45 2d; Scotch ditto, 48 Od to 4s 6d ; New
Zealand ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; large pork, 2s 4d to
2s &I ; small ditto, 3s Od to 3s 6d per 81b. by the
carcase.
FISH.
Good supply and fair demand. Prices :—WholeFale :
Cod, 2s to is each; John Doreys, 2s to 3s each; brill, 8s
per stone; turbot, us per stone ; soles, 80s to 90s per box;
plaice, 20s per box; fresh haddocks, 6s to 8s per box;
whiting, Ss per box; live eels, 18s per draft;
mackerel, Os per score; red mullets, lOs per dozen;
lobsters, 25s per score; crabs, 25s per pad; bloaters,
3s to 4s per box; kippers, 3s 6d to 4s per box; dried
haddocks, 3s to is per dozen; oysters, 4s to 15s per
100; ' shrimps, Is to 2s per gallon. Retail: Cod,
4d to 6d per lb.; brill, 9d per lb.' turbot, Is per lb.;
soles, is 3d per lb. ; live eels, Is 2d per lb.'' fresh had-
docks, 3d per lb. ; plaice, 6d to is each; red mullets,
is each; John Doreys, 2s 6d to 4s 6d each; mackerel,
4d each; whiting, 4d each; crabs, Is to 2s 6d each;
lobsters, is to 3s each; dried haddocks, 4d to is each;
bloaters, 9d per dozen; kippers, is per dozen; oysters,
4d 2s 6d per dozen.
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POTATO.
ere was a moderate supply of potatoes on sale.
Th trade was dull at the annexed prices: Magnum
bon 5,70 s to 1005 ; Regents, 70s to 1006 ; Hebron!,
80s to 1108 ; and champions, 60s to 70s per ton.
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