The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-02 00:00:00

THE MARKETS,

MARK-LANE.
At Mark-lane business has been quiet, and the market fa'
fr ni str ng. The sales of home-grown wheat in the leading
markets of England and Wales during the first 3,. weeks of
the season were 1,427,44 qrs. against 1,905.733 gra last
season, at an average of 32s 74, against SOs Ed per qr; ef
barley, 2,314,123 gra against 2,883.357 ors, average 28i., 7d,
aggrastintshte29ayse7ragd against 308.806
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being ; la7nBd2doaagatsin29l42'llrs Ird per qr. F nglish
wheat was in limited reqnest, and was lower to sell. ler
foreign wheat the demand was inactive, with prices t, n(1-
lag in buyer's favonr. Flour was dull and we•k,
malting barley Was tolerably tirm, tut grinding was inacti, o
and weak. vats were depre tied, and itfsyjor sorts were F4l
lower oe the week. For maize the tirade was dull, on
former terms. Beans and pens were 6d to Is per qr lower.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE.
The cattle trade has been dull and•wanting in animation:
buyers have throughout had the advantage, but a quotable
reduction has been rather exceptional. Supplies of beasts
have been about the average in number, and mostly in tair
condition. Business has progressed very quietly, end the
top Tries f m the best Scots and crosses have been only 4s
to 4s Id per Fibs. With reference to fors:Tn. Least!, a mode-
rate number has been on offer. The demand was inactiv. ,
and prices were weak. The sheep pens were fairly well
filled. There was a slow trade at about fairly late rate..
'1 he best Downs and half-breds made 5a 641 to Es td per
814. Lambs were steady at 8s to Ps ler Elba. calves and
pigs sold at about late rates. Coarse and ii,ferior beasts, '
38 2d to 351 6d ; second quality ditto, Is 6,1 to 3s 10c1 ;
p• lute I,mge oxen, 35 10d to 48 Od ; ditto •'eo s, &1., 4e 0,1
to 48 2d ; cares and inferior sheep, 4s Odin 4564 ; at
quality ditto, 48 Ed to 5s ; prime coarse-woell d dit
Is 2d to 51 44; prime Sluthdown ditto, 5s ad to 58 I'd;
large coarse calves, ats 84 to 48 p:ime small ritto.
48 10d to Is 6d ; la, gs hogs, 2s 6d. to 3. Cd; 'Hat email
porkers, 38 8d to 48 Ed per 8 lb to sink the offal.
METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.
The ant ply was greatly in excess of the demand, trade
being bad at the annexed rates: Inferior beef, 2s Od to .
28 cd ; middlin,r ditto, 2s Eid to Is Od ; prime ditto, 38 Pd
to Is 8d • Scotch ditto, 3s 44 to 38 6cl; American, Liverp (.1
killed, is Od to Is 4d ; ditto, kilied, hind quarters, 3s 00
ti 38 6d ; ditto, killed, fore quarters, 28 6d to 2a 8:1
English veal, 4s (d to 48 10d; Dutch ditto, as to 4e 4d ;
inferior mutton, 28 4d to as Cd ; nddelling ditto, 3s 4,1
to 3. ; prime ditto, 4s Od to 4s 4d; Scotch dit'o, 4s 2.1 to
Is 84 large pork, as (A to 38 ts•'d; 87318.11 ditto, Is Li to
Is 44 per 81b by the carcase.

FISPr.
Nat've cs:cstrrs, 2s NI to 2s 9d ; Dutch ditto, 2s Od to
2s (td; seconds, Is Cd to Is 64; commons, 64 to 9d ; large
mackerel, 4s Od to Es Od small ditto, 2s 6d to 3s rd ; fresh
herring', Is 64 to ls 9d; rd ditto, 94 to is ; pickled
•••cotch ditto, Is 9,1 to 2s 4d : kippered ditto, IBM to 2s Ed;
bloaters, Is 3d to 2s Cs; hooked whitings, 2s Ed to Ps d
trawl ditto, Is to is 94 ; Dutch smelts, 04k. is; English
d tto, Is 91 to 2s 94 per dozen ; silmon and trout, Is 7cl to
2s per lb,