The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-03-05 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

MARK-LANE.
The business doing at Mark-lane has been only moderate,
and priees remain much about the same. The sales of
home-grown wheat in the leading markets of England and
Wales during 26 weeks of the season were 1,265,843 qrs., as
against 1,621,632 qrs. last year, the average beng 32s 7d,
aFain,t 80s 61 per qr. The sales of barley were 2,161,189 qrs.
against 2,503,701 ars., at an average of 27s against 29s 10d;
and oats, 254,803 qrs. against 267,719 qrs., average 178 3d
per qr. against its 9d per qr. Fnglish wheat was in quiet
request at late prices. There was not much doing in
foreign wheat, wh'ch remained about the same in value.
Flour was a dull market, on former terms. In barley trans-
actions were on a limited scale, at late prices for 'mitt, g
and grinding samples. Oats moved off slowly, at Trevions
currencies. Maize was inactive, at last week's prices.
Beans, peas, and lentils were (pint and unchanged. The
exports of grain, Ac.. from London, last week, w, re
Barley, C 4; malt, 1096; oats, 228; beans, 8; peas, 78; maize,
4Q; linseed, 83 ; rapeseed, 292; oilseed, 1724; caner sied,
8; hempsecd, 31; mustardseed, 5; sundry, 175 qrs.; flour,
1743 cwt.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
The total imports of foreign stock into London last reek
amounted to 1 t,2,14 head. At Liverpool were received 303
beasts from Baltimore, and 312 beasts and 114 sheep from
Port'and, and at Southampt.n 3 beasts from Jersey nd
Guernsey. The cattle trade has been quiet and Teature-
less. Buppies were not large, but the numbera. offering,
both of beasts and sheep. sere suffic'ent for requiremeut s.
As regards beasts, the arrivals from our own grazing
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to 5s 2d per 81b. Po eign beasts, of which a moderate
supply was on offer, were in lim ted d-mand, at about late
rates. The sheep pens were moderately well impplied.
The trade was slow throughout at last week's prices. The
best Downs and Ini'f-breds made 55 ed to 6s Sd per 81b.
Coarse and inferior beasts, 38 Od to 3s 6d ; second
quality ditto, Bs 6d to 35 ; prime large oxen, 2s led to
4s Od ; ditto Scots, &0., 4s Od to 4s 2d ; coarse and inferior
sheep, 4s Od to 45 8d ; second quality ditto, 4s 6d
to 5s Cd ; prime coarse-woolled ditto, 5s 2d to rs 6 1
prime louthdown ditto, 5s 6d to 5i lid, large coarse
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calves, 3s 8d to 4s 44; prime small ditto, 48 8d to 58 6d;
large hogs, 25 4d to Ss 4d; neat small porkers, 3s 6cl
to 4s 40 per 8113 to sink the offal. Total supply:
—Beasts, 30 0 ; sheep and lambs, 10,550: calves, 501
mulch cows, 70. Foreign—Beasts, 310 ; calves, 20. From
1380 beasts; from Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, 800; from
the midland, home, and western counties we received
Ireland, 460 : and from Scotland, Si) beasts.

MILTILOPOLITAN MEAT MA AK ET.
The supply was large and trade generally bad. Prices
were at rifle firmer for prime beef, but in tiler respects tiers
was na imp! ovement. Inferior beef. 28 to 28 6d ; middling
ditto, 28 Ed to 38 41; prime ditto, 34 4d to :1s 8d • Scotch
ditto, 88 Id i '
o Is Ed ; American (Liverpool killed), 3s 2,1 to
Is 4d; American baled, hindquarters, 2s 10d to Is 21;
American killed, fore-quart-rs. Os od to Os ; English
veal, 4s to 4s 81 ; Dutch ditto, Is Od to As Od ; in-
ferior mutton. 281 44 to Is Od ; middling ditto, ne 44
to s 8d ; prime ditto, 4s Od to 42 4d; Scotch dit!3.
4s 4d to 48 id; New Zealand ditto, 2584 to Is ;
large pork. 34 Od to Rs Gd ; small diato,, 86 84 to 49 4tl
per 81b. by the carcase,