The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-17 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

Prices were as follow: Coarse and inferior -beasts, 2/3 64 to
3s 6d; second quality ditto, 4s Od to 4s 8d; prime large
oxen, 48 104 to 5e 2d; ditto ficots, &c., 38 Od to 5s 44;
coarse and inferior sheep, Ss 44 to 4s 4d; second quality
ditto, 4s 64 to 5s Od; prime coarse - woolled ditto, 58 24
coarse
o 5 Ocdall calves, 38
38
hogs, , t°
to 5s 6d; prime Southdown ditto, 5s 4d to is 84; large
2s
se
60.1.4•
to
8s smalanlddnitt,
small
od
porkers, Ss 24 to 3s led per 81b to sink the °ft.,.

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METROPOLITAN MEAT.
the
and veal, there was a good demand,
For prime beef, mutton,
Choice quality beef and mutton was
at top quotations.
rates. Plain meat sold badly and
readily bought,
at higher
a large quautity was left uns 3 . . . . ,s od
iddling ditto, 2$ 8(1 to 3s 4d ; prime ditto, 38 8d
greematarbkuelkt was
to 2s 6d; in
.... s. led • Elootch ditto, 4s Od to 45 2d; American Liver.
- --kiikat as 6d to Is 8d; ditto killed, hindliiarters,
Pool
ss 2d to Ss 6d ; ditto, ditto, forequarters, 2s Od to
consisted
1 as supplied p 1 ied withmiddling
and meatin
inferior
rio allr
English veal, 3s 8d to la 4d; Dutch ditto, 2s 4d to
32: 42d di; inferior mutton, 2s 4,1 to 28 8d; middling ditto, as Od
to 32 8d ; prime ditto, 38 10d to 4s 2d ; Bootob ditto, 48 2d
to 48 8d ; New Zealand ditto, 2s 6d to 2S 8d; large pork,
2s 8d to fts 4d; small ditto, 38 8d to 4s Od per 81b by_the
carcase.
GAME AND POULTRY.
Haunches of venison, 303 to 355; fore quarters of ditto,
15s to 255; English hares, Bs 3d to 4s 3d; foreign ditto,
2s 3d to 28 9d; tame rabbits, is 9d to 2s 4d; wild ditto, 10d.
t°lB 16:17w; ilpdheadsi:cnksts,,22BB 39dd ttOs3Bs;;P:v.irt'drgeidogness; liss
grouse, 28 4d to 3s ; woodcocks, 28 66. to Is 3d; snipes, is to
teals, Is 4d to 18 7d ; pigeons, 8d to 10d ; Bordeaux ditto,
6d9d tt°o 12s' 99dd ;
is 2d to Is 4d; turkeys, 78 6d to 15s; and geese, Is to 8a 6d
each.

FISH.
Short supply and fair demand. Priem, wholesale:
4s each; cod, 3s to lOs each; John Dorys, 2s to 3s each;
brill, 6s per stone; turbot, 12a per stone; soles, 120 s per
box; plaice, 20s per box; fresh haddocks, 8s per her;
whiting, 5s per box; live eels, 18s per draft; dead eels, 93,
per draft; sprats, 109 per barrel; mackerel, lOs per score;
red mullets, 12s per dozen; lobsters, 25s per score ;: Crtlll3,
25s per pad; smelts, 43 per basket; bloaters, 4s per box;
kippers, 4s per round; oysters, 3s to 15s per 100; shrimps,
is to 2s per gallon. Betail : Skate, 44 per lb.; cod, 4a
to Gil per lb; brill, 9d per lb; turbot, is pen lb ; soles,
ls 4d per lb; fresh haddocks, 4d per lb ; live eels, Is Od per
lb ; dead eels, 9d per in; sprats, lid per lb; plaice, 64 to
is each; mackerel, 6d to 8d each; red mullets, Is 3d each;
whiting, 4d each; John Dorys, is and 4s each; lobsters,
is to 2s eacl ; crabs, Is to 28 ed each; smelts, 9d per
dozen; blasters, 9d per dozes; kippers, Is per dozen pairs%
oysters, 4d to 2s 6d per dozen; shrimps, 44 per pint;
winkles, 44 per quart. _

POTATO.
These was a good supply of potatoes on sale. The
trade was slow, at the annexed prices: Atagnnre leonnms,
70e to 00s; regents, 60s to 100 s Hebrons. See to 110 s;
champions, 60s to 70e per tot, Cerman redo, 32 t.N