The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-06-22 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

3IAnK T,ANE.---MONDAY.

At Mark-lane to-day the grain trade has opened with
much heaviness. English wheat has been in moderate
supply. There has been a thin attendance of millers.
At the c ommencement of bushiess the trade was dull,
and sales were only concluded at a reduction if fully
Is. per ljr. Fair supplies of foreign wheat have been on
offer. In allNleseriptions sales have progressed slowly, and in
order to conchal,: business, Is. per qr. less money has had to
be taken. Moderate supplies of barley have been offered.
Ihe demand has been Inactive, at late rates. Malt has been
dull, at late rates. Oats, the show of which has been mode-
rate, have sold heavily, at 6(1. to Is. per quarter reduction.
Maize has been dull mid easier. Fur beans as well as peas
the itainiry has been restricted, sad the tendency of prices
has been in favour of buyers. The flour market has been
dull, at drooping prices.

MAlig-LANE.-WLDNESPAY,

The grain trade to-day presented a languid ap-p-,;;;;;;e0'
The supplier of English wheat were short, and from abroad
also the arrivals were on a limited scale. Trade was inactive
for all qualities, at the reduced rates current on Monday last.
Earley commanded little attention, and realised late pri tea
with difficulty. Malt was quiet, but prices remained with-
out change There were large supplies of oats on the stands.
The general condition 01 the ',reduce being inferior, the
demand was slow ; for sound corn recent prides were obtained.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—MONDAV.
The warm weather has bad a depressiug effect upon the.
cattle trade. The supplies of stock have beela more liberat.
and the quality generally has been good. As regards beasts
the receipts have been on a full average scale. ID all breeds
sales bare progressed slowly, and prices have declined 40.. per
sib., the beet Scots and crosses making Os. ed. to SS. per blb.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Rases and Cambridgeshire we reeeived
about I,6ooScots and crosses; from ~ther ',rue( England, la,o
various breeds; and from Scotland, 20 Seals ar.d crosses. With
sheep the market has been more freely supplied The business
doing has been ..n a limited scale, and a reduction of 2d. and
4,1. pr bib has taken place.in prices. The best downs and
half-needs hare roads sa. 10d, to es. per elb. Lambs have
been in limited request, on easier terms. Calves have bent
dull, and lower. The pig markLt has been nomind.

Per 1111. to sink the offal.
s. d. a. d a d. e. 4.
\
In. coarse befalls.. 2 83 Prime Slouthdocrn 5108 n
Second quality .. 3 8 4 Large enarso calves 4 4 4 8
Pr-trio lame oxen 4 8 6 Prime small
Prime Seoul, 42c... 4 6 6 Large hogs.— • •
I In. coarse sbeep .. 310 4 Neat small porkers 44 4 8
Second quality .... 5 4 5 Lambs
Pr. warm woollen! 5 4 6 '

rht ,POLITAN MEAT MARRET.—MONDA T.
olerate ,upplies of meat hare been on offer. The trade
has beet, dull, at di coping prices.
Per elb. by the Cann/4

ti a. 4.
Inferiorbeet 3 0 3 4 Inferior mutton.. a 11 4 0
Middling ditto. 963 10 kikkillutg ditto.— a 4 4 G
Paine large ditto. 4 4 4 8 Prin. nitro .... 4 10 6
Prime m.ll ditto. 4 10 a o Large pork ...... 3 0 4 0
Veal
Lamb. Gs. 4d. to 7s. Od.
HON.

The market presents a Somewhat leis bucyant appearance,
.nd In moot a,,,,erjpsiens thiYe in a more C.Illi01:4 busioesa
doing. The reports from the plantations are snare encouraging.
the tine haring berietlted ln the genial weather of the pasi
few days. Mid and East Kent, £lO les. to £l7 ; Weald 5.0
gent, kb Ifs tot a. lb.. ; Sussex, kr 15s. to LC. Oa. ; Farn-
ham ant oountry, £ll Ils. to £l6. Yearlings Mad and tOtal
Kent, £3 to kg 10s.; Weald and Kent, £3 to £sln. ; Strest,,
£5 fa. to £5124.; Farnham and country, .kG to £7; olds, kl 50,
to RS,