The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-29 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

There was a fait average supply of foreign stock on offer
in to-day's market, but its general quality was inferior.
The arrivals of beasts fresh up from cur own grazing dis-
tricts, as well as from Scotland, were somewhat on the in-
crease. The quality of the former was only middling, of
the latter prime. The best Scots, crosses, &c., moved off
slowly, at prices barely equal to Monday last. All other
breeds were very dull, at a decline in the quotations of 2d
per 81b. Tha extreme value for beef was 58 per 81bs.

From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we
received, 2,200 Scots, crosses, and shorthorns, from other
parts of England, 700 various breeds, and from Scotland 531
Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 110 oxen.
We were again scantily supplied with sheep. The eon..
dition of most breeds, however, was good. The mutton
trade was in a sluggish state, and in most transactions the
currencies gav e way 2d per 81bs. The top figure for Downs
in the wool was 6s, out of the wool, 4s 10d to 5s per 811i8.
Lambs—the supply of which was tolerably good—sold
heavily, at from 6s 8d to 7a 4d per 81bs.
Prime small pigs moved off steadily, at full prices, but
large hogs were very dull, and rather cheaper.

Per 81bs.to sink the offal.
s. d. A. d. s. d. s. d.
Crse. &inf. beasts 3 6 3 10 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8
Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0
Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Largo erse. calves 4 2 4 8
Prime Scots, etc. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 10 5 2
Crse. & inf. sheep 3 10 4 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0
Second quality do. 4 6 5 2 Small porkers ... 4 2 4 6
Suckling calves, 19s to 27s and quarter-old store pigs,
20s to 26s each.
TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY.

Beasts ...

Beasts

Cows — Sheep and lambs .... 2,240
Sheep
Calves 163 Pigs
Pigs. 460 1
The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week,
amounted to 3,580 head. In the corresponding week in
1863, we received 3,438—in 1862, 639—in 1861, 2,636
—in 1860, 2,514—in 1859, 3,255—in 1858, 266 head.
IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.

From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
Rotterdam 259 .. 533 ~ .. 210 .. 66
Harlingen .... 504 .. 10 .. 19 ..
Hamburg .... 32 .. 455
Amsterdam.... 18 ..
Boulogne ~.
Bremen ...

e • ---."

Vigo l4B .. • • --- .. • • ---
Nieu Diep •• --. .. • • •• ..
Antwerp 7 •• •• .. 63 ••
Ostend lO3 .. 312 .. 8 .. 27 .. 246
Calais — .. .. .. ..

Oporto ..
Dunkirk

- • • ---- . • - • • ----
90 .. - .. --- .. 20

Total .... 1114 .. 1764 .. 8 .. 319 .. 375
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1863 651 2,460 .. 327

1862 155 .. 329 155
1861 615 .. 1,829 .. .. 160 .. 32
1860
1859 542 .. 1,111 .. 176
1858 123 .. 132 .. .. 362 ..
A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan
cattle market, on Monday, March 2, 18G3, and this day,
Monday, Feb. 29, 1864.
Per 81b, to sink the offal.

March 2,
1863.
3 4 to 3 6
3 8 4 0
4 2 4 6
4 8 4 10

Feb. 29,
1864.
3 6to 3 10
40 4 4
46 4 8
410 5 0

Coarse and inferior beasts....
Second quality do
Prime large oxen ..
Prime Scots, &c...

Coarse and inferior sheep 3 6 4 0 310 4 4
Second quality do.
Prime coarse-woolled do 5 0 6 8 5 4 5 8
Prime Southdown do. .. 510 6 0 510 6 0
Lambs
Large coarse calves"
Prime small do
Large hogs
Neat small porkers
Beasts
Sheep and lambs 17,740 17,840
Calves
Pigs 3lO 460
SUPPLIES ON SALE, March 3, 1862.—Beasts, 3,270--
sheep, 18,680—calves, 110—pigs, 260.
MARCH 4, 1861,—Beasts, 3,64 o—sheep, 15,400—calves,
84—pigs, 360.