The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-16 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

Our market to-day was very moderately supplied with
foreign stock ; nevertheless the demand was heavy, and
prices had a drooping tendency.

The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing
districts, as well as from Scotland, were considerably on
the increase, and mostly in prime condition. Although the
attendance of butchers was somewhat numerous, all breeds
of beasts moved off slowly, at a decline in the quotations,
compared with Monday last, of 2d per 81b. A very few su-
perior Scots and crosses sold at Os 6d, but the general top
price was 5s 4d per 81b.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we
received 3,000 Scots and crosses; from other parts of Eng-
land, 800 various breeds : from Scotland, 428 Scots and
crosses;. and from Ireland, 197 oxen and heifers.
We were again scantily supplied with sheep, but their
quality was tolerably good. The mutton trade was heavy.
Prime Downs and half-breds moved off slowly, at barely
late rates. Long-woolled sheep declined 2d per 81b. The
top quotation was 6s per 81b. About 500 clipped sheep
were in the market , and they were disposed of at is 2d per
81b beneath those in the wool.

Calves, the supply of which was only moderate, sold
slowly at 2d per 81b less money. The highest quotation
was 5s per 81b.
The demand for pigs was :heavy, yet prices were sup-
ported. The supply was tolerably good.

Per .81b to sink the offal.
s d s d s ds d
Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 6 4 2 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 4 5 8
Second quality do .. 4 4 4 8 Prime s'thdown "0 .5 10 8 0
Prime large oxen ..1 10 5 0 La go coarse calvcs.4 4 5 0
Prime Scots, 2 5 4 Pratte small do .....5 2 5 6
Crse. and inf. sneep.4 2 4 8 Large hugs .3 6 4 0
Second quality do ..4 10 5 2 Small porkers 4 2 4 8
Lambs....os Cd to 0, Od.

Fuckling calves, 18s to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 208
to 268 each.

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply.
Beasts Foreign supply. 1,071
Cows
Sheep
Ca ves 79
Pigs Pigs
The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week,
amounted to 4,081 head. In the corresponding week in
1864, :we received 2,032 ; in 1863, 4,650 ; in 1862,
1,667; in 1861, 306 ; and in 1860, 2,310 head.

4,880

Beasts
C ws —
Sheep.... ..
Calves B5
30

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.

Beasts.

Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.

Antwerp lO4 -,..
Boulogne 3O ...
Dunkirk
Bremen — ...
Hamburg
Harlingen. ......
Ostend 142 ...
Calais ......
Oporto .
Rotterdam 4BB ... 861 ...

86 ... -
602 ... -

~ 464
296

1 ... 2
151 ... -

- ... 12

17 77

Total 1414 1549 267 ... 851
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1864
1863
1862
1861
1860 439 ... 1583 ... 288
A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan
Cattle Market onMonday, January 18, 1864, and this day,
Monday, January 16, 1865.
_ _

Per Sibs. to sink the offal.

Coarse and inferior beasts
Second quality do.
Prime large oxen
Prime Scots, &c.
Coarse and inferior sheep
Second quality do.
Prime coarse-woolled do
Prime Southdown do
Lambs

Large coarse calves
Prime small do.
Large hogs -
Neat small porkers
Beasts

Jan. 18, Jan. 16,
1864. 1865.
3 6to 3 10 3 6to 4 2
4044 4 4 4 8
4 6 4 8 410 5 0
410 5 0 5 2 5 4
310 4 4 4 2 4 8
4 6 5 0 410 5 2
5258 5 4 5 8
510 6 0 510 6 0
0000 0 0 0 0

4 o 4 6 4 4 5 0
4852 5 2 5 6
3640 3 6 4 0
4246 4 2 4 8
3,460
14,870

Sheep
Calves
Pigs
SUPPLIES ON SALE, January 19, 1863.—Beasts, 4,130—
sheep, 17,640—calves, 105—pigs, 240.
January 20, 1862.—Beasts, 3,360—sheep, 17,450—calves,
130—pigs, 370.