The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-13 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

There was only a moderate supply of foreign stock on
offer here to-day, yet the demand for it ruled heavy at
drooping prices.

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dead markets, the beef trade woe in a sluggish state, at a
decline in the quotations, compared with Monday last, of
fully 2d per Slb ; the best Scots sold at 4s 81b per 81b.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Eisex, and Cambridgeshire we
received 2,000 Scots and short horns, and crosses; from
other parts of England, 800 various !needs ; from Scotland,
470 Scots 'and crosses; and from Leland, 180 oxen and
heifers.

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per 81b.

Calves—the supply cf which was good—were very dull
at Thursday's decline in the quotations of 2d per 81b. The
top price was 5s 4d per 81b.
We have to report a very '3l'll market for pigs, at quite
2d per 81b less money.
Per Sib. to sink the offal.

s. d. s. d.
Crse. & inf. beasts 3 0 3 4 ;
Second quality do. 3 6 4 0
Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4
Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8'
Crse. & inf. sheep 3 0 3 4
Second quality do. 3 6 4 2

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Primeers-wool d 0.4 4 5 0
Prue. S' thdown d 0.5 2 5 4
Large erse. calves 4 4 4 10
Prime small do 5 0 5 4
Large hogs 3 10 4 4
Small porkers , 4 64 10

Lambs, Os Od to Os Od.
Suckling calves, 22s to 30s; and quarter-old store pigs,
22s to 28s.

TOTAL SUPPLY.

FOREIGN SUPPLY.

Beasts
Sheep
Calves B6 Calves
Pigs 4lO ; Pigs .... —
The total impprts of foreign stock into London, last week,
amounted to 3,135 head. In the corresponding week in
1861, we received 738—in 1860, 2,135—in 1859, 2,563
—in 1858, sH—in 1857, 1,237—in 1856, 1,105 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAO WEER.

From Beasts.
Rotterdam • 310 ..
Harlingen 321
Hamburgh 2 ..
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Dordt
Amsterdam 3
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Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
993 .. .. 183 .. 2
454 .. .. ..
790 .. .. ..

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Total .... 636 .. 2,276 .. .. 221 .. 2
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1861 2Bl .. 367 93 ..
1860 573 .. 1,286 .. 276 .. --
1859 491 .. 1,881 .. 275 .. 6
1858 65 .. 291 .. 185 .. --
1857 .. 377 .. 644 216
1856

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A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the great meL•opolitan
cattle market, on Monday, Jan. 14,11861, and this day,
Monday, Jan. 13, 1862.
Per 81b. to sink the offal.
Jan. 14, Jan. 13,
1861. 1862.
Coarse and inferior beasts 3 2to 3 6 3 oto 3 4
Second quality do. 3 8 4 2 3 6 4 0
Prime large:oxen 4 4 4 6 4 2 4 4
Prime Scots, &c 4 8 410 4 6 4 8
Coarse and inferior sheep
Second quality do. .. 4 0 4 6 3 6 4 2
Prime coarse-woolled do 4lO 5 6 4 4 5 0
Prime Southdown do. .. 5 8 6 0 5 2 6 4
Lambs
Large coarse calves
Prime small do. 5 0 5 4 5 0 5 4
Large hogs
Neat smailiporkors 4 8 5 2 4 6 410
Beasts ..
Sheep and lambs 19,700 18,920
Calves! .. 110 132
Pigs.. 4OO , 310
SUPPLIES ON SAL; JAN. 16, 1860.—Beasts, 3,960 ;
sheep and lambs, 21,120; calves, 135; pigs, 490.
JAN. 17, 1859.—Beasts, 4,100; sheep and lambs, 19,800;
calves, 28.; pigs, 430.