The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-27 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

There was on offor here, to-day, a full average supply
of beasts from Normandy, Portugal, Switzerland, Ger-
many, and Holland, in improved condition. The supply
of foreign sheep was good, of calves and pigs only mode-
rate. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our grazing dis-
tricts, as well as from Scotland, were tolerably good, and
mostly in prime condition. From inland the receipts were
limited. Prime brands were in steady request at full prices.
Otherwise, the beef trade was heavy, and the quotations
had a drooping tendency. The best Scots and Downs told
at ss. 2d. per lb. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam-
bridgeshire we received 2,100 Scots and crosses; from
other parts of England, 700 various breeds ; from Scotland,
380 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland 120 oxen and
heifers.

With sheep we were but moderately supplied. Those in
the wool were taken off steadily at full prices. Prime shorn
sheep ruled steady, but inferior breeds declined 2d. per 81b.
The general top price of Downs and half-breeds, in the
wool, was 6s. Bd., out of the woo], ss. 4d. to ss. 6d. per 81b.
A few very prime half-bred tups, in the wool, sold as high
as 7s. per 81b.
Lambs were in fair supply and sluggish request, at from
Gs. to 7s. per 81b.
We have to report a steady fall for calves, at full prices
viz., from 4s. 6d. to ss. Bd. per 81bs.
Pigs were quite as dear as last week with a fair inquiry.
Per 81b to sink the offal.

s de d s ds d
Crse. & inf. beasts...l 6 4 0 Pme crs-wool sheep 6 0 6 4
second quality do .. 2 4 6 Prime s'thaown 00.6 0 6
Prime largt oxen ..4 8 4 JO La ge coarse calves. 4 6 5 2
Prime Scats, &c.... 5 0 5 2 Prime small d0......5 4 6 8
Crse. and int. stieep.4 6 5 2 Large hogs .3 6 4
Second quality do ..5 4 5 10 Small porkers 4 Z 4 10
Lambs....6s td to 7. Od.

En:11111g calves, 19s to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 21s
to 275 each.

Head of stock on sale.
_ Total supply. Foreign supply.
Beasts 4,750 Beasts 1 B2O
Cows — Cows.
Sheep .... ..
Calves 1.4 Ca yes ll4
Pigs 460 Pigs 220
The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week,
amounted to 7,160 head. In the corresponding week in
1864, we received 4,905 ; in 1863, 3,687 ; in 1862,
2,054; in 1861, 2,035 ; and in 1860, 2,602 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
Antwerp
Boulogne lBB ...
Bremen lB ...
Calais
Corunna
Dordt.
Dunkirk
Hamburg
Harlingen ...... 475 ... -
Ostend 4B 339
Rotterdam 1005 ... 1029
Oporto...
Vigo

178 ... -

--- .•
•
60 ...

::: - ... 46

••• -

- ... 134

1 179 ... 853

Total l7BB 8350 ... 225 ...1797
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs,
1864
1863

1862

... 267 ... 10

1861

... 426 ... -

1860

statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan
Cattle Market on Monday, March 28, 1864, and this day,
Monday, March 27, 1865.
_ _ _

Per Blbs. to sink the offal.

March 28, March 27,
1864. 1865.
Coarse and inferior beasts 3 4to 3 8 3 6to 4 0
Second quality do.
Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 4 8 410
Prime Scots, &c.
Coarse and inferior sheep
Second quality do.
Prime coarse-woolled do.
Prime Southdown do 5lO 6 0 6 6 6 8
Lambs

Large coarse calves 4 4 5 0 4 6 5.2
Prime small do.

Large hogs
Neat small porkers 4 2 4 6 4 2 410
Beasts 3,020
Sheep 17,590
Calves
Pigs
SUPPLIES oN SALE, March 30, 1863.—Beasts, 4,390—
sheep, 24,070—calves, 147—pigs, 490.
March 31, 1862—Beasts, 4,6 lo—sheep, 14,060—calves, 142
—pigs, 360.