The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-13 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

For the time of year the supply of foreign stock on sale
here to-day was good, but chiefly in middling condition.
The trade may be considered steady, at full prices.
The arrivals of beasts from our own grazing districts
were moderately extensive. The quality of most breeds,
however, was only middling. The supply from Scotland
was in excellent condition. On the whole, the beef trade
was in a sluggish state at, in some instances, a decline in
the quotations, compared with Monday last, of 2d per 81b.
The top figure for Scots and crosses was 5s 4d per 81b.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we
received 2,300 Scots and crosses ; from other parts of Eng-
land, 700 various breeds; from Scotland, 304 Scots and
crosses ; and from Ireland, 110 oxen and heifers.
Notwithstanding the severity of the weather about a
moiety of. the sheep—the show of which was small—was
out of the wool. The quality of most breeds was good,
and the demand ruled steady at fully last week's currency.
Prime Downs sold at 6s 2d, but a few half-breds, with very
fine-wool, realised 6s 4d and even Gs 6d per 81b. Clipped
Downs produced 5s per 81b.
A few lambs were disposed off at from 7s to 7s 4d per 81b.
Calves were in moderate supply and steady request at
full prices, viz., from 4s 4d to 5s 6d per 81bs.
We have to report a good trade for pigs on rather higher
terms.

Per 81b to sink the offal.
s d d a ds d
Crse. do inf. beasts... 3 8 4 2 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 6 5 10
Second quality do .. t 4 4 10 Prime n'thdown a 0.6 0 6 2
Prime large oxen ..5 0 5 2 La ge coarse calus.4 4 5 0
Prime Scots, &c.... 5 2 5 4 Prime small d0......5 2 5 6
Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 4 4 10 Large hogs ....3 6 4 0
econd quality do ..5 0 5 4 Small porkers 4 2 4 8
Lambs... .0a Od to 0i Od.

Suckling calves, 170 to 21s; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s
o 25s each. _ _

_ ___ ______
Head of stock on sale.
Total supply. Foreign supply.
Beasts 9,550 Beasts 970
Ccws. .. Cows . .
Sheep ..
Calves 192 Ca ves lOl
Vigs 330 Pigs —

The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week,
amounted to 6,573 head. In the corresponding week in
1864, we received 2,024 ; in 1863, 2,142 ; in 1862,
821; in 1861, 1,221 ; and in 1860, 1,207 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.

Beasts.
Amsterdam 37
Antwerp 3
Boulogne lOl ...
Bremen ,..

Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.

- •.• -
12 ...

- ... 362

Cadiz
Corunna
Dordt.
Dunkirk
Hamburg
Harlingen 294 ...
Ostend 3O 108
Rotterdam ... 731 1256
Vigo...

195- .. • -- - •. • - - .. . -
259 ... - ••• - ... 119
336 ... - ... - ... 124
.. ." ••• 1 •• -

•.• -- ... -
... 411 ... 321

- •••

Total 1612 2154 435 926
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1864
1863 550 447 ... 407 ... 4
1862
1861 BO3 2682 206 ...
1860
A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan
Cattle Market onMonday,Februaryls, 1864, and this day,
Monday, February 13, 1865.

Per 81bs. to sink the offal.
Feb. 16,
• 1864.
Coarse and inferior beasts 3 Bto 4 0
Second quality do.
Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8
Prime Scots, &c.
Coarse and inferior sheep
Second quality do.
Prime coarse-woolled do 5 4 5 8
Prime Southdown do 5lO 6 0
Lambs
Large coarse calves 4 0 4 6
Prime small do.
Large hogs
Neat small porkers 4 2 4 6
Beasts 8,690
Sheep 14,650
Calves
Pigs
SuPPLIEs ON SALE, February 16, 1863.—Beasts, 4,210
sheep, 15,760—calves,
117—pigs, 310.
February 17, 1862—Beasts, 3,96 o—sheep, 15,410—calves
89—pigs, 255.

Feb. 13,
1865.
3 Bto 4 2
4 4 410
50 5 2
52 5 4
4 4 410
50 5 4
5 6 510
60 6 2
00 0 0
44 5 0
52 5 6
86 4 0
42 4 8