The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-12 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

There was a falling off in the supply'of foreign stock on
sale here to-day, compared with Monday last. The demand
was; consequently, steady, on rather higher terms for the
primest beasts and sheep.
About an average supply of home-fed stock was on offer
but the quality of most breeds was only middling. On
the whole the trade was firm at, in most instances, an ad-
vance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. The best Scots,
crosses, &c., realised 5s 2d to 5s 4d per 81bs.
nom Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton-
shire we received 1,600 shorthorns, &c. ; from other parts
of England, 500 various breeds; from Scotland, 35 Scots
and crosses; and from Ireland, 70 oxen and heifers.
We were again scantily supplied with with all breeds of
sheep, which came to hand in fair average condition. The
mutton trade was flan, and prime Downs and half-breds
improved in value 2s per 81b. All other breeds were quite
as dear as last week. The top figure was 5s 4d per 81b.
Calvei were in moderate supply and steady request at
full prices, viz., from 4s 6d to 5s 6d per 81b.
Prime small porkers were in demand at from 4s 8d to 5s
per 81b, but large hogs were very dull, at from 3s 10d to Is
6d per 81b. The supply was tolerably good.

Per 81b to sink the offal.
8 ds d
Crse & inf. beasts... 3 6 3 10
Second quality do ..4 0 4 d
Prime large oxen. 8 5 U
Prime Se LS, Jz0....5 z 5 4
Crse. and lot. siieep.3 10 4 2
Second quality do 4 5 2

sd s d
Pmecrs-wool alicep.s 0 5 :0
Prime a'tlidown t 10.6 0 6 4
La-ge coarse calves. 4 6 5 0
Prune small du......5 2 5 6
Large hog,a ...3 10 4 6
Small porkers 4 8
Larab....os Od to 0, 01.

Suzkllng calves, 203 to 233; aud quarter-old store pigs, 3)
0 333 each,

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply. Foreign supply.
Beasts 4,533 Beasts ...... ............ 2,33 e
Cows. Cows.
Blieep and lambs 18,:19) Sheep and I,mbs
Calves l,O Oa ves Bl
rigs 6lO illgs 2.0
The total imports of foreign stuck into London, last week
amounted to 15,822 head. In the corresponding week in
1865, wo received 18,363; in 1864, 16,173 ; in 1863
9,401; in 1862, 8,208 ; in 1861, 6,837 ; and in 1860
,
8,242.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.
Beasts. sheep. Lambs. Calves. Piga,

•
28149 :: :
.7125472 :: .. . .
.—. . .. :.. 147_ .. . 27
Amsterdam — .. .. .. ...
Antwerp
Bremen
Boulogne
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Caen 4 ..,
Calais..
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Dieppe. . 95
...
Dunkirk..
..• ••• ---
Hamburg 330 ... 1302 ... •"21
Harlingen 476 ... 1574 -.— "' 73 26
Hontleur
Oporto
Ostend - -- .. 104 .. -- .. 57 ..
Rotterdam — ... 223
St. Petersburg —
••• "....
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Tomiing 1722 ... 1336 ..•
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :-
Beasts. Sheep. - Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1865
... -- ... 381 —1207
1864 4686 _10.275
..„ -- ... 703 -.1019
1863
... ... 453 ~. 517
A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in tho Groat Metropolitan
Cattle Market on Monday, Nov. 13, 1865, and this day,
Monday, Nov. 12, 1866.
Per Blbs. to sink tho offal.
Nov. 13, Nov. 12,
• 1865. 1866.
s a s d s d s d.
Coarse and inferior boasts.. 32t0 3 8 8 6t03 10
Second quality do.
Prime large oxen 4 8 5 0 4 8 5 0
Prime Scots, &c.
Coarse and inferior sheep
Second quality do.
Prime coarse-woolled do 5lO 6 2 5 6 510
Prime Southdown do 6 6 6,10 6 0 6 4
Lambs
Largo coarse calves 4 6 5 2 4 6 5 0
Primo small do.
Large hogs
Neat small porkers -5 2 5 6 4 8 5 0
Beasts 5,210 4,630
Sheep
Calves
Pigs
SUPPLIES ON SALE, Nov. 11, 1861.—Beasts, 6,580—
sheep, 24,450—calves, 210—pigs, 350.
Nov. 16, 1863—Beasts, 6,580—sheep, 21,480 —calves,
357—pigs, 340.

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