The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-27 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

Our market to .day was tolerably well supplied with each
kind of foreign stock for the time of.yeare The demand
for it ruled steady, at full prices.
The supply of English beasts here this morning was very
moderate, but the quality of all breeds was good. Notwith-
standing that the beef trade was in a very sluggish state,
the currencies realised on Monday last were supported.
The best Scots and crosses realised 4s 10d per 81bs. The
Scotch arrivals were remarkably prime.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we
received 2,100 Scots, &c. ; from other parts of England, 300
various breeds; and from Scotland, 750 Scots and crosses.
No beasts came to hand from Ireland.

The show of sheep was tolerably good, and the condition
of most breeds exhibited a slight improvement, when com-
pared with several previous weeks. Downs were in good
request, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per Blbs.
The general top figure was 5s 4d, but you prime stock
made 5s 8d per Blbs.

With lambs we were fairly supplied ; nevertheless, the
lamb trade was somewhat active, at extreme currencies.

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Calves were in moderate supply and fair request, at very
full prices.
The pork trade ruled inactive, at last week's cur-
rency.

Per Slb, to sink the offal.

s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 81Primecrs-wool do.'4 6 4 10
Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 0 5 4
Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Large arse. calves 4 0 4 6
Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small do 4 8 5 2
Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Large hogs 4 0 4 4
Second quality do. 4 0 4 2, Small porkers 4 6 5 0
Lambs, 5s 8d to 7s Od.
Suckling calves, 22s to 325; and quarter-old store pigs,
23s to 30s.

TOTAL SUPPLY
Beasts
Sheep and lambs.... 22,410
Calves
390

FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Roast.
Sheep
Calves
Pigs , Pigs
The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week,
amounted to 5,430 head. In the corresponding week hi
1860, we received 5,215—in 1859, 3,865—in 1858, 1,239
—in 1857, 2,344—in 1856, 1,761—in 1855, 2,673 head.
IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAO WEEK.

From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
Rotterdam • • . 43 .. 526 .. 130 171 • • 26
Harlingen 104 .. 1400 17 60 .. 15
Hamburgh , . 121 .. 3,020 .. 84 34 • . 209
Oporto
Vigo . •
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Amsterdam... .
Antwerp —
Boulogne .
Tonninv,
Medemblik • .
Cuxhaven .

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Total .... 450 .. 4,946 .. 231 .. 270 .. 250.

The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1860 525 .. 5,668 .. 225 .. 380 174
1859 .. 184 .. 2,789 .. 477 .. 312 ..
1858 77 .. 1,658 .. 166 .. 231
1857 ll7 .. 1,772 .. 45 .. 295 ..
185 g 213 .. 1,290 .. 111 .. 223 ..
1855 231 913 .. 155 .. 313 .. 10
A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan
cattle market, on Monday, May 23, 1860, and this day,
Monday, May 27, 1861.
Per 81b. to sink the offal.

May 28, May 27,
1860. 1861.
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Coarse and inferior beasts 310 to 4 2 3 4 3 8
Second quality do 4 4 4 8 310 to 4 2
Prime large oxen .4 10 5 0 4 4 4 6
Prime Scots, &c 5 2 5 4 4 8 410
Coarse and inferior sheep .
Second quality do.
Prime coarse-woolled d 0..... 5 6 5 8 4 6 410
Prime Southdown. do.
Lambs
Large coarse calves
Prime small do.
Large hogs
Neat small porkers 4 8 5 0 4 6 5 0
Beasts
Sheep and lambs 28,500 22,410
Calves
Pigs 270 390
SUPPLIES ON SALE, MAY 30, 1859.—Beasts, 4,180;
sheep and lambs, 25,770 ; calves, 210 ; pigs, 290.
MAY 31, 1858.—Beasts, 3,585; sheep and lambs, 22,570 ;
calves, 175 ; pigs, 250.