Cattle Markets, Fairs - Cumberland and Westmorland Newspaper Transcriptions

Cattle Markets, Fairs

CATTLE MARKETS, FAIRS, &C.

CARLISLE CATLE MARKET, Saturday, November 13. - We had a very good show of
Galloway and short-horned bullocks and heifers, and anything that was good
met with a fair sale, a portion leaving unsold.Several lots of Highland
heifers, but very little business done; a few moderate Irish, which left
unsold; a poor show of calving cows and heifers, which were soon picked up.
A few lambs were shown,but no sales effected. The following are the
prices: - Galloway stirks £4 10s to £6;Galloway heifers for stall feeding
£8 to £10; short-horned stirks £5 to £7; heifers for stall feeding £10 to
£12; Highlanders £3 to £5
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CARLISLE FAT CATTLE MARKET, November 18.-The show of cattle at our market
to-day was more in number by 10 or 12 head compared with that of last week,
the number being 35 head on offer, consisting of 6 Shorthorns, 14 Galloways,
2 West Highlands, 6 Irish, and 7 Cross breeds. They were all young cattle.
There was a great fall off in the number of Sheep compared with the last few
weeks, the number on offer to-day not being more than about 330, consisting
of Cheviots, Herdwicks, West Downs, Black Faced, and Half Breed; the whole
were of good average quality for the season. We had only 2 calves on offer,
and of very poor quality. there were 4 Pigs on offer, very nice ones.
Business appeared to be done with great caution by both parties. Sales were
dull rather than otherwise. The following are the prices: - Beef from 5s 6d
to6s 6d per stone of 14 lbs.; mutton 5d to 6-1/2d; veal 6d to 6-1/2d per
lb.; roasters 6s to 6d per stone of 14 lbs., sinking offal.
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SALFORD CATTLE MARKET. Wednesday,November 15. - Number at market: Beasts,
844; sheep and lambs, 4,990; calves, 144. Prices, sinking the offal: Best
beef, 6d to 6-l/2d; middling, 5d to 5-1/2 d.; calves 5d to 7d; best
wedders, 6d to 7-1/4 d; ewes, 4d to 5-1/2 d per lb.
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LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, Monday, November 15 - The supply of beef and mutton
this day was less than last Monday. A very fair demand, at rather better
prices for the best stock. Middling quiet without change. Beef 4d to
6-1/2d; mutton 6d to 7d per lb. sinking the offal. Beasts 2865; sheep
6225 at market.
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METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, Monday, Nov. 15. The total imports of foreign
stock into London last week amounted to 7,576 head. In the corresponding
week in 1857, we received 4,374; in 1856, 6,367; in 1855, 7,732; in 1854,
6,808; in 1853, 8,574; and in 1852, 4,873 head. As the navigation in the
north of Europe will shortly close, we may look forward to heavy imports of
beasts during the next three or four weeks owing to the scarcity of food.
There was a large supply of foreign stock on offer here to-day in a very
middling condition, and sales progressed slowly at barely the late decline
in value. The arrivals fresh up this morning from our own grazing counties
were seasonably good as to number,but somewhat deficient in quality. The
primest Scots, shorthorns, &c sold steadily at very ful prices. Otherwise,
the trade ruled comparatively hevy at last week's currancy. From
Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire we received 3100
shorthorns; from other parts of England 400 of various breeds; from
Scotland 100 Scots, and from Ireland 850 oxen, &c. The total supply of
sheep was rather extensive, but it was chiefly composed of inferior breeds.
Prime Downs sold without difficulty at very full prices; but other sheep
were very dull, and the turn lower. About 850 sheep came to hand from
Ireland, and some Scotch breeds sold as high at 61s each. We were scantily
supplied with calves,which sold steadily, and prices had an upward tendency.
Pigs, the supply of which was moderate, sold heavily at the late decline in
value.
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