324 Report on the American and Canadian Meat Trade. 
the market closed active at quotations. Common to prime sheep ranged from 
5 to 7f c. per lb. Dressed mutton was in moderate request at 7 to 11 c. per lb. 
for common to prime carcasses. 
Swine. — Keceipts, 31,120. Live hogs steady at 5£ to 6a c. Dressed hogs 
dull at 7J to 7f c. for heavy to light. 
Boston Mabkets, May 12. 
Beeves, Northern. — The Advertiser reports : — 
Per cwt., hide, tallow, and beef. 
This Week. Last Week. 
DoUars. Dollars. 
A few premium to 8*75 .. .. to 8 '75 
Goodoxen 8-00 „ 8-50 .. 8-00 „ 8"50 
Fair to good 7-00 „ 7-75 .. 7-00 „ 7*75 
Second quality 6-00 „ 6-75 .. 6-00 „ 6' 50 
Third quality 5-00 „ 5-75 .. 4-75 „ 5*75 
Western, Alive, cents per lb. 
This Week. Last Week. 
A few premium 6j- to 6^ 6£ to 6£ 
Extra, so called 5£ „ 6£ .. 5f „ 6 
Good to prime 5§ „ 5f .. 5i „ 5% 
Light to fair 4£ „ 5i .. 4f „ 5^ 
Slim 4i „ 4| .. 4 „ 4f 
Milch Cows. — There was a fair trade in cows at $30 to 75, calves included. 
Sheep. — Prices are weak at 5 to 8 c. per lb., or $3 to 7 ■ 75 per head. Spring- 
lambs, 11 to 12 c. 
Swine. — Fat hogs, alive, sell at 7 c. per lb. Store pigs, wholesale He. 
Buffalo, May 12. 
Beeves.— Closing quotations compare as follow : 
Per cental, gross. 
This Week. Last Week. 
Dollars. Dollars. 
Extra 5*75 to 6-00 .. 5*65 to 5"87£ 
First quality 5*37£ „ 5'60 .. 5-25 „ 5'40 
Second quality .. .. 5"00 ,,5-20 .. 4-75 „ 5-12J 
Poor to medium .. .. 4*10 ,,4-75 .. 4-00 „ 4-50 
Stock steers 3-75 ,,4-50 .. 3"50 „ 4-25 
Keceipts, 10,937 head, against 13,293 last week. The demand was only 
moderate, but the lighter supply and favourable eastern markets kept prices 
up to quotations to the close. 
The price in Chicago was Ad. to 5d. per lb. for the choicest 
beef ; in New York at the same time it was 5d. to Qd. per lb. 
These are the wholesale prices for dressed beef. At the same 
period the wholesale price in the London (Metropolitan) market 
was l\d. to 8 \d. per lb. for best beef. The " choicest " American 
beef may be taken as equal to the " best " English in the respec- 
tive markets. Thus, allowing \d. per lb. as the cost of ocean 
transit, there is still a disparity in the price of beef of 2d. per lb. 
between the two cities in which meat is probably dearer than in 
any other two in the world — New York and London ; and this 
