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KÖNIGSBERG. 
Predominant Prices paid by the Working Classes in October, 1905, 
and November, 1906. 
Description of Cut. 
Beef : — 
Bab ... ... ... 
Silverside 
Shin, with bone 
Steak 
Flank 
Mutton :— 
Beg ... ... ... 
Shoulder 
Breast 
Neck 
Chops 
Veal :— 
Hindquarter 
with bone 
without bone 
Shoulder, 
Loin 
Pork :— 
Leg 
Foreloin., 
Belly 
Spare rib 
Chops 
Predominant price per lb. 
- 
October, 1905. j November, 1906. 
8W. 
9(7. 
7(7. 
9(7. 
8&(7. 
9(7. 
8# 
8&d. 
8\d. 
11(7. 
9W. 
91(7. 
Is. 7(7. 
11(7. 
9(7. 
10(7. 
%d. 
11(7. 
11(7. 
7§(7. 
81(7. 
6^(7. 
8^(7. 
7%(7. 
8j(7. 
7M. 
7^(7. 
7^(7. 
9§(7. 
81(7. 
8#(7. 
Is. 5|(7. 
9§(7. 
8f(7. 
91(7. 
8# 
91(7. 
91(7. 
In considering these prices in relation to those charged for the corresponding 
cuts in the United Kingdom, it has to be remembered that as a rule the German 
housewife, especially among the working classes, when buying meat, asks for so 
much beef, pork, &c., without any reference to the part of the carcase from which 
it is to be cut ; at the most she specifies whether it is intended for boiling or 
roasting. The butcher determines the average price per pound which he must 
realise on the whole carcase, and endeavours by judicious cutting to obtain a 
price as near that average as possible for every pound sold, irrespective of the 
cut. This accounts for the comparative uniformity of the prices. 
At the shops for the sale of horseflesh (there are nine such shops in 
Königsberg) no other kind of meats are sold, and the prices charged at all these 
shops for the various cuts from the carcase, as well as for the various products 
manufactured from horseflesh, are the same. They are as follows :— 
Retail Prices of Horseflesh and preparations thereof in Königsberg. 
Price. 
Steak from the leg 
Filet steak 
Fore quarter 
Minced horseflesh 
Corned „ (boiled) 
Smoked „ 
“ Lübecker ” sausage 
“ Cervelat ” „ 
“ Metadellen ” ,, 
“Pomeranian” „ 
“Country” „ 
Small sausages 
per lb 
per pair 
2# 
I# 
2f(7. 
2^(7. 
2f(7. 
7# 
7# 
51,(7. 
4(7. 
5^(7. 
i¡li. 
Cuts of horseflesh may be bought at prices of a halfpenny or a penny per 
pound cheaper at the markets held twice a week in certain parts of the town, 
including the quays, but the appearance of the meat exhibited for sale by the 
stall-holders compares very unfavourably with that shown in the regular 
horseflesh shops, and is the reverse of appetising.