Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-28
WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET.
Poultry Higher - Butter and Eggs
Slightly Lower,


An examination of today's quotations in
the local wholesale produce market shows
that while the price of poultry has slightly
advanced above that prevailing during the
past week or so. the price for both butter
and eggs has fallen slightly. The advance
In poultry is due to the colder weather and
to the fact that previous to Christmas the
supply slightly exceeded the demand. That
is, the market was somewhat overstocked.
That condition is not likely to again occur
this season, so that prices are not apt to be
again so low. The decline of prices in eggs
is attributable to very liberal receipts, and
the fall in butter is due, perhaps, more to
the lull usually following a great holiday
demand than to anything else. Cheese
shows no change, and the same can be said
of vegetables, with the exception of Irish
potatoes. they being slightly higher today.
Game is somewhat lower but beef and other
meats remain about as quoted last week.
On the whole, the market is firm, and fair
ly active. being finely supplied one.
Butter is today about two cents a pound
lower than 1t was this day week ago, and
the market is little off. However, this
condition of the market is one naturally fol-
lowing great holiday, slight dizziness be-
ing always seen at such time. Yet there
is disposition to hold fine goods at top
prices, and buyers are more critical. Until
after the first of the year, at least, jobbers
will conftne their purchases closely to their
cry is in fair demand. and limitations are
dragging heavily. The following are to-
days prices: Fancy Elgin and other western
extras, u cents pound; choice, %; firsts.
-; seconds, %. Choice bakers stock, IS;
New York tubs, IS to 20; dairy print, 10;
western, 10 to Is; Maryland and Virginia
creamery rs TO 10; dairy packed 10 to Is.
Cheese shows absolutely no change in
prices The demand just now is small, and
little change in the market is expected, al
though the outlook is encouraging. Today's
quotations: New York state cream, large,
liz cents pound; fats, 12k, and ponys, IA.
Eggs are from one to two cents dozen
lower today than they were last Saturday.
They are arriving freely, and their quality
shows quite an improvement Unless I'M
favorable weather intervenes. prices will
hardly advance to any material extent this
season. Prices prevailing today: Nearby
fresh, 70 to p cents a dozen; storage stock.
l6 TO Is: western and southern fresh 10 to
~, and keat or guinea stock, to ..
While the Christmas demand for poultry
v as, OF course, very large one, yet the
unusually warm weather and an immense
supply were responsible for exceedingly
low prices. Today the conditions are differ
emit, the weather is colder and the supply
Is much smaller. Hence, today's prices, as
may be seen from the following, are some
what higher: Drawn turkeys, from to II
cents pound; live, 8 to 10; live chickens, @
to 8; dressed, 8 to IL; old stock, dressed to
s; live, to 9; ducks, 10 to II. and geese. 6
Game is somewhat lower It Is very plenti-
full and in good shape. Venison, saddle, per
pound. II to 16; whole deer, bucks, s to 10;
bear, saddle, 10: pheasants, so; rabbits, per
dozen, IS cents to sl50; quail, 1.25 to 81 80;
wild turkeys. per pound, 10 to II; woodcock.
each, % to 40.
Vegetables and fruit continue plentiful,
with little real change in prices. Cabbage,
sl.5O to 81 per hundred; new potatoes, 75
cents to sl.15 barrel; sweet potatoes. red,
50 to s2.75 a barrel; eastern shore sweet
potatoes. $2.25 to s. barrel; yams and hay
mons, s15O to $3.50 a barrel; beets, 81 to
s2.50 hundred punches; yellow onions, 81
to s. barrel; turnips. 60 to Is cents a bar.
rel; Virginia white beans, 81 to s1.5O: black
eyed peas, 90 cents to 81 bushel; lima
beans, to cents a quart: tomatoes, 81 to
$50 a crate; fancy table apples, 81 to $3.50
a barrel; fancy California oranges 81 to
$3.50 box; Messina, s. to s.; Valencia, s.
to $3.50; lemons, s. to 81 box.
Beef and other meats show no material
change in prices. Live cattle, to 1-2 cents
a pound: lambs, to 1-2. and sheep, . to
IL; cows with calves, $25 to $50: calves, 4
to cents pound; dressed hogs, 4 to 6.