Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-27
Grain, Produce and Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.

LOOAL "nOAASAAH mApnNA.
The wholesale market prices this
morning ranged about as follows:
Eggs-Strictly fresh. per doz.. s.;
average receipts. So; southern. Co.
Live Poultry-Roosters, per h., %;
turkeys, per lb,, 46a5o; chickens, spring
per h.. 42a43; hens, per h.. 37aSs; KEATS
young. each. 60a70.
Dressed Poultry-Fresh killed spring
s5a5o.
Live stock-Calves. per h.. 1ea17:
lambs. 1Sa15; sheep, 5a6.
49, :e per basket. 7ssaess; California lem
ons. per box. 2.50as.00 pineapples, per
crate, s.ooaio.co: peaches. per crate.
2.5oas.75; Delaware. z5oas75' black
vegetables-Potatoes. No. !, per Dbl:
3.25a3.50; do, No. 2, 1.50a2:oo; sweet
Der s sn No Beans per Basket
1.5oa2 90; per Dbl, sooa4oo; eggplant,
per crate. 1.00a1.50; cabbage. per DBL
! 1.25a2.0o; beets, nearby, per 100, 2:ooa
400; lettuce, per crate, .50a2 90; lettuce
i.25; squash, per crate. 2.0oa2.25; spin
ach, per crate. l50a2 90; peppers. per
basket, 50a1.00: tomatoes, per box. Boa
Loo; onions, per crate. Local .s0: cucum-
bers. 2.0oas.oo per basket: cantaloupes.
, nearby, 1.0oa2.25 per crate: California.
2.5oa3:5o per crate; sugar corn. 2oas5 per
doz.: lima beans. 50aS5 per at.
DAIRY MARKETS.
1'eiaD -Arrivals by boat: Poultry
Live chickens, old hens, lbs. and
lover. ISAAC; small to medium. 33a35;
white leghorns. 33a35; old roosters.
s saas: springers. ~ lbs. and over,
isa to g" lbs to white III l1 1eeb s5ass d.
lbs. and over, IS; do. smaller,
h.. 35; ducks, young pekings. 3 lbs
and over, IS; do. puddle. ga do. mus
icovy, 32as3; do. smaller and poor. 80;
Ioid. go; pigeons, young, pair, 30a35;
old, 3oaa5; guinea fowl. young, ~
lbs. and over, each. rs; smaller. 60;
turkeys 1u young. 8 lbs. and over. per
Eggs. loss off, per doz. Maryland
ana a. 10. pennsylvania nearby frsts. 81;
frsts, so: southern firsts. IS.
Butter, creamery fancy, 62a63; near
BY creamery, 59a6o; creamery prints,
63a65; Maryland and Pennsylvania
rolls: 40a42: Ohio rolls. 3sa3S; West
virginia rolls: 3Sa39: store packed. 81
Vanla. 3Sa40; process butter. 51a53.
NEW YORK, September 27.-Butter.
easy; receipts. $3.50 tubs. Creamery,
higher than extras 62& a63; creamery
! extras (92-score), 611sa62: firsts (SS
to 81 score). 52a61; packing stock.
| current make, No. /, 40.
Fresh gathered extra frsts. S1a6s;
| firsts, 5sa6o; state. Pennsylvania and
nearby western hennery whites, frsts
to extras. 7SaSs: state, Pennsylvania
and nearby western hennery browns,
extras. 7oa7s; do, gathered browns
5sas5.
Cheese. irregular, receipts. 1869.
State. whole milk, flats, current make,
specials. white and colored, 29a29A ;
do. average run, 2711a2Sk; state, whole
2sH.
Poultry. live. nominal: prices not
quoted. Dressed. quiet, western broil-
ers, fresh, 43a50; roasting chickens,
| fresh, S9a5o: fowls. fresh. 27a42;
roosters, fresh. 26a27.
CHICAGO. September 27.-Butter.
weak; creamery, 44a59.
| Eggs, higher; receipts. 1921 cases.
Firsts. 54a54k; ordinary firsts. Asa
so; at mark. cases included. 49a5S;
standards. So: storage packed frsts,
| 56a56h.
Poultry. alive. unchanged: fowls.
general run. 30; springs. %: turkeys. As.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO, September 81 Gu. s. bu-.
reau of markets). Notwithstanding
80, 900 head; quality very plain; good
and choice steers, firm; top. 1925;
bulk choice, 16.75a1s.00; others, very
slow; market, tending lower; grassers
mostly. 9.0oa1425; butcher cattle open
ing unevenly lower; bulk cows, 5.5oa
1878; bologna bulls, 6.00a7.00: veal
calves. 14.50a1750; steady; stockers
and feeders. draggy: receipts, west
ems. $4,000 head; market, slow; un-
dertone weak.
Hogs-Receipts, 10000 head; slow,
10 to rs higher; early top, 1855; bulk.
light and butchers, 17.00a17.75; bulk
packing sows. 15.75a16.10; pigs weak.
rs lower.
sheep-Receipts, $4,000 head; fat
lambs. steady to 25 higher; very good
Montanas. 1855; desirable natives
mostly, 12.25a12.50; few choice, held
above. 1900; sheep, steady; choice
western wethers. 7.75; fat native
ewes. mostly $50; feeders weak.