Evening star., 1922-12-29
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.

Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.
mo market" was today's report on
the condition of the meat market.
Demand for meat is light and prob
ably will continue SO until the close
Of the holiday season.
The demand for turkeys for the
New Year dinner is light, but dealers
say the demand for fowls and
chickens is fairly heavy.
No change in butter and egg prices
is noted. and there is a plentiful sup
ply OF all kinds Of fruits and vege-
tables.
EEgs-Strictly fresh. selected. can
died, per dozen. 4sa5o: average receipts.
47a4S; southern, IS. Cold storage eggs,
3oa32.
Live poultry-Roosrers, per lb:. IA:
turkeys. per lb., 35: spring chickens,
fowls. each. %.
Dressed poultry-Fresh- killed spring
cnickens. per lb.. 2sa3o; hens. per d.
SIa2s; roosters. pei, lb.. IS: turkeys
7oaso. ' ~ ~
Live stock-calves. choice. per lb..
l2h: medium. per lb., 12: thin. per
!b.. 6aS. Lambs. choice. per lb., 1S:
live n pigs s.ooas.oo each; live hogs per
Green fruits--Apples. per bbl., LIS
a7.00; per bushel basket. nearby. .5a
LOO: Delicious. No. !, per bbl., Coca
100. California oranges. per crate.
6.ooa6.0o: Florida. 4.Ooa4.5o. Lemons.
per bog. 6.ooa7.oo: Grapefruit. s.ooa
yegetabIes-Potatoes. per Dbl. No: |.
l;5oa2oo; per sack. 2.ooa225; No. -,
| 60a1.00. Sweet potatoes. North Caro-
lima, 75a1.5o: nearby. 2.ooa2.5o. Let
tuce. per crate. southern. 1.ooa2 70.
Romaine lettuce, per crate, 5oal .25.
Cabbage. northern. 1.75a2.o0 per 100
lbs; nearby cabbage. per bbl.. 1.50a
zoo. Elephants. per crate. 4.00a7o0.
Tomatoes. per box, Florida. 4.00a70o.
Beans. 2.50a4.5o per basket. Peas.
s:ooa7.5o per basket; Peppers. per
bbl.. 1.50a2.00. Spinach, per bbl.. 3.o0a
$50. Celery. per doz 1.00a1.25: Cali
fornia. per crate. 1.50as.00. Califor-
MIA grapes, per crate, 3.00a4.o0.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE. December 2s (SpeciaD.
-Potatoes. white. 100 lbs. 5oa1.25:
bushel. 5oa65; basket. 24a3o; yams,
| bbl.. 1.25a1.75:- bushel. 5oa75: beans.
| hnshe1. 3.00a4.00; beets, bushel. l5a
LOO: broccoli. bushel. 2oaso: savoy
ca bbage. bushel. 60a75: carrots, bas-
celery. 100. 5.ooa7oo; cucumbers.
crate: 6.ooas.oo: eggplants. crate,
| 4.00a6.00; hcrseradish, bushel. 3Ooa
400; kale. busheI. 2oa3o; lettuce,
Dbl. 1.25a2.oo; onions, 100 lbs. 1.5oa
! 800; oyster plants. 50oa7.00: par
, ships. bushel. Looa1.1o; peas. bushel,
pumpkins, 100. 1o.o0a20.0o; spinach.
! bushel. 1sa1.00; squash. crate. 3o0a
400; tomatoes. crate, 3.00a6O0: tur-
nips. bushel, 5oaso. -.
bushel. 5Oal50: loose. 100 lbs. 1.4oa
16s; basket. 40a5o: box apples. 1.s0a
ESQ; cranberries. Dbl. 11.00a15. 90;
| grapefruit, box. 225a35o; oranges,
oo1. s-ooa425: pineapples. crate, 400
| AGO; Strawberries. quart, 55a70;
tangerines. strap. 4.50a6.50.
Selling Prices at 1880.
Wheat-No. l red winter spot. no
quotations: No red winter. spot.
l.s9 nominal No. red winter, spot,
no quotations: No. 9 red winter, gar
licky. 1.33A nominal: No. 8 red winter,
garlicky, no quotations; December,
1888 q nominal.
Sales-None.
! Corn-Cob corn. new. 400 per barrel :
contract, spot. s3ia per bushel: No. .
corn. spot. S5: No. 4. no quotations
track corn, yellow, No. ., old to better.
| So per bushel.
| Sales-None.
! Oats-White. No ., So per bushel
| asked; No. 3. 541
Rye-Nearby. s5as5 per bushel: No.
2: western export, spot, l.01 per bushel !;
| No. 3. no quotations
Hay-Receipts. 8 tons; market for
top grade Of timothy and light clover
mixed. ls:o ooa2o;o 90 per ton. and for good
straw-No. ! tangled rye. 15.ooa
/ oat, nominal, 12.00a12.5O.
TODAY's CHICAGO PRICES,
CHICAGO. December Heavy
selling here, combined with lower
l quotations at Liverpool. had a bear
1 ish enect on the wheat market today
during the early dealings The SELL
ing as was associated. more or less. with
an elaborate statement from a big
trader taking pronounced stand
against higher prices. He figures
$1,000, 600 bushels more wheat avail
| able in the United States at present
IMAM was the case year ago, with
100000 bushels larger than the aver
age OF the last twenty years. The
opening. which ranged from IA to s.
lower. with May, 1.241s to 1.24k. and
July. LA to 1.14h. was followed by a
moderate further setback.
Corn and oats were relatively firm.
owing to receipts of corn here being
smaller than has been the rule of
late. After opening at T. decline to
% advance. May, 71k to III, the
corn market continued to show gains
for December and losses in the MAY
and July deliveries
Oats started y to 4 Off May. 45A,
and later receded a little more.
| Lower quotations on hogs had a
depressing influence on the provision