Evening star., 1922-08-22
and Live Stock
BALTIM0RE LIVE STOCK.

and Live Stock
BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK.
BALTIMORE. August 22.-With an
increase Of about 1900 head over
receipts of last week. 1892 head OF
cattle were received here during
week ending at noon yesterday. The
! market closed strong on extra good
cattle and was slow on other grades.
and lambs and the market was steady
on good to primo stock. but on other
grades dull.
Cattle-Receipts for week ended
noon yesterday were 4.7s2 head.
sssinad. against slss head last I week; sss III, ~
steers. choice. 9.00a9.s5; good butcher.
S.5oas.so: medium. s.75a750; common.
! t.00a6.00. Heifers. choice. 7.75aS.25;
fair to good, 6.00a6.76: common to
medium. 4.5oa5bo; Bulls, choice. 500
a5.a5; fair to good. 5,24a4.75; common
5.o0a5.60; fair to good. 8.50a4.5o; COM
, mon to medium, 2.00a3.00.
Sheep and lambs.-Recaipts for
week ended noon yesterday were H.
IA head. against 1872 head last
sse xssk ,.mss hssrsi soc.i9ss :aPniy' Sheep ''0a
Hoss-Receipts for week ended
,, noon yesterday were S,1oS head.
against 6.s52 head last week. Lights.
1855; heavy, s.75; medium. 1888;
pigs, 1000; roughs, 5.00a7.75.
70, Tssf ssf inasa Ssss
against 1898 head last week. Light
supply; market higher. Calves. 500
a12.0o; extra, 1925.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE, August 20 Especially.
MPo.atoes. oS white; barrel; l.z6a2.oe: z6a;
$50 pounds. 75a2. 90; sweets. barrel,
,e.75aa.25, Yams. barrel. :.25a2.5o.
Beans. bushel, 40a50. Lima beans. so
a1.00. Beets. 100. 2.0oa2.76. Cabbage,
100. 3.00a4.00. Carrots. 100. S.00a4.00.
Celery, dozen, 4oaS0.
Corn. dozen. 5slo. cucumbers: bas-
Lettuce. basket. 5oal.25 Onions
35. Squash, package stock. bushel,
60a65: yellow. basket. 35a40.
Apples. barrel 1.ooa2.0o: bushel. 50
crate, boa1.5o: Crabapples. basket. 40
a60. Damsons, pound. s. Grapes,
basket. 75al 90. Huckleberries. quart,
15a20. Peaches. basket, 35a65: crate,
1.0oa2.75. Pears. basket, 5oa1.o0.
"dteTfneiOns, primes 10 eelcCt, odSo.
Selling Prices at I O'Clock
Wheat-No. l red winter, spot. no
quotations: No. 2 red winter. spot.
gar'icky. spot, 1.o31a per bushel: No.
8. s44; August wheat. 1.o4 bid; Sep
tember. 1.02A bid.
Sales-Bag lot OF nearby. by sam
pie, at 55. 81. 65. 20. ~. as. 7s, So. IS
and 80 per bushel.
Corn-Cob corn quoted 3.75 asked
per barrel: contract corn. spot, 73h
per bushel: No. corn. spot, 74z; No.
4 corn. no quotations; track corn, yell
low. No: 2 or better, IS asked.
No sales.
oats-Whitc, No. ., new. Az per
bushel; No. 3. new, 40.
New oats are selling at discount
OF Y cent a bushel under correspond
ing grades of old.
Rye-Nearby, bag lots, 65a95 p"r
bushel; No. 2, western export, spot,
81 y per bushel; No. 3, no quotations.
Hay-Receipts, 20 tons; range is
16.0oa1s.oo for fair to good timothy
and light mixed: market firm; supply
on hand ample for trade.
Straw-No. l tangled rye, 1900; No.
l.. 2.00a13.00.
CHICAGO. August 22.-Wheat val
ues took an upward swing at the start
here today in sympathy with an ad-
vance at Liverpool. The strength in
was reflected on the other side of the
Atlantic today and was responsible
for the f1rmness there. There was
some short covering here during the
early dealings and it took but little
commission house selling to make
reaction, the market easing off quick
ly. There was good demand for
cash wheat from the seaboard for ex-
port and some sales were reported
made overnight. hut the quantities
here today were 44s.Oo0 bushels. The
opening. which varied from Il to &c
higher. with September 1.01k to
1.ol ST.. and December 1.0S to 1.03k,
was followed by a slight general set
back all around.
opening, which varied from un-
changed figures to !. cent higher.
with September 5SA to so. was fol-
lowed by a moderate decline on all
deliveries.
Oats were dull. After starting at
September 81 to 81 Y. the market held
close to the initial range.
Provisions were weak in line with
lower hog values.
Potatoes stronger; receipts, A cars;
total United States shipments. 541.
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1.s0 cwt.; New Jersey sacked giants
1.55a1.60 cwt.: Nebraska sacked early
Ohios, 60a90 cwt: Nebraska sacked
round whites, 1.s0 cwt; Wisconsin
sacked cobblers, 1.50 cwt; Minnesota
sacked early Ohios. 1.0oa1.20 cwt.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO. August 22 (U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture).-Cat re-
ceipts, 10000 head: market slow: bet
ter grades beef steers firm: others
and butcher she stock weak to 15c
lower; spots off more on she stock;
early top beef steers. 1855; bulk. 9.00a
1925: bulls and veal calves, slow,
bulk beef cows and heifers. 5.00a7.25;
Gamers and cutters. largely 2.75a3.S5:
bologna bulls. mostly 3.90a4.10: early
sales veal calves, 11.00al1.75 mostly.
Hogs-Receipts. $4,000 head; slow,
mostly. Is to 25 lower: bulk. 160 to
100 pound hogs. 9.40a9.55; few early
at $50; 210 to 240 pounds butchers,
mostly, 9.15a9.40: bulk mixed. $50 to
325 pound butchers. S.4oa9.00; pack
ing sows mostly. 6.soa7.25: pigs gen.
orally, s.50a9.00; heavy. 7.75a9.o0:
medium. S.65a9.45: light. 9.10a9.6O;
light light. s.s0as.5O; packing sows
smooth, 6.lsa7 so; packing sows,
rough, 6.5oa7.00; killing pigs, SIS
as.0O
Sheep-Receipts. 1.500 head; west
ern lambs to killers mostly steady;
top Washington and Idahos, 1900;
others. 12.65a12.75; native lambs. 10
to Is higher than Mondays average;
top. 1900 to city butchers: 1885 to
packers: sheep steady: fat ewes
mostly, 4.00a7.00; feeder lambs higher