Evening star., 1923-06-14
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock
WHOLESALE MARKET,


market. 1t also caused increased buy
ing, and the market today was not as
dull as the few days preceding the cool
spell.
There are ample supplies of all kinds
or food products, and the demand is
great enough to keep things moving.
Much attention Is being attracted to
the fine displays of fruit from all sec
tions Of the country. Watermelons,
cantaloupes. peaches and berries of all
kinds are being received in large guam
titles and are In demand at what deal
ers term moderate prices.
Eggs-Strictly fresh. selected. can
died. per dozen, 25 average receipts,
%; southern, o.
turkeys, per lb.. rs; spring chickens,
per lb.. 40a50; keats, young, each, so;
fowls, per lb., 25.
Dressed poultry = Fresh killed
spring chickens. per h.. 5Oa60 win
ter chickens, per H.. 35a40: hens. per
lb.. IS; roosters, per lb., 90; turkeys,
per lb., 40a45; keats, young, each,
70aS0.
Live stock--Calves, choice, per lb.,
lb., 6a7 Lambs, spring. per lb.. 12;
live pigs. 3.00a5.0O each; live hogs, per
h., Z.
Green fruits-Apples, per bbl.. 400
Assoc. California oranges, per crate.
5,oOa6.5O; Florida. 550a700. Lemons.
per box. 5.50a6.50. Grapefruit. 4.OOa
500. Strawberries, per qt.. sails. Black
berries, per qt., 6a20.
Observation-Disclosures per bbl, No
i. 1.50a2.o0; per sack, 2.00a2.75; new
potatoes. per bbl, No. 1, 4.00a5 90; No.
z, 1.O0a2.50; sweet potatoes, North
Carolina, 2.50a3.00: nearby, 1.00a3. 90.
Lettuce. per crate, southern, 1.00a
$50; Romaine lettuce. per crate, 75a
1.50; Iceberg lettuce, per crate, 6.00a
700. Cabbage. southern, 20Oa2.75 per
bbl. Eggplant. per crate. 2.00a3.5o.
Tomatoes, per box, Florida, 200a6 so.
Beans. 1.50a3.00 per basket. Peas. 50a
$50 per basket: Peppers. per crate.
15a1.25. Spinach, per barrel, 2.O0a
ESQ. Celery. per crate. Florida, 3.0Oa
600. Squash, 1.50a2.00. Florida lima
beans, 4.00a7.0O per basket. Aspara-
gus, 1.00a4.00.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE, Md. June IA (spe-
pounds. 1.25a275; sweets and yams,
barrel, 2.00a3.00; bushel. 50a1.00. AS
paragus, dozen. 1.50a3.00. Beans,
bushel. 1.75a2.5o. Beets. 100 punches.
4.0Oas.O0. Cabbage, basket. 1.75a2 90.
crate, 2.00a3.00. Cucumbers. basket,
2.00a3.5o. Eggplants, crate. 2.50a4.0o.
kale. bushel. 40a50. Lettuce. bushel.
1.25a2.00. Onions. 100 pounds, 1.50a
4.25. Spring onions. 100 punches. 1.O0a
pers, crate. a,ooas5o. Radishes, 100
punches, 1.5Oa2.5o Rhubarb, 100
punches, 5.OOa4oO. Spinach, bushel,
75al.OO. Squash, basket. l.5Oa2.OO
Tomatoes. crate. 2.50a5.50. Black
berries berries, z9ga-o 9uaEto 1ea2o, cantaloupess;
is. Grapefruit. box. 2.ooa325. Huck-
leberries, quart, 25a30. Oranges, box.
3.Ooa6.00. Peaches, crate, 1.5Oa250.
Pineapples, crate. 3.00a4.00. Rasp-
berries, pint. 15a1S. Strawberries,
Selling Prices Mt 12:45
Wheat-No. / red winter. spot. no
quotations; No. red winter, spot,
1.195s; No. 8 red winter, garlicky,
spot, no quotations; June wheat,
1.193s.
Sales-None.
Corn-Cob, new, AIS per barrel:
contract, spot. 81 Il per bushel; No. 2
corn, SO 1s; No. 4, no qutations; track
corn. yellow. No. 3 or better, s5 and
Sales-None.
Oats-White. No. 2, 53a531s per
bushel; No. 8. 52a521z per bushel.
Rye-Nearby. 75aso per bushel; No.
bushel; No 8, no quotation.
Hay-Receipts, 75 tons, ample re-
ceipts for all trade wants, 1S.00a22.00
per ton.
! 6. 90: No. / wheat, r. 5oalS.o 90. No. /
oat nominal l400a15,00,
DAIRY MARKETS.
BALTIMORE. Md, June IA Especially
Live poultry-Spring chickens. pound.
45a55; small and Leghorns, 30a40; old
hens. 23a24 Leghorns. 20a21; old roost-
ers, 13al4; ducks. l6a2O; spring ducks,
27a2s; pigeons, pair, 30a35.
Eggs loss of-Native and nearby
hrsts. dozen, 90 southern, Il.
Butter-Creamery, good to fancy. 37a
Il; prints, 42a43: nearby creamery. 35a
80; ladies. 34a35; rolls, 30a52; store
packed, 29aSo; dairy prints, 30aS2.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO, June IA Omitted States
Department of Agriculture) ).-Hogs-
Receipts. $4,000 head; early trading
mostly 10 higher; top. 7.05: bulk good
to choice. $50 to 325-pound averages.
6.S5a1.00; packing sows mostly, 5S5a
6.25; desirable pigs. 5.25a6.25; bulk
packers going slow: bidding around
steady; heavyweight hogs, 66oa7 90
medium, 6.75a7.o5; light, 6.65a7.00;
light light, 6.25a6.90; packing sows
smooth, 5.S5a6.35: packing sows.
rough, 5.6oa5.so; killing pigs, 5.00a
6.25.
Cattle-Receipts. 10000 head: ac-
tive; beef steers. yearlings. and desir-
able beef heifers unevenly strong to
20 higher; yearlings rejecting most
advance; comparatively few choice
steers offered; kinds of value to sell
at 9.25a10:5O up most; top heavies
heavies. 10.90a11.00; yearlings COM
paratively numerous at 10.00a10.60;
125 head Nebraska mixed steers
125 head Nebraska mixed steers and
heifer yearlings. 1875: choice yearling
heifers, 1000; better grades fat cows
killing classes generally steady; bulk
bologna bulls, 4.40a4.75; bulk vealers
to packers, 9.00a10.00; stockers and
feeders unevenly higher; selectd
1.300-pound feeders to Ohio finishers
late yesterday. 1850; others, 9.90a
1000.
Sheep-Receipts 1000 head; fairly
active; steady to strong; bulk. best
native springs early, 1900: few decks
well sorted, 1925; heavyweight ewes,
5.O0a5.50; heavies mostly, 3.25a3.75.
TODAY'S CHICAGO PRICES.
CHICAGO, June 14.-With Liver
pool quotations showing an advance
and with crop reports less favorab BILE,
both from the southwest and the
northwest, wheat averaged higher in
price here today during the early
dealings. Dry weather reports from
the northwest acted as a special bull
ish influence. Some increase, too, in
the volume of trade was noticeable.
Opening prices, which ranged from
Is to 3s higher. with July, LII n to