Evening star., 1923-04-17
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock

Grain, Produce and
| Live Stock
! LOCAL wHOLEsALE MARKET.
Light receipts and a great demand
has advanced the prices of cheaper
grades OF beef. Dealers are scarcely
Able to get supplies enough to supply
demands at the advanced prices.
There Is also a largely increased
demand for choice grades OF beef.
making the market steady.
Lambs also are In good demand at
2s and 80 cents. Spring lambs, not
yet plentiful. find ready sale at IS
and 40 cents.
Dealers report an absence of indi-
cations OF break in the egg market.
Eggs are being put in storage at
ed. A weakening in the butter mar
ket is reported. the price being 2
cents of.
Eggs-strictly fresh. selected. can
s.i0;,p eid pss d9as1; soSS.iT 2ea25 81 average
II; turkeys. per lb.. .25as5; spring
chickens. per lb.. so: winter chickens.
per lb., loa5o: keats. young, each, IS:
Dressed poultry = Fresh-killed
spring chickens. per lb.. 75aS0: win
ter chickens, per h., 45a50; hens. per
h.. 32a33: roosters. per lb.. 1sa2o:
turkeys; per lb.. 4sa5o; keats. young.
Live stock-calves. choice. per lb..
loali; medium. per lb.. sash: thin.
per lb.. SAT. Lambs. spring. per lb..
70 20. Live pigs a.ooa5.oo each; live
Craan frntt An, 49, ~, no
7.5o. California oranges, per crate.
4.50a5.50; Florida. 5.50a65o. Lemons.
per box. 4ooa4.5o. Grapefruit. s.5oa
yysssse,Po.asees NJ sssn pc, @ sel ~ Nc
lima, 2.0oa3.o0; nearby. 2.o0a3.o0. Let
tuce. per crate, southern. 50a2.00;
Romaine lettuce. per crate. 1.5oa2. 90:
NssSy per per SS
plants. per crate. .3.ooa5. 90. Tomatoes.
per box. Florida, 2.ooa4.oo. Beans.
a.ooa5.oo per basket. Peas. 3.ooas.oo
ida: 1.5oa2,o Kale. per barrel. 100
a1.25. Spinach. per bbI.. z.ooa25o.
Celery. per crate, Florida. 2.75a325.
Squash. 2.5oa4. 90. Florida lima beans,
asparagus. 2.5oas.oo a dozen.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE. Md. April IT (spe-
ciaD.-Potatoes. white. 100 pounds.
50al.65; $50 pounds. 1.50a3.00: sweets.
barrel. 1.25a200: bushel. 40a65: yams.
barrel, s l'5oasoo; S"ssel bush IL soa7s;
bushel. 2;ooa4.oo: beets. hundred. 5.ooa
100: cabbage. hampers. 2.00a2.50: car
rots. hundred. 3.00a5.00; cauliflower.
crate, 2.5oa3.oo; celery. crate. 2.ooa
2:75: cucumbers. crate. 3.ooa5.oo: egg
plant. crate. s.ooa4.5o: horseradishes.
bushel. 3.00a3.50: kale. bushe1. so: let
tuce. basket. 1.00a2.00; onions. 100
pounds, 1.50a4.00: spring onions. hun
dred. 1.25aL5o: peas. basket. 2.5oa
$50: peppers. crate. 3.50a5.50: radishes.
LOO: squash. crate. 3.o0a4.00: tomatoes,
crate. 1.50a4.00: turnips. crate, 50a60.
Apples (packed barely. 3.00a6.00;
bushel. 1.00a1.75: box apples. Lisa
z75: grapefruit. box, 2.50a4.00;
oranges. box. 3.5oa6.o0; strawberries,
quart, 20a45.
Selling Prices at 1890.
wheat-No. red winter. spot. no
quotations; No. 2 red winter. spot
quotations: No. red winter, gar
licky. 1857; No. red winter, gar
liesy: ssyN spot no quotations; April,
odleS-.NOne.
Corn-Cob corn. new. ASS per bar
rel; contract. spot, ssh per bushel;
No: 2 corn. spot. 92h: No. 4. no quo
tations: track corn. yellow. No. or
better. 81 and s4h per bushel.
Sales-650 bushels of No. mixed at
81: $50 bushels of No. mixed at IS.
Oats-White. No. 2. ssh and 56 per
bushel: No. 3. SAN and 55 per bushel
Rye-Nearby. S0a90 per bushel: No
western export, spot. 96 per bushel;
No. 3. no quotations.
Hay-Receipts. 1l3 tons: ample re-
oeipts for all trade wants from 1900
to 21.00 per ton. The market is dull
for lower grades and inferior hay
and OF uncertain value.
Straw-No. l tangled rye. 15.00a
l6.0C; No. / wheat. I2.50a13.00; No.
oat. nominal. 14.00a15.0o.
TODAY's CHICAGO PRICES.
CHICAGO. April flowing largely
to an unlocked for scarcity OF offer
ings. wheat took an upward swing in
price today during the early dealings.
Bullish crop reports. especially from
western Nebraska. tended to stimu-
late buying. and so likewise did COM
parative steadiness of quotations at
Liverpool. The United States Su-
preme Court decision unfolding the
validity of the grain futures act ap-
neared TO have lost effect as bearish
influence. Opening prices, which
varied from unchanged figures to u
higher, with May 1.24H to 1.24h. and
July 1.22h to 1.22%. were followed
by a moderate general advance.
Corn and oats were firmer with
market scored gains all around.
Oats started unchanged to y off.
May ASK to 45h. but soon rallied to