Evening star., 1923-04-24
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.

LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.
| Receipts of poultry are about me-
dunn and prices have undergone no
change the past few days. Broilers
are not yet plentiful and there is
good demand for them at high prices
Eggs are moving freely. Receipts
have not been heavy the past few
days. Prices are quoted at rs and 70
cents.
Supplies Of meats are ample to meet
demands. Choice grades are plenti-
ful, while coarser grades are scarce
and high.
Eggs-strictly fresh, selected, can
died. per dozen: %; average receipts.
u: southern. 25.
Live poultry-Roosters. per 1b..
II: turkeys. per lb.. 25a35; spring
, chickens: per lb.. so; winter chickens.
per lb.. 4oa5o: keats. young. each. IS;
fowls. per lb.. 25a26.
Dressed poultry Fresh-killed
! ter chickens. per ID, 45a5o; hens. per
lb., 80; roosters, per lb.. 19a20; tur-
keys, per lb.. 45a50; keats, young,
Live stock-calves. choice. per lb.,
| 1oa11; medium. per lb., sash; thin.
per lb;, SAT. Lambs. spring. per H..
hogs. hs Llye bsr lb 'iss ss s'00a5'00 each; live
Green fruitsEApples. per bbl., sooa
!.5o. California oranges. per crate.
4.5oa55O; Florida. 550a6.5o. Lemons.
pc. box. 4.ooa4.5o. Grapefruit. 3.5oa
vegetables-Potatoes, per bbl., No.
1. .2.ooa3.oO: per sack, 3.25a3.5O; new
1900; sweet potatoes. North Caro-
| lima. 3.00a3.50; nearby, 1.0Oa3.50. Let
tuce, per crate. southern, 5oa2oo:
Iceberg lettuce. per crate. 3.50a4.0o.
i Cabbage. southern. 2.ooa2.75 per basket.
Elephants. per crate, 2.00a3.50. Toma-
toes. per box. Florida. 2.0Oa4.5o. Beans,
per basket. Peppers. per crate. Flor
ida. 1.5oa4.oo Kale. per barrel, 5oa
| LOO. Spinach. per barrel. 1.50a2.50.
Celery, per crate, Florida, 275a3.26.
| 4.00a5.O0 per basket. South Carolina
asparagus, 2.00a6.00.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE. Md, April "a (Spe-
ciaD.-Potatoes. white, 100 pounds,
1.25a2.25; $50 pounds, 2.00a3.50; new
potatoes. barrel. 6.ooa15:oo; bushel,
1.75a4:oo; sweets. barrel. 1.5Oa25O;
bushel, 50aS5; yams, barrel, 1.50 a2.00;
] bushel. 50a85. Asparagus. dozen. 3.00a
ZOO. Beans. bushel, 2.00a3.25. Beets,
100 bunches; 5:.ooa7.oo; Cabbage,
bunches, 4.ooasoo. Celery, crate. s.ooa
Horseradish, bushel. 2.5Oas.oo. Kale,
bushel. 40a45. Lettuce, basket, 1.o0a
ESQ: Onions. 100 pounds, 200a4.5O.
sea enf bushe ohGn s Pepprs oOe
3;ooa4.5o. Radishes. basket. 1.25a1.75.
/ Rhubarb, 100 punches, 600aS 90.
Spinach. bushel. 5oa75. Squash. crate.
3Ooa4.oO. Tomatoes. crate. 1:50a4:o0:
Apples. packed, barrel, 3.oOa6.0o;
bushel, 1.00a1.75; box. apples, Lisa
275. Grapefruit, box, 250a4.00
| Oranges, box, 4.00a6.50. Strawberries,
| quart. 20a45.
Selling Prices at 1890.
Wheat-No. 1 red winter. spot. no
quotations; No. red winter. spot,
1.42; No. 3 red winter. spot. no quo
| tations; No. 2 red winter. garlicky.
! 1.4ok: No. 2 red winter, garlicky,
spot, no quotations.; April, 1.4oh.
Sales-None
Corn-Cob corn, new, AIS per bar
rel; contract. spot. 9oA per bushel:
1 corn tpacK spot. ss e,o NS M no quo
| better. 9S and 94 per bushel
Sales-None.
Oats-White. No. 2. 55la and 5S per
| bushel; No. 8. 541a and 55 per bushel.
2. western export. spot. s47s per
bushel; No. 8. no quotations.
Hay-Receipts. 107 tons; ample re-
! ceipts for ali trade wants from 1900
to 21.O0 per ton. The market is dull
Tor lower grades and inferior hay,
/; which is of uncertain value.
Straw-No. l tangled rye. 15.0Oa
1900; No. 1 wheat. 1250a13.OO; No. /
oat, nominal, 14.00a15.00.
TODAY'S CHICAGO PRICES
CHICAGO. April 24.-Infiuenced by
a sudden advance IN Liverpool quota
tions the wheat market here rose
Sharply in price today during the
! early dealings. with liberal buying in
progress. Cnfavorable weather act
| ing as a hindrance to sending north
west counted also as a bullish fac
| tor The advance at Liverpool was as
! cribed to active bidding from France
and to indicat tions that Australia was
Withholding offers. The opSninN here
which ranged from ~ cent TO IL
/ higher with May 1857 to 1.o6, and
| July 1.2312 to 1.23s4, was followed by
! slight further gains
| Corn and oats ascended with wheat,
After opening half TO q higher Nav
| 1912 to 79& cents, the corn market
! showed but little disposition to re-
act
Oats started Is to q cent up, May
! 40 to 451s. and later hardened a lit
| tie more.
Provisions were flrmer owing to
| grain strength.
WHEAT Open High. Low. Close.
May. 1.251s 128 1.25& 1.a5as