Evening star., 1923-09-04
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.

Very firm, was reported of the con-
oltlon or the egg market this morn
ing, with but small receipts. Choice
fresh eggs are scarce, according to
reports, and Gambling losses are
heavy. The price is about 40 cents.
Poultry receipts were only fair the
morning after the holiday. with a
slight advance in price. Young
/ chickens were quoted at 80 and 32
| cents. while hens were quoted at 25
and 26 cents
Only very slight change in butter
| prices was noted the past week
to affect the retail market however,
and market conditions are about
| what they were this time last week.
Eggs - Strictly fresh. selected.
candled, per dozen. 34a35; average re-
ce1pts, 80: southern, 80.
Live poultry--Roosters, per h.. II:
turkeys. per lb.. 25; spring chickens.
per lb., 30a32; keats, young, each, 40a5O;
fowls. per h., 27.
Dressed poultry--Fresh killed spring
chickens. per lb., 34a3s; winter chick
ems. per lb.. 30a35; hens, per lb.. SoaS2;
ROSTERS, per lb., IS; turkeys, per lb.,
35a4o; keats, young, each, 60.
Live stock-Calves. choice. per lb..
IE; medium. per ib:. loall; thin 1n
1sa14; live pigs. a,ooa5.oo each: live
Green fruits~Apples. new. per bas-
ket, 5oa175 a Calif1rnia oranges: ee.s per oo
fruit. 4.0Oa4.5O. Peaches. per crate, zoe
200; 1sbushel basket. 1.Ooa1.5o; cay
taloupes. nearby, per crate, 50a2.5O.
Grapes. Concord, 15oae.Oo: Delaware.
l.5Oa2.25; Niagara, 1.50a2.oo.
bbI. teoApleIMGeS No. !. 5ooasoo: Ro' . :, s5oasse
New Jersey potatoes, bag. 45oa5.o9.
New sweet potatoes,4 4 0oa5.5o per bbi.
New York lettuce. per crate, l.ooa2.V ~
Romaine lettuce, per crate, l.ooa2;Uo, oOs
200 per bbl. Eggplant. per crate,
1.5oa2.oo: Tomatoes, y bu. basket, near ear,
by. 25a50. Beans, 1.50a3.00 per Dbl.
Peas, 2.50a3.5o per basket. New YORK
celery. per crate, 4.5Oa5.50. Squash, Z5a
Soa75 kapsfsi Kaie. per Pad bbl., i.5oa2oo. Spin
ach, per crate, 75a1.50. Homegrown
lima beans, per quart. 20a30. New YORK
| cucumbers. per bushel, S.00a4 400; home
grown cucumbers. per bushel, 2.Ooa3.o0.
Sugar corn. per dozen. 15a30.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE, Md. September
eciaD.-Potatoes- bbl.. 2.00a
$50; per 100 lbs, 1.25a3.25: bu., 75a
zoo; sweets and yams. Dbl l.ooat, ooa ! 80; 50
Carrots, 100. 4.OOa5. 90. Celery. doz..
35a75. Corn. doz.. 10a20. Cucumbers,
basket. 5oa75. Eggplants, basket, 25a
80. Squash. basket, 10a25. Lettuce.
crate, 50a1.25. Onions, 100 lbs, 2.25a
$50. Tomatoes. basket. 25a45; pack
ing stock, bu.. 65a75. Apples. bbl., 1.50
a300; bu.. 1.o0a1.25; basket, 15a50.
Blackberries: at. Pals. Cantaloupes'
sons. lb.. 2a2h. Huckleberries. qt., / 3
a20. Peaches. bu., 1.00a250; basket,
50a1.00. Plums, basket. 25a75. Water
melons. each, 7a40. Pears, basket, 75a
loo.
Selling Prices on Grain.
Wheat-No. 2 red winter. spot, Ito;
No. 2 red winter. garlicky, spot.
spot. 972.; No. red winter. garlicky.
Saies-None.
Corn--Cob. new. 500 per barrel; No.
! corn. yellow, No. 2 or better, LOS.
| No sales.
oats-No. white. old. so; No. 3
| white, 1872. -.
western export. spot, 7sa: No. 2
| rye. spot, 74A per bushel.
! Hay-Receipts, 125 tons. Under
| more liberal receipts the past few
days the market for new hay rules
per ton. All heated or damaged hay.
| however, has to be sold at discount.
| Straw-No. l tangled rye, 15.o0a
| 1900; No. l wheat, 12.OOa12.50; No. 1
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
! BALTIMORE, Md. September 4
kens, 25as2. Leghorns, 22a25; old
| roosters. 15. Ducks, 17a23. Pigeons,
pair. 2oa25.~ Guinea fowl. 40a6o.
| Eggs-Loss off native and nearby
frsts. dozen. 81: southern, 80.
Butter-Creamery. good to fancy,
| 42a461a; prints, 46a4S; nearby, 35a40;
! ladies'. 34a35: rolls, 3la33: store
packed. 81; dairy prints. 31aS3; process
| butter, 3S.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
| CHICAGO. September Omitted
| States Department of Agriculture).-
| Hogs-Receipts $4,000 head; uneven,
mostly steady to 10 higher than Sat
urday; desirable grades show most
| advance; big packers. bidding 10
! lower: bulk good and choice $50 to
| 250-pound averages, 9.50a9.75: top.
s75; desirable 24e to 325-pound
butchers. largely s.s5a9.50; most
packing sows, 7.6oa7.so; few good
strong weight pigs, S.75a9.25; heavy
| weight hogs, S.40a940; medium, 9.00a
9.75: Digit, S.30a9.75; light light. S.00a9.65; /;
packing sows. smooth, 7.60aS.l0; pack
| ing sows, rough, 7.35a7.60; slaughter
pigs, 7.15a9.25.
|
slow; killing quality, largely medium
| to good; few early sales beef steers.
yearlings and well conditioned beef
cows and heifers steady; other grades
/ 10 to is lower; spots more; moderate
| share run western grassers mostly in
| killing flesh: bidding lower on these;
part load long fed steers, 1910: sew
| eral lots 11.00a12S5; few lower grades
/ sold; other classes about steady: four
( teen loads steers averaging 500 to
100 pounds to feeder dealers at S.00a
$50; four loads at outside figures;
bulk bologna bulls, 4.00a4.50 few
heayies 460; bulk vealers early to
outsiders, 100 upward: packers bid
ding under 11.00.
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000 head: fairly
active; fat lambs fully 25 lower; aged
! stock around % lower; Gull lambs
steady: feeding lambs steady to
held around 1925; bitter grades ma
tive fat lambs mostly 12.5oa13.75;
| early top. 1875; culls largely 9.00a
$50; fat lightweight ewes, $50; feed
| ing lambs around 1880.
TODAY'S CHICAGO PRICES.
| CHICAGO. September 4.-Infuenced
| chiefly by an advance in Liverpool
| quotations, wheat prices here aver
aged little higher today during the
early dealings. Traders were disposed
| to associate the Liverpool advance
| with reports that France had accept
| ed in principle German suggestions of
! an economic accord between the two
| countries. Trade here was of mod
| varied from unchanged figures to u
| higher, with September 1.o2S to 1.o21s
| and December 1.06A to 107, was
| followed by something of a sag and