Evening star., 1923-03-27
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock
WHOLESALE MARKET.

Increased receipts of eggs gave
dealers a good supply today. Early
morning selling suggested firmer
trend, but later in the day there was
| a slight decrease in prices.
No change is noted in the butter
| market. The market Is holding firm,
with no suggestion OF d change in
prices this week.
An apparent tendency to increase
the price OF lambs was noticeable
this morning. The market on all
other meats was steady.
Eggs-Strtctly fresh. selected, can
died. per dozen: 24a25; average receipts,
Live poultry-Roosters. per lb.. IS;
turkeys. per lb-. soa4o; spring chickens.
per lb.. 40a5o; keats. young, each. 90;
| fowls, each, 28a30.
Dressed poultry-Fresh- killed spring
chickens, per lb.. 45a50; hens, per lb.,
| a2a34: ROSTERS, per H.. 1sa2o: TURKEYS.
per lb.. 36a40: keats. young. each. 70aS0.
Live stock-Calves. choice, per lb.,
y; medium. per III, 1oa11: thin. per
H.. Bag, Lambs. choice. per ID. ls I Live 9
Green fruits-Apples. per bbl.. 2O0a
S.bo. California oranges. per crate. $50
90; Florida, 5.00a6. 90. Lemons. per
F., box. A5oa5.25. Grapefruit, 35oa425
Vegetables-Potatoes, per bbl, No, l,
l.5oa2.0o: per sack. 25oa2 Is: No. 2. 5oa
LOO. Sweet potatoes. North Carolina,
1ooa2.oo; nearby, 2.o0a25o. Lettuce. per
| crate, southern. 5oa2.Oo; Romaine let
tuce. per crate. 1.50a2o0; Iceburg let
| tuce; per crate, 3.75a4.oo. Cabbage.
by cabbage. per bbI., 1.5oa2.5o: southern.
2.5oa3.25 per basket, Eggplants. per
Florida. s.ooa4.2s. Beans. s,oos5.oo per
basket Peas. s.ooaS.oo per basket. Pep
per barrel. 2.ooa2.5o. Spinach. per bbl.,
2.ooa3.o 90. Celery. per crate. Florida,
I 2,5Oa3.00. Brussels sprouts, 1oa25.
| Squash 3.ooa5.Oo Florida lima beans,
| 5.o0a6.0o per basket.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE. Md. March 27 tspe-
ciaD Potatoes. white, 100 pounds.
75a1.50; 150-pound sack, 1.ooa2.75;
| sweets. barrel. 1.00a1.75; bushel. 60a
So; yams. barrel. l.ooa1.5o: bushel.
beans busheI.. 2.25a350: beets. 100,
| 5.ooa7.00; brussels sprouts. quart,
1oa26; cabbage, hamper, 2.5oaS.25;
| carrots basket, 60a60; caulinower.
crate. 2.25a2.5o; celery crate, 1.5oa
ESQ; cucumbers, crate. 4.5oa7.5o: egg
plants. crate, 4o0a5.50; horseradish.
| busheI, 250a3.50; kale and broccoli.
barrel, 1.75a2.o0; lettuce, basket. 5oa
100; onions. 100 pounds. 1.5oa4.25;
radishes. basket. 1-25a2.75; parsntps,
| 100; peppers, crate, 2 25oa4.o0: spinach.
barrel, 75a150; squash, crate, 3.ooa
800; tomatoes. crate. 1.5oa4.o0: tur-
nips basket. 56as0.
bushel. 1.ooal.75; box. 1.5oa3 90; cram
| fruit. box, 275a45o; oranges box,
3.75a6.0o: strawberries. quart, 4oa6O
Selling Prices mt 1890.
Wheat-Eo. red winter spot, no
quotations.; No red winter, spot.
1.S4h nominal; No. red winter. spot,
no quotations; No. red winter, gar
licky, 1855 nominal; No. red win
ter. garlicky,. no quotations; March,
1.33 - nominal.
Sales-Eone.
Corn-Cob. corn, new, 450 per bar
ssi sontTact anrn tnof fp9s s2S per n bushei d,d
tations; track corn. yellow, No. 8 or
better, SO per bushel
Sales-None.
oats-white. No. ., 54Na55 per
bushel; No. 3. 53ka5
Rye-Nearby. sOaso per bushel; No.
2. western export. spot, 8S% per
bushel No. 3, no quotations.
Hay-Receipts. 22o tons: top grade
timothy and light clover, mixed, in
moderate demand at a range of 1900
really desirable hay.
Straw-No. tangled rye. 15.ooa
is. 90; No. ] wheat 12.00a12.50; No.
oat, nominal, 14.00a15.o0.
ToDAY's CHICAGO PRICES.
CHICAGO. March Flowing to the
fact that for three days wheat prices
had been declining, bears showed eau
tion today. and with offerings scare
the market scored a little upturn
during the early dealings. Shorts
| were made the buyers Of May, and
commission houses took July and Sep
| tember to a fair extent AS a rule.
however. crop reports were favorable
The opening, which ranged from II
| off TO 4 up. with May 1.18b to 1.1Sss
and July LAS to l.14%, was followed
| by gains all around, interrupted
| though by transient setbacks.
| Corn and oats were f1rmer with
| wheat After opening unchanged to
| haA higher, May. 73 TO 73a73b. the
corn market held near to the initial
range.
Oats started at Il decline TO L ad-
vance. May. 44ts, and later showed
| but little variation.
Provisions rejected the firmness of
| hog values