Evening star., 1923-06-29
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.

mand for broiling and frying chick
ems for the Fourth of July holiday
trade. when the demand usually is
greatest. -..--
Increased receipts this week have
resulted in well supplying the mar
ket, and prices dropped to cents.
This mornings prices were quoted
at from 35 to 48 cents pound.
Stronger was reported of the con-
dition Of the egg market. Decreased
receipts and steady demand showed
the prices up cents this week. Good
stock Is almost unavailable, dealers
reported.
Very little change has taken place
In the butter market the past week,
but the market today is trifle easier.
Eggs-Strictly fresh. selected. can
died. per dozen. 26; average receipts. "a;
southern, a.
Live pouItry-Roosters. per Ib.. IL;
turkeys, per lb:, 25: spring chick
ems. per lb.. 45a55: keats. young. each.
40; fowls. per h.. %.
/ Dressed poultry - Fresh killed
spring chickens, per lb., 50a60; win
ter chickens, per lb.,.. IS; hens. per
lb., 2S; roosters. per lb., 20; turkeys
per lb., 35a40; keats. young, each'
10: medium. per lb., 9ash: thin, per
1b., 6a7. Lambs, spring, per lb., II;
live pigs. 3.0oa5.00 each: live hogs. per
h.. 8.
Green fruits-Apples. per bbl.. 400
ca10r1a F1oras Graosss 9ras
per box. 8.00a11.o0. Grapefruit. 4.oOa5 90
Blackberries. per Qt., 6a20. Peaches
4. 4.00a5.50. Cantaloupes, standard, 5.O0a
$50: pony. 2.50a4.00: fats, 1.75a2.00.
Vegetabies-Potatoes. per bel. No
potatoes. per bbl, No /, 4.0Oa5.50; No
Q. 1.ooa2.50; sweet potatoes. North
Carolina, 250a3.O0: nearby. 1.00a3.00
LETTUCE. per crate. nearby. 1@5al;oo @
1.ooa1.75 per Dbl. Eggplant, per crate
2.00a3.0o. Tomatoes, per box, Florida
2.00a5. 90; Mississippi. per box. 2.00a2. IS
per crate. Beans. 4.00a5.oO per barrel
Peas, 2.00a4.00 per basket. Peppers. pei
crate; Florida. 2;ooa4oo. Kale. pei
3.0oa4.oo. Celery. per crate. Florida
| z.o0ae.oo. Squash. 1.ooa2:5o. Florida
lima beans. 4.0oa4.50 per basket. AS
paragus. 1.00a4.00.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
ciaD.-Potatoes. new. barrel. 2.00s
pounds. 125a2.50. Asparagus, dozen
1.00a3. 90. Beans, bushel. 50a1.25
! Lima beans, bushel. 4.00a4.5O. Beets
100 punches, 4.o0aS.0o. Cabbage. bas
4oOa6.oO Corn. crate. 1.5oa3.oo. Gu
! cumbers, basket, 75a1.5o. Eggplant
| crate, 200a3.50. Lettuce. bushel. 50s
| 1.50. Kale. bushel. 5oa75. Onions, 1o(
| pounds. 1.50a4.25. Spring onions. 10(
punches, 1.25a1.5o. Peas. bushel. 2.o'
| pers. crate. 2-0oa3.5o. Radishes. lot
! punches. 2.O0a3.Oo. Spinach, bushel
1.00a1.50. Tomatoes. crate, 1.75a4.5O
, Blackberries. quart, l2a15. Canta
loupes. crate. 1.4oa4.75: Cherries
pound: Sa2o. Grapefruit. 2;5oa4.oo
/ berries. quart. 25a3o. Oranges. box
| 4o0a7.0o. Peaches, crate. 1.50a3.00
| Pineapples. crate, 3.00a4.00. Rasp
| berries. quart. Sa10. Strawberries
! crate, 500. Watermelons, each. 20a70
Selling Prices at 12:15.
I Wheat-No. l red winter, spot, NJ
| quotations.; No. 2 red winter, spot
| quota ations; No. red winter. gar
! licky. no quotations; No. 3 red win
| ter, garlicky. spot. no quotations
| June wheat no quotations.
Sales-None.
Corn-Cob, new, AIS per bbl.; con
tract, spot, 90 per bu; No. 2 corn
90: No 4. no quotations.; track corn
| bu.
| Sales-None.
oats-White, No. 2, 52la per bu.
| No. 3. So per bu:
western export. spot, 74a4 No. 8, n
HayUReceipts, So tons: for bette
description of timothy and light-m
| ed hay there is a steady deman'
right along at range Of 1900 to 200
| per ton. The percentage of goo
hay and low grades are in full
! supply at regular prices.
| Straw-No. ! tangled rye, 15.00
| 1900; No. l wheat, 12.50a13.00; No.
oat, nominal. 1400a15.00.
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
BALTIMORE, Md, June 20 (spe
ciaD.-Live poultry-spring chickens
pound, 45a52; small and Leghorns
30a40; old hens. 2oa25; Leghorns, 1S
20: old roosterS. 13a14. Ducks, 15a20
spring ducks, 27a2s. Pigeons, pail
| 25a50.
Eggs Qoss off)-Native and nearb
firsts, dozen, "a; southern. 21a22.
! Butter-Creamery good to fancy
37a41; prints 42a43; nearby cream
cry. S5a3S; ladies, 34a35; rolls, 3Oa32
store packed. 80; dairy prints, 30a3:
/ ToDAY's CHICAGO PRICES.
| CHICAGO. June 2s.-With weathe
ideal for harvesting of winter whea,
and with growth conditions favorabl
for the spring crop, wheat tende
| downwar in price today during tn
early dealings. Bears put stress ais
on indications that foreign buyer
were disinclined to follow price ad
vances on this side of the Atlantic. /
| was further pointed out that ar pres
: ent there is no evidence of any sue
, G :mand to build up domestic reserv
stocks as was the case last year a
harvest and for several months there
|; after. Opening prices, which range
from 1 to z lower, with Septembe
1.02ss to 1.02& and December 1051
to LOS u, were followed by a moderat
| additional decline.
Corn and oats were depressed wit
wheat. After opening at x off to !
! advance, September 77k to TIN, tn
icorn market underwent a decided gen
eral sag.
Oats started at 4 lower to u gair
September 37h. Later the marke
showed slight setbacks all around.
Downturns in the value of. hog
weakened the provision market.
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CORN
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