Evening star., 1923-04-18
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.

Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.
Tighter" was reported of the con-
dition of the egg market.
Prices are slowly creeping up. deal
ers said. reporting q further advance
OF one-hal1 cent a dozen. They hope
warmer weather will mean increased
receipts and lower prices.
No change in butter prices We're
noted. the market being the same as
yesterday
Meat prices also were the same as
yesterday. Coarse grades of beef
still scarce and high. while there is
an ample supply of better grades. at
what dealers report to be moderate
prices.
Eggs-strictly fresh. selected, can
ceipts. %: southern. 25.
Live poultry-Roosters. per h..
u: turkeys. per H.. 25a3o: spring
per lb.. 4oa5o; keats. young. each. IS;
fowls, per h.. 2saso.
Dressed poultry Fresh killed
spring chickens. per lb.. 75aS0: win
ter chickens, per lb.. 45a50: hens. per
lb... 32a33; roosters. per ib., lsa2o;
each, 70aS0.
Live stock-Calves. choice, per lb..
1oa11: medium, per lb.. sa9i2; thin.
per H.. 6a7. Lambs. spring, per lb.,
20. Live pigs, S.ooa5oo each: live
Green fruits-Apples. per bbl.. 3.0oa
30. California oranges. per crate.
4.50a5.50; Florida. 5.50a6.s0. Lemons,
per box. 400a4.50 Grapefruit, 35oa
ya..tatiae po,,,oo. ,ar lhI No
!. 2.00a2.6O per sack. 3.00a3.25: No. ,.
5oa1.00 Sweet potatoes. North Caro-
lima, 2.00a3.00; nearby. 2.00a3.00. Let
tuce. per crate, southern, 5oa2.00;
Romsine lettuce. per crate, l.50a2. 90:
Iceberg lettuce, per crate. 25a3 80.
southern. @.G0a2.15 per basket Egg
plants, per crate. 3.00a5.00. Tomatoes,
per box, Florida. 2.0oa4. so. Beans,
3ooa5.oo per basket. Peas. ,s.ooa 500
ida L5oa2.c0. KaIe. per barrel. 50a
90. Spinach. per bb., 2.00a2 30
Celery, per crate. Florida. 2.15a325
Squash. 2.50ai. 90. Florida lima beans,
4.o0a5.00 per basket. South Carolina
asparagus, 2.50a6.o0 dozen.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE. April IS Especial )--Po-
tatoes-White. 100 lbs, I5al1,5. sweets
barrel. i5Ga so; bushel 50a75; vans.
barrel. 1.15a2 %: bushel. 60as5: aspara-
gus, dozen. 3.00a6.oo; beans, 2.o0a4.oo:
beets hundred. J.ooa1.6o; cabbage.
hamper. 2.00ae.50; carrots, hundred.
celery. crate. 1.1Ja2.1J: cucumbers.
crate. 2,0Ga4.50: eggplants. crate. 800
"a 90; horseradish, bushel. 3.0oa3.5
kale, bushel. 40a5O: lettuce. basket.
l00a2.0o: onions. 100 pounds. 2,00a
40: spring onions. loo. l.25a1. so;
peas. basket. 2.50a3.5o; peppers. crate,
3.00a4.50 radishes. bushel. 1.50a2.00;
spinach. bushel. t5a1.00; squash. crate,
3.00a4.0Q: tomatoes. crate, 1.J0a4. 90 :;
turnips. basket. J0a60.
Apples-Packe barrel 3.00a6. 90:
bushei. 1.0oa1.15: box apples. l.15a
2.IJ: grapefruit, box. 2.50a4.00:
oranges. box. 40oa6.00; stra wberries.
quart, 2oa30.
Selling Prices at 1880.
Wheat-No. l red winter. spot. no
quotations; No. > red winter. spot.
quotations: No. : red winter, gar
licky. 1891; No. > red winter, gar
licky. spot. no quotations.; April,
1884,
saIes-Bag 10, of nearby al l.3o
Corn-Cob corn, new, 4.s5 per
barrel: contract. spot. ss1. per
bushel; No. > corn, spot, 921a: No. 4.
no quotations; track corn. yellow,
No. 3 or better, "a and S4'@ per
bushel.
SaIes-None
oats-White. No 2. 55la and Sc per
bushel; No. >. 54la and 80 per bushel.
Rye-Nearby. sOaso per bushel; No.
> western export. spot, 9oa per
bushel: No. 3, no quotations.
Hay-Receipts. So tons; ample re
ceipts for all trade wants from 100
to 81 90 per ton. The market Is dull
for lower grades and inferior hay
which is of uncertain value.
straw--No. tangled g sd.,a rye; oo. iS;ooa So
oat. nominal. 14.o0a1o.oo.
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
BALTIMORE. Md. April 1s.-l.ive
porltrv-Young chickens. pound. 80;
poor and thin. %; winters. 40a49;
spring, IJa6o; old hens 21a2S: small
and lcchorns. 25a26; old roosters. loa
~. ducks. 2SaS2: small and poor. 25;
pigeons. pair. 35a40; guinea fowl.
each. 4oas0.
Eggs. loss off. native and nearby
Srsts. doz.. 26: southern, %.
Puuer. creamery. choice to fancy
4fa4Ss prints 4&a5o: nearby creamery
.oa44: ladies. 4Sa50: rolls. 59a42: store
packed, 80; dairy prints, 4oa42; proc
eSs butter, t6.
TODANsS CHICAGO PRICES.
CHICAGO. April 1h.-AlthouSh bet
ter weather conditions both for seed
ing and growth Lad hearish erect
at first on the wheat market today
prices soon scored an advance. The
fact that Liverpool quotations snow
cd hut little response to yesterday
upturn in values on this side OF the
Atlantic had also more or less to do
with the initial weakness here On
the other hand, however, bulls We're
emphatic in assertions that grain
values had still to be adjusted TO the
low purchasing power of the dollar
and that advances in wheat prices
were as yet only in beginning stage
The operfing, which varied from un'
changed figures to half cent off. with
MAY / .o5i. to 1853, and July 1.23la &c