Evening star., 1923-06-11
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock

Grain, Produce and
Live Stock
WHOLESALE MARKET.
Market opened with prices sub
stantially the same as last week.
Butter and egg prices fiuctuated dur
ing the week. but the changes in
volved only cent or two, scarcely
enough to affect the retail market to
any appreciable extent
Monday mornings receipts were
light. as usual, and II is probable that
no change in prices will be quoted
until tomorrow.
Dealers in vegetables welcomed the
rain this morning. Recent rains were
not sufficient to do a great amount of
good to growing crops, according to
reports, but this mornings steady
downpour Is expected. to result in in
creased receipts in a few days.
Eggs-Strictly fresh, selected, can
died, per dozen, 26; average receipts,
90; southern, 20.
Live poultry-Roosters,. per lb., IA;
turkeys, per lb.. 20; spring chickens
per lb., 35a5o; keats, young, each, 60;
fowls, per lb., "a.
Dressed poultry Fresh killed
spring chickens. per lb., 50a55; win
ter chickens, per lb., 45a50; hens, per
lb., 2s; roosters, per lb., 20; turkeys,
per lb, 40a45; keats, young, each,
70as0.
Live stock-Calves. choice. per lb.,
8; medium. per lb., saS1z; thin, per
lb.. 6a7. Lambs, spring. per h., 12;
live pigs, 3.0oa5.o0 each; live hogs, per
lb., Z.
Green fruits-Apples. per bbl., 400
a8.50. California oranges, per crate,
5.00a650; Florida, 5.50a7.o0. Lemons,
per box, 4.50a5.50. Grapefruit, asa
400. Strawberries, per qt., sails.
Blackberries, qt., 6a20.
vegetables-Potatoe per bbl., No
l, 1.50a2.o0; per sack, 2.00a275; new
potatoes, per bbl., No ], 4.0oa5.50; No.
2. 1.00a2.50; sweet potatoes, North
Carolina, 2.ooa2.50; nearby, 1.00a2.5o
Lettuce, per crate, southern, 1.00a
ESQ; Romaine lettuce, per crate, 75a
LOO: Iceberg lettuce, per crate, 6.00a
700. Cabbage, southern, 1.5oa225 per
bbl. Eggplant, per crate. 2.00a3.50.
Tomatoes. per box, Florida, 1.5oa6. 90.
Beans, 1.60a3.o0 per basket. Peas, 50a
ESQ per basket. Peppers, per crate,
Florida. 1.00a4.00. kals. per barrel,
1.0oa2.oo. Spinach, per barrel. 1.5Oa
500. Squash. 1.50a2.o0. Florida lima
beans. 4.ooa7.oO per basket. Aspara-
gus, 1.00a4.o0.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
.,I,A BALTIMORE. Nd. June II tspe-
$50; old, 100 pounds, 75a1.75; $50
pounds. l.25a2.75; sweets and yams,
barrel, 2.0oa3.o0; bushel. 50a1.oo; as
paragus. dozen, 1.30a3.00: beans BUSH
ell, 1.75a2.25; beets, 100. 5.ooas. 90;
cabbage. basket, 1.25a1.5o: carrots,
100, 3.00as.00; corn. crate. 2.o0a3. 90; Gu :
cumbers, basket, 40oa4.50; eggplants,
crate, 2.50a4.00; kale. bushel. 35a48:
lettuce, bushel, 76a1.25; onions, 100
pounds. 1.50a4.25; spring onions, 100.
pers. crate, 2.ooa3.5o; radishes 100,
150a2.50; rhubarb. 100, 2.00a3. 90; spin
.ach, bushel, 35a75; squash. basket
i5a2oo; tomatoes. crate, 250a4. 90;
blaekberies, quart 12a20; canta-
pound, sa15; grapefruit. box, 2.0oa
3.25: huckleberries, quart, 25a30;
oranges, box, 3.00a6.00; peaches.
crate, 2.00a3.50: pineapples, crate. 800
a4.o0; raspberries, pint, 15a1s; straw
berries, quart, 7a14; waterm elons, per
car, 350a650.
Selling Prices at 1915.
wheat-No. 1 red winter. spot. no
quotations; No. red winter, spot,
1.22; No. 3 red winter, spot, no quo
tations; No. red winter. gariicky,
100: No. red winter, garlicky, spot
no quotations; June wheat, 1.20.
Sales-None.
Co1n-Cob corn. new, ATS per bar
No. 2 corn. s3a4 No. 4, no quotations;
track corn, yellow, No. 8 or better
95 and 951a per bushel.
Sales-None.
oats-white, No. 2, 5sa5sls per
bushel; No. 8, 52a52R per bushel
nh 90 hlsc hal NJ
2 western export spot, s1b pei
bushel; No. 3, no quotation.
Hay-Receipts, As tons; ample re-
ceipts for all trade wants 18.0oa22. 0G
per ton.
Straw-No. l tangled rye, f5o0a
1900; No. 1 wheat, 12.50a13.o0; No. ]
oat, nominal. 14.00a15.00. -
TODAY's CHICAGO PRICES.
CHICAGO, June 11.-Further rains
threatening excessive damage to
crops in the southwest had a decided
today during the early dealings. Es-
Inmates were current that as much
as 25,o00.000 bushels of wheat would
be lost owing to the excessive down.
pours. European political develop.
ments we're also to some extent q
| nouncement of proposed removal OF
| Italian duties on food imports. Open
! ing quotations. which ranged from q
/ to Is higher, with July H.
| to 1.12A and September 1.1oA tc
1.10S, were followed by moderate adj
| ditional gains and then something OF
| a reaction.
! Corn and oats were firmer with
wheat. After opening IL to II higher
July, s1A to s1h-the corn market
| continued to harden.
Oats started unchanged to II
higher-July, 42k-and, later gained
| a little more.
Provisions renected weakness OF
hog values.