Evening star., 1923-04-19
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.

Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.
Adyices from North Carolina tell OF
the frost having played havoc with the
strawberry crop. The crop promises to
be about rs per cent short OF what 1t
was last year.
Continued cool weather has lessened
receipts Of vegetables from the south.
Large supplies OF beans from Florida
and peas from South Carolina are being
received. however. and prices are said
by dealers to be reasonable.
Practically nothing Is being received
from the nearby states. A few days
receipts Of small fruits and a variety
folk
Eggs-Strictly fresh. selected. can
died. per dozen. 26a27; average re-
ceipts. IS: southern. 25.
Live poultry-Roosters. per ID.
per lb.. 4oa50; keats, young, each, e5 /;
fowls. per H., 29a3o.
Dressed poultry - =. Fresh-killed
ter chickens. per ID, l5a5o; hens, per
lb.. 32a33: roosters. per lb.. 19a20;
turkeys, per ib.. 45a5o: keats. young,
Live stock-Calves choice. per lb..
l0a11: medium. per lb., 9a9k; thin,
90 Live pigs. 3.ooa5.oo each: live
Green fruits-Apples. per bbl.. ooa
7.6o. California oranges, per crate.
4.50a5.50; Florida. 5.50aS5o. Lemons,
per box. 4.0oa4.50. Grapefruit. 3.5oa
I. ooa2.5o: per sack. s.O0a3.25: No. 2.
50al.00. Sweet potatoes. North Caro-
lima, 2.0Oa3,00; nearby, 20Oa3oO. Let
tuce, per crate, southern. 5Oa2 90;
Romaine Re sin lettuce. per crate. 150as GO: %
southern. e.ooa2.75 per basket. Egg
plants, per crate. 3.o0a5.oo: Tomatoes,
per box. Florida, 200a450. Beans.
3.00a5.00 per basket. Peas. 3.o0a6.00
ida. 1.50a2.oo. Kale. per barrel. 5oa
LOO. Spinach. per barrel. 16oa2 90
Celery. per crate, Florida. 2.7oa325.
Squash. 2.50a4.o0. Florida lima beans,
4.o0a5.0o per basket. South Carolina
asparagus, 2.00a6.00.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE. Md. April 1s.-Pota-
toes. white. 100 pounds, 75al,75: 40
pounds. 1.75a325; sweets. 1.o0a2.50;
yams. 50a75; asparagus, dozen, 3.00a
500; beans. bushel. 1.20a3.50; beets,
hundred, 5.00a7.00; cabbage, hampers,
celery. crate. l.15a275; cucumbers,
crate, 3.o0a4.50: eggplant, crate. 3.0oa
400; horseradish. bushel. 3.00a3. SO;
kale, bushel 40a50; lettuce. basket.
!. l.o0a3.G0; onions, 100 pounds. 2.00a4 so:
spring onions, hundred. 1.25a1.50; peas.
basket, 2.50a3.5o: peppers. crate, 3.5oa
$50; radishes, bushel. 1.50a2.00; spin
ach. bushel, 75al.0o; squash, crate.
3. .0oa4.00: tomatoes, crate, 15oa4O0.
Apples, packed. barrel. 3.00a6.00;
bushel, 1.00a1.75; box apples, 1.75a2.75;
grapefruit. box. 250a4.00: oranges,
box. 4.00a6.00; strawberries, quart. 25
a50.
Selling Prices at 1890.
Wheat-No. red winter. spot, no
quotations.; No. red winter. spot.
1.42: No. 8 red winter. spot, no quota
tions; No. red winter. garlicky,
l.39; No. 2 red winter. garlicky, spot,
no quotations; April, 1.39.
Sales-None.
Corn-Cob corn. new, 465 and AIS
per barrel; contract. spot. s9A per
bushel: No. corn. spot, 92%; No. 4.
no quotations; track corn, yellow. No.
3 or better, "a and 94k per bushel
Sales-None.
Oats-White, No. 2, 55ls and 5e per
bushel; No. 3. 54l1 and 55 per bushel.
Rye-Nearby. S0a90 per bushel: No.
western export, spot, SO per bushel
No. 3. no quotations.
Hay-Receipts. As tons; ample re-
to 2l.o0 per ton. The market is dull
for lower grades and inferior hay,
which is of uncertain value
Straw-No. ] tangled rye 1900 a
1900: No. ! wheat, 12.5GaI3.00; No.
oat, nominal, 14.o0a15.OO.
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
BALTIMORE. Md. April 10 (Spe-
ciaD:-Live poultry-Young chickens.
S5a36 pound; poor and thin, 25;
winters. 40a45; spring. 55a60: old
hens. 27a2S; small and Leghorn.
25a26; old roosters, 27a30. Ducks,
small and poor. 24a25. Pigeons. pair.
36a40. Guinea fowl, each. 4Oa60
Eggs. loss off-Native and nearby
hrSts. dozen. IS; southern. %.
Butter-Creamery, choice to fancy,
46a4s pound; prints. 4Sa50: nearby
creamery, 45a4s; ladies. 43a45; rolls.
59a42: store packed. 80; dairy prints
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
CHICAGO. April 1s Omitted States
Department Of Agriculture).-H
Receipts. $4,000 head; slow, uneven;
steady TO 10 lower; bulk, 100 to 21O
pound averages. s.25aS.45: top, $50;
225 to 325 pound butchers, 7s5a825
big packers bidding lower; packing
sows. 6s0a7:l0: pigs. mostly 25 lower;
bulk, 6.5oa7.50; heavyweight hogs,
7.75as.o0; medium. s.1oas5O: light.
s.10aS.40; light light. 7.00aS30: pack :
ing soWs, smooth. 6.90a725; packing
sows. rough. 6.65a7.oo; killing pigs,
6.50a7.15.
Cattle-Receipts, $4,000 head; beef
steers about steady; fills and palmer
killing quality considered: top ma
tured steers, early. 1915; some held
higher: several loads. 9.75a10.00; bulk,
8. .25a9.50; she stock. strong: spots.
higher; bulls. steady to strong; veal
calves, 2o lower; stockers. dull: one
bulk. desirable bologna bulls, 5ooa
55.25: bulk stalers to packers. $50
down; few to shippers, 10.0oa10 20;
bulk stockers and feeders. 6.75a775.
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000 head; open
ing. slow; few loads light weight
clipped lambs early at 11.50; looks
nearly steady; bidding generally 25
or more lower; nothing done on wool
ed skins. sheep fairly numerous; no
early sales.
TODAY'S CHICAGO PRICES.
CHICAGO. April 1s.-Infiuenced by
unlooked-for strength in Liverpool
quotations. the wheat market here
showed & tendency to rise today dur
ing the early dealings. Bullish re-
ports as to probable decreased acre
age northwest. especially in South
Dakota. had likewise some effect as
SO. too. did dust storms and lack of
moisture in parts of the winter Crop