Evening star., 1923-12-03
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.

Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.
= Slow dealing was reported this
morning. the usual condition the first
of the week
Prices of practically every COM
modify were about the same as .he
close of last weeks market.
Attractive displays of fruits and
vegetables with a fairly good sprin-
king of poultry continues to give the
market something of a holiday ap-
pearance.
1t will be about two weeks before
dealers will begin the slaughter OF
turkeys for the Christmas holiday
season.
Eggs-strictly fresh, selected, can
died, per dozen. 5s; average receipts.
56: storage. 35a36.
Live poultry-Roosters, per lb.. Is;
turkeys. per lb.. 38a4o; spring chick
6Oa70; fowls, per lb.. 23a24.
sDne sbctns poultry TRY FGesh s6sss Eaas
turkeys. per b.. 4aa45: keats. young.
each. Soa85: roosters. per lb., 20.
Game-Rabbits. No. I. per dozen.
1'oVdo.VU, ANO. =. Z.UUdE.4V.
Live stock-Calves, choice, per 1b..
II: medium. per. lb., IL: thin, per ib..
SalO. Lambs. spring, per lb.. 13. Live
pigs. 3.o0a5.O0 each; live hogs, per lb..
Green fruits-Apples. per basket. 5oa
MIA oranges. per crate, 6.ooa7. 90:
Florida, 3.50a4.50. Lemons. per box.
3-50a4 so. Grapefruit. 3.00a4O0 Gran
berries. 5.Ooa6.o0 per one-half barrel.
grapes. California Emperos, 1.75a2 90:
vegetab ables--Potatoes. No. /, 225
potatoes, 4.ooa5.555 per bbl. Southern
Lettuce. per crate. 2.00a3.00. nearby.
5oal 90; Iceberg. 4.00a4.50. Cabbage,
by. 1:ooa1.5O bbl. Tomatoes. half
bushel basket. nearby. 75a2.5o. Beans,
per basket. a5oa550. New York cell
cry. per crate, washed. 5.50a6.00: in
rough, New York, 2.50a4.OO: Cali
fornia. 5.ooa6.oo. Squash. S.5oa4.oo.
Peppers. per crate. Florida, 2.50a3 50.
Eggplant. 4.00a5.00. Kale. per bbl.. 75a
1.5O. Spinach, per bbI, 2o0a25 so. Lima
beans. per basket. 2.50a3.25. Southern
cucumbers. per bushel. 450ao.oO. Car
rots, 100-lb. sack, 2.25a2.50
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE. December (SpeciaD.
-Potatoes-Whi 100 lbs, 75: $50
lbs, 1.00a2.50. Sweets and yams,
bbl.. 1.50a4.50; bushel, 1.50a2 90.
Beans, bushel, 2.00a3.50. Beets, 100,
2ooao.0o. Broccoli. bushel. 25a30. Brus-
sells sprouts. quart. 15a25. Cabbage.
100. 4.OOa6.Oo. Savoy. bushel. 3oa4O.
Carrots. 100, 3.00a5.00. Caulifiower,
crate. 1.50a3.50. Celery. crate, 200a
$50. Cucumbers, crate, 3.50a450. Egg
plant. crate. 3.0oa5.0o. Kale. bushel.
25a3o. Lettuce, bushel. 50a1.00. On
ions. 100 lbs. 2.O0a3.00. Oysterplants.
100. 5.Ooa7.oO. Parsnips basket. Asa
80. Peas, hamper, 3.ooa5.oo. Peppers,
crate. 3.O0a5.00. Pumpkins. 100. 1000
a15.00. Spinach, bushel, 50a65. Squash.
crate, 2.50a3.50. Turnips. bushel, 80
a4U.
Apples = Packed. bbl. 2oOa4 so;
bushel. 5Oa1.25; box apples. 1.25a2.5O
loose. 100 lbs, 1.O0a1.25. Cranberries.
bbl., 6.00a9. 90. Grapefruit. box, LISA
$50. Oranges, box, 2.25a3.50. Pears,
bushel, 1.o0a3.75. Pineapples. crate.
3.00a4.50.
Settling Prices ON Grain.
wheat-No. red winter, spot.
1.09A: No. 3 red winter. spot. 1.o6A 4;
domestic, 1918; export 1.07A; No. 3
red winter, garlicky, spot, 1.04A
No. 4 red winter, garlicply, spot,
1.01A
sales-1.4so bushels of sample
grade winter. garlicky, at 81 per
bushel; 936 bushels of sample grade
winter. garlicky, at LOO per bushel.
Corn-Cob, new, 400 for yellow
$50 for white per barrel: No. 2 corn.
spot, no quotations: track corn, yell
low. No. 3. new. SO asked.
Sales-Bag lot of No. yellow.
of No. 4 mixed. new. at 50.
Oats-sNo. white, new, 52i2; No. 8
white. new. 511@.
Rye-Nearby, 75as5; No. rye, spot
771a
Hay-Receipts, 50 tons. The local
hay market is quiet. with present
offerings more than ample for trade
wants. and prices are generally in
buyers favor. No. l clover hay is in
moderate receipt and in fair demand.
Big baled hay is d slow sale and of
IRE egular value.
Quotations-No. / timothy, 21.00a
$3.50 per ton; No. 2. 25.50a26.50; No.
3. 23.50a25.00; No. 1 light clover mix
ed, 24.00a24.50; No. ,, 22.o0a23.00: No.
l. clover mixed, 2S.50a24-0o; No. L
Straw-No. 1 straight rye. $500 per
ton; No. 2 tangled rye. 15.00a16.00;
No. 1 wheat, 1S.ooa14.00; No. 1 oat,
1400a15.00.
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
BALTIMORE, December (Spe-
cial). Poultry Live. turkeys,
pound. 2oaSO: young chicken. 23a
25; Leghorns, 17a22; old hens. GOA
"a; Leghorns. 17a1S: old roosters,
rs: ducks 17a23; geese, 2Oa25: pi-
geons, pair. 25a30; guinea fowls, each.
35a70. Dressed poultry-turkeys.
20a35; chickens, 23a26; old roosters.
16; ducks, 20a25; geese. 20a2S.
EGGS Qoss off)-Native and nearby
f1rsts, dozen, 81: southern. 80.
Butter-Creamery, good to fancy,
pound, 5Oa54; prints. 54a56; nearby
creamery, ladies, 34a35; rolls, 2Sa32 /:
store packed, %: dairy prints. 2SaS2:
process butter. SO.
TODAY'S CHICAGO PRICES.
CHICAGO, December 3.-Although
reports that Germany had completed
negotiations for new loan gave
wheat values an upward tendency at
the opening today, the market soon
declined Upturns in price met with
aggressive selling and there was a
lack of absolute support from buyers.
4 sudden break in the corn market
added to the weakness of wheat.
After opening unchanged to IS higher,
December, 1.04 to 1.04 Is, and May,
1.09ss to Ito, wheat underwent a
moderate general fall.
Selling on the part of houses with
eastern connections put the corn mar
ket on the downgade deSpite wet