Evening star., 1923-02-16
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.

product, being about 10 cents a pound,
but buyers are willing to pay the
price.
Florida grapefruit ard oranges are
plentiful and reported as being rea-
sonable.
No changes in butter, eggs or cheese
prices were reported. The market is
about the same as yesterday. although
the egg market was reported f1rmer.
Eggs-strictlv fresh. selected candlsd
per dozen. 37a38; average receipts, So
southern. 35. Cold storage eggs. "a.
Live poultry-Roosters. per lb., 10:
turkeys. per lb.. 25a30; spring cnlck-
ems. per lb.. 33a35; keats. young, eacn'
go; fowls, each, 25.
Dressed poultry-Fresh-kille spring
chickens. per lb.. 35a3S: hens. per ID.
%; roosters. per lb.. 1sa19: turkeys per
lb.. 30a35; keats, young. each, 7oaSo.
Live stock-CaIves. choice. per 10.
II; medium. per h.. 13a13h: thin' Pc.
lb.. 6aS. Lambs. choice. per ID: TO- 10.
live pigs, 3.0oas.oo each: live hos''
per lb.. 9.
Green fruits-Apples. per bbl- l;os 40
1882 a5S csfornia No or.nrss Il esr per- crate
6.ooaS.oo: Florida. 4.ooa6. SO: Lero1ts, o0a
per box. 5.ooa6.0O. Grapefruit. ''''f'
AS. Tangerines. 3.50a5.o0.
Vegetables-Potatoes. per Dbl. 20 10
.. 6oa1.00. Sweet potatoes dSo SorIn ~
Carolina. 75a150; nearby. 2'ooa1o ooa No
200; Romaine lettuce. per crate. a's0a s"a
2.o0; Iceberg lettuce. per crate, m '.Ds Der
400. Cabbage. northern. 2.5Oa3.oo per
100 lbs: nearby cabbage. per . DOL
1:5oa2.5o; southern. 2.25a3.oo per pasKe..
Elephants. per crate. 25oaS.oSo; no Roans RoaIn
I.00a4.0o per basket Peas. 3.ooa5;oo pes
basket. Peppers, per crate, Fior,oa' "a
3. 3.0Oa400 Kale, per barrel, 1.l5aZ.o 10.
Spinach, per barrel 2.50a3.OO. Celery,
crate, Florida. 2.5oa3.5O. Brussels
sprouts, 25a30. Squash. 20oa2.ao.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE, February Is (Special. }.
white, 100 pounds. 50a1.35;
$50 pounds 90a2.25: sweets. barrel,
125a2.00; bushel, 50a60; yams, bar
rel, 1.75a2.00; bushel, 60a7o; beans,
busheI, 300a5.O0; beets. hundred
5ooa7oo; brussels ps, sprouts; sols agaT5: 16:
savoy. bushel, 1.00a1.25; carrots, bas-
ket. 4da5o: caulifower. create, 1.5oa
200; celery, crate, 1.50a2. 80; cucum-
bers. crate, 5.O0as.o0: eggplants, crate,
400a7.oo: horseradish, bushel. S;ooa
$50; kale. barrel * i'7aaI.oO: aaIoO: ie5o 16o
Iuce, basket tOdl.aop olAChC' 1NO
pounds. 1.5Oa3.oo, oysterpiants, hun
dred. 5.Ooa7.o0; parsnips. bushel. 1.4oa
$50; peas. basket. 3.00a4.00; peppers,
crate, 3O0a5.00: radishes. basket. 50a
ESQ: spinach, bushel. 75a90; squash,
crate. s.ooa4;oo; tomatoes. crate
Apples, packed, barrel, 2.5oa5. so
bushel. 75a1.5o; loose. 100 pounds,
1.5Oa2o 90; basket, 5oa75; cranberrries.
barrel, S.00a1200; grapefruit. box.
2.50a350: oranges. box, 3ooai i2o
straw berries. quart 20a40; tangerines,
half strap. 2.50a4.00.
Selling Prices Mt 1890.
Wheat-No 1 red winter. spot, no
quotations; No. 2 red winter, spot
1.35l:; No. 3 red winter. spot. no
quotations; No. red winter garlicky
quotations: February, 1.S4h.
Sales-None.
Corn-Cob corn, new 4.35a4.40 per
barrel: contract, spot, S3sz per bushel;
No. 2 corn. spot. 50 y. No. 4. no quota
tions: track corn. yellow. No. or
better. 80 and 81 per bushel
Oats-White. No. ?, 80 per bushe1;
No. 8. 54.
Rye-Nearby. s5as5 per bushel; No.
2 western export. spot. 91A per
bushel; No. ), no quotations.
ter descriptions of timothy and light
there was a fair demand under linn
tied receipts at a range of 1900 to
1000 per ton.
Straw-No. / tangled rye. 15.00a
1900; No. 1 wheat. 11.00a12.00; No. !
oat. nominal, 12.00a13.00.
TODAY'S CHICAGO PRICES.
CHICAGO, February 16.-Absence
of any renewal of yesterdays heavy
selling led to a moderate upturn OF
prices in the wheat market today
during the early dealings. The fac,
that rural offerings Of all kinds OF
restore. some measure of confidence
Indifferent response which the Liver
pool market made to declines in
America. Notice was taken. too, OF
reduction in estimates of the
Argentine exportable surplus OF
wheat. The opening, which varied
from unchanged figures TO half cent
higher. with May 1.197s to 120k and
July, LBS to 1.1SA, was followed BY
gains all around and then something
Of a reaction.
Corn and oats were firmer with
wheat. After opening Is to Il higher
May -74& to 74H. the corn market
scored a slight additional upturn.
Oats started unchanged to II
higher, May, 46h to 46L, and Later
continued to harden.
Higher quotations on hogs gave a
little strength to the provision mar
ket.