Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-03
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, July 2 Especially. -
Monday being a legal holiday ship
pers are advised not to ship any
arrive that day, as there will be no
. outlet for them. Demand for new
potatoes only moderate and under
p liberal receipts the market has ruled
easy the past week at $50 to 400
, barrel for we'll graded No. l stock,
but No. potatoes are slow sale at
$50 to 200, while culls are not
wanted at any price. Old potatoes
in ample supply and with the de-
naand for all grades easily satisfied,
the market is easy at 800 to $50
per 100 pounds and 200 to ESQ for
No. 2 stock.
Native and nearby garden truck
has been in liberal receipt the past
week and while demand continues
good it takes choice to fancy stock
to bring outside values and inferior
lines have TO be sold on their merits
at the following quotations: Aspar-
sagus, $50 to 800 dozen, for choice
to fancy green, and 100 to 200 for
partly white grass; stringless green
beans, 1.25 to 1.35 bushel, and wax,
100 to 10 bushel; beets, 200 and
800 hundred; cabbage. 200 to 400
hundred; carrots, 800 and 400 hum
.tired; cucumbers, 1.25 to 1856 basket;
elephants, 900 and $50 crate; lettuce,
so to 100 bushel; Spring onions,
,1.25 to- 1.50 hundred; peas. 100 to
200 bushel; radishes. 200 and 800
squash, rs to 90 basket, and ripe to-
rnatoes, $50 to $50 crate, while
green sell mostly 400 to 800 crate.
Demand for berries and cherries
continues good and all stock showing
quality meets with ready sale at IL
to II quart. for blackberries: 10 to
Is quart for raspberries. and to IL
pound for sweet cherries, while sour
sell mostly to 10, as to size and
condition.
Egg Prices Decline.
Receipts of native and nearby eggs
have been liberal the past week and
with trading on the exchange light
and Indifferent, the market has ruled
easy and fiuctuating all the week. A
fair movement is noted on the street,
however, and all desirable stock keeps
sold up from day to day. Much OF the
current receipts. however. are of held
stock and this class of eggs will not
bring top values. Eggs should be held
I'm the country, but should ship regular
~ even in single-case lots to realize
best results. The market closed today
at 23% a dozen for frsts in free
cases, a decline of cent a dozen
over opening prices Monday.
Live Poultry Quotations.
Receipts of Spring chickens have
been liberal this week but composed
mainly of small undersize stock. De-
mand has been good for choice fat
springers averaging over pounds.
but there have been too many small
chickens and to move this stock prices
have to be shaded to favor buyers
Trade wants now are for large chick
ems and it will pay shippers to hold
stock until they reach a weight of
9 pounds and over. This class of stock
meets with ready sale at SO to 38
cents a pound and % to IS for small
eF birds, while leghorns sell mostly
30 to % as to size and condition.
Weather has been too warm for any
activity in old hens and the market
IL easy at 20 to 25 for stock weighing
3h pounds and over, while lighter
fowl and leghorns are slow sale at Is
to IS. Old ROSTERS in ample supply
and move slow at IL to Is. Large fat
ducks 4 pounds and over in good de-
lnand at "a and rs, but smaller stock
not so active at 20 and %, while
old ducks are neglected at Is to 20.
demand Tor pigeons continues EOOu
at 20 to 80 a pair for both young and
old.
Cattle Market Steady.
The general live cattle market holds
steady under fairly good demand for
first quality stock which meets with
ready sale, but common cattle is
hard to move even at inside values.
Handy weight veal calves in light re-
eeipt, but ordinary common rough
stock in ample supply and slow sale,
even at lower values.
Quotations today at Light Street
Wharf: Beef cattle, first quality.
pound, to 10; common to medium,
5 to s.
Bulls, as to quality.s5 to z.
Cows, choice to fancy to 7; COM
mon to fair, to 5.
Oxen, as to quality, to z.
Milk cows, choice to fancy, per
head, 5000 to 1900; common to fair,
5000 to 5000.
Calves. veal. choice. pound. IL to
121z:. ordinary to medium, 9 to IL;
rough and common. to 8; small
cuils, to 8.
Sheep, choice, 4 to s; old bucks, 2
to 8; common not wanted.
Lambs, Spring, choice, 1914 to Ia;
fair to good, IL to 10; common thin,
to 10.
Hogs, straight, to 10; sows. to
q; old boars, 7 to s.
Live pigs. is TO 10; shoats, 10
TO, IL.