Evening star., 1927-05-02
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, May (SpeciaD.--
Potatoes, 100 pounds, 125a275: new
| potatoes, barrel, 4.00a7.00; sweet pota'
toes, barrel, 2.50a3.50; yams. barrel,
| 2.50a3 90; beans, bushel, 1.50a3.00; as.
| paragus, dozen, 1.50a5.50; beats, 100.
5.00a7.00; cabbage, ton, $500: cauli.
flower, crate, $50; cucumbers. bushel.
2.00a3.5O; carrots, bushel, 1.5Oa1.75;
celery, crate. 2.00a3.50; eggplants,
crate. 2.5Oa4.00: kale, bushel. 25a40;
onions, 100, 1.25a1.50; lettuce, hamper.
1.OOa2.00; peppers, crate, 1.50a2.75;
peas, bushel, 1.50a3.25; radishes,
bushel, 75a1.25; rhubarb. 100, 2.OOa
400; spinach, bushel, 90a1.10; squash.
crate. 1.25a2.50; tomatoes, crate, 1.2S
| a 800.
Apples, barrel. 1.50a4.50; bushel. so
| a1.25; grapefruit, box, 2.75a3.75;
oranges, box. 3.50a5.00; strawberries,
quart, 121aa25.
Live Stock Market. .
Cattle-Receipts, 500 head; steers
steady: cows dull and draggy at soc
lower; bulls. 50a75 lower; steers, choice,
11.25a11.75; good, 10.00a10.75; medium,
S.75a9.50; common. 7.00aS25; feeders
and stockers, 7.50a9 90: heifers, choice,
S.75a9.25; good. 7.75aS.50; medium, 6.75
also; common. 5.50a6.50; feeders and
stockers, 5.50aS. 90; bulls, choice stable,
7.00a7.50; fair to good, 6.00a6.75; COM
mon to medium, 5.00a5.75; cows. choice
stable, 7.00a7 so: fair to good, 5.75a6. so;
common to medium, 3.00a5.00.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts, 100
head; light supply, market stronger on
old sheep, steady on lambs; sheep, 7.50
a8.50; lambs, 10.00a17.50.
Hogs-Receipts, $500 head; fair sup.
ply, market lower; lights, Ills: heav-
les, 10.75a11 20; medium, Ills; roughs
7.50a9.75; light pigs, 11.00; pigs, HIS;
Western hogs, 10 higher than quota
tions.
Calves-Receipts, 400 head; moder.
ate supply, market higher; calves, 500
a12.00.
Hay and Grain Prices.
Wheat-No. red Winter domestic
spot, 1.47A; No. 2 red Winter. gar.
licky, spot, 1.441a; No. 3, garlicky.
spot, 1.4012.
Corn-Domestic, No. 2. yellow. S4
ass; No. 2 spot, 80; No. 8, 70: cob corn,
new, 3.75. nominal, per barrel.
Oats-No. 2, new, 5Sa59 per bushel;
No. 8. 54a55.
Rye-Bag lots of nearby. s5a1.Oo
per bushel.
Hay-Receipts, 80 tons. Supply of
timothy hay is ample for present
trade wants, and only the top grades
are commanding any attention. Low
grade stuff generally is very dull.t
Preference is still shown for good
clover and the heavier clover mixed
sorts, which are not overabundant.
Quotations today. per ton:
No. 1 timothy, $500; No. 2 timothy,
22.00a22.50 No. 3 timothy, 2O.OOa21 90:
No. light clover mixed, 24.50a25 90:
No. 2 light clover mixed, 23.0OaH4.OO:
No. 1 clover mixed, 24.00a24.5O.
Straw-No. 1 wheat, 13 3.50a14 90: No. .
1 oats, 14.00a15.00.
Dairy Farm Products.
Live poultry - Winter chickens,
pound, 40a45; Spring chickens, 35a45:
small, 30a40; young chickens, 35a36;
poor and thin, 25a30; old hens, 3Oa31;
Leghorns, 25a27; roosters. IS: capons,
35a40; ducks. 2Sa30; poor and thin, 23.
a25; guinea fowls, each, 50aS0; pigeons
pair, 40a45. aso...
Eggs-Receipts, 400 cases: native
and nearby f1rsts in. free cases, dozen,
221aa23.
Butter-Good to fancy creamery.
pound, 44a4S; prints. 4sa50: blocks. ID
a49; ladies', S2a34; rolls, 30a32; store
packed, 30a31: process butter. 4Oa4f:
dairy prints, 3Oa32.