Evening star., 1928-03-19
Favorites Under Pressure.
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, March 1s Especially -
Live poultry-Turkeys. pound, 40a45;
old, 35: poor and crooked breasts. IS;
Winter chickens, 4oa45 young chickens.
33a35: Leghorns, 2sa30; poor and thin.
23a24: old hens, 24a28: poor and thin,
20a22: caponS. 30a40: old roosters, l5a
lo; ducks. 30a32; poor and thin, 23a
"a guinea fowl, each, 40ae5; pigeons,
pair 45a5o.
Dressed poultry-Turkeys pound. SO
a45: old. 35a36: poor and crooked
breasts, IS; young chickens. 33a35: old,
25a30; roosters, l7al8; ducks, 25a30:
capons, 32a42.
Eggs-Receipts. 1924 cases: native
and nearby current receipts. In free
cases. 22a25i2: strictly fresh. dozen, 81
a2712;. duck eggs. dozen, 39a4o; goose
eggs, dozen, 75al.00.
Butter-Good to fancy creamery,
pound, 4sa52i2; prints. 53a55: blocks,
52a54 ladies. 35a37 rolls, 30a35; store
packed. 2ea30; dairy prints, 30a35;
process, 30a35; process. 4la42.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-Receipts. 500 head: market
dull on steers: other grades steady.
Steers-Choice, 1900 to l40o: good.
1850 TO 1900: medium. 1000 10 100;
stockers. S.50 TO HOO Heiters-Choice.
ll.0o 10 l1.5o: good. $50 to 1850: me-
dium, 500 10 900: common, $50 to
$50; feeders and stockers. 6.25 TO $50
BuIls-Choice stable. $50 10 900: fair
10 good, SIS to IT'S: common 10 me-
dunn, 500 10 645. cows-Choice
stable. 100 70 900; fair to good, 500 to
$50: common 70 medium. 800 10 $50.
Sheep and lamb-Receipts. 600 head:
light supply; market higher; sheep.
800 70 $50; lamb, 1000 TO 1870.
Hogs-Receipts, $500 head: moderate
supply; market lover; lights. $50;
SIS 10 $50; light pigs, 6.75 TO 7.25:
pigs. 900. Western hogs. 10 70 20
higher than quotations.
alves-Receipts, $50 head; light
supply; market steady; calves, 500 10
1900.
Hay and Grain Prices.
Wheat--No 2 red Winter, export
] s5; No red Winter. export, no quo
tations: No. red Winter, garlicky.
domestic. 1866.
Corn-No. 2 yellow. domestic. ia:
No. contract. export. l.1l34; corn
COB. new. 50025.50 per barrel.
Oats-Eo. 2. white, domestic, 67a6e:
No g. 66a67.
RyS-GeaTUy. l-loAl ~.
Hay-Rece!pts none. Hay Is arriv-
Ing here in fair quantity. but the de-
mand for hay locally is very limited
and not enough actual business Is pass
| ing 10 establish quotations on the vari-
Gus kinds OF grades. Range Of prices Is
about 400 10 1900 per ton for good
hav in timothy and clover mixed.
Strag~~No. wheat, il.00al200 per
| ton, No. 2, l30Oal4,00.
Country Produce.
Potatoes. white, 100 pounds, i25a2.25 !:
new potatoes, bushel, 1.75a325, sweet
| potatoes. barrel, 300a4 90; yams. barrel,
! 3D0a4.00 beans, bushel, 200a4.50: /:
beets, crate, I.75a3 90; cabbage hamper,
l.75a2.25. caulifower, crate. 200a225; /;
carrots, crate, 3.00a350; celery, crate.
2.50a350: eggplants, crate. 250a4.50: 4:
kaie, barrel l.75a2.25; lettuce. hamper,
i,50a2.75; onions, 100 pounds. 300a4 90:
peas, bushel. 300a350: peppers. crate.
3.00a4. 90: parsnips. basket. 25a35; rad
isses. buahei. 350a400. Spring onions,
| 100, l.50ai.75; spinach biShel. 75ai 90:
tomatoes, crate. 250a7.50; turnips
basket, 20a50
Apples. bsishel, 25s3 90: barrel, 350a
$50, grapefruit, boz. 00a5 so; oranges,
/ box, 4.50a7,00; strawberries, quart
/ 35a55.