Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-12-03
Baltimore Markets

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, December 3.-Po-
tatoes-White, 100 pounds, 80a110:
sweet potatoes, barrel, 125a2.25; bushel,
50a1.25; vans, barrel, 1.75a250; beans,
bushel, 3.00a450; beetS, 100, 4.00a5.00:
broccoli, bushel, 60a75; brussels sprouts,
quart. 121aa20; cabbage, ton, 35.00a
$500; carrots, 100, 400a6.00; celery,
crate, 150a300; caulif1ower, crate, LISA
500; kale, bushel, 50a75; lettuce, bushel,
75a1.50; onions, 100 pounds, 1.25a4.50;
oyster plants, 100, 5.00a7.00; parsnips,
basket, 50a60; peppers, crate, 4.00a8.00;
pumpkins, 100, 800a25.00; spinach.
bushel, 60a1.00; tomatoes, crate, 3.00a
500; turnips, basket, 20a30; Savoy cab
bage, bushel, 60a1.00; apples, bushel,
75a2.00; cranberries, box, 3.00a4.00;
pears, bushel, 1.00a3.25; grapefruit, box,
200a4.00; oranges, boxes, 2.50a4.50;
Keifer pears, basket, 25a50.
Hay and Grain Prices.
Wheat-No 2 red Winter, garlicky,
spot, 1884; December delivery, 1884.
Corn-No. 2 export. December deliv-
cry, 95la: No. 2 yellow, 1903; cob corn,
4.60a4.75 barrel.
Oats-No 2 white, domestic, spot,
57a571a; No. white, domestic, spot,
55laa56.
Rye-Nearby, 110a1.20.
Hay-ReceiptS, 10 tons. While hay Is
arriving here in limited quantities only,
it is more than ample for the demand,
which is being supplied mostly by truck
from nearby points, few carloads being
received. There is not enough business
passing to establish prices on the vari-
Gus kinds and grades, and all arrivals
sell strictly on merit at range of
16.00a18.50 per ton for timothy and
clover hay.
Straw-No. wheat, 1100a1200 per
ton; No. oat, 12.00a13.0O per ton.
Live Stock Market
tle-Receipts, 800 head. Steers, fair
supply; market dull and lower on cows;
choice, 13.25a14.00; good, 12.25a13.00;
medium, 11.25a12.00; common, 9.25a
1880; feeders and stockers, 10.25a12 SO.
Heifer, choice, 11.00a11.50; good, 1000
a10.50; medium, 925a9.75; common,
8.00a9.00; feeders and stockers, 9.25a
1925. Bulls, good and choice, 950a
1000; fair to good, 800a9.o0; common
to medium, 6.0Oa7.50. Cows, good to
choice, 8.75a9.50; fair to good, 750a
8.25; common to medium, 4.00a650.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts, $500
head. Moderate supply: market higher.
Sheep, 2.00a6.50; lambs, 7OOa14.25.
Hogs-ReceiptS, 3.700 head. Fair sup
ply; market stronger; lights, $40;
heavies, $50; medium, $50; roughs,
6.75a8.75; light pigs, 7.50a8.85; West
ern hogs, 10a15, higher than quotations.
Calves-Receipts, $50 head Light
supply, market steady; calves, 500a
100; no extras.
Dairy Market.
Poultry, alive-Young turkeys, pound,
40; old, 35a36; crooked breasts, 25a30;
Spring chickens, 20a32; leghorns, goa
26; old hens, 22a29; Leghorns, 21a22;
small and poor. 18a20; old roosters, II
a18; ducks, 22a25; small and poor, 18a
90; geese, 20a25; guinea fowls, each, 40
ABS; pigeons, pair, 80. Dressed poultry
Turkeys, choice to fancy, pound, 41a42;
fair to good, 38a40; old toms, 35a36;
poor and crooked breasts, 25a30;
chickens. young, 28a32: old and mixed.
25a28; old ROSTERS, 18a20; ducks, 25a28;
geese: 22a26.
Eggs Receipts, 2,517 cases; native
and nearby, selected whites, free cases,
dozen, So; f1rsts, At; current receipts, as
Butter-God and fancy creamery,
pound, 48a53; prints, 53a55; blocks, 81
a53; ladies, 37a38; store packed, 34a
35; process butter, 43a44.