Evening star., 1928-12-17
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special DISPATCH 10 4ne oIdEs
BALTIMORE, Md, December IT.
Potatoes, white, 100 pounds, goal 70;
sweet potatoes, barrel, 1.50a3.00 bushel
50a1 so; yams, barrel, 1.50a3.0O; beans,
bushel, 2.50a40 beets, 100, 4.00a5, 90;
broccoli, bushel, GOATS; Brussels sprouts,
quart, 10a20; cabbage, ton, 40.00a45.00;
carrots, 100, 4.00a500; celery, crate, $50
a2.5O; caulihower, crate, 1.25a2.75; kale,
bushel, 50a65; lettuce. hampers, 75a
1.50; onions, 100 pounds, 1.25a4.50;
oyster plants, 100, 5.00a8.00; parsnips,
basket, 50a60; peppers, crate, 550a9. 90;
spinach, bushel, 35a65; tomatoes, crate,
1.25a3.50 turnips basket, 25a35; Savoy
cabbage, bushel, 40a90; apples, bushel,
75a2.00; cranberries, box, 4.25a5. 80
grapefruit, box, 200a3.50 oranges, box,
2.25a4.25; tangerines, per half strap,
1.75a2.00.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-Receipts 600 head; light sup
ply, market steady; steers, choice, 13.00a
1880; good, 12.00a1255; medium, 11.00
a11.75; common, 9.00a10.50; feeders and
stockers, 950a1l.50; heifers, choice,
10. .75a11 rs; good, 10.00a10.50; medium,
9.OOa975; common, 7.50a9.00; feeders
and stockers, 750a900 bulls, good to
choice, 95Oa10.00; fair to good, 8.00a
800; common to medium, 6.00aT50
COWS, good to choice, 8.50a9.00: fair to
good, 700a8.00; common to medium,
4.00a6.00
Sheep and lambs-Receipts, $500
head; moderate supply, market active;
sheep, 200a7.00 lambs, 800a15.00.
Hogs-Receipts, $500 head; fair sup
ply market higher; lights, 9.40; heavies,
925a95 so; medium. 9.55; roughs, elsa
$50; light pigs, 750a8.50; pigs. 900;
Western hogs, 10a15 higher than quo
tations.
Calves-Receipts, 400 head; light sup
ply, market slow but steady; calves,
5.00a1650: no extras
Hay and Grain Prices.
Wheat-No. red Winter, garlicky,
spot, 1.31 1a; December delivery, 1919
Corn-No. 2 export December deliv-
cry, 90; No. 2 yellow, 98a99; cob corn,
4. .75a4.8O. l,..
Oats-No 2 white, domestic, spot
58a581a; No. 3 white, domestic, spot
56a57.
Rye--Nearby, 110a1 20.
Hay-ReceiptS, none 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
DelilS TPCeIVeU. 1HcTe Is IlOL enough
business passing to establish prices on
the various kinds on merit at a range
of 1600al8.50 per ton Of timothy and
clover hay.
Straw-No wheat. 11.o0a12.00 per
ton; No. l oat, 1200a13.00 per ton.
Dairy Market.
Poultry. alive-Young turkeys, pound,
35a38; old. 32a35; crooked breasts, 25;
Spring chickens, 20a28; Leghorns, goa
Is; old hens. 20a27; Leghorns, 20; small
and poor, 18; old roosters, 17al8; ducks,
22a25; small and poor, 1920; geese,
20a25; guinea fowls, each, 40a80;
pigeons, pair. 80.
Dressed poultry Turkeys, choice to
fancy, pound. 38a40; fair to good, 35a
81; old toms. 33a35; poor and crooked
breasts, 25; chickens. young, 27a28: old
and mixed. 24a27; old roosters, 1Ta18:
ducks, 25a28: geese. 22a28.
Eggs-Receipts, 724 cases; native and
nearby selected whites, free cases
dozen, 43; firsts, 40; current receipts. 38.
Butter-Good and fancy creamery.
pound, 48a54: prints, 54a56; blocks, 52a
50; ladies, S8a40 store packed, "a:
process butter, 43a44.