Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-15
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
| BALTIMORE, Md, December IA
| Owing to changeable and unreasonable
weather conditions the past week, the
| live poultry market continues unsettled
and values lower, especially on turkeys,
which are selling lower today than at
any time in the past 10 years. AS long
as the warm weather prevailing today
continues only limited shipments are
advisable as the demand is light, and
heavy shipments only tend to lower
values. Large shipments are advisable
beginning Tuesday, however, and con-
tinuing up until the following Monday
for live stock and early Christmas eve
for dressed poultry. If weather Is IA
vorable, dressed poultry should be ship
ped scalded stock head and feet on,
only choice, fat birds should be shipped.
Poultry Prices.
The market for live turkeys closed
today at rs to % cents a pound for
young birds, pounds and over, but
! old toms as we'll as crooked breasts,
will not bring over 20 to %. Colored
| Spring chickens, 4 pounds and over, are
bringing IS and smaller 20 to "a, but
| LeghornS are generally slow sale at 20
and 81. Old hens, AZ pounds and over,
smaller stock moves slowly at 20 to %,
with Leghorns selling mostly Is to 20,
| and all poor, thin fowl neglected at II
and l8. Ducks and geese from nearby
points in liberal receipt for the demand,
which is limited, and the market is
very dull with values lower at Is to %
| for the former and Is to "a for the lat
ter. but it takes large fat stock to bring
top values. Market for guinea fowl and
pigeons holds steady at 40 to so each
| for the former and 25 pair for both
| young and old of the latter.
| Eggs continue in rather light receipt
| from native and nearby points, all de-
sirable stock meeting with ready sale,
and the market holds steady with values
a shade higher at 81 cents a dozen for
hennery white firsts SO and 81 for firSts
and 40 to As for pullet eggs. Current
receipts sell mostly 43 to As as to size
and quality, but all dirty eggs as well
as culls are neglected at rs to 80.
Potato Market.
White potatoes in moderate receipt,
but ample for the demand, which con-
tinues slow. and the market showed
| little change from last week at $50
to 400 barrel for No. Is and $50 to
| 800 for ungraded, but No. stock moves
slow at so to 200. Sack potatoes SELL
ing mostly 2.40 to $50 per 100 pounds
for No. Is and LIS to 2.25 for I'M
graded. Sweet potatoes and yams also
in moderate receipt and the market
| holds steady under a fairly good de-
mand, but centered on first quality,
well graded stock at 2.25 to 2.75 a bar
rel for the former and Its to ESQ for
the latter, but ungraded stock will not
| bring over $50 to 200, with buShel
hampers selling mostly rs to l.35, as
to size and quality.
Native and nearby garden truck in
| liberal receipt and more than ample
for the demand, with some lines very
hard to move, even at concessions IN
price at the following quotations:
Cabbage, 80 to so basket; carrots,
200 and 800 hundred kale, LIS to
| 200 barrel and 40 to 60 buShel; onions,
Its to 200 per 100 pounds; parsnlps,
| so to IS basket: pumpkins, 500 to 1900
| hundred: spinach, rs to 1.25 bushel,
and turnips, IS to IS basket.
Live Stock Market.
For first quality cattle there is a
good demand and with receipts OF this
sort light both on the wharves and at
. the stock yards the live cattle market
holds steady but easy on common to
ordinary stock. Old sheep. when clip
! ped hard to place, and 1t Is more
question of buyer than price.
N&uoCaClonS ouay q" HAeHV "ON0'
Beef cattle, first quality. pound,
! 1Oall; common to medium, 3a9; bulls,
as to quality, Tao; cows, choice to fancy
! SAT; common to fair, 4a5; oxen, as to
quality, 7a8; calves. veal, choice,
i6a16ia; large. fat, 14l2a15; large,
rough, l31aa14; thin, Salo; rough and
common, 7a8; sheep, choice, 2a5; old
bucks, 3a4; Spring lambs, fancy, pound,
/ 12a12la; choice, 1O12a11; hogs, straight,
9a91a; Sows, Sac.
Live pigs. l0a15; shoats, 10al2.
! Receipts of good stock rabbits con-
tinue light and market shows an adj
vance for fancy stock, but all poor stock
is slow sale at inside prices at the fol-
lowing quotations:
Choice, 2.5Oa3.25 dozen, and fair to
good, 1.25al.75.
Settling prices on grain: Wheat-No,
2 Red Winter spot. l.221a; No. 2 Red
| Winter garlickly spot, 1.2l; December
| delivery, l.2l; January delivery, 1.21E2
| Corn-Nominal Yellow Domestic, new
spot, 1.06a1.06.
Cob Corn, 4.6Oa4.75. oats-No. 2
White Domestic spot, So; No. White
Domestic spot, SIS. Rye-Nearby coal 90.
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