Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, December g.
Potatoes, white, barrel. 1.50a400; 100
pounds, 175a200; sweet potatoes. bar
rel, 1.50a225; vans. barrel, 1.25a200;
beets, 100, 400a600; brussels sprouts,
quart, 15a25; beans. hamper, 1.50a2.50 o.;
cabbage, hamper, 30a50; carrots, 100,
400a500 cauliflower, crate, 2,25a3. so;
celery, crate, 2OOa350; eggplant, crate,
150a300; lettuce, basket, 2.50a300; kale,
bushel, 30a40; onions, 100 pounds, 150a
Its; peppers, crate, 40oa8.00; parsnips,
basket, 50a65; pumpkins, 100, 300a
1000; spinach, bushel, 75a1.25; squash,
crate, 1.50a3.00 tomatoes, crate, 4.o0a
500: turnips. hamper, 25a35 apples,
bushel, 75a 275; cranberries, box. 300a
525; grapefruit, box, 3.25a5.00; oranges,
box, 300a4.25; tangerines, box, 2.ooa
ats.
Dairy Market.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys, pound. 28a30;
old toms. 25a26; Spring chickens, 24a
%, Leghorns, 22a23: old hens, 23a28;
Leghorns, 18a20; poor and thin, l7al8;
old roosters. 18a20; ducks, 16a25; geese,
l6a22: guinea fowls, each, 40a5O;
pigeons, pair, 25.
Eggs-Receipts, 1.141 cases natively
and nearby firsts, 5OaS2; pullets, 40a45;
hennery. whites firsts, dozen, 53a54
current receipts, 43a45; culls and dirty
eggs, 25a30.
Butter-Good to fancy. creamery,
pound, 4la46; ladies, 35a36; store
packed, 81; rolls, 3la32; process, 38a39.
Live Stock Market.
Receipts, 900 head fair sup
ply, market dull.
steers-Good to choice, 12,00a12.25;
medium to good, 11.00a12.0O; fair to
medium, 1OoOa1l 90: plain to fair, 9.O0a
1000: common to plain, 8.00a9,00.
Bulls Good to choice, 8.50a9.O0;
medium to good, 7,50a8.00; fair to me-
dunn, 7.00a7.50; plain to fair, 6.O0a7.OO;
common to plain, 5.00a6.00.
Cows-Good to choice. 8.50a9.00 me-
dunn to good, 75Oa8.25; fair to medium,
6.75a8.25; plain to fair, 5.50a6.5O; COM
mon to plain. 400a5.00.
Heifers-Good to choice, 19.50a11 90;
medium to good, 9.00a10.00; fair to me
dum. 8.00a9.00; plain to fair, 7.ooao.oo'
common to plain, 6.00a7.O0.
Fresh COWS and Springers, 6Oal5O.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 1000
head; light supply: market lower
>sneep. 2.0Oa6 90; lambs, 6.50a13.75.
Hogs-Receipts, 5000 head; moderate
supply; market higher; lights. 9:9oa
1910; heavies, 10.00al030; medium,
1o.o0a10 80: roughs, 700a9.20; light
pigs, 940a9 so; pigs, 9.60a9.85.
Calves-Receipts, $50 head; tar
supply; market steady; calves, 7.OOa
l700.
Hay and Grain Prices.
wheat-No. red Winter, spot,
l.2sM; No. 2 red Winter, garlicky, spot,
I.25M; December, 1850; January,
1.275s; No. 8, garlicky, no quotations.
Corn-No. 2 domestic, yellow, Ito;
cob corn. new, 450a4.75.
Oats-No. white domestic, spot. ST;
No. 3 white domestic, spot, Sc.
Rye-Nearby, goal 90.
Hay-Receipts, none. Season Tor old
hay is about over. A little new crop
is arriving, but hardly enough upon
which to establish quotations by grades.
Where in good order new hay sells at
from 1400 to 1900 per ton, according
to its quality and condition, receipts
by trucks taking care of most require
nents.
Straw-Little demand for straw. Re-
ceipts generally ample. Wheat straw,
No. l. per ton, 9.90a10. 90; oat straw,
No. /. per ton, 900a10.00.