Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.


BALTIMORE. Nd. October a.
Owing to wether conditions pre-
vailing the past week the demand for
live poultry has eased of and continued
liberal receipts, especially of small
poor thin stock, the market has an
easier tone and values are a shade
lower on all lines, with the single ex-
ception of pigeons. Only large fat
Spring chickens, 8 pounds and over,
are meeting with ready sale at % and
- cents pound, with smaller stock
moving slow at 20 to %. LeghornS are
bringing II to 81, but all poor thin,
as well as bare backs, are neglected at
Is and 16. Too many small, poor, thin
old hens are noted in the daily receipts
and this tends to lower the value of
the larger fowl, but demand generally
Is limited and only stock weighing 4
pounds and over attracts attention at
u to "a. Smaller fowl are slow sale
ct II to 20 and Leghorns as well as
poor thin stock sell mostly at Is to 10.
Ducks In light receipt but ample for
the demand which is limited and con-
dned entirely to sock weighing pounds
and over at IL to 19, with all small
poor ducks generally neglected at Is
and IA.
Guinea fowl. 2 pounds and over, are
bringing so to IS each, but smaller as
well as old stays win not bring over
90 to 40, while pigeons are holding
fairly steady at 20 . pair.
Egg Prices.
Receipts Of eggs from native and
nearby points have been very light,
especially of well graded, freshly laid
stock and the market shows an advance
al along the line, with hennery whites
weighing over 81 pounds to the case
bringing q premium in price. The
market closed today at AZ and 43 cents
o dozen for the hennery whites, "a 70
IS for firsts and 80 and 33 for current
receipts, but small hennery whites have
TO be sold as pullet eggs at IS to 35.
Receipts of white Potatoes fairly
liberal and under light demand the
market Is generally dull, especially for
ungraded lots showing blight. No. l
well graded potatoes are bringing 100
to 400 per 100 pounds and ungraded
$50 to Its With barrel stock selling
mostly 2.25 to 800 as to size, quality
and condition. Market for sweet pota-
toes and yams holds steady at 2.25 to
800 barrel for the former and AIS
to 2.75 for the latter.
Receipts of native and nearby garden
truck rather light and prices are hold
ing steady on most lines at the follow
ing quotations. Stringless beans, LOO to
LIS bushel; beets and carrots, ZOO TO
400 hundred; sugar corn, Is to 80
dozen: egRplants, 40 to so hamper: lima
beans, 400 to $50 bushel; onions, 1.16
TO l.5O per 100 pounds: peppers, rs
to SO hamper; tomatoes, Is TO rs
hamper and IS to so bushel for pack
ing stock.
Live Stock Prices.
The live cattle market holds generally
steady on choice cattle but draggy and
slow on all common, under grades.
Most Of the arrivals on the wharves
consist Of common, poor stock which
Quotations today at Light Street
Is slow sale at inside prices.
Wharf;
common to medium, 4 to 8. Bulls, as TO
quality, to 8. Cows, choice to fancy,
5 to g.; common to fair, to 4. Oxen,
as to quality, 4 to 8. Calves, veal
Large, fat 10 to IL. June, rough,
2 to 3; common, thin, to 8. sheep,
2 to 4. Old bucks, 2 to 3. Spring
lambs, fancy. tx to 8: choice, 5 to z.
HOES, straight, 10 to 1914. Sows, to 8.
6tags, 4 to B. Live pigs. IL TO ~;
ehoats, . to 10.
Grain Quotations.
Closing grain quotations Wheat, No.
2 Red Winter, export, 8l34; No. 2 Red
Winter, garlicky, spot, 6lA bid; Octo-
Der delivery, 8124; November delivery,
625k, Corn, No. 2 Yellow Domestic,
SPOT, old, o6a97; cob corn, 5.00a5.25.
Oats. No. 2 white Domestic, spot, 46;
No. 3 White Domestic, spot. As. Rye,
nearby, 60a65.