Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
Baltimore Markets


BALTIMORE, Md, March 15,-The
egg market continues easy with liberal
offerings and sales on the exchange, re-
ceipts especially of native and nearby
eggs being more than ample for the
consumptive demand. With the low
prices prevailing the packers have en-
tered the market to small extent,
however. and all desirable stock has
met with ready sale the past week,
but offerings Of doubtful quality are
slow to find favor even at discounts
The market closed today at "a cents
a dozen for nearby firsts decline
of a cent a dozen from last week, but
hennery whites of desirable quality
will bring a premium of cent or two
a dozen over quotations. Receipts OF
duck eggs running fair and the mar
ket holds steady on nearby stock at
40 cents dozen.
Poultry Prices.
With the exception of old hens which
are a shade easier, the live poultry
market holds steady to firm, but prices
show little change from last week with
the exception of yourg turkeys, which
have advanced cents pound. Young
chickens in light receipt, especially
small broilers, ia to pounds, which
are scarce and meet with ready sale
often at a premium over quotations.
Large, smooth, fat, young chickens are
bringing "a and IS cents pound and
Young ROSTERS, 80 and 80, while bro1lerS
bring 80 to 40, but Leghorns not so de-
Sirable at SO to SO, and all poor thin
fowl is generally slow sale at 20 to ~.
Old hens in fairly good demand with
small to medium fat stock preferred
at 20 to 81, but Leghorns will not
bring over 81 and %, while poor thin
fowl is neglected at 20. Old ROSTERS In
fair demand at IT to 20, while caponS
are in light receipt and in good de-
mand at SO to SO for birds weighing
z pounds and over, but smaller not
so desirable at 80 to "a. Market for
turkeys holds steady under an adj
vance in price, receipts being light and
demand good for medium sized tat
SUCK, hen turkeys being preferred at
80 to 40 with young gobblers bringing
"a and 35, but old toms are slow sale
at 81 and %. Demand for fat young
ducks continues good and under mod
crate receipts the market holds steady
at % to 80 for stock weighing 4
pounds and over but small and poor
ducks move slow at II and ID. Mar
ket for guinea fowl and pigeons con-
ttnueS steady at 40 to 65 each for the
former and 80 to IS a pair for young
and old of the latter, an increase of 5
cents a pair over last week.
Vegetable Market.
White potatoes in fairly liberal re-
ceipt and under only moderate demand
the market has a weaker tendency at
2.40 to 2.75 per 100 pounds for well
graded No. stock, but ungraded pota-
toes will not bring over 2.25 to 2.35
Sweet potatoes and yams in lighter
receipt and under a fairly good demand
the market holds steady on No. bright
stock at $50 to 800 a barrel for the
former and 200 to 800 a barrel for the
latter, but ungraded stock sells mostly
200 to 2.25.
Native and nearby garden truck in
creasing in receipt, but under good
demand prices are holding steady, with
one or two exceptions, at the following
quotations Cabbage, rs to LOO basket;
kale, 65 to IS bushel; onions, 1.50 to
LIS per 100 pounds; oysterplants, 500
to 500 per 100; parsnips, 80 TO 40
basket: spinach, Is to IS bushel, and
turnips, IS to so hamper.
The live cattle market holds steady,
but it takes No. / stock to bring top
prices, the better demand being CEN
tered on first quality cattle. receipts
of which are light both on the wharyes
and at the stock yards. Too many
common, poor calves are being shipped
with values mostly in buyers favor.
Quotations today at Light Street
wharf: Beef cattle, first quality, II
to IL; common to medium, 8 to 10.
Bulls, as to quality, to 9. COWS,
choice TO fancy, Z to 8; common to
fair, 4 to 6. Oxen, as to quality, to
8. calves, veal, choice, IA; large, fat, IL
to IS: large, rough, IL to IL; thin. to
o: rough and common, to T. Sheep,
choice to 6; old bucks, to 4. Fall
lambs, fancy. IL; choice, 10 to II.
Hogs. straight, IL; sows, to 9; live
pigs, IL to 10; shoats, 10 to IL.
Grain Quotations.
Closing grain quotations.: Wheat,
No, 2 red Winter, export, 1.04i2; No. 2
red Winter. garlicky, spot, l052
March delivery, 1861. Corn, No. 2
yellow. domestic, spot, 90: cobcorn,
165a4.75 per barrel. Oats, No. white,
domestic, spot, So; No. 3 white, domes-
tic, spot, So Rye, nearby, 75a80.