Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-18
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, october 1.-THE
egg market holds very firm under light
receipts, especially of fresh-laid stock,
which is scarce and wanted at a pre-
MUM in price, when buyers are salts
fed with this size and quality. West
ern refrigerator eggs supplying the bulk
OF the market being preferred TO ma
tive and nearby current receipts, which
show evidence Of having been held.
Hennery whites Of fresh-laid quality
and weighing SIS pounds to the case
are bringing top prices and showing
an advance of 4 cents a dozen over
last week and current receipts 2 cents
a dozen. Small pullet eggs, however.
show no change and are generally slow
sale. Market closed today at "a TO SO
cents a dozen for hennery whites, SIS
pounds up; 20 for candled flrsts, and
26 for current receipts, but pullet eggs
will not bring over 18 to 20.
Poultry Prices.
The live poultry market shows little
change from last week, market con-
ceipts, but mostly of small poor fowl.
Only a fair demand prevails for Spring
chickens and Is centered on large, fat
stock Leghorns unless of good size and
fat are hard to move, while all poor, thin
chickens, as well as bare-backs, are
hard to move at uncertain prices. Old
hens, Az pounds and over, are in fairly
good demand at "a cents pound and
3la to Founders. Is TO %. but Leg
horns will not bring over is and l6 and
all poor thin fowls as we'll as old rooSt-
erS very slow sale at II to IA. Medium
to large mixed colored Springers SELL
ing mostly 20 to % and Leghorns, 18 to
90 but the bare-backs and poor thins
stays are hard to move out at IA and
16. Ducks in moderate receipt but
ample for the demand, which is linn
tied and centered on white varieties,
All pounds and over at IS to 20, with
smaller neglected at IL and 10. Guinea
fowl in light receipt and market shows
an advance at so TO SIS each for birds
weighing pounds and over but
smaller stock not so desirable and slow
sale at Is to 49, Market for pigeons
holding steady at Is to 20 per pair for
both young and old.
White potatoes in liberal receipt from
all sections and under a light demand
the market is dull at 70 to 80 per 100
pounds, with mixed, as well as No. 2
stock not wanted at any price. Sweet
potatoes and vans also in liberal re-
ceipt and market generally easy at 90
to las per barrel. but ungraded stock
will not bring over rs to 90. with bushel
hampers selling mostly IS to so.
Other Vegetable Prices.
The season for native and nearby
vegetables drawing to a close and val
ues on practically all lines show an ad-
vance at the following quotations:
Stringless green beans. 100 to $50
bushel; beets, $50 to $50 hundred;
Savoy cabbage, 40 to go basket: car
rots. $50 to $50 hundred: lima beans,
so to 100 hamper: onions, LIS to 200
per 100 pounds; oyster plants. 500 to
100 hundred: peppers. rs to 35 ham,
per; pumpkins, 800 to 600 hundred;
spinach, 20 to go bushel; tomatoes, 25
to IS hamper and 40 to so bushel for
Gamers stock.
Live Stock Market.
Due to the cattle show at the Union
Stock Yards this week better demand
has prevailed for live cattle on the
wharves and while market showed an
improvement, prices generally show lit
tie change. This is due principally to
the fact that most of the cattle con-
sisted OF common to ordinary stock,
while demand generally Is centered on
first quality cattle. Quotations today at
Light Street Wharf: Beef cattle. first
quality. pound. to Z; common to me-
dium, to S: bulls, as to quality, 3 to
S; cows, choice to fancy, 4 to 5; COM
mon to fair, 2 to g.; oxen, as to quality,
3 to 5: calves, veal, choice. 9 to GIG;
large. fat, to 8; large, rough, 5 TO 6;
common, thin, to 4; sheep, l to 2;
Spring lambs. choice,7; fair to good, S
Tn &. hogs STRAIGHT e. SOUS e stays
3 to 4; live pigs, IL to IA; shoats, 10
to IL.
Grain Prices.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat, No.
2, red Winter, garlicky. domestic, spot,
say; october delivery. 5334; Novem-
Der delivery, SAG; corn, No. 2. yellow.
domestic, spot. 52a53; cob corn, 2.25a
$50 per barrel: oats, No. 2 white, do
mestic spot, 32a33; No. white do
nestle spot, 31a32; rye, nearby, 45a50.