Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-01
Baltimore Markets
Dispatch 70 me star.


BALTIMORE. Md. October sl.-Un-
der light receipts the egg market con-
tinues very arm under another advance
Of 2 cents to cents . dozen over last
week with hennery whites. SIS pounds
and up to the case, bringing = premium
over quotations. Good fresh eggs gem
orally are scarce and often bring q
premium in price when buyer is salts
fed with size and quality. Small pull
let eggs, however, continue undesirable
and generally slow sale even at the
lower prices quoted Strictly fresh
hennery whites, SIS pounds and over, are
bringing 80 to 40 cents dozen and
nearby candled firsts, 80. but current
receipts sell mostly 2S to 80 with small
pullet eggs slow sale, 20 to Is.
Poultry Prices.
The general live poultry market rules
easy and values show q decline Of q
cent or two pound from last week and
only large fat fowl will bring top prices.
Medium to large young chickens are
selling at 10 to 81 cents a pound and
Leghorns, II and Is. But all poor. thin
fowl as well as bafebacks are neglected
at Is and II. Medium to large old
hens. 4 pounds and over. are bringing
a
Leghorns not so desirable, at Is and II.
with all poor light fowl as well as old
roosters selling at IL to II. Large fat
ducks of the white variety. Al pounds
and over, in better demand at 10 to 40,
but colored ducks will not bring over Is
TO 10. with small. poor, thin stock gen.
orally neglected at IL and Is. Guinea
Fowl and pigeons holding steady at IS
to SIS each for the former and 90 to 30
~ frns4 tNrSffA mNaA al SNF be-
latter. Market for turkeys has q shade
better tone under light receipts and an
improved demand. but values show no
change at % to 30 for young for young
turks, 8 pounds and over, but old birds
Will not bring over IS to 81.
The market continues dull for white
potatoes under modern receipts and
slow demand at rs TO 90 per 100 pounds,
but no stock Is now wanted at any
price. Sweet potatoes and yams In
better demand, but market shows no
change in price at 100 to LIS a bar
rel for the former and 100 to LIS for
the latter, but ungraded stock viii not
bring over rs to 90.
Receipts of native and nearby garden
truck continues fairly liberal, but de-
mand holds good and the market shows
little change in price at the following
quotations: Stringless green beans,
f.5o to 2.50 bushel, but virginia Boun-
tifuls will not bring over rs TO $50:
beets, 1.50 to ESQ hundred: carrots,
ESQ to $50 hundred lima beans, 1,5O
to $50 blishel; onions, Its to 400 per
100 pounds: oysterplants, 500 and geo
hundred; peppers, rs to IS hamper;
pumpkins, 800 to 600 hundred; spinach,
20 to SO bushel. and tomatoes, 40 to
loo hamper.
Live Stock Prices.
The live cattle market on the wharves
continues unsettled under liberal re-
ceipts at the stock yards, with only the
choicest cattle selling Demand very
draggy on common cattle, which forms
the bulk of receipts on the wharves.
Prices generally in buyers favor at the
following quotations today ct Light
Street wharf:
Beef cattle, first quality. pound, 6. to
Bulls, as to quality. pound, to s. Cows,
choice to fancy, pound, to s; common
TO fair, pound, 2, TO 8. Oxen, as to
quality, pound, 3 to s. Calves, veal,
choice, pound. to 81l: large. fat,
pound, to u large, rough, pound, ~
to s.; common, thin, pound, to 4
Sheep, pound, to 2. Spring lambs.
choice, pound, 5 to g.; fair to good,
pound, 3 to 4: small, thin, not wanted.
pound, to 4; live pigs, pound. IL to Il;
shoats. pound, 10 to IL.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat No.
2, red Winter garlicky spot, domestic,
eSla; November delivery, 631a; De-
cember delivery, S.; corn No. 2, yellow
spot, domestic. S.: cob corn, new, 400
per barrel: oats No. 2, white SPOT, do
nestle, 341ka35; No. 8. white spot, do
mestic, S3laa34; rye, nearby, 45a50.