Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-25
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.


BALTIMORE, Md, october "a
With continued light receipts the egg
market holds very firm under another
advance of 2 cents a dozen this week:
good fresh laid stock scarce and wanted
at a permium in price when buyer is
satisfied with size and quality. Strictly
fresh hennery whites that have the
size and weight, SIS pounds to the case,
are especially wanted and meet with
ready sale at top prices, but pullet eggs
are hard to move even at the lower
prices quoted. The egg exchange has
again notified shippers not to hold
their eggs, but to ship in single-case
lots In preference to holding for larger
shipments, as the eggs become stale and
will not make the grade under the can
die. The market closed today at SO
cents a dozen for hennery whites ana
80 for nearby candled firsts, but cur
rent receipts will net bring over u and
% and small pullet eggs are slow sale
at l8 to 20.
Poultry Prices.
The live poultry market holds steady
to arm, especially on heavy fat old
hens. which are in light receipt and
for which q good demand prevails. but
poor, thin fowl Of all kinds hard to
move Demand for large fat and small
hroiling mixed colored Spring chickens
has shown an improvement and this
class of stock meets with ready sale.
Medium to large Springers are bringing
20 to % cents pound and Leghorns
Is to 20. but bare backs, as well as all
poor, thin fowl, are hard to move at
IL to 16. Old hens, medium to large,
4 pounds and over, sell mostly % to %
and Leghorns, Is and IT, but poor,
thin, light fowl are neglected at Is
and II. Old ROSTERS in ample sup
ply for the demand and generally slow
sale at IL to is.
Market for young ducks holds steady
under light receipts and a fairly good
demand for the white variety, Az
pounds and over, at l6 to 81. but black
ducks are Disseminated against, espe-
cially old brakes, and small poor stock
moves very slow at IL and ID. Guinea
fowl and pigeons holding steady at Is
to SIS each for the former, while the
latter shows an advance OF 10 cents
pair and IS to 80 for both young and
old Live turkeys made their first ap
pearance Of the season on the market
this week, but the demand is limited
at 20 to 80 for young turks, pounds
and over, with old selling mostly Is to
81 and only small shipments are ad-
Visable.
The market for white potatoes shows
no change from last week under fairly
liberal receipts from all sections and
it takes we'll graded No. stock to bring
top values of rs to 90 per 100 pounds,
while No. potatoes are not wanted at
any price. Sweet potatoes and yams
continue in liberal receipt and the mar
ket rules easy and a shade lower at
/ 90 to lis per barrel for the former
and 90 to las for the latter. but mixed
ungraded stock will not bring over IS
TO 90.
Other Prices.
Native and nearby garden truck con-
tinueS in liberal receipt and prices are
mostly in buyers favor at the following
quotations:
Stringless green beans. IT'S to 2.25
bushel: beets, so TO $50 hundred; car
rotS, $50 to $50 hundred lima beans,
$50 to $50 bushel: onions. LIS to 200
per 100 pounds: oyster plants, 500 to
500 hundred; peppers Is to IS hamper
pumpkins, 800 to 500: Savoy cabbage.
40 to so buShel: spinach, 20 to so
buShel and tomatoes. IS to rs hamper.
The live cattle market continues gen.
orally dull with only choice cattle in
demand and movement on other grades
very draggy. Receipts generally light
on the wharveS. but ample at the stock
yards and consequently market on the
wharves rules easy at the following quo
tatlOnS.
Beef cattle first quality. pound. 6 to
7; common to medium, to 5; bulls as
to quality. 3 to 5; cows. choice to fancy.
4 to 5; common to fair, ? to 8 Oxen.
as to quality TO S. Calves. veal
choice, Q to 9l2; large, fat to 8; large,
rough, to 6; common. thin, to 4.
Sheep. to 2 Spring lambs, choice, z;
fair to good. to 6. Hogs, straight. g.;
sows. S. stays, to 4. Live pigs u to
IA. Shoats, 10 to u.
Grain Prices.
CLOSING grain quotations-Wheat No
. red Winter. sarlickv. domestic, coot
5el4 bid: October delivery, 59i4; No
vember delivery, 595s corn. No yell
low, domestic. spot. 81; cob corn, new
l.75al 90; cats, No. 2 white, domestic
spot. "a: No. 3 white, domestic, spot
So rye, nearby. 40a50