Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-12-02
PRODUCE MARKET
PRICES ARE MIXED
Vegetables Show Small In
creases in Va|ue--Eggs
Are Higher.

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Market changes near the first Of the
month favored the feeders mostly rather
than the crop producers, says the United
States Department of Agriculture, Bu-
| reau of Agricultural Economics, Mar
| ket News Service. Mil feeds followed
the sharp price declines in grain, but
still sold higher than in early Novem-
Der. Prices of cattle and lambs held
fairly steady. The hog market was
heavily supplied last month and showed
little tendency to rally at any time.
Action of the poultry market continues
| good except for the easing off in turkey
prices after Thanksgiving. Egg prices
made further gains. Butter markets
weakened slightly under reports of pro-
duction heavy for the time of year.
vegetables showed many small price ad-
! Vances, especially potatoes, onions, cab
bage, celery and lettuce.
Country Potatoes Higher.
Potato markets were much stronger at
country shipping points, near the first
OF the month, on account of the colder
weather. Maine shippers reported
sacked Green Mountains returning 471s
to so cents per 100 pounds Virginia
sweet potatoes were somewhat lower in
city markets but most other arrivals
sold on a slightly advanced level.
Heaviest onion supplies appear to be
in New York, Michigan and Indiana.
About 1900 carloads, or approximately
100000 bushels, were shipped during
November Western New York fob,
prices Of best yellow onions advanced
late in November to $110 to $3.50 per
50-pound sack, or $3.50 to $3.50 per bag
of 100 pounds. New York onions sold
higher in city markets. Cabbage was
higher nearly everywhere California
lettuce advanced at range of $3.50 to
$3.50 per crate.
Apple prices remained about steady.
Yorks were returning S2.55 per barrel
at shipping points in the Potomac VAL
| ley area. Western New York Baldwins
were still IS cents per bushel at loading
| stations
Butter Markets Easier.
The butter market declines, which
| have occurred during the past few
weeks, have at times been rather sharp,
| but there has been little or no resist
| was still slightly downward near the
| first Of December. Dealers in the
larger markets for the most part appear
to lack confidence. Reports of produc-
ton show sizeable increases over that
of year ago.
Cheese markets at distributing points
held about steady but trading was gen.
orally SLOW In New York State cheese
received some additional attention dur
ing the week when five or six cars of
June fats were sold upstate at 17A to
1712 cents.
Rising Egg Markets.
The egg markets for November were
featured by sharp and continuous
rise in the prices on fresh eggs The
drastic break in the seasonal advance
that came during the last half of Octo-
Der proved only temporary, for with
renewed interest from consumers at
the lower price levels, quotations again
| started upward. Receipts at the four
principal markets, which held close to
| last years level during october, dropped
below in November, amounting to about
per cent during the first three weeks
of the month. Medium-grade cold
storage stock was in moderate demand,
but buyers as rule limited purchases
to small lots. Most of the sales made
no profit and occasionally some loss,
Early reports indicated the proba-
bility Of relatively heavy shipments Of
turkeys, but with unSeasonably warm
weather in November in some of the
more important turkey producing Sec
tons interfering with farm dressing,
shipments did not develop according to
these early expectations. The market
for poultry other than turkeys was rela-
ffyyalt sat ha
ceipts Of roasting chickens, weighing
five to six pounds each, were fully
ample, and prices merely held steady
instead of showing the seasonal advance
usual at the Thanksgiving market time.
Hog Shipments Less.
Marketings of hogs and sheep de-
creased but this reduced movement
during the last week of November did
not prevent the hog branch on the
live stock trade from touching the sea-
sons lowest levels, but there was
slight recovery from lowest points.
Sheep and lamb values strengthened
somewhat, while cattle trade was de-
cidedly uneven.
The recent improvement in trading
at Eastern wool markets was main
tanned to the end of November Sales
OF fair volume were closed by a number
of houses. at well sustained prices.
Worsted manufacturers were the prin-
cipal buyers of greasy combing domes-
tic woods, although top makers were in
the market for short combing 64's and
finer Western woods.
Feed Market Slightly Lower.
Demand for wheat feeds at Eastern
markets continues dull and trading of
small volume, even at the lower prices.
Cotton seed meal was 81 to 50 per ton
lower at the various markets, but corn
feeds were steady
Timothy hay markets remained COM
paratively inactive. Receipts were light
in New York City. Demand was fair,
and with the very light stocks on hand
the better grades advanced slightly.
Grain Markets Decline.
Domestic grain markets continued
weak and prices suffered further de-
clines near the first of December The
unsettled financial situation abroad,
together with the weakness in domes-
tic securities market, some slackening
in export demand for North American
wheat and increased offerings of new
grain from the Southern Hemisphere.
were principally responsible for the de-
cline In the wheat market Feed grain
prices turned weaker, influenced largely
by the downward trend In wheat prices,
since marketlngS were relatively light
and offerings only about sufficient for
current needs. Rye was independently
weak rejecting the lack of export busi-
ness and the continued slow domestic
demand. Flax was lower with wheat
and other grains.