Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01
Baltimore Markets
pecial Dispatch to The Star.

! Special Dispatch to The Star.
| BALTIMORE, Nd, January Sire
ceiptS of native and nearby eggs con.
tinue ample and the market has ruled
about steady the past week.
The demand continues light with
dealers in most instances taking up reg
ular f1rsts in preference to paying any
premium for memories, consequently
offerings of this sort have to be sold al
| prices of firstS to move out readily. The
| market closed today at 81 cents dozen
for nearby firsts and 20 cents a dozen
for current receipts from all sections
Poultry Prices.
The live poultry market holds steady
to firm under generally light receipts
with demand fairly good on all lines
with exception of geese, but it takes
large, fat stock to bring top values
Young hen turkeys, pounds and over,
are selling at 81 to 40 cents a pound,
and gobblers, IL pounds and over, are
toms move slowly at % and 80,
while crooked breasts are neglected at
20 to 25. Medium to large, mixed COL
ored Springers in good demand at Is
to 80, but Leghorns will not bring over
ID to 20, while all poor thin fowl as we'll
as barebacks, are neglected at Ia and
Is. The demand for old hens is CEN
tered on fat stock, 81 pounds and over,
at 18 to 81, with Leghorns bringing IS
and 16, but all poor light fowl as we'll as
old ROSTERS are hard to move at ID
and IA
CaponS continued in light receipt and
sell readily when large and fat at 35
to 81 for birds weighing pounds and
over, but small and slips will not bring
over % to 33. A good demand prevails
for choice, fat young ducks at % to 25,
but stock under 4 pounds is neglected at
Is and Is. Demand limited for fat
geese and the market rules steady at
IL to "a, while poor thin stock is not
guinea fowl and pigeons continues
steady at 80 to so each for the former
and Is to 20 pair for the latter.
Vegetable Prices.
Demand for white potatoes continues
Slow and market dull with prices mostly
in buyers favor at 30 to 200 per 100
pounds for Eastern Shore stock, with
nearby potatoes selling mostly 1.50 to
LIS, but ungraoed potatoes are slow
sale at lbs to LAO.
Market for sweet potatoes and vans
holds steady, but prices show no change
from last week at 800 to 400 barrel
for the former and 2.25 to 3.25 for the
latter, but ungraded stock will not bring
over 200 to ESQ.
Early Southern vegetables are in
crasing in receipt and with lower prices
the market for native and nearby gar
den truck is dull. Demand centered on
first quality stock at the following quo
tations: Kale, so to 80 bushel; oyster
plants, 400 to 600 hundred; parsnips
80 to 100 bushel; Savoy cabbage rs to
LOO bushel; spinach, SO to so buShel
and turnips, 30 to 1.20 bushel
Live Stock Market.
The live cattle market continues dull
and draggy, with demand centered on
first quality stock, most of the arrivals
on the wharf being of rough common
stock, which is hard to move at inside
prices. Quotations today at Light street
wharf:
Beef cattle-First quality, per pound,
8 to 8; common to medium, do, to 7;
bulls, as to quality, do, 312 to 6: cows,
choice to fancy, de-, to T. common to
fair, DO, 3 to 5; oxen as TO quality, do,
to s; calves, veal, choice, do, 1912
to IL; large fat, do, 9 to 10; large,
rough, do, to 8; thin, do, to 6;
rough and common, do, to 6.
Sheep-Do 4 to 5; old bucks, do, 2
to 8; Spring lamps. choice, do, 812 to
9; fair to good, do, to 8; common
thin, do, 4 to 5.
Hogs-Straight, 8; sows, 7; stays, 5;
live pigs, II; shoats, 10.