Evening star., 1932-10-09
Baltimore Markets

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, October 8.-The
egg market continues firm, with an up
ward tendency in prices, values ad-
vancing 2 and cents a dozen this
week and with a good demand pre-
vailing for all fresh laid stock. Es-
pecially, hennery whites SIS pounds and
up to the case, meet with ready sale,
often at premium. Receipts of strictly
fresh laid eggs continue light from
nearby points, but ample Of current
receipts, which are mostly of poor quail
ity and hard to move, as the trade gen.
orally prefers Western eggs, which are
selling at the same price as nearby
firsts. The market closed today at
80 to 35 cents a dozen for hennery
whites. 25 and 26 for nearby f1rsts and
% and "a for current receipts but small
pullet eggs are not wanted and hard
to place at IS to 18.
Poultry Prices.
The live poultry market holds steady
to firm, especially on old hens, which
are in good demand for the Jewish
holidays and liberal shipments of large,
fat old hens are advisable up to Thurs
day, which is the close of the Jewish
holidays. Market especially firm on
large fat old hens five pounds and over
which show an advance OF a cent
pound at II and 18. But smaller not
so desirable at II to IT and LeghornS
will not bring over IL and u. with all
poor light fowl as well as old roosters
hard to move at to 10. Spring chick
ems also a shade higher at IA to II
for stock weighing 312 pounds and
over, with Plymouth Rock bringing top
prices. But Leghorns as we'll as Spring
ers under 5i2 pounds not so desirable
and will not bring over II to Is. Market
for duck holding steady, but 1t takes
fat stock CT the White Pekin variety
to find ready sale to the Jewish trade
at to II and ducks under AZ pounds
are not wanted at any price. Very
little demand so far for turkeys and
receipts, while light are ample at 20
to 80 for young hens, 9 pounds and
over and 20 to % for gobblers, II to
IS pounds. Market for guinea fowl and
pigeons holds steady and unchanged
at 25 to 40 each for the former and
10 to Is a, pair for the latter
White potatoes, in only moderate re-
c0ipts with the demand showing an
II Improvement, market holds steady and
lightly higher at 80 to 80 per 100
pounds, with Eastern Shore Maryland
and Virginia cobblers bringing 1.25 to
$50 barrel. Sweet potatoes in more
liberal receipts and values show de-
cline at 80 to 20 bushel and 100 per
barrel.
The market for native and nearby
garden truck slightly easier on some
ines, but under lighter receipts prices
're fairly we'll maintained at the follow
ing quotations: StringleSS beans, so to
100 bushel; beets and carrots, $50 to
200 hundred; cabbage, 35 to 40 bushel;
sugar corn, to 10 dozen; eggplant,
40 to SO hamper; lima beans, ITS to
$50 bushel: onions, 85 to 100 per 100
pounds; peppers. IS to 25 hamper;
pumpkins, 500 to 1000 hundred;
spinach 40 to so; hamper tomatoes,
20 to 35 hamper and IS to 40 bushel
for Gamers stock.
Live Stock Prices.
The live cattle market continues easy
and quiet on the WharvGs under slow
movement and ample receipts, especially
of common. ordinary cattle. which is
slow sale at inside prices: demand easily
satisfied and only first quality fat stock
meet with any kind of ready sale. Quo
tations today at Light Street Wharf:
Beef cattle-Fir5t quality, pound, 6l2
to 7: common to medium. pound, 3l2
to 6; bulls, as 70 quality, pound 2 to 4;
COWS, choice to fancy, pound, to 5;
common to fair, pound, 2 to 3; oxen,
as to quality, pound, 2 to 5. Calves
Veal, choice, pound, 6; large. fat, pound
5 to 5l2; large rough, pound, to az.
Common. thin, pound, to 3l2.
Sheep. pound. 1l2 to 2l2.
Spring lambs, choice, pound. 5l2 to
534: fair to coed. pound, Az to 5;
email, thin, pound. 3 to 4. Hogs
Straight. pound, A1s; sows. 3 to 4;
stays pound. to 212; live pigs, pound
to 10; shcats, pound, 6 to 8.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat. No.
2. Red Winter, garlicky. spot domestic,
5814: October delivery. 58h; November
delivery, 59le Corn-No 2, yellow spot
domestic, old, 43a43l2 cob corn. old,
200 per barrel Oats-No. ?, white DO
mestic as to weight, 26a28; No. 3, white
domestic, 25a26. Rye-Nearby, bag lots,
<5a50.