Evening star., 1932-05-15
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, May 14.-Under
moderate receipts and more activity on
the exchange, the egg market has taken
on firrner tone the past week and val
ues show an increase of a cent a dozen.
Street sales, however, have slumped, the
demand for consumptive purposes being
light, but all surplus is being taken up
by the packers for storage The market
closed today at 1872 cents dozen for
current receipts, but stock must be well
graded and strictly fresh quality to bring
this price as all mixed and held eggs
have to be sold at discount.
Poultry Market Easy.
With the exception of old hens which
have been in better demand the past
week the live poultry market rules gen.
orally easy, but prices show little change
from last week. Receipts continue only
fair, especially of large springers and
fat, old hens, but ample of small under
sized stock which has to be sacrificed at
uncertain prices to move. Mixed col
ored springers, two pounds and over,
are bringing 81 to 25 and Leghorns, 20
anu Il, Uut SIlGilCL JOWl lIlOfSo oAOW az
16 to 18. Medium to large old hens
four pounds and over show a slight ad-
vance at Is to II. but lighter weights
and Leghorns mcve slow at l3 to Is,
with all poor, thin fowl neglected at 10.
Too many old roosters are being ship
ped and the market is demoralized at 8
to 10, with hardly any demand even at
these prices. Demand for young ducks
limited and centered on choice, fat
stock, four and half pounds and over
at Is to 20, but common, thin, old
ducks are hard to place at 10 to II.
Market for guinea fowl and pigeons
holds steady with values unchanged at
80 to SIS each for the former and 20 to
25 pair for the latter.
Receipts of old potatoes both by boat
and truck continue liberal and market
is unsettled with a weaker tendency at
rs to 90 per hundred pounds for round
whites and 80 to 100 for long reds, but
only well graded No. l stock will bring
sheSe prices as mixed and No. potatoes
are not wanted at any price. Sweet po-
tatoes and yams in fairly good demand
and market shows little change from
last week at 100 to 1.50 barrel for the
former and 125 to 1.50 for the latter.
Vegetable Prices.
Native and nearby garden truck IN
ample supply for the demand, but val
ues are holding fairly steady at the fol-
lowing quotations:
Fancy green asparagus, ESQ to $50
dozen and poorer mixed white, 100 to
200; cabbage, rs to Its hamper; kale,
40 to so bushel; Spring onions, IS to go
hundred; radishes, rs to 150 hundred;
rhubarb, 200 to 90 hundred and spin
ach 20 to / 90 bIshel
The live cattle market continues dull
on the wharves as well as at the stock
yards and only choice quality stock at
tracts attention. Most Of the arrivals
on the wharves, however, are of COM
mon to ordinary cattle, which are hard
to place at inside prices. Quotations
today at Light Street Wharf:
Beef cattle, first quality, pound, s
to 61a; common to medium, to S;
bulls, as to quality, 2l2 to 4; COWS,
choice to fancy, 2 to 3; oxen. as to quail
ity, 312 to 4; calves. veal, choice. 6;
large fat, 5 to 512; large rough, to
Az; common, thin, to 81; sheep, "
to 3; Spring lambs, choice, 8; fair to
good. to 7; hogs. straight, Az sows
3l2; stays. 212; live pigs, 10 to II;
shoats, 8 to 10.