Evening star., 1932-01-31
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

CpeCldA DlSpdtCH 70 ne SIar.
BALTIMORE, Md, January 80
Under moderate receipts and fairly
good demand the live poultry market,
with the exception OF old hens, holds
steady to firm, with all desirable stock
meeting with ready sale, but poor, thin
fowl is hard to move at uncertain val
ues and mostly at discounts. Young
hen turkeys, pounds and over, are
bringing % to 80 cents a pound, and
gobblers, II to IS pounds, % to rs, but
old hens, toms and large gobblers, as
well as crooked breasts, are slow sale
At 20 to % for the former and 16 to Is
for the latter. An improvement is noted
In the demand for mixed colored Young
chickens at IT to 20 for medium to
large, but Leghorns will not bring over
IA to IT, and all poor, thin stock Is
neglected at II and II. Old hens con-
tlnue oraggy and very little life to the
demand at l3 to 18 for stock weighing
312 pounds and over, but Leghorns will
not bring over IA and Is while all Door.
light fowl, as well as old roosters, are
generally neglected at 10 to ~. Capons
are in fair receipt, with all large, fat
birds selling readily at "a to %, but
smaller, as well as slips, move slow at
20 to %. Choice fat young ducks in
fair demand at is to 20, but stock un-
der AZ pounds is hard to place at II
and 13. Demand for geese limited, and
under ample receipt the market is dull
at IA to IT, but all poor, thin stock Is
not wanted at any price. Guinea fowl
and pigeons holding steady and un-
changed at 80 to 60 each for the former
ana ~ TO 70 a pair for the latter.
Egg Prices.
The egg market continues easy under
fairly liberal receipts and demand slow,
with prices in buyers favor in sym
pathy with other leading markets.
Dealers generally in buying regular
firstS in preference to paying any
premium for henneries which, unless
very fancy, have to be sold as firsts,
The market closed today at 16h
cents dozen for nearby firsts, de-
cline Of u cents dozen under open
ing prices Monday and 16 for current
receipts.
Market for white potatoes. holds
steady under moderate receipts and a
fair demand, but the prices show no
change at rs to 100 per hundred
pounds. Sweet potatoes, in generally
good demand and market holds steady
at 100 to l.25 per barrel, while yams
show slight advance at rs TO 1.25,
with ungraded No. 2 stock selling most
ly at SO to IS.
Receipts of native and nearby gar
den truck have been generally light
the past week and values show an In
crease on some lines at the following
quotations:
Kale, 20 to 80 bushel; onions, 800
to 400 per 100 pounds; oyster plants,
400 to 500 per 100; spinach, rs to IS
bushel; washed turnipS, Is to 40 ham
per.
live Stock pricax
The live cattle market continues dull
and in active and while values show
little change from last week only choice
fat stock attracts attention and all
common undergrade cattle move slow
at inside prices. Quotations today at
Light Street Wharf:
Beef cattle. first quality, pound, TO
7; common to medium, 8 to S. Bulls,
as to quality, 2l2 to 4. Cows, choice to
fancy, to S; common to fair, to 3.
Oxen, as to quality, 3l2 to 4. Calves,
veal, choice, 8 to 812; large, fat, to
7l2; large, rough, 5 to 6; common, thin,
3 to4.
Sheep, Y to 21a. Spring lambs,
choice, 512 to 612; fair to good, 8 to 5.
Hogs, straight, 4 to Az. sows, to 31a.
Stays, 2 to ga. Live pigs, 8 70 10.
Shoats, 6 to 8.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat-No.
2 red Winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
62 February delivery, 81. Corn-No. 2
yellow, domestic, 43a44; cob corn, 2.00a
2.10 per barrel. Oats-No. 2, white,
domestic, 35a36; No. 3, white, domestic,
34a35. Rye-Nearby bag lots-40a45.