Evening star., 1932-06-05
Baltimore Markets

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, June IA live
poultry market has taken on slightly
flrmer tone and while values show little
change from last week. prices are well
maintained under an improved demand
for all large. fat. young chickens. but
smaller fowl not so desirable and the
receipts consist largely Of this sort
Large, fat. full feathered young chick
ems. especially rocks. 2i2 pounds and
over. meet with ready sale at % and "a
cents a pound with to 2la Founders
bringing 90 to D. but Leghorns will not
bring over Is and all stock under 2
pounds moves slow at IA to II. Re
ceipt3 of old hens only moderate but
ample for the demand at IA to Is for
fowl weighing 32 pounds and over and
l3 to IA for Leghorns with all poor,
light fowl, as well as old rooSters, ne
elected at s to 10.
Demand for young ducks only fair
at II to l6 for stock weighing 4i2
pounds and over. but old ducks are ne
elected at 8 to 10. Market for guinea
fowl and pigeons holds steady and un-
changed at 80 to SIS each for the for
mer and 20 to Is a pair for both young
and old of the latter.
LHk fT1Ce.
The egg market continues easy under
fair receipts but ample for the con-
sumptive demand which is slow, even
at the low prices prevailing today. Prac-
tically all graded firsts are going into
storage, there being no sales OF this sort
on the exchange Market closed today
at II and 1917 cents dozen, having re-
manned unchanged the entire week A
moderate demand still prevails for old
potatoes and the market holds steady
at IS to IS per 100 pounds for round
whites and 80 to 90 for long reds Sweet
potatoes and yams continue in good de-
mand at LOO to $50 a barrel for the
former and rs and 1.50 for the latter
Receipts Of native and nearby garden
truck fairly liberal but under good
demand Market holds steady at the
following quotations: Fancy green as
paragus $50 to $50 dozen, but poorer
and mixed white will not bring over so
to 100: cabbage. IS to 100 hamper:
kale. 80 to 40 bushel: lettuce, 40 to IS
bushel: onions. 65 to IS hundred: peas
rs to $50 bushel; radishes. so TO $50
hundred; rhubarb. 100 to 800 hundred:
spinach, 25 to IS bushel.
Live Stock Market.
The live cattle market on the wharves
has held fairly steady the past week,
but demand Is centered mostly on first
quality stock with all common under
grades slow sale at inside prices. Quo
tations today at Light Street Wharf:
Beef cattle. first quality, pound, to
6i2. Common to medium pound, to S
bulls, as to quality, pound 2l2 to 4.
Cows, choice to fancy. pound. to S:
common to fair to 8. Oxen, as to
quality, pound, 3l2 to 6. Calves. veal,
choice, pound. 512; large, fat. pound,
4'a to S: large, rough. pound, 4; COM
mon thin, to 3la. Sheep, Ia to g.:
Spring lambs. choice, pound, to 6l2
fair to good, pound 4 to 512 Fall lambs
(no quotation). Hogs. straight, pound,
gig. Sows, pound. 212 to 8. Stays,
pound, q Live pigs, to 10. Shoats,
pound 6 to 8.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat
No 2 red Winter, garlicky, spot. do
mestic, 55l2; July delivery, no quota
tions: corn-No. 2, yellow spot, dones-
tic, 42a43; cob corn. 2.00a2 25 per bar
rel; oats, No. 2, white, domestic, 321aa
80; No white, domestic, 81 l2a32; rye,
nearby, baglots, 40a45.