Evening star., 1932-02-07
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, Md, February 6.-Due
to more Seasonable weather, the live
poultry market has taken on firmer
tone and values on number of lines
show an dadvance which are we'll sus-
tanned Dem and good for practically all
poultry which clean up readily when of
fat, first quality, but considerable of the
receipts consist of small, poor, thin fowl,
which move slowly at inside prices. Only
young hen turkeys, pounds and over,
attract attention and values are a shade
lower at 28 to 80 cents a pound, with
young gobblers, II to IS pounds, bring
ing % and %, but old hens, toms and
large gobblerS generally slow sale at
20 and crooked breasts neglected at Is
to l8. Mixed colored young chickens.
medium to large, show an advance of
cents a pound at 19 to 81, but Leg
horns will not bring over II and 18
and all poor, thin fowl, as well as
bare backs, slow sale at u and 13.
Old hens are also in better demand
and values show an advance at IA to
10 for fowl weighing 3l2 pounds and
over, but only smooth, fat Leghorns at
tract attention at is and Is, and all
poor. thin fowl, as we'll as old roosters,
move slowly at II to 13. Young ducks
and geese in only fair demand and
Centered on large, fat stock at 16 to 20
for the former and IA TO II for the
latter with all poor, underweight stock
neglected at II to 13. Capons continue
in good demand and values show no
change from last week at "a to % for
birds weighing 6 pounds and over, but
smaller, as we'll as slips, will not bring
over 20 to %. Guinea fowl and pigeons
err Hyy tfrif h tIn
an increase at 80 to 65 each and the
latter 20 to 25 pair for both young
and old.
Egg Prices.
Under ample receipts and only a fair
demand the egg market rules easy and
values show decline of cent a dozen
at 1872 for nearby f1rsts and all current
receipts have to be sold strictly on
merit at irregular prices.
TIE market for white potatoes con-
tlnues dull with demand slow and lib
eral receipts, consequently prices are
mostly in buyers favor at rs to 100
per 100 pounds, with No 2 stock not
wanted at any price. Sweet potatoes
and yamS hold steady under fair de-
mand with the former bringing LOO to
25 per barrel, while the latter shows
a slight advance at rs to $50 per bar
rel, with ungraded mixed stock slow
sale at so to rs.
There is little life to the demand for
native and nearby garden truck which
is being displaced by early Southern
vegetables and the market easy with
prices in buyers favor at the following
quotations:
Kale, 30 to so bushel; onions. 800
and 400 per 100 pounds; oyster plants,
400 and 500, 100 spinach, so to so
bushel, and washed turnips, 25 to 35
hamper.
Live Stock Prices
The live cattle market continues dull
and inactive under fairly liberal re-
ceipts, but mostly of common to ord
mary stock, which moves slow at in
side prices, demands being centered al
most entirely on first quality stock.
Quotations today at Light street wharf:
Beef cattle. first quality, 6 to 7; COM
mon to medium, 3 to 5; bulls, as to
quality, 2l2 to 4; cows, choice to fancy,
4 to 5; common to fair, 2 to 8; oxen
as to quality. 3l2 to 4; calves, veal,
choice, BIZ to 9; large fat, 7l2 to 8;
large, rough, to 7; common, thin,
to S.
Sheep, IL to g. Spring lambs, choice,
6 to I; fair to good, to 5; hogs,
straight, 4 to 4l2 sows. 3 to 3l2; stays,
2 to 3l2 live pigs, to To- shoats,
to g.
Grain Prices.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat No; 2
red Winter garlicky spot, domestic,
6ll4; February delivery, 6ll4; March
delivery, 6212; corn, No. 2 Yellow do
mestic, spot, 43a44; cob corn, 2.0oa
2.IO per barrel; oats, No. 2, white, do
mestic, spot, 35a3512; No. 3 white. do
mestic, spot, 34a34l2; rye, nearby bag
lots, 40a45.