Evening star., 1932-07-03
Baltimore Markets
special Dispatch to The star.


BALTIMORE, July .2.-While the
market for live poultry has been more
active the past few days due to the
holiday demand, prices have failed TO
keep pace with the demand. due prin-
cipally to the shipment of small under
sized Spring chickens, while the demand
was centered principally on large, fat
springers, pounds and over. The
market for mixed colored springers, 3
pounds and over still holds firm at %
and % cents a pound and liberal ship-
ments of this class Of stock IS advisabls,
but 2l2 to 3 Founders not so desirable
at l9 to 81, and to 212 pounds rs
well as white Leghorns sell mo-tly Is to
18. with all undersized Srr.ng pouItl
slow sale at IL to II. Large fat cd
hens, 3l2 pounds and over, ERE meeting
with ready sale at 13 to Is, but poor.
light fowl, as well as Leghorns, are gen.
orally slow sale at 8 to II. Oil roosterA
in liberal receipt and slow sale at 8 to /
TO- Receipts of young ducks only mod
crate, but more than ample for the
limited demand, and the market is gen.
orally easy and in buyers favor at III
to Is, but old ducks ere hard to move
at to TO- Market for pigeons holds
steady and unchanged from last week
at 20 to 25 pair for both young and
old.
Egg Prices.
While the egg market has taken on
a firmer tone in sympathy with other
leading markets, it shows no advance
from last week. and only fresh-laid.
first-quality stock will bring prevailing
prices of 13 cents a dozen. Sales on
the exchange are very slow, as buyers
are critical as to quality at this time
of the year and only fresh-laid stock
will bring top values, all other offeringsH
being slow sale and hard to move at
discounts. Packers are taking hold
sparingly. Owing to the warm weatherE
prevailing. demand is centered mostlyN
on hennery whites, with other stock
being confined entirely to street sales.
New potatoes are increasing in rel
ceipts, but demand continues good for
native and nearby offerings, especially
Eastern Shore Virginia cobblers, which
are bringing top prices of 2.35 to 2.50#
per barrel, but No Is are not so de-
sirable and hard to place at 100 To
l.50. Old potatoes in light receipt and
demand slow at IS to 95 per 100 pounds
but No. Is, as well as mixed, ungraded#
stock, is not wanted at any price. Mar
ket for sweet potatoes and yams hold
ing steady under fairly good demand1
and prices show little change from last
week at 100 to 1.50 a barrel for the
former and loo to lbs for the latter,
but only No. l stock is wanted. as all s
mixed, over large stock has to be sold
at stSarp discounts.
Native and nearby garden truck in
moderate receipt, but ample for the de-
mand and the market is generally dull
ana prices show little change from last
week at the following quotations:
Fancy, green asparagus, LOO to 1.50
dozen, and poorer. 40 TO rs; stringless
green beans, 35 to so bushel; beets,
100 and 200 hundred; cabbage, 35 and
40 hamper; carrots, so to 800 hun
dred; cucumbers. IS TO so hamper: let
tuce, IS to so bushel; onions. IS TO 40
hamper; peas, l.25 to It's bushel;
squash. 40 to so hamper: spinach, so
to IS bushel and tomatoes, 90 to LIS
hamper.
Live Stock Prices.
Live cattle receipts on the wharves
have been light the past week and
while market holds steady there is little
activity to the demand, which is cen-
tered on first quality stock and is dull 4
and draggy on all common and in-be-
tween kinds. Quotations today at Light +
Street Wharf: Beef cattle. first quality,
pound to 61z; common to medium, 3
to s.; bulls, as TO quality, az to 4. COWS,
fair, 2 and 8; oxen, as to quality, 3 and
5; calves, veal, choice, 5l2; large, fat,
Az TO 5; large. rough, to Az: COM
mon, thin, 3 to 312 sheep, y TO 2i2; f
Spring lamps. choice. 6l2 to So; fair
to good, and s: small, thin, and 4:
hogs, straight. to AZ sows. TO 3l5.
staeS 2 to 212: live pigs to To- and Fl