Evening star., 1932-05-08
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Md, May THE live
poultry market has ruled generally easy
the past week, due to more liberal re-
ceipts, especially of small, thin, under
sized young chickens, which have to be
sacrificed at uncertain values, as well
as barebacks, which are hard to move
and will not bring top values. Prices
ere holzing steady on springers, how
ever, especially for fat broilers, but with
demand easing off from the Jewish
trade. Old hens show a decline of 2
cents a pound. Mixed colored Spring
chickens, 2 pounds and over. are bring
ing % to 26 cents a pound, and Leg
horns 20 to 81, but smaller fowl gsner-
ally slow at 16 to 18. Only old hens,
31a pounds and over attract attention
at l3 to 16, with all poor, thin fowl as
well as old roosters neglected at to 10.
Demand for ducks limited and centered
on choice, fat stock, Az pounds and
over, at is to 20. but old oucks are hard
to place at 10 to 20. Market for guinea
fowl and pigeons continues steady and
unt hanged at so to SIS each for the for
Egg Prices.
The egg market has shown an i'm
provement the past week and while
holding steady has registered only u
cent dozen increase in price. Current
receipts running fairly liberal but prac-
tically all surplus stock being taken up
by the packers for storage Sales on
the exchange continue light and it
takes fresh-laid. we'll graded stock to
bring top values of 1912 cents dozen.
Small pullet eggs not wanted at any
price and all other stock mas to be sold
strictly on merit at irregular values.
Market for old potatoes continues Gull
win demand shifting to new stock, but
values show no charge from last week
at rs to 80 per 100 pounds for round
whites, but long reds bringing better
price at 80 to 100. Sweet potatoes and
yams hold steady and unchanged under
fairly good demand at 100 to $50
barrel for the former and lbs to $50
for the latter, but only well graded No.
l stock will bring these prices.
Native and nearby garden truck in
creasing in receipt and with few ex-
ceptions market is weaker and values
in buyers favor at the following quo
tationS:
Fancy green asparagus, $50 TO 400
dozen, but poorer stock will not bring
over 1.50 to 200; cabbage, 100 to 1.60
hamper; kale, Is to 20 bushel; Spring
onions so and 60 per hundred; radishes,
Is per hundred; rhubarb, ZOO to 400
hundred, and spinach, 80 to LILO
bushel
Live Stock Prices.
The live stock market on the wharves
continues easy under light demand
which is centered on choice cattle and
very little stock of this sort arriving.
Quotations today at Light Street Wharf:
Beef cattle, first quality. per pound,
to 612; common to medium, per pound,
3 to 5; bulls, as to quality, per pound,
212 to 4; cows, choice to fancy per
pound, 4 to 5; common to fair, per
pound, to 8; oxen, as to quality, per
pound, 312 to 4; calves, veal. choice,
per pound, 512; large. fat, per pound,
5; large, rough, per pound, 4 to Az;
common, thin, per pound, 3 to 3l2;
sheep, per pound, l12 to g. Fall lambs
choice, per pound. to 7; fair to good
per pound, to {; Spring lambs, per
pound, to 8: hcgs, straight. per pound,
Az; sows, per pound. 312; stays, per
pound. 21a; live pigs, per pound, 10 to
IL; shoa;c, per pound, to 10.
Closing Grain Quotations.
Wheat, No 2, red, Winter. garlicky,
spot, domestic, So; May delivery, So;
June delivery, no quotations.; corn, No
2, yellow, spot, domestic, 42a43; cob
corn, 2.00a2.35: oats, No. 2, white, do
mestic, 32l2a33; No 8, white, domestic,
3l12a32; rye, nearby, bag lots, 40a45.