Evening star., 1933-05-21
Baltimore Market
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, May 20.-The egg
market has taken on an easier tone the
past week under liberal receipts cou-
pied with only moderate demand and
values show decline of a cent dozen
from opening prices Monday. Street
sales continue light, the bulk of receipts
being offered and sold on the exchange
and going largely to packers for stor-
age. Shippers are grading more care
fully, however. and the market prices
are based on current receipts and near
by firsts with the former bringing IL
cents a dozen and the latter 12l2 cents
Poultry Prices.
The live poultry market holds steady
to firm with little change from last
week except on old hens, which show
an advance of a cent pound. De-
mand continues good for fat Spring
chickens of the mixed colored Rock va
riety which meet with ready sale. but
stock weighing under 1012 pounds not
wanted and hard to move out even at
discounts to the street arabs. Plymouth
Rocks, 2 pounds and over. are bringing
top prices of 10 to %. with mixed col
ored selling mostly IS to %. but Leg
horns not so desirable and will not bring
over 16 and II. and 112 to 2 pound
Springers generally slow sale at IA to 18.
Old hens in better demand and the
market is higher at IL to is for fowl
weighing ga pounds and over. but Leg
horns will not bring over ii and II
with all poor. light fowl hard to place
at 8 and 10 and old roosters neglected
at 6 to 8. Demand for young ducks
very limited and only stock weighing 4
pounds and over attracts attention with
values shade lower at to II. Market
for guinea fowl and pigeons steady and
unchanged at 25 to As each for the
former and Is to 20 a pair for both
young and old of the latter.
Despite the increase on the market
Of new potatoes. old stock Is fairly good
demand and holding steady at 80 to 90
per 100 pounds. but only U. 8. No. !
standards will bring these prices. Sweet
potatoes and yans in good request with
market holding steady and unchanged
at rs to 1.10 per bushel for Eastern
Shore sweets. but Virginia stock will
not bring over so and rs with yams
selling mostly rs to 200 per barrel.
Receipts of nearby vegetables con-
tinue to increase and while fairly
good demand prevails market generally
easy with values mostly in buyers favor
and the following quotations Aspara
gus. so to 1.50 dozen; beets, IS to l 90
crate; cabbage, SO to rs hamper; kale
Is to rs bushel: lettuce, SO to IS
bushel: peas. 100 hamper: radishes. so
to 200 per 100, and spinach, to 80
bushel
Live Stock Market.
Market for live cattle on the wharves
shows a slight improvement, but values
are slow to show any material advance.
Most of the arrivals on the wharves.
however. consist of common in-between
kinds which are hard to place as de-
mand is centered mostly on frst-qual-
ity stock Quotations today at Light
Street Wharf:
Beet cattle first quality. 5a12 pound;
common to medium. 2i2a412; bulls, as
to quality. 2a3l2; COWS, choice to fancy,
3a312 common to fair, 1l2a2f2; oxen,
as to quality, 1l2a3l2; calves. veal,
choice, 5a5I2; large fat, Va, 4l2: large
rough, 4a412; common. thin, 2l2a3;
sheep, 1laa3; Spring lambs, choice,
7a7l2; fair to good. 5a6l2; hogs,
straight 4s5; sows. 3a3i2; stays, 2a212;
live pigs, 6a8; shoats. Va, 6.
: Closing grain: Wheat-No. 2, red
Winter garlicky, spot domestic. 90; may
delivery, 90; June delivery. 9094.
Corn-No. 2. yellow, spot, domestic,
5sa6o; cob corn, 275a300 per barrel.
Oats--No. 2 white domestic. as to
weight and location, 36a39; No. 3, 35a
50.
Rye-Nearby bag lots, 6oa63.