Evening star., 1933-01-15
Baltimore Markets
1pcclal Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Nd, January IA
The live poultry market holds steady
to firm on most lines under lighter re-
ceipts the past week, but only heavy,
fat old hens, mediumweight young
chickens and young hen turkeys meet
with ready sale and all poor, thin
stock Is hard to move, especially young
chickens, which have to be sold at
discount. Young hen turkeys, 8 pounds
and over, are bringing II cents pound
and old hens, 15a16, but young COB
blers, and old toms not so desirable
and hard to place at II and IS, while
thin and crooked breasts are not
wanted at any price Capons in light
receipt and selling readily at 16 to 18
for birds weighing 6 pounds and over.
but smaller and slips generally slow
sale at ii and IS.
Broilers in Demand.
Young chickens, 31a pounds and
over, especially broilers, in good de-
mand at IS to Is. but smaller stock
will not bring over IL to 13 and ali
poor, thin fowl neglected at and 9.
Market fer old hens holds firm under
good demand at IL to Is for fowl
weighing pounds and over, but
smaller as we'll as Leghorns are not so
NNoA1 0OAC at Az anu IL anu d14 pun, I,
light fowl as well as old roosters hard
to move at to 8. Choice, fat, young
white ducks in fair demand at II to IS,
but black and mixed colored will not
bring over 9 and 10, and all stock under
pounds not wanted at any price. De-
mand also fairly good for Kent Island
geese at IL to 13, but other stock gen.
orally slow sale at IL and II. Guinea
| fowl holding steady and unchanged
| from last week at Is to 80 each, while
| pigeons show an advance of 5 cents a
pair at Is to 20 for both young and
| old
Under more liberal receipts the past
week the egg market has eaSed of and
values show a decline of from / to 8
cents a dozen despite fairly good de-
mand, but centered entirely on fresh
laid well graded stock. Hennery whites
continue to bring top prices of 20 to
81 cents q dozen. but only stock weigh
ing SIS pounds and up to the case will
bring these prices, with nearby f1rsts
selling mostly 20 and 20 and current re-
ceipts 81 and %, but small pullet eggs
are hard to place at 18 to 20.
Market for white potatoes has an
easier tone under q slow demand and
supplies fairly liberal and values are
in buyers favor at 85 to 100 per hun
dred pounds, and Las to $50 per bar
rel for Eastern Shore Maryland and
Virginia cobblers. Sweet potatoes hold
| ing steady under good demand at so
to rs bushel, but Virginia sweets not
| so desirable and will not bring over 25
to so bushel.
Garden Truck.
Native and nearby garden truck in
light receipt and market shows little
change from last week at the following
quotations:
| Beets and carrots, $50 to 200 hun
dred;; onions, rs to go per 100 pounds;
| spinach, SO to rs bushel; savoy cabbage,
| 25 to 80 bushel and washed turnips, Is
to 20 basket.
The live cattle market on the
wharves has a better tone under light
receipts, especially of first quality stock
and only this class of cattle attracts at
tention. Movement very slow on COM
mon, ordinary in-between kinds which
| compose most of the arrivals on the
wharves. Spring lambs and handy
weight veal calves selling better than
other stock. Quotations today at Light
street wharf-Beef cattle, first quality
pound, 51a to 6; common to medium, 8
to 5; bulls, as to quality, 2 to 4; cows,
choice to fancy, 3 to 4; common to fair,
p to az; oxen, as to quality, 2 to 4;
calves veal, choice, 51a to 6; large fat
Az to S; large rough, 81 to 4; COM
mon. thin, 2 to 8; sheep, IL to 2;
Spring lambs, choice, 6 TO 612; fair tc
good, to 512; small, thin. to 4 hogs
straight, 31z to 4; sows, 212 to 3; stays
y to 2; live pigs. to 7; shoats, 4 to 6
Closing grain quotations: Wheat-No
red Winter garlieky spot domestic
58!a; January delivery. 5S1a; February
delivery, 59l2; corn, No. 2 yellow CO.
mestic, 4012a41; cobcorn. 175a1.85 per
barrel; oats, No. 2 white domestic, as
to weight, 27a2942; No. 3, 26a263k; rye
nearby baglots, 40a45.