Evening star., 1933-03-19
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

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BALTIMORE. Nd, March 18.-The
live poultry market continues to take
on q firmer tone under fairly light
receipts and values on several lines
show an advance. especially old hens.
which have increased 3 cents a pound
over last week. Demand, while showing
improvement, continues ceptered on
large fat stock and small broiling
young chickens, which are scarce and
wanted, often at premium over quota
tions. Small to medium old hens, 312
to 5 pounds, are now preferred to
heavy hens and are bringing top prices
of is to IT cents pound, with leghofns,
when smooth and fat, selling l3 and IA,
but poor, light fowl, as well as old
roosters, move slow at and 10.
Other Advances.
Young chickens also show an advance
at II to 10 for fowl weighing 312 pounds
and over, and mixed eolored, small
fat broilers bringing top prices of ls to
%, but all poor thin stock hard to
good for medium sized fat, young tur-
keys 9 pounds and ever, at 20 to %.
with old hens bringing 10 to 20 and
young gobblers IL pounds and over. II
and ID, but old toms not SO desirable
at IS and IA, and all thin as well as
crooked breasts not wanter at any price.
Active season for turkeys drawing to
a close however, and only limited ship
ments advisable. Ducks holding firm
under moderate receipts and a good
demand for stock weighing AZ pounds
and eYccs at 10 to II, but poor light
ducks have to be sold strictly on merit
and at irregular values. Capons in
light receipt and market hcsdS firm and
higher at l8 to 81 for biras weighing
6 pounds and over, but smaller will not
bring over l6 and II. Market for
guinea fowl and pigeons holding steady
and unchanged from last week at 25
to As each for the former and Is to 20
pair for both young and old Of the
latter.
The egg market continues dull and
drsggy and values show another decline
OF y cent a dozen, with only fresh laid
stock bringing 1912 cents a dozen. The
market continues to operate on a cur
rent receipt basis, but fresh laid, well
graded eggs in some instances will
bring a slight premium, but offers of
doubtful quality are hard to move out
The market for duck eggs holds steady
to firmer and cent higher at 20 and
81 for large clean eggs with mediums
bringing 10 and 10.
Demand continues fairly good for old
potatoes and under moderate receipts
market holds steady at s5-l 90 per 100
pounds. Sweet potatoes also in fairly
good demand and market is unchanged
ct 75-1.00 per bushel for nearby and
Eastern Shore stock, but, Virginia
sweets are not so desirable at 40-60 and
i.G0-1.50 per barrel.
Increasing receiptS of Southern vege-
tables affecting sale of native and near
By garden truck, which now consist of
onions at l.00-1.25 per 100 pounds and
washed turnips 25-40 per basket.
Livestock Prices.
The live stock market on wharves
holds steady but quiet with demand
centered on first quality stock and only
few choice fat cattle arriving on the
wharves. Veal calves showed a slight in
crease in value during the week but
due to heavier receipts market slumped
at the close today. Quotations today at
Light street wharf:
Beef cattle, first quality, pound, 5;
common to medium, "a bulls as to
quality, 1l2-2l2; cows, choice to fancy,
ga; common to fair. 1l2-2l2; oxen. as
to quality. 1l2-312; calves, veal. choice,
6l2; large. fat, 512-6; large, rough. AS;
common, thin, 3-312; sheep, 112-2l2;
Spring lambs, choice, 6-6la; fair to
good. 5-5l2; small, thin. 3-4 hogs,
straight, 31a-4 sows. 2l2-3; stays,
1R-2; live pigs, ST; shoats, As.
Closing grain quotations;
Wheat, No. 2. red Winter, garicky
spot, domestic, 64. No quotations
March or April deliveries.
Corn, No. 2, yellow, domestic spot,
42a42E2; cob corn, 200a2.25. Oats. No.
2, white domestic. as to weight, 2712a
2912; No. 3. 261aa28l2.
Rye nearby baglot, 45a50.