Evening star., 1933-02-05
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE. Md, February A.
After recovering to some extent last
week, the egg market slumped again
, this week, with values showing a de-
cline of 8 3 cents dozen and little ac-
tlvity noted even at this low price
Receipts continue ample, but mostly of
current receipts. not enough hennery
whites or first being received or sold to
make market, consequently most of
the business passing is on a current
receipt basis, with firsts and hennery
whites bringing a slight premium over
current receipt prices of 1872 cents a
dozen.
Poultry Prices.
The live poultry market continues un-
settled. with some of the lines. includ-
ing turkeys, young chickens and capons,
holding steady, but others are easy, and
values generally are in buyers favor.
Choice young hen turkeys, 9 pounds
and over, in good demand at 18 cents a
pound, but old hens will not bring over
Is and 16, and young gobblers, II
pounds and over, 13 and IA, with old
toms slow to move out at II, and poor,
thin stock, as we'll as crooked breasts,
not wanted at any price. Young
Plymouth Rocks, 4 pounds and over,
continue to bring top prices of IA to 16,
but stock under 3l2 pounds generally
slow sale at II to IA. and all poor, thin
fowl hard to place at 9 and 10. Small,
fat, young broilers, IA to 2ii pounds,
scarce and meet with ready sale at II
and 10. Market for old hens easy ana
slightly lower at 10 to 13 for stock
weighing 312 pounds and over at to 9.
Under
light receipts, but it takes choice, fat
birds, pounds and over, to bring top
prices of 16 to II, and smaller slips
move slow at IA and IS.
The market for ducks and geese
shows little change from last week, de-
mand being usually satisfied at 10 Il
for the former and II to Is for the lat
ter, but stock under pounds not want
ed at any price. Guinea fowl also IN
light receipt and under an improved
demand. The market shows an ad-
vance at 25 to As each for young blrds,
10 pounds and over, but old Gulneas
generally slow sale at IS and 20
Pigeons steady and unchanged at Is to
20 a pair for both young and old.
An increased demand is noted Tor
white potatoes, but only well-graded NO
l stocks attracts attention at 30 to 9O
per lUU pOu1luo, WlIA Ge|o.Si Ia
MARYLAND and Virginia cobblers selling
mostly at 125 to $50 per barrel: Sweet
potatoes. doing better and values are
higher at 40 to rs a bushel and 10 10
$50 a barrel but nearby sweets pre-
ferred and selling higher at 80 to 35 per
half bushel hamper.
Receipts Of native and nearby vege-
tables light but ample for the demand
and values show little change frcm last
week at the following quotations
Beets and carrots. 1.50 to 200 hun
dred; onions, rs to 80 per 100 pounds
savoy cabbage, 25 to 80 bushel spin
ach, As to SIS bushel and washed
turnips, 20 TO Is basket.
Live Stock Prices.
The live stock market has shown a
little improvement the past week but
demand is centered principally on
grain-fed, first quality stock, with move
ment very slow on common in-between.
ordinary cattle, which composes most OF
the arrivals on the wharves, especially
COWS and bulls Handy-weight veal
calves holding firm under light receipts
and all stock weighing $50 to 180 pounds
meets with ready sale and values show
a slight advance on this line Quota
items today at Light Street Wharf:
Beef cattle, first quality, per pound
4 to S; common to medium, per pound
2 to 4. Bulls, as to quality, p to 312
Cows, choice to fancy, 3 to 4; common
to fair, 1l2 to 212. Oxen. as to quality
H. to 3l2. Calves, veal, choice, 7 to
712; large, fat, 6 to 612; large, rough
S to 5L2; common, thin, 312 to AZ
Sheep, IL to 212, Spring lambs
choice, to 612; fair to good. to 5E2;
small, thin, 3 to 4. Hogs, straight, 3a2
to 4; sows, 21s to 3; stsgs, ~ to 2;
live pigs. S to I; shoats, 4 to 6.
closing grain uotations-Wheat, No
2. red, Winter, garlicky, spot, domestic
57s4; February delivery, 57&; March
delivery 5sA. Corn-No. 2, yellow do
mestic, 3sa4O; ccb corn, 1.75a1 80: Oats
No. 2, white, as to weight, 26a29; No
8, 25a251a. Rye-Nearby, bag lots
4Oa45.