Evening star., 1933-06-04
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md June 3.-With
the exception of Spring chickens. which
are holding steady, GO pite fairly liberal
receipts. the live poultry market is
easy with some lines showing a decline
and prices generally in buyers favor
White Leghorn springers more active
the past week which helps to keep val
ueS steady, but only fat stock, 2 pounds
and over, moving out readily, all small
undersized chickens being hard to sell
and shipment of this sort as well as
bare backs not advisable. Large spring
ers, 2ia pounds and over, selling mostly
at 20 to % cents pound with Ply
mouth Rocks bringing top prices and Il
to Founders. Is to 81. White Leg
horns. 2 pounds and over. in better
demand at 16 and II and Il to 2
Founders. IA and IS. but smaller stock
not wanted at any price.
The market for old hens continues
easy. the demand being only moderate
and it takes choice fat stock 31a pounds
and over to attract attention at IL to
IA, with LeghornS bringing 10 and IL,
but poor, light fowl hard to move at
and 9. Old roosters in liberal re-
ceipt and demand easily satisfied at
to 8. Demand for young ducks linn
lied and values show a decline under
liberal receipts at 9 and 10 for stock
weighing Az pounds and over, but old
ducks are wanted and hard to move
at and 8. Pigeons in only fair de-
mand and market easy at 10 to Is a
pair for both young and old.
Egg Prices Easy.
With storage dealers reported well
supplied for the season the egg market
continues easy in tone as receipts from
all sections are running fair and ample
for the consumptive demand. Trading
on the exchange has been light all week
and no special activity noted the past
few days, both wholesale and retail
demand being easily satisfied. Prices
on current receipts show slight de-
cline at 1115 and II cents dozen,
but nearby first unchanged at 13.
The market for old potatoes has
taken on a firmer tone the past week,
under light receipts and fairly good
demand at 80 to 90 per 100 pounds,
but only standard United States No. Is
will bring these prices. as mixed and
No. Is are not wanted at any price
Virginia new potatoes made their flrst
appearance on the market this week
and met with ready sale at 2.75 to 3.U0
per barrel, but No. 2 stock is not so
desirable and will not bring over 1.25
TO 150. Market for sweet potatoes and
decline at so to 100 per bushel for
the former and 65 to rs per bushel for
the latter.
Demand for native and nearby gar
den tuck shows an improvement and
values on practically all lines hold
steady at the following quotations:
Asparagus, rs to 1.50 dozen; beans,
100 bushel; beets, rs to 1.25 crate;
cabbage, IS to so hamper: lettuce, Is
to 35 bushel peas, rs to 1.25 hamper;
radishes, so to 200 hundred, and spin
ach, 25 to 60 bushel.
Live Stock Prices.
The live stock market on the wharves
holds steady but quiet. demand being
light and centered mostly on first quail
ity stock Most of the arrivals. how
ever. consist Of common inbetween
kinds, which move slowly at inside
prices. Quotations today at Light
Street Wharf:
Beef cattle. first quality. per pound,
S to 5:z: common to medium, pound,
2ie to Az; bulls. as to quality, pound,
2 to 3i2; cows, choice to fancy, pound,
8 to 312; common to fair, pound, 112 to
21a: oxen. as to quality, pound 1l2 TO
3l2; calves, veal. choice, pound, 5; large,
lat. pound. Az; large, rough, pound, a;
common, thin, pound. 2l2 to 3.
Sheep, pound. = to 8; Spring lambs,
choice, pound. to ~; fair to good,
pound. 5 to 81; hogs, straight, pound,
to 5: sows pound 3 10 3l2; stays,
pound, to 2l2: live pigs, pound, 6 to g.;
shoats, pound. to 6.
Closing grain quotations:
Wleat-No. 2 red Winter, garlicky,
spot, domestic. SO; June delivery, 83.
Corn-No. 2 yellow. spot. domestic, 58a
So cob corn, 2.75a3o0 per bushel.
Oats-No. 2 white, domestic, as to
weight and location. 35a38: No. 3, 34a
IS. Rye-Nearby bag lot, 65a68.