Evening star., 1933-10-01
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, September 30
The general movement on the egg mar
let Is more active and values continue
to show an increase on all grades. but
principal demand centered on hennery
whites, stock which continues in light
receipt and often will bring q premium
over quotations. Nearby flrsts also in
light receipt and meet with ready sale,
but average nearby current receipts are
Of uncertain quality and slow to move
out. the trade preferring Western short
held refrigerator eggs to the offerings
Of nearby current receipts Of question:
able quality. Market closed today at Is
to 80 cents a dozen for hennery whites,
SO to 81 pounds and over to the case.
but pullet eggs will not bring over 18
and 90 Nearby firsts, when well graded
and good size, in demand at "a, but
mixed of uncertain value with current
receipts selling mostly at %.
Live Poultry Steady.
The live poultry market holds gen.
orally steady under light receipts Of
large. fat stock, especially old hens.
which are in demand for the Jewish
holidays. A good demand is looked for
Monday and Tuesday. which will COM
plete the Jewish holiday season. Me-
dunn to large fat old hens, 4 pounds
and over, are bringing 13 to 16 cents
pound. and smaller as well as Leg
horns, 10 to II, but poor light fowl ne
elected and hard to move at Z and 8,
with old roosterS generally slow sale
at 8 and g. Young chickens, especially
fat broilers, in light receipt and meet
with ready sale at IA to 18 for stock
weighing 3 pounds and over. but smaller
will not bring over 13 to is, and Leg
horns generally slow sale at II to IA.
Market for ducks has shown an i'm
provement the past week. but only
white feathered stock weighing Az
pounds and over will bring top quota
tions Of 10 to 13, with mixed colored
selling 9 and 10 and all poor, thin
ducks hard to place at and 8. Mar
ket for guinea fowl and pigeons gen.
orally easy at 25 to 40 each for the
former and 10 to Is pair for both
young and old Of the latter.
Receipts Of white potatoes increasing
and market shows a weaker tone, al
though prices remain unchanged for
well graded No. stock at 100 to 200
per 100 pounds. but mixed ungraded
stock shows decline at $50 to Its.
Market for sweet potatoes has shown a
slump the past week and values are
shade lower at 25 to 35 per hamper
for nearby, go to IS bushel for Eastern
Shore and 100 to $50 barrel for Vir-
glnia stock.
Vegetables Unchanged.
Receipts of native and nearby veg
etables continue moderate and market
holds steady with little change in prices
at the following quotations:
Beans, rs to LOO bushel; beets, 200
per 100; cabbage, so to IS bushel; car
rots, 200 to 800 hundred; sugar corn.
hamper for nearby. and LIS to ZOO
bushel for Eastern Shore Maryland
and Virginia: onions, IS to 80 per so
pounds: peppers, 20 to 80 hamper;
pumpkins, 500 to 1900 hundred; spin
ach. IS to IS basket; tomatoes, 20 to
IS hamper and so to go bushel for
Gamers stock
The live stock market on the wharves
continues dull under slow demand
which is centered generally on first
quality stock. Quotations today at
Light Street Wharf: Beef cattle. first
quality. pound. 81. to 6: common to
medium. 3 to 5. Bulls. as to quality,
2 to 31a. Cows, choice to fancy. 3
Oxen, as to quality, 11z to 31a. Calves.
veal. choice, 6la; large, fat, to 6;
large rough, 3la to An; common, thin,
az to g. Sheep. 11a to 21a. Spring
lambs. choice, 6la to Z: fair to good,
to 6. Hogs, straight, 5 to 5k. Sows,
3Ia to 4. Stays, 21a to 3. Live pigs,
to 10. Shoats, 6 to 8.
BALTIMORE, Md, September 3d.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat-No. 2
red Winter. garlicky, spot, domestic,
90l2; September, 9Ce2; october deliv-
cry, 901a. Corn-No. 2. yellow. domes-
tic. spot, 64a65; cob corn. 325a3.50 per
barrel Oats-No. 2 white. domestic, as
to weight and location 47a50: No. 3,
46a47. Rye-Nearby bag lots, soaS5.