Evening star., 1933-03-26
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md. March 25.-The
live poultry market continues firm
under good demand and no over
supply of choice fat stock and values
Of turkeys. capons and young chickens,
especially fat broilers, show an advance
Of cent or two a pound over last
week. Due to continued heavy receipts
from the South, market for old hens
shows a decline and only medium to
large fat stock from nearby points will
bring top values. Southern stock con-
sisting costly poor thin fowl, which are
slow sale even at discounts.
The season for turkeys Is drawing to
close, but young hens, 9 pounds and
over, continue in good demand at %
and % cents a pound with old hens
bringing 20 and 2l. but young gobblers,
IL pounds and over, will not bring over
l8, with old tens slow sale at IA and
Is and poor and crooked breasts not
wanted at any price. Mixed colored
broilers, IA to az pounds, scarce and
bring top values Of % and "a, but Leg
horns not so desirable at 20 and %.
Other Poultry Prices.
Young chickens, 3la pounds and
over, sell mostly 19 to 81, but smaller
poor thin stock is not wanted and hard
TO move even at sharp discounts. The
market for old hens is quiet and only
medium sized stock attracts attention,
with heavy fat stock moving slowly to
the Jewish trade at 13 to Is, but Leg
horns will not bring over IL and l3
and all poor, thin fowl as well as old
ROSTERS neglected at and 10. Capons
in good demand and values a shade
higher at 19 to % for birds weighing
c pounds and over, but smaller and
slips hard to move at II and 18. De-
mand good for fat young ducks at IL
and l3, but stock under AZ pounds not
wanted. Guinea fowl and pigeons hold
steady at Is to As each for the former
and Is to 20 a pair for the latter.
The market for eggs continues easy
with values still declining under ample
receipts for the demand at 1134 and
II cents dozen. There have been more
liberal offerings and sales on the ex-
change the past week. however. with
all desirable fresh laid stock finding
ready buyers. but offerings of doubtful
quality are slow sale to the street trade
The market for old potatoes Is hold
ing steady and unchanged from last
week at IS to LOO per 100 pounds. but
only well graded No. stock will bring
these prices as all mixed potatoes have
to be sold at discount Sweet pota-
toes also unchanged at IS to 100 per
bushel for Eastern Shore Maryland
stock. but Virginia sweets will not bring
over 40 to IS and nearby stock bringing
top prices of IS to 100 bushel Vans
made their first appearance on the
market this week and inst with ready
sale at 1.50 to Its per barrel.
The market for native and nearby
garden truck continues dull and draggy
with prices in buyers favor at the fol-
lowing quotations:
Onions, 100 to 1.25 per 100 pounds
spinach, As to 70 bushel, and washed
turnips, 25 to 40 basket.
Live Stock Prices.
The live stock market on the wharves
Is holding fairly steady under light
receipts, but ample for the demand
which is centered on first quality stock.
Most Of the arrivals on the wharves
however. consist of common ordinary
cattle, which is hard to move at inside
prices. Quotations today at Light
Street wharf:
Beef cattle, first quality, pound, 4
to 5; common to medium, 2 to 4; bulls,
as to quality, IL to 2la; COWS, choice
to fancy, 3 to 4; common to fair, IL
to 2l2; oxen, as to quality, IL to 31a
calves. veal, choice, Az to 51a; large,
fat. Az to 5; large, rough, to Az;
common, thin, 3 to 31a; sheep, ~ to
21s: Spring lambs. choice. 6 to 61a;
fair to good. to 5i2; small, thin, 3 to
4: hogs. straight. 3l2 to 4; sows, 21k
to 3; stays. IA to 2; live pigs, to Z;
shoats, 4 to 6.