Evening star., 1934-10-28
Baltimore Markets

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, Md, October 81
The live poultry market rules easier
and lower on all lines under fairly
liberal receipts and values are mostly
in buyers favor.
Only large fat, young chickens heavy
old hens, 4 pounds and over. attract
ing attention, and shippers are advised
not to ship any Springers under 2
pounds, as this class of stock, as we'll
as barebacks, is hard to place and has
to be sacrificed at very low prices.
Turkeys show a decline of 3a5
a pound at 20a22 for young hens, 9
pounds and over, and 18a20 for gob-
blers, IL pounds and over, but old
hens and old toms will not bring
over 18.
Young chickens, 8 pounds and over.
in fairly good demand at 15a18 and
2 to Founders, l5a17, with Leghorns
selling mostly Halls and all poor, thin
stock neglected at 10al2
Old hens, pounds and over, are
bringing top prices of 18a19 and me-
dunn, 14a18, but Leghorns will not
bring over 12a13, and all light fowl,
as well as old roosters, are hard to
place at Gall. Only large, fat ducks,
Az pounds and over, attract atten-
ton at 11a14, with white varieties
bringing top prices and anything under
Az pounds slow sale at 9a10. Pigeons
and guinea fowl steady and un-
changed at 40a50 each for the former
and Is a pair for the latter.
Egg Market Steady.
The egg market continues steady
under another advance the last week,
with good size freSh-laid henneries
selling readily when buyer is satisfied
with price and quality.
Western refrigerator eggs continue
to supply the bulk of the market out
side of henneries, the trade preferring
this class of stock to current receipts
on account of better grading.
Large hennery whites averaging 81
pounds to the case and up are bringing
36a38 cents a dozen and medium 34a
35, but pullet eggs will not bring over
23a25 and the market generally is on
a current receipt basis at 28a30.
White potatoes are in liberal receipt
from all sections and market shows
another decline at 75a85 per 100
pounds for well graded U. S. No. Is
and 60 to 10 for poorly graded. with
Eastern Shore Cobblers selling mostly
rs to IS. Sweet potatoes hold steady
at 80 to 35 per hamper.
Nearby vegetables in moderate re-
ceipt, but ample for the demand and
values. with the exception of string
less beans. which have advanced
sharply, show little change at the
following quotations:
Stringless beans, 1.25 to Its bushel;
beets, $50 to 200 hundred; savoy cab
bage, 80 to 40 bushel; carrots, $50
to $50 hundred; kale, 20 to Is bushel;
lima beans, $50 to $50 bushel; pep
pers. Is to 35 hamper; pumpkins. 800
to 1000 hundred; spinach, 35 to SIS
bushel, and tomato 40 to rs hamper
Live Stock Prices Ease.
With the exception of veal calves,
averaging 140 to 180 pounds, which
are in light receipt and meet with
ready sale, the live stock market on
the wharves rules easy. Trading on
the wharves mostly in small lots, with
demand centered on f1rst-quality stock
Quotations today at Light Street
Wharf:
Beef cattle, first quality, pound, 6
to z; common to medium, pound, to
5; bulls, as to quality, pound, 2 to 4;
cows, choice to fancy pound, 3la to
4; common to fair pound, 2 to 3; oxen,
as to quality. pound. 2 to 4; calves,
choice, pound, Tx to 8; large, fat,
heavy, pound, to 7; large, rough,
heavy. pound, to 5la; common, thin,
pound. to Az. Sheep, pound, 1 II to
3: Spring lambs, choice, fat, pound,
6l2 to 7; fair to good, pound, 5 to
6: small, thin, pound, to Al. Hogs,
straight, pound, 612; sows, pound, 51s;
stays, pound, 8 to 81; live pigs, pound,
to 10; shoats, pound, 7 to 8.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat.
No. 2 red Winter, garlicky spot, do
mestic, 96A; October delivery, 961s;
corn, No. 2 yellow, domestic, spot. 90;
cob corn, 450 per barrel; oats, No. 2
white, domestic, as to weight and loca-
ton. 61a65: No. 3, 60a64; rye, nearby
No. 2, S5a95.