Evening star., 1934-10-07
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, October 6-The live
poultry market is generally easy with
values showing declines on all lines.
While demand continues fairly good
for large, fat springers and old hens,
receipts generally have been heavy
and mostly of poor, thin stock. which
has tendency to lower values.
Shippers are advised not 10 ship
any young chickens under 2 pounds
as outlet for this class of stock is linn
tied and has TO be sold at sharp dis
counts.
Young chickens, pounds and over,
are bringing IA to 18 cents a pound
and to Founders I3 to l6. but
rough, thin chickens are hard TO place
at 10 to II.
Old hens show decline Of 8 cents
a pound at Is to 18 for stock weighing
3i2 pounds and over, but LeghornS
will not bring over IL and II and
poor, thin fowl, as we'll as old roosters
are slow to move out at to IL.
Young ducks. Az pounds and over
show slight decline at IL TO IA, with
white varieties bringing top prices,
but smaller ducks move slow at 8
and 10.
Turkeys made their first appearance
of the season on the market this week
and are meeting with fairly good sale,
at Is for young hens. pounds and
over, and % for young gobblers, II
pounds and over, but old hens and
old toms will not bring over 18 to 20.
Guinea fowl show a decline at 40
to so each for birds weighing 134
pounds and over. while pigeons have
dropped to Is per pair for both young
and old.
Egg Market Quiet.
The egg market has been quiet the
last week and values show a slight
decline with prices mostly in buyers
favor. Receipts only fair, but ample
for the demand, which is centered
mostly on hennery whites and first
quality stock. Very little trading on
the exchange and considerable of the
arrivals show loss off under the can
die. Market closed today at "a and
IS cents a dozen for current receipts,
26 to % for medium size hennery
whites and 80 to 81 for large, we'll
graded whites, but pullet eggs are
SLOW sale at 20 to 40.
Market for potatoes continues dull
under moderate receipts, but values
show little change from last week at
IS to 95 per 100 pounds. with mixed
ungraded selling mostly IS to 80, and
it takes well-graded U. S. No. Is to
bring top values. Sweet potatoes in
more liberal receipt and market slight
ly lower ct 80 to 40 hamper for nearby
and go to 65 buShel for Eastern Shore
stock.
Native and nearby garden truck in
fairly liberal receipt and prices mostly
in buyers favor at the following quo
tations: StringleSs beans, 40 to IS
bushel; beetS, 200 to $50 per 100; cab
bage, 25 to 40 bushel: carrots. l. so to
$50 per 100; sugar corn, 5 to Is dozen;
field corn, to IL dozen; eggplants, 80
to 35 hamper; lima beans, rs to 100
hamper and l.50 to 200 buShel; pep
pers, 20 to rs hamper; spinach, 25 to
35 hamper: squash. go to rs hamper;
tomatoes, 80 to 65 hamper and 70 to
80 bushel for Gamers stock.
Live Stock Quotations.
The live stock market on the wharves
holds fairly steady on first-Quality
stock, but easy on medium and COM
mon grades, which moves slowly at in
side prices.
Quotations today at Light Street
Wharf: Beef cattle, first quality,
pound. to Z; common to medium, 4
to S; bulls, as to quality, 2 to 4; cows,
choice to fancy, 312 to 4; common to
fair, 2 to 3; oxen, as to quality, ? to 4;
calves, choice, to 7l2; large fat
heavy. 6 to 612; large rough heavy, 5
to 512; common, thin, 4 to Az; sheep,
IL to 2; Spring lambs, choice, fat,
612 to 7; fair to good, to 6; small,
thin, 4 to Az; hogs. straight, 612;
sows, 5l2; stays, 3 to ga; live pigs,
9 to 1G; shoats. to 8.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat
No. 2 red Winter garlicky spot do
mestic, 9412; October delivery, 9412.
Corn-No. 2 yellow domestic, 90; cob |
corn, 4.50 per barrel. Oats-No. 2
white domestic, as to weight and loca-
ton, 63a67; No. 3, 62a66. Nearby
No. 2, 85a95.