Evening star., 1934-04-01
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Md, March 81
Market for live poultry continues firm,
especially old hens which are in big
demand from the Jewish trade and
will continue next week; liberal ship
ments of medium to large, fat stock,
four pounds and over being advisable.
All this class of stock cleans up
readily, but smaller old hens not so
desirable and have to be sold at lower
prices.
Values. however show little change
from last week, but are well main
tanned on all large. fat stock OF all
kinds. Young hen turkeys, 10 pounds
and over, in light receipt and meet
with ready sale at 26 and q cents a
pound and gobblers IL pounds and
over in fairly good demand at Is to
"a, but old toms slow to move out
at II and 18. Young broiling chickens
continue scarce and stock weighing
134 to 2la pounds wanted at % to
"a. with other young chickens, 8
pounds and over selling mostly 20
to %.
Medium to large old hens. four
pounds and over, move out readily at
16 to 18, smaller bringing Is and Is,
but Leghorns not SO desirable at IL
to IA. Capons, pounds and over
scarce and wanted at "a to %, but
old roosters, plentiful and draggy at
8 to 10. Season for geese over and
shipments not advisable. Young
ducks. Az pounds and over in only
fair demand at Is to 18, and poor,
thin stock not wanted at any price.
Guinea fowl and pigeons steady and
unchanged from last week at so to
60 each for the former and 20 to 25
pair for both young and old Of the
latter.
Egg Market Steady.
The egg market holds steady. but
values show slight decline at II and
l7la cents a dozen for current re-
ceipts, but mixed, small, undersized
pullet eggs have to be sold at sharp
discounts. Duck eggs in more liberal
receipt and the market is lower at
20 to % cents dozen for medium
to large clean stock.
Market for white potatoes holds
steady under a fairly good demand.
although prices are mostly in buyers
favor at 185a20O per 100 pounds for
both round and long red stock, with
mixed, ungraded potatoes selling most
ly 1.65a1.75. Sweet potatoes also un-
changed from last week at LOCAL 25
bushel, with overlarge. ungraded,
ctn 70 O.
Vans in better demand and under
light receipts market holds steady at
1.25a2 90 per barrel.
Live stock market on the wharves
continues dull and draggy, but with
the end of Lent an improvement is
looked for next week. Only choice fat
stock attracting attention, however,
and most of the arrivals consist of
common in-between kinds, which
move slow at inside prices. Quota
tions today at Light Street Wharf:
Beef cattle, first quality, pound, 5l2a6;
common to medium, 3a5; bulls, as to
quality, 2a3l2; COWS, choice to fancy,
3a3 u; common to fair, 112a212; oxen,
as to quality, 1laa3l2; calves, veal,
,, choice, 612a7; large, fat, heavy, Sac;
large, rough, heavy. 4a41a; common,
thin. 3a31a; sheep, 2a312; Fall lambs,
choice, 9ll2; fair to good. 7a9; small,
thin, 5a6: Spring lambs, As pounds
and up, IL: hogs. straight, LAS; sows,
3laa4; stays, 2a212; live pigs. 8a9;
shoats, Sac.
Grain Market.
Closing quotations: Wheat. No. 2
red Winter garlicky, spot, domestic,
80; April delivery, go; corn, No. 2 yell
low. domestic, spot, 64a65; cobcorn,
800 per barrel; oats, No. white. do
mestic, as to weight and location, As
a49; No. 3, 43a44; rye, nearby baglots,
75a80.