Evening star., 1934-10-14
Baltimore Markets
] yIecial Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Md, October 13-
The egg market has taken on a firmer
tone the last week under somewhat
lighter receipts, and with the general
movement good the market shows an
advance of cent or two a dozen,
with all desirable stock cleaning up
readily at full quotations.
Hennery whites are in good demand
and are bringing top values of "a
and 35 cents dozen, with medium
sized selling mostly 20 and 80.
Pullet eggs. however, will not bring
over % and 25. Most of the arrivals
continue to show loss under the
candle, and in many instances the
trade prefers Western refrigerated
eggs to nearby current receipts, both
selling at the same price of 25 to 27.
Live Poultry Steady.
The live poultry market shows little
change from last week, holding steady
on all lines, and values are we'll main
tained except on poor, thin stock,
which is slow to move out at inside
prices.
Young hen turkeys, 9 pounds and
over, are bringing IS cents a pound.
and gobblerS, II pounds and over, %,
but old hens and toms are not so de-
sirable and sell mostly IT and 18.
Young chickens, 3 pounds and over,
are in good demand at IA to 10, with
to 3 Founders selling IA to Is, but
Leghorns will not bring over 13 to
IS. and all poor. thin stock is hard
to place at 10 to II.
Old hens, 3l2 pounds and up. sell
mostly 13 to 18, and Leghorns II
and II. but poor, light fowl and old
ROSTERS are slow to move out at 9
to IL.
Ducks. when large and fat. AZ
pounds and up. move out readily at
II to IA, with white varieties bring
ing top values, but smaller ducks
neglected at 8 to II. Guinea fowl
and pigeons unchanged from last
week at 40 to so each for the former
and IS pair for both old and young
of the latter.
Potato Prices Weaker.
Receipts Of white potatoes from all
sections liberal and market weaker and
lower at 80 to IS per 100 pounds for
U. S. No. Is. with poorly graded stock
selling mostly IS to rs. Sweet potatoes
in fairly good demand and market
holds steady at 30 to 40 hamper for
nearby and rs to 80 buShel for Eastern
Shore stock.
Receipts of native and nearby gar
den truck moderate, but ample for the
demand and values show little change
from last week at the following quota
tionS: StringleSs beans. SO to 65 buShel;
beets. $50 to 200 per 100; cabbage, rs
to 40 bushel: carrots, 15O to $50 per
100: lima beans. IS to 100 basket and
l.25 to 200 bushel; peppers, IS to IS
hamper; spinach. 25 to 35 hamper; to-
matoes. 80 to IS hamper and 90 a
bushel for canning stock.
The live cattle market on the
wharves rules easy, trading being
mostly in a small way, with demand
centered almost entirely on f1rst-qual-
ity stock and receipts consist mostly
Of common, inbetween kinds.
Live Stock Quotations.
Quotations today at Light Street
Wharf: Beef, cattle. first quality,
pound, SAT; common to medium, pound,
4a5. Bulls, as to quality, pound, 2a4.
Cows. choice to fancy, pound, 3l2a4;
common to fair. pound, 2a3 Oxen, as
to quality, pound, 2a4. Calves, choice,
pound, 7a7l2; large, fat. heavy, pound,
6a6I2; large. rough. heavy. pound. 5a
5l2; common, thin. pound, 4a4l2
Sheep, pound, 113a2. Spring lambs,
choice. fat, pound, 6l2a7; fair to good,
pound. Sac; small thin, pound, 4a4l2.
Hogs, straight. pound, 612; sows. pound,
5l2 stays. pound. 3a3l2; live pigs,
pound. 9al0; ShoatS. pound. 7a8.
Closing grain Quotations-Wheat,
No. 2 red Winter, garlicky, spot
domestic, 971a; October delivery 97I2.
Corn-No. yellow domestic, "a;
cob corn, 4.50 per barrel.
Oats-No. 2 white domestic, as to
weight and location, 64a68; No. 3,
63a67.
Rye-Nearby No. ?. s5a95.