Evening star., 1934-01-28
Baltimore Markets

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, January 81
The live poultry market continues
steady to firm despite the fact that
weather conditions are against any spe-
cial activity and values generally show
little change from last week. Light
receipts. however. especially of choice.
tat stock have helped to keep prices at
former levels, but poor thin fowl hard
70 place in some cases even at sharp
discounts from quotations.
Receipts Of choice young hen and
gobbler turkeys continue light and
movement Is good, except on light gob-
blers, which are slow to move out
Young hens 10 pounds and over are
bringing % cents pound, and COB
blers IL pounds and over Is to 10, but
old hens and Toms move slow at Is to
18, with poor turks as well as crooked
breasts hard to place at 10 to 12.
Young broiling chickens IL to 2A
pounds scare and meet with ready sale
at 18 to %. while young chickens 8
pounds and over sell mostly 16 to 18,
but anything under 3 pounds slow sale
at 10 to II. Demand for old hens has
shown an improvement in the last week,
but eentered on medium to heavy fat
fowl and values are slightly higher at
IL to "A for stock weighing 3l2 pounds
end over, but Leghorns will not bring
over 10 to IL and poor, thin, light fowl,
as well as old roosters, have to be sac
Hlceo to the Arab trade at to 8.
Capons Are Scarce.
CaponS continue scarce and wanted
at IL to % for birds weighing pounds
and over. Ducks and geese in fair de-
mand at II to 15 for the former and
13 to Is for the latter, but stock under
,4h pounds neglected at to 10. Guinea
fowl also in light receipt and birds
weighing 134 pounds and up meet with
ready sale at IS to IS each, but old
birds will not bring over 25 and 80.
Pigeons continue in liberal receipt and
values show decline at Is to 20 q
for Old
=. As is usual at this time of the wear.
ohe egg market is unsettled, and most
OF the business Is being transacted on
q .current-receipt basis of % and 23h
cents a dozen, with flrstS and hennery
%nftes bringing premium of a cent or
Two dozen over quotations. Careful
grading and prompt shipping are neces-
sary to bring best results
Receipts OF white potatoes continue
fairly liberal from all sections, but un-
der a fairly good demand market holds
steady, with prices unchanged at 1.65
to l.75 per 100 pounds, but ungraded
round stock will not bring over 40 to
LOU, with long reds selling mostly 1.25
to 1.50.
Sweet potatoes and yams also holding
steady at 40 to so hamper and rs to
30, ,bushel for nearby stock, with Vir-
gnla sweets selling mostly IS to 125,
while yams bring LOO to Its per barrel.
kale and spinach continue the only
nearby vegetables on the market, and
values on the former show an advance
at As to so bushel, with a decline on
the latter at IS 10 go bushel.
Live Stock Market.
The hive stock market on the Wharves
continues dull and draggy, with only
first quality stock attracting attention
to place at inside prices. Quotations
today at Light Street Wharf:
Beef Cattle, first quality, 512 to 6;
common to medium, 3 to s. Bulls, as
TO quality, 2 to 3l2. Cows, choice to
fancy, to 312: common to fair, " to
IN Oxen, as to quality. 1l2 to 3l2.
Calves, veal, choice, 7 to 71z; large, fat,
8 TO 6l2; large, rough, 5 to 5l2; COM
mon, thin, 4 to az. Sheep, 12a3.
Spring lambs, choice, 8a9; fair to good,
61a to 71a; small, thin, 4a5.
Hogs, straight, 4a412; sows, 3a31a;
stays. 2a212; live pigs, 8a9; shoats, 5
to 6.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat
No. 2. red Winter, garlicky. spot. do
mestic, 9714; January. 97A; February,
delivery, 97s4. Corn-No. 2. yellow.
domestic, 65a66: cob corn. 2.75a3OO
per barrel. Oats-No. 2, white. domes-
tie, as to weight and location. 49a53;
No. 3. 48a49. Rye-Nearby bag lots,
S0a85.