Evening star., 1934-09-23
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. September 22-
The live poultry market continues
steady to firm with old hens showing
an advance of a cent pound.
Receipts of old hens have been light
the last week and more liberal ship
mentS are advisable as the Jewish
trade will be in the market again for
their next holiday, Tuesday.
Young chickens, 212 pounds and
over are bringing 18 to 81 cents
pound and 2 to Founders, Is to ID,
with Leghorns selling mostly Is to II,
but it takes choice, fat stock to bring
top values.
Shippers again are warned not to
ship chickens under 2 pounds, as this
class of stock is hard to move at ir-
regular prices and barebackS are not
wanted at any price.
Old hens, pounds and over, clean
up readily at 10 to u with medium
fowls in fairly good demand at IA to
l8, but Leghorns will not bring over
IL to IA, and all poor. thin fowls as
we'll as old roosters slow to move out
at 10 and II. Market for young ducks
holds steady under an improved de-
mand, with full feathered, white stock
bringing top values of II to is, but
small, poor ducks under Az pounds
hard to place at 10. Guinea fowl in
more liberal receipt and values show
a decline at 35 to SIS each for birds
weighing ~ pounds and over, while
pigeons are dull and unchanged at Is
-, g. old
Egg Market Steady.
The egg market holds steady under
only fair receipts, especially OF hen
merry stock for which there is ready
sale, but average nearby current re-
ceipts show a vast difference in size
and grade and the trade to large ex-
tent is turning to Western refrigerated
eggs, which are better graded
The market closed today at % to 25
cents a dozen for current receipts and
30 to 81 for large hennery whites. with
medium hennerieS selling mostly 26
to %.
White potatoes are in moderate re-
ceipt and the market holds steady at
90 to los per 100 pounds and 95 to
100 for cobblers, but only well graded
U. S. No. l stock will bring these
prices, mixed No. Is having to be sold
at discounts.
Eastern Shore sweet potatoes meet
with ready sale at 80 to 100 per
bushel, but ungraded will not bring
over so to IS.
Native and nearby vegetables in
fairly liberal receipt, but demand good
and prices are we'll maintained at the
following quotations: Stringless beans
so to 100 bushel; beets, 200 to ESQ
hundred; cabbage, 25 to 40 buShel;
carrots, $50 to $50 hundred; corn,
to IA dozen; egg plants, 25 to 80
hamper; lima beans, so to IS basket
and LOO to It's bushel; onions, 80 to
rs per 50-pound sack; peppers, 20 to
Is hamper; spinach 80 to 40 hamper;
squash, Is to 35 hamper; tomatoes, Is
to so hamper and 40 to 60 bushel for
Gamers stock.
Live Stock Quotations.
With the exception of beef cattle,
the live stock market on the Wharves
holds steady to firm, with values
showing little change from last week
Most of the arrivals are of poor quail
1ty and hard to move. Calves in good
demand and choice, handy weight
vealers, 140 to 180 pounds, in light re-
ceipt, but large, rough, heavy weight
and small and thin calves constitute
the bulk of the arrivals
Quotations today at Light Street
Wharf: Beef cattle, first quality,
pound, 6a7: 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, 5l2a612; large, round, heavy,
pound, 4l2a5; common, thin, pound,
3l2a4; sheep pound, 112a2; Spring
lambs, choice, fat, pound, 612a7; fair
to good, pound, Sac; small, thin,
pound, 3a4; hogs, straight, pound,
6a7; sowS, pound, Sac; stays, pound,
3a4; live pigs. pound, 1la12; shoats,
pound. 9aI0.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat.
No. 2 red Winter, garlicky, spot.
domestic, 98l2; September, 98la. Corn.
No. yellow. domestic, 90. nominal;
cob corn, $50 per bushel Oats, No. 2
white domestic, as to weight and
location, 64a6s; No. 3, 63a67. Rye.
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