Evening star., 1934-10-21
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, october 20
The live poultry market holds steady
to firm, especially on young chickens
and old hens, which show an advance
of cents a pound and under light
receipts all desirable stock cleans up
readily at full quotations.
Fat broiling Springers of 2-pound
size are scarce and in some instances
are bringing a premium over quota
tions. Too many poor, thin, young
chickens as we'll as barebacks are be-
ing shipped, however, and this class
of stock not only has to be sacrificed,
but tends to lower the value of other
poultry.
Young chickens, pounds and over.
are bringing Is to 20 cents a pound
and to Founders, 15al7, with Leg
horns selling mostly 14a16, but all
poor, thin fowl hard to place at 10a12.
Demand good for old hens. pounds
and over. at 16a20, with smaller bring
ing 14a15 and Leghorns. 12a13. Poor,
light fowl, as we'll as old rooSters. in
ample supply and hard to move at
Gall.
Turkeys in light receipt, but ample
for the demand which is centered on
young hens, 9 pounds and over, at 25
and gobblers. II pounds and over, at
%. with cid hens and old toms slow
to move out at 18a20.
Market for young ducks steady and
desirable stock, AZ pounds and over,
more active at 12a15, with white
varieties bringing top quotations, but
small, poor ducks generally are neg
lected at 9a10. Guinea fowl and
pigeons unchanged from last week
at 40a50 each for the former and
IS a pair for both young and old
of the latter.
Egg Market Steady.
The egg market holds steady under
another advance Of a cent or two
a dozen and all desirable, fresh laid
stock meets with ready sale, but the
average nearby current receipts are
Of uncertain quality and have to be
sold at a discount The market
closed today at 36a37 a dozen for
large size, well graded hennery whites
and 33a34 for mediums, but pulIet
eggs are slow to move out at % and
Is. Most of the current receipts show
loss under the candle and are selling
mostly 27a28.
Market for white potatoes continues
dull under fairly liberal receipts from
all sections and values are mostly in
buyers favor at 80a85 per 100 pounds
for U. S. No. Is and 85a90 for Cobblers.
but mixed, poorly graded stock will not
bring over 65a75. Sweet potatoes also
are in liberal receipt and values are a
shade lower at 30a35 a hamper for
nearby and 65a75 bushel for Eastern
Shore stock
Market for native and nearby vege-
tables shows little change from last
week and values are fairly we'll main
tained at the following quotations:
StringleSS beans, 75a115 a bushel:
beets, l.50a2.00 a 100; cabbage, 25a4O
buShel; carrots, 150a2 so a 100; kale.
2Oa30 buShel; Lima beans, 75a1 90 a
basket. and 1.50a2 so bushel; peppers.
15a35 hamper; pumpkins, 3OOalO 90
100; spinach, 25a30 hamper, and
tomatoes, 40a75 a hamper.
Live Stock Quotations.
The live stock market on the wharf
rules easy with trading confined mostly
to small lots and only first quality
stock attracts attention. Handy weight
veal calves, 140 to 180 pounds, in light
receipt and meet with ready sale, but
rough, overweight vealers are slow to
move out at inside prices.
Quotations today at Light Street
Wharf: Beef cattle. first quality.
pound, CAT; common to medium, pound.
4a5; bulls, as to quality, pound, 2a4;
cows, choice to fancy, pound, 315a4;
common to fair, 2a3; oxen as to quail
ity, pound, 2a4; calves. choice, pound,
712; large, fat, heavy, pound, 6a6l2;
large, rough, heavy, pound, 5a51s;
common, thin, pound, 4a41a; sheep,
pound, 112a2; Spring lambs, choice,
fat, pound, 6l2a7; fair to good, pound,
5a6; small, thin, pound, 4a412; hogs,
straight pound, 612; sows, pound, sig ;
stays, pound, 3a312; live pigs, pound,
9al0; shoats, pound, 7a8.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat, No
2, red Winter. garlicky. spot. domestic,
81; october delivery, 81; corn, No. 2,
yellow domestic, "a; cobcorn, 4.50 per
barrel; oats, No. 2, white domestic, as
to weight and location, 64a68; No. 8,
63a67; rye nearby No. 2, 85a95.