Evening star., 1935-07-21
Baltimore Markets

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, July 20.-The
live poultry market shows little change
from last week, with values holding
steady under the recent decline and
all large, fat stock, especially young
broilers, meet with ready sale at full
quotations.
Shippers are advised to ship only
young chickens weighing 2 pounds
and over, and old hens, pounds and
over, as poor. thin stock Is slow to
move out and has to be sold generally
at discounts.
Young broiling Rocks are bringing
top values of 18 to % cents a pound.
with mixed coloreds selling mostly II
to 81, but Leghorns are not so desir-
able and will not bring over Is to II.
Old hens sell mostly II to 81. and Leg
horns IA to Is. with old rooSters slow
sale at 10 to IL. Young ducks are in
fairly good demand, but only stock
weighing Az pounds and over at
tracts attention at IL to Is. and all
poor, thin ducks have to be sacri-
feed at sharp discounts.
Nearby Eggs Decline.
Market for native and nearby eggs
generally weak and values show a
slight decline under fairly liberal re-
ceipts from all sections and only
fresh-laid, well-graded stock attracts
attention at % and 20 cents a dozen
for large whites, and 25 and rs for
medium stock, with current receipts
selling mostly % and "a.
No trading has taken place on the
exchange for the last week, packers
evidently being pretty well supplied
and are awaiting drop in price.
Business is confined entirely to street
sales
New potatoes are in only moderate
receipt and under good demand the
market shows an advance at 81 per
barrel for No. Cobblers, with field
running mostly Its to 80, and bushel
baskets IS to 10.
Native and nearby garden truck
also in moderate receipt. but ample
for the demand and values on some
lines show a slight decline at the fol-
lowing quotations:
Stringless beans. bushel, so to rs:
beets, hundred, 100 to 1.5o;. cabbage,
basket, Is to 80; carrots, hundred,
200 to 800; corn, dozen, IL to 20; Gu
cumbers, hamper, 20 to IS; eggplants.
hamper, rs to 100; lima beans, bushel,
200 to ITS; onions, per 50-pound
sacks. so to IS; peppers. hamper. 40
to so: squash, hamper. Is to 20, and
tomatoes, hamper, 25 to so.
Live Stock Steady.
The live stock market on the
wharves holds steady under generally
light receipts, especially of hogs and
pigs. which show another advance
Most of the arrivals consist of COM
mon in-between cattle which are hard
to place at inside prices. Quotations
today:
Beef cattle. first quality, pound, 8
to ga; common to medium, 51a to
8l2; bulls. as to quality. 312 to 6h;
cows, choice to fancy. 51a to s; COM
mon to fair, 81 to 5K Calves, me-
dium to good, 512 to 7l2: common,
AZ to 51z. Sheep. to ~: lambs,
good to choice. s to 8: common to me-
dium, AZ to 6. Hogs, good to choice,
sA to 1lA; sows, 81 to 9: pigs. 9la
to 11k.
Closing grain quotations Wheat,
No 2 red, Winter. garlicky. spot do
mestic. TIA; July delivery, TIA: sales,
cargoes on grade No. 2. red. Winter.
garlicky, 77A; No. 5. 74A; No. 4,
72A; No. S, 6924. Corn, No. 2. yellow,
domestic, 95; Western billing at a
premium over this price; cob corn,
nominal. Oats, No. 2. white. domes-
tic, as to weight and location, 52a57;
No. 3, 51a56. Rye, nearby, No. 2, go.
Barley, so,