Evening star., 1935-04-07
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, April 6.-The
live poultry market holds steady to
firm on all lines with old hens show
ing an increase of cents pound
and values on all large, fat poultry
we'll maintained.
In young chickens demand is best
for smooth, fat broilers, 2 to 212
pounds, which are bringing top prices
of "a and 25 cents pound, with
heavier fowl selling mostly % and
"a, but all stock under 2 pounds is
hard to place at u to IA.
Maryland and nearby old hens now
are preferred and under an increased
demand from the Jewish trade all
fowl, 31s pounds and up. meet with
ready sale at 18 to %. but Leghorns
will not bring over 18 and 10 and
poor. light fowl are neglected at
| IL and 49,
Capons are in light receipt and move
out readily at 25 to q for birds
weighing S pounds and over, while
old roosters are a shade higher at
II to Is.
! Demand for young ducks continues
good and under light receipts the
market Is steady at l6 to 20, with
white varieties bringing top prices,
but stock under Az pounds meets
slow sale at II and IL. Guinea fowl
and pigeons at Is to so each for the
former and 20 pair for the latter.
Packers in Egg Market.
Packers entered the egg market
this week and with storage movement
under way market has taken on a
firmer tone and values show an
advance over last week. Demand from
the consumptive trade, however, cas-
/ lily satisfied and only well graded,
fresh laid stock attracts attention. The
market closed today at 221a and %
cents a dozen for large hennery
whites and 2112 for mediums and cur
| rent receipts. Duck eggs in more
liberal receipt, but demand continues
good at 26 to % with no surplus in
! the daily arrivals.
| The potato market shows little
| change from last week under mod
crate receipts and market holds steady
at IS to go per 100 pounds and 40
to so for mixed, ungraded stock. De-
mand for sweets and yams. fair at
100 to lis bushel for the former and
80 to 100 for the latter. but I'M
graded stock will not bring over
65 to 80.
With increasing supplies Of South
ern vegetables and consequent lower
ing of prices, demand for native and
! nearby garden truck limited and kale
at 80 to 40 bushel; rhubarb at five
to seven hundred; spinach at IS to
IS bushel and turnips, 10 to IS hamp-
er being the only lines selling to
advantage.
Live Stock Trade Quiet.
The live stock market on the
wharves continues quiet with demand
easily satisfied and centered princi-
pally on first quality stock. Quo
tations at Light street wharf:
Beef cattle, first quality, pound, 8
to 9. Common to medium, to Z.
Bulls, as to quality, 312 to 5l2. Cows.
choice to fancy. AZ to 5la. Com
mon to fair, to 4. Oxen, as to
quality, 31a to 512. Calves, choice.
8ia to 9. Large, fat, heavy, 7 to 8.
Large, rough, heavy, to Z. Com
mon, thin, to S.
Old bucks, 21a to 3l2. Sheep, 8
to 4. Lambs, as to quality, to 8.
Hogs, straight, to 9. Sows, 61a
to 712. Stays, AZ to 51a. Live pigs,
IL to Is; shoats, II.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat. No.
2, red Winter. garlicky, spot domestic,
943s April delivery, 94ss; corn, No. 2,
yellow domestic. SO. nominal; cobcorn,
nominal; oats, No. 2, white domestic,
as to weight and location. 60a65; No.
8, 59a64; rye, nearby, No. 2, s0a85:
barley, 80a85.