Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-01-06
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special DlSpatch to The star
BALTIMORE, Nd, January S.
Due to the cold weather prevailing the
last week, all lines of live poultry, with
the exception of turkeys, are holding
steady and show little change in price
from last week.
Market is generally firm and active,
especially on large, smooth, young
roasting chickens and heavy fat old
hens, receipts of which are generally
light.
Demand for turkeys is light and CEN
tered mostly on medium-Siz young
hens, 9 pounds and over, at Is and 26
cents a pound, and gobblers. 18 to %,
but old toms and old hens generally
are undesirable and have to be sold
at irregular values.
Young chickens, pounds and over,
are bringing II to 20, and Leghorns,
10 and IA. with poor, thin stock hard
to place at 10 to IL.
Old hens, 3l2 pounds and over, are
generally in good demand at Is to 10,
but Leghorns will not bring over IL to
IL, while poor, thin, light fowl, as well
as old roosters, move slow at 9 to IL
Capons made their first appearance
on the market this week and are meet
ing with ready sale at 20 to Is for
birds weighing pounds and over
Ducks are in better demand, but only
stock weighing Az pounds and over
attracts attention at Is to Is for the
former and Is to 20 for the latter
with poor, thin stock selling mostly 8
and 10. Pigeons are steady and I'M
changed at Is a pair for both young
and old.
Egg Market Advances.
Under light receipt and a good con-
sumptive demand, the egg market
shows an advance of and cents a
dozen at 80 to 35 cents for large hen
merry whites and 30 to 33 for mediums
but pullet eggs are not so desirable at
25. Little trading on the exchange
which is on current receipt basis al
30 to 33, most of the business passing
being confined to street sales.
Market for white potatoes is dull
and values generally steady at 80 to IS
per 100 pounds for U. S. No l stock
and 10 to rs for cobblerS, with poorly
graded, mixed potatoes slow sale at
IS to IS. Sweets and yams show nc
change from last week at 100 to lis
per bushel for the former and 200 to
ESQ barrel for the latter.
Receipts of native and nearby gar
den truck are light and market holds
steady on all lines at the following
quotations: Carrots, $50 to 200 per
100; kale, IS to 40 bushel: savoy cab
bage, 80 to 40 bushel; spinach, rs to
1.25 bushel, and turnips, 20 to 80
hamper
Live Stock Receipts Lag.
The live stock market on the
wharves holds steady to firmer under
light receipts, with only first-quality
stock attracting attention. Quotations
today at Light Street Wharf:
Beef cattle, first quality, pound, to
2: common to medium, pound, 3 to S.
Bulls, as to quality, pound, 2 to 4. Cows,
choice to fancy, pound, 31a to 4; COM
mon to fair, pound, 2 to 3. Oxen, as
10 quality, pound, z to 4. Calves,
choice, pound, to 9; large, fat, heavy,
pound, 612 to ~; large, rough, heavy,
pound, to 6; common, thin, pound,
4 to 5. Sheep, pound, 2 to 212. Spring
lambs, choice, fat, pound, to 812;
fair to good, pound, Z to 71a: small,
thin, pound, to 6. Fall lambs, as to
quality, pound (not wanted. Hogs,
STRAIGHT Mound z to NJ Sou,c Wound
5 to 612. Stays, pound. to 4. Live
pigs, pound, 9 to 10. Shoats, pound,
Z to 8.
Closing grain quotations: Wheat
No 2 red Winter, garlick, spot, do
nestle, 99&; January delivery, 99a4
Corn-No. 2 yellow. domestic, e3a95;
cob corn, nominal. Oats-No. 2 white,
domestic, as to weight and location,
67a72; No. 3. 66a7l. Rye-Nearby No.
2, 85a95. Barley-95a1. 90.