Evening star., 1936-09-05
Baltimore Markets
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BALTIMORE, Md, September S.
Potatoes, 100 pounds, 165a210; sweet
potatoes. bushel, 7Oa1.15: beans,
bushel, 50a65; nearby, bushel. goal. 10;
beets, nearby, bunch. l1aa21; cab
bage. so pounds, l.00a1.25; bushel,
1.00a1.l0: nearby. bushel. 75al00; car
rots, crate, 1.50a3. 90; nearby, bunch,
112a21a; celery, crate, 30a2.0o; corn,
nearby, sugar, dozen, l0al5; cucum-
bers. bushel, 100a1.l5; eggplants,
nearby, half bushel, sails; lettuce. Ice
berg, crate. l.50a4.00; Big Boston,
crate, LOCAL .25; lima beans, bushel.
so; nearby, half bushel. 30a40; onions,
so pounds. 70a75: peas, bushel, ELSA
$50; peppers. nearby, half bushel. 15a
20; squash, nearby, half bushel, 2oa35;
tomatoes, 12-quart basket, 3Oa40;
nearby. half bushel. l5a45; apples,
bushel, 75a1 .65: cantaloupes, nearby,
half bushel, 10a40; grapes. 2-quart
basket. 1oal2: 12-quart basket, 20a30;
grapefruit, box, 35Oa4.00: honey balls,
crate. 1.o0a3 so; honeydews, crate.
1.25al.75; peaches bushel. l.75a2.75;
half bushel. 85al.75; nearby, hall
bushel. 75a1 90; pears bushel, 90al.75;
prunes. lug, 60a80: half bushel. l.35;
watermelons, 3a30.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle 25o-compared with Friday
last week. steers steady to Is cents
higher. with better grade grassers at
the full advance. Other classes steady.
Late bulk good grass steers 1,l50-l $50
pounds 800a8 so, top 875. Most me-
dium grades under 1900 pounds 7.35a
IT'S: common down to $50 and under,
few medium heifers 650a7.00. Most
common and medium cows 4.25a5.00,
few good to 5.35, low cutters and cut
ters 3.o0a400. Light weight medium
grade bulls 500 up, weighty kinds
scarce, up to 500. Few lots common
stock steers under 700 pounds, 5.0oa
$50.
Calves 75-vealers closed fully so
cents higher than a week ago. Good
and choice mainly 1000. Common and
medium sO0a950, culls TOO down.
Hogs, 500; steady with Friday; COM
pared with last Saturday, mostly
steady. top cents higher; good and
choice, 170-21o pounds. 1l80al2.05; !;
top. 1905; 220-250 pounds. 115oa
1e0; most 150-16O pounds average,
11.25al145; 12o-14o pounds, 1o.35a
1915: good packing sows, 8.85a9 so.
Sheep. 800; compared with Friday
last week. lambs 25a50 cents higher.
were up as high as IS cents or more
at high time of week late bulk better
grade eve and wethers. 1915; sorted
rail lambs to 100; weeks top. ll.25
for one load; buck lambs discounted
100: common and medium grades,
800al000; culls, TOO down; ewes
closed steady, at $50 down.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Chickens, Rocks, per
pound, 18a21; mixed colors. per pound,
18a2l; mixed colors, l6a20: Leghorns,
17als; fowl, Rocks. 20a22; mixed COL
ors. 17a20: Leghorns. 12a15: roosters,
12a14; ducks. 12a14.
Eggs-Nearby, current receipts. doz-
en-, 25a27: Southern, 21a23; whites,
large, 30a31; medium, 27a29; receipts,
1902 cases.
Butter-Prints, per pound. 37a38;
good to fancy, creamery. 34a36: store
packed, IS; good rolls, 26; receipts, 941
tubs.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, rough. per pound, 4a5;
dressed. 10a12; carp, 4a5; eels, 6a12;
haddock, Sal; Spanish mackerel. 3aS;
pan rock, 6a8; large rock, 10a12;
white perch 5a1o: yellow perch, 8a10;
pan trout, 3a5: large, 8al0; bluefish
10a12; bass, 10a12; founders, 8a10;
shrimp, 1oal2; porgies. box, 250a3 so;
croakers, box, 3.o0a3.50; butterfish
box, 400a8. 90; crab meat, claw, pound
%; regular, 35a37; special, 40a42;
back fin, so; frogs, dozen. 125a450;
clans, large, per 100, 75a80; Cherry
stones, 60a70: Little Necks, 40; soft
shell crabs, small to medium, dozen
3oa6o; large, 75aSo; jumbo, 13oa1 40;
hard crabs, barrel, 3.50a7.50.
Tobacco Market.
Maryland leaf tobacco firm; leaf
nondescript, pound, 3a4; common, IA
10; medium, 10a30; good to fine, red
30a40; seconds, common, Sal; me-
dium, Tails; good to fine, 15a35.
Grain Markets.
wheat-Opening prices were: No
2 red. Winter. garlicky, spot. domestic.
l.l21s; September delivery, 1.12h
Corn, No. 2 yellow, domestic, 1.l6;
+ cob corn, nominal. Oats, No. 2 white
domestic, as to weight and location,
55as5; No. 8, 55a65. Rye, No. 2, s5a
100. Barley, 90a95.
Hay-Market continues very strong,
with values on timothy and good
clover mixed hay showing an advance
Of $50 per ton, the range now being
1900 to 1000. Poor hay, however, will
not bring these prices, and has to be
sold strictly on merit, with anything
grading below No. hard to move at
irregular values.
Straw-Demand for straw slow, but
market holds steady, with prices well
maintained at 7.50 per ton for both
| No 1 wheat and No. ! oat,