Evening star., 1936-12-06
Baltimore Markets
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| Special Dispatch to The Stal
BALTIMORE. Md, December S.
Despite generally light receipts, the
live poultry market continues dull with
demand easily satisfied and only large
fat stock attracts attention. Values
on some lines. especially turkeys, show
sharp decline and prices continue in
buyers favor. Young hen turkeys are
selling mostly 81 and young toms, IS
pounds and over 1Sa19, with smaller
bringing only 15a17, a decline Of
pound from last weeks quotations.
Young Rocks show no change from
last week at 16a20, mixed coloreds
steady at 15a18; Leghorns, Halls; but
poor. thin fowl slow to move at 10a14.
Old hens also unchanged at 16a20 for
Rocks, 15a18 for mixed colored, with
Leghorns, as well as poor, thin stock,
selling mostly 10a14 Young ducks
show no change at 10al6. Young
geese advanced a cent or two a pound,
with old geese selling mostly 10al2.
Guinea fowl show slight decline at
40 each for birds weighing pounds
and over and 30a35 for smaller.
Egg Market Declines.
Receipts Of eggs, while only mod
crate. ample for the demand and
market shows a decline of a cent or
two a dozen at 37a38 for large whites,
33aS5 for mediums and 33a34 for
nearby current receipts, with Southern
stock selling mostly 3la32.
Demand for native and nearby gar
den truck generally slow and prices
show little change from last week at
the following quotations:
Beets and carrots, 200a3.00 hun
dred; kale, Isaac bushel; pumpkins,
400a800 hundred; spinach, 25a5O
bushel: sweet potatoes, 50a80 bushel,
and turnips 15a35 hamper for blue
tops and 50a60 per hundred pounds
for yellows.
Following the Thanksgiving holiday
there was pickup in live stock mar
ketings and supplies the past week
and the market again reached normal
volume in general. according to the
| weekly report of the local bureau of
the Department Of Agriculture.
Market for cattle f1uctuated being
strong the first part but closed steady
to weak with prices averaging l0al5
over the previous week. Calves in
light supply and quality unattractive
with medium to good kinds closing at
11O0. Market for hogs held firm and
closed 15a20 higher. Slaughter lambs
in more liberal supply and with de-
mand narrowing toward the end OF
the week closed SO lower.
Steer Top at 1910.
The peak price on steers reached
10.40 for good dry-fed yearlings seal
ing little over 1,100 pounds. A few
loads of medium to good heavy steers
sold 9.5Oa9.60, while bulk of medium
grade grass steers scaling under 1850
sold 8.50a900. Lightweight steers
down to TOO and below. A few COM
mon stock steers went back to the
country at 500 and below. A few
lots of common and medium grade
| heifers cashed at 575a7 co. Bulk of
the low cutter and cutter grade cows
went at 30Oa400 common and
medium grades at 425a5.00; a few
head of COWS grading low good making
up to $50. Common and medium
grade bulls cashed at 500a575.
Most vealers were common and
medium grades sold 800a1o5O. Sew
eral small lots of common calves Of
various weight sold 5.0oa65O.
In the hog division on Friday. good
and choice barrows and gifts scaling
170-225 pounds, sold 1O60a10S0. Most
of the 225-250 pounds cleared at 1925
a10.65; few heavies down to 1000.
Desirable 140-160 weights went at
10.15a10.45, and 120-140 weights at
9.50a9.95. Good packing sows brought
9.35a9.80 and good stays around IT'S
Early in the week there was a CTS
top on good and choice grade lambs
while at the close of the week demand
was narrow and bulk of good and
choice kinds sold 900a925. Fat buck
lambs at 8.25 down. A few lots OF
Gull and common lambs brought 600a
100. Slaughter ewes held steady, with
| good and choice kinds making 3.40a
400; culls around $50.
| Grain Market.
Closing prices were: Wheat, No. 2
red. Winter, garlicky, spot, domestic
1.2712; December delivery, 1.27la
Corn, No. 2, yellow, domestic, Ito;
Western billing at premium over
this price. Cob corn, nominal. Oats
No. 2, white, domestic, as to weight
and location, 52a67; No. 3, 56a66. Rye
No. 2. 1.15a1.20. Barley, 95a1 LOO.