Evening star., 1936-05-10
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch tc The Star.

market for live poultry continues dull
under moderate receipts, but demand
is light and values on practically all
lines show decline from last week.
Young broiling chickens averaging
around 215 pounds are bringing top
prices of % and % for both Rocks
and mixed colored, with Leghorns SELL
ing mostly 20 and 81.
With the end Of the Jewish holi-
day, demand for old fowl has eased
of and prices show a decline at 81
and % for Rocks, 20 and 81 for mixed
coloreds and 10 to 20 for Leghorns,
with old roosters slow sale at IS to IS.
Young ducks are showing a decline
at 16 to 18, but only stock weighing
around Az pounds and over attracts
attention.
The market for native and nearby
eggs is unsettled and values generally
show slight decline from last week
at 81 and 20 for large whites and
20 and 211a for msdium whites and
current receipts, with Southern stock
selling mostly 1e to 1917.
Potato supplies Liberal.
White potatoes are In fairly liberal
receipt from native and nearby points
and the market continues dull, with
prices showing a decline at 1.85 to
100 per hundred, sacks, with mixed,
ungraded selling mostly 1.50 to Its.
Sweet potatoes are in moderate re-
ceipt and the market holds steady at
1.25 to 1.35 bushel. with mixed over
large stock selling mostly 100 to
ITO and Eastern Shore Virginia
white yams bringing 80 to 100 per
bushel, but anything grading below
U. S. No. Is is hard to sell at so to rs.
The market for native and nearby
garden truck holds steady and values
are fairly we'll maintained at the fol-
lowing quotations: Asparagus, 2.50a
800 a dozen for Jumbos, 2.25a2.50 for
Colossal, 1.50al.75 for fancy and GOA
l.25 choice; mushrooms, 25a50 basket;
radishes, 50a1 90 per 100; rhubarb, 200
a4.00 per 100 punches; spinach. 4oa6o
bushel, with Gamers stock bringing
2 cents pound.
A general price decline hit most
branches of the live stock market the
last week as demand was somewhat
Indifferent to moderately large receipts
in the aggregate, says the market re-
port of the local bureau of the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Marketings Are Light.
Local marketings were of light to
moderate volume, but the price struc-
ture was consistently lowered in the
cattle and hog trade. Vealers suffered
minor loss, while the light volume of
lambs and sheep held about steady.
Cattle on offer were Of somewhat
palmer quality and the bulk prices are
down more than the actual losses of
Is cents to mostly so cents, as COM
pared with the close Of last week.
Hogs suffered some sharp breaks to
make for total loss Of 50-55 cents
for the week. Light supplies was the
stabilizing factor in the sheep division.
The late bulk of common and me-
dium grade steers cleared at 7.00a7 IS,
a few reaching 7.80. The peak for the
week was $50 paid for a few head of
choice lightweights. Heifers topped at
8.35 on a part load of strictly good
around $50 weights, while most COM
mon and medium grades made 6.00a
7.50. Closing sales of common and
medium grade cows we're within a
spread Of 500a5.75, a few good cows
reaching 6.25, while bulk of the low
cutters and cutters went at 3.75a4.75,
a few real shelly cows down to $50.
Common and medium grade light
weight bulls closed the week at 5.50a
800.
Vealers Peak at $40.
The weeks peak on vealers was
$1,000, but after Monday the bulk of
good and choice grades cashed at
9.00a9.50. common and medium grades
6.50a8.50, culls around 600.
On the Friday hog market good and
choice barrows and gifts weighing
160-210 sold at 10.60a1080, with the
latter the top. Most 140-160 weights
brought 10.50a10.60, while slaughter
pigs scaling 120-140 went at 10.2oa
1885. Medium weight butchers scaling
220-250 cashed at 1025a10.60, heavies
selling down to 925 and below. Good
packing sows brought 8.50a9 90, while
stays we're salable around 6.75 down.
Soft and oily hogs were discounted
1.00a200 per cwt.
Good and choice Spring lambs con-
tinued throughout the week at 13.00a
1880. Medium grades brought 1l.00a
1850, while a few head Of common
went down to 900. Several small lots
Of medium and ..ood grade wooled
ewes sold at 4.50a5.50, few choice
reaching 900 at mid-week. Some
good clipped ewes were found up to
SIS.
Grain Market.
Closing grain prices: Wheat-No. 2,
red, winter, garlicky, spot domestic,
99la; May delivery, 99h. Corn-No. 2,
yellow, domestic, 70; Western billing
at a premium over this price. Cob
corn-New, 800 per barrel, nominal
because Of irregular quality.
Oats-No. 2, white, domestic, as to
weight and location, 41a53; No. 8,
40a52.
Rye-No. 2, 7oa75. Barley-No. 2,
55a60.