Evening star., 1936-05-01
Baltimore Markets
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Special Dlspatch to The star.
BALTIMORE, Md, May White
potatoes, per 100 pounds, 1.75a2OO;
new Florida, 100 pounds, l.4Oa3OO;
sweet potatoes, bushel, l.00al.35; as
paragus, crate, 75a2.5O; beans. bushel,
5Oal.5O; baets, half-crate, 1.lOal,2o;
cabbage. new, hamper, 85al 10; car
rots, crate. 2 240a3 90; celery, crate, 5Oa
275: caulifloWer, crate, l.5oa1.75; egg
plants, 2OOa2 so; kale, bushel, 5Oa80;
lettuce. Iceberg, crate, 4.25a5.oO Big
Boston, hamper, 10Oa2 90; Lima beans,
bushel, 3O0a4.5O; mushrooms, basket,
25a65; onions. 50-pound sack, 65al.35;
meas. bushel, 60a175; peppers, crate,
l.25a250; spinach, bushei. 50a9O;
radishes. crate, 75a10 90; rhubarb,
bunch. 3a4; squash, hamper, lisa
$50; tomatoes, lug, 1.ooa3.75; apples
bushel. 40al go; box, l65a2.O0; grape
fruit. box. 175a325 oranges, box, 2.5Oa
375: strawberries, quart, l2al7; pine
apples, crate, 2.5Oa2.75.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Young chickens, brol-
ers. 22a25; Leghorns, 2Oa23; hens. 2Oa
%; Leghorns, 2Oa2l; roosters, l5al6;
ducks, l8a20.
Eggs-Nearby current receipts, per
dozen, 81; hennery whites, large, p;
medium, d: Southern, 20; receipts,
2906 cases.
Butter-Prints, per pound, 3oa32;
coed to fancy, creamery, pound, 2oi2a
co.; store packed, 20; good rolls, 22a
"a; receipts, Is tubs.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish. rough, per pound, 4;
dressed, 12al4; carp. 5; eels, oal2;
herring, 2a2l2; haddock. 7; Spanish
mackerel, 10; pan rock, II; large rock,
Is; white perch, 4a10; yellow perch
4a12; Southern pike, II; shad, buck,
-: roe, 22a23; trout. 1oalS; bluefish,
16; king mackerel, 8a10; sea bass, y;
founders, 5al2; shrimp 10a1S; porgies,
box, 500; croakers, box, 800; butter
fish, box, 500; crab meat, claw, pound,
30; regular, so, special, 55a6O back
fins. 65a70; frogs. dozen, l-25a2 81;
clans. large, per 100. 9oal00 Cherry
stones, TO- Little Necks, 60; oysters
raw bar barrel, 5.00a7oo; medium,
1.5Oa4o0; culls, 2.5o.
Tobacco Market.
Maryland leaf tobacco firm; lea1'
nondescript, 3o0a4O0; common, 4oOa
1000: medium, lO0Oa25.0O; good to
fine. red. 25.o0a4000; seconds, COM
mon, 3.00a700; medium. 7.OOal2.oo;
good to fine, 1200a2500.
Grain Market.
Wheat--opening prices were: NO.
2 red Winter, garlicky, spot, domestic
1.o2sa: May delivery, 1.029s; settling
prices we're, No. 2 red Winter, garlicky,
spot, domestic, 1929; May delivery
1922.
Corn-No. 2, yellow domestic. II;
Western billing at 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, 4la53; No. 8,
40a52.
Rye-No. 2, 7Oa75.
Barley-No. 2, 55a60.
Hay-The general hay market con-
tinues quiet, with receipts ample for
demand, which is easily satisfied. No.
l alfalfa hay is quoted at l2.00a15.00
per ton. while prices on good timothy
and clover mixed hay are nominal
around 10.00a1250 per ton. Poor
grades of hay are hard to move and
prices are irregular on all grades be-
low No. 8.
Straw-Market for straw steady at
a range of ST per ton for both No. l
wheat and No. oat.
Live Stock Market.
Omitted States Department of Ag-
riculture) Cattle-125; slow, weak
trading on few COWS at 400 to 500;
other classes not represented.
Calves-100; generally steady on
vealers; good and choce, $50 to 1000;
common and medium, TOO to 900.
Hogs-85O; steady with Thursday;
good and choice, $50 to 210 pounds,
1l.20 to 11.35; top, ll.35; 220 to $50
pollnos, 1850 to lilo; heavies, down
to CTS; 140 to 100 pounds, HOO to
1l.20; 100 to lao pounds, 1915 to
lilo; good packing sows, 8.85 to
9.35.
Sheep - rs; few Spring lambs;
steady; good and choice, 1900 to
1880; slaughter ewes, salable, steady
or up to $50 and above.