Evening star., 1936-03-29
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, Md, March 28.-The
egg market continues unsettled, with
values steady, showing decline under
heavy receipts from all sections. and
prices continue mostly in buyers favor,
Sales on the exchange have shown an
increase the past week, with whites,
SIS pounds and up to the case, selling
mostly 10 and current receipts 1917.
These prices also prevail on street
sales, which constitutes the bulk of
the business, with Southern receipts
selling mostly II and l8,
Receipts of live poultry continue
light and values most lines show an
advance of cent or two a pound, and
all desirable stock meets with ready
sale at full quotations. Young hen
turkeys are bringing 80 and 80. with
young toms selling mostly Is and 27,
but poor thin stock, as well as crooked
breasts. hard to move and generally
slow sale even at sharp discounts.
Young chickens in light receipt, with
values well maintained under the ad-
vance at IS to 27 for Rocks and 25 and
Is for mixed colored, but young
broilers, averaging around 212 pounds,
bringing top values. Old hens con-
tinue in good demand at "a and 26 for
Rocks, % to 25 for mixed colors and
90 to % for Leghorns. but only large
fat stock attracts attention, with all
poor. thin fowl slow to move out at
irregular values.
CapOns Are in Good Demand.
Capons were in good demand at 28
to 80 for birds weighing pounds
and over. with lighter stock selling
mostly 25 to q and old ROSTERS l5a16.
Young duck in fairly good demand and
prices are we'll maintained at % to 25,
with white Pekins bringing top values,
| Market for white potatoes continues
dull and only well graded u s. No.
| stock attracts attention at 1.65 to It's
per 100 pounds. with ungraded pota-
toes selling mostly $50 to 1.60. Sweet
potatoes in light receipt and market
| holds steady at 100 to 100 per bushel
and rs to 80 for overlarge ungraded
stock
Very little demand for native and
nearby garden truck. the market be-
! ing supplied mostly by early Southern
vegetables, at 25 to 40 bushel;
mushrooms, 25 to IS basket spinach
| rs to 90 bushel and turnips, 40 to 90
! hamper being the only stock in de-
/ mand.
High prices, stimulated by short
| age of live stock due to food condi-
tions, caused an influx of supplies
early this week as producers in nearby
| territory put forth extra effort in order
to obtain the more attractive prices
and the market supply grew to exces-
sive volume. The result was a gen.
eral lowering of the prices, says the
weekly report Of the local representa-
tive of the Department of Agriculture
especially in the cattle trade where
! the increased offering centered. Prices
dropped Is to so cents on steers and
COWS, but part of the loss was regained
! later. Compared with the close of last
week steers are a full 25 cents or
more lower, heifers weak, cows weak
| to mostly IS cents lower, bulls weak
to 10 cents lower.
Vealers Advance.
| VealerS show an advance of so cents
and more. Weighty calves shared tbs
upturn. Hog supplies were liberal
but most weights only show a weak
10 cents down turn for the week. some
heavies and sows being lowered as
much as IS cents. Lambs held to
very light volume and registered q
strong to 25 cents advance.
Bulk of the weeks supply of steers
were medium grade lightweights and
yearlings which sold from 7.50 to 8.65
while common lots were noted as
low as 625. Heifers brought $50 to
| 800. Most lots of beef cows went
at Ats to 500, low cutter and cutter
COWS at 375 to 4.50. Medium bulls
sold on late days at 500 to $50, COM
mon light bulls down to SIS.
Good and choice vealers cashed at
1000 to 1850, common and medium
grades at TOO to 900, culls down to
$50. A few weighty calves of COM
mon grades brought SIS to 500 on
early days.
On the Friday hog market good
and choice 160 to 210 pound weights
sold at 1l.40 to 11.65, most 220 to $50
pound weights at 1895 to 11.3O, heavies
down to l0.l5. Light lights scaling
140 to 160 pounds cashed at l125 to
11.50; good and choice, 100 to 135
pound pigs at II to 1125. Good pack
ing sows cashed at COS to $50,
stage, 7.50 down. Good and choice
fed wooled lambs sold up to Ills,
fed clipped lambs up to CTS. A few
lots of good grade Spring lambs
cashed at 1900. Some medium grade
wooled lambs were noted down to 1000.
A shipment of desirable clipped
wethers brought 600 to 6.25, lower
grades down to 400. Slaughter wooled
ewes sold at 500 to $50.
Wheat-Closing prices were: No. 2,
red, Winter garlicky, spot, domestic,
80; March delivery, 90; corn, No. 2,
yellow. domestic, 70; 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
ard location, 41a53; No. 3, 41a52.
Rye-No. 2, 70a75. Barley-No. 2,
| 55a60.