Evening star., 1936-11-29
Baltimore Markets
Sneeial Dispa tch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Md, November 28.-
Due to liberal receipts the past week,
the egg market has shown a decline
of q cent or two a dozen. except
large whites, which hold steady at 40.
Mediums are selling 34a36. Nearby
current receipts are selling mostly at
Sass and Southern stock at 32a33.
The live poultry market cleaned up
fairly we'll over the holiday and values
on some lines show an increase.
Young hen turkeys are selling mostly
"a and young toms l8a2l.
Demand for young chickens is in
creasing and values show an advance
at 16a20 for rocks. l5a18 for mixed
colored, Halls for Leghorns, but poor
thin stock is slow to move out at
l0a14.
The market for old hens continues
steady under a good demand at 16a20
for rocks, 15al8 for mixed colored and
l0al4 for Leghorns and poor thin
stock.
Demand for ducks and geese Is gen.
orally slow at 10al6 The market for
guinea fowl shows no change from
last week at 40a45 each for birds
weighing 2 pounds and over, with
smaller selling mostly 30a35.
Vegetable Prices Narrow.
Market for native and nearby gar
den truck shows little change from
last week at the following quotations:
Beets. 1.50a20O hundred: carrots,
2.OOa300 hundred; pumpkins, 4.O0a
800 hundred: spinach, 40a50 bushel;
sweet potatoes, 75a80 bushel, and
turnips, 20 hamper for blues, with
yellows selling mostly 50a60 per hun
dred pounds.
Marketings of live stock were re-
duced considerably the past week, due
10 the demand for poultry for the
Thanksgiving holiday, which left the
beef, pork and lamb trade in slightly
draggy position, according to the re-
port of the local bureau of the De-
partment of Agriculture.
Price improvement was most evident
on cattle and closing prices were steady
at 10 to 25 cents above the close Of the
previous week. Vealers held firm
throughout the week and heavy calves
showed some strength. sales being &c
cents and more higher in some in
stances. Lambs closed the week with
an advance of 25 to 35 cents. Slaughter
ewes continued in meager volume and
at steady prices.
Plain Cattle Offered.
Quality of the cattle offered was
mostly along rather plain lines. in
the quota of steers common and
medium grades predominated and sold
( 7.O0a89O. Early in the week a load OF
around 1925 weights grading low.
| Good brought 9.25. Several lots Of
common and cutter grade lightweight
! steers sold 5.50a6.75. A few medium
grade heifers went at 6.50a7.00, most
lots of common and cutter grade light-
weight heifers selling at 4.50a5.75. a
few good COWS brought around 5.5J.
while common and medium grace
COWS were selling around 4.25a5.O0, 'oW
| cutter and cutter COWS. 3.00a4OO Com
mon and medium grade bulls cashed
at 5.OOa5 rs. lightweight cutter bulls
down to 450.
A scattering of good vealers sold
HOO. while choice grade vealers were
absent. Common and medium grades
brought 750al0.50. Plain calves OF
various weights cleared at 5.O0a6.50,
few medium grade weighty calves up
to TOO and above.
On the Friday hog market good and
choice 17-225 weights cashed at l0.20a
1O.40, with the latter price the prac-
tical top. Most of the 225-250 weights
went at 9.8Oa10.30, while few heavies
sold downward to $50. Desirable 140-
100 weights went at 965al0.l5 and
l2O-140 weights at 9.25a9.50. Good
packing sows brought S90a940, stays
7.50 and down.
In the late trade good and choice
grade eve and wether lambs cashed
at 95Oa975, fat buck lambs at 8.75
down A scattering of common and
medium grade lambs went at 7.00a8 so.
culls being quotable down to 500.
Good and choice grade ewes we're
salable at 3.00a400, culls around 1.50.