Evening star., 1936-06-06
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Nd, June 6.-White
potatoes, old, per 100 pounds, 3.OOa
4.25; new, per barrel, 5.75a8.OO; sweet
potatoes, bushel, LOCAL 40; vans,
hamper, 75a1.10: asparagus crate,
l.25a2.75; beans. bushel. 1.75a2 so;
Deets, crate, LOCALS; cabbage, crate.
2.OOa3. 90; celery crate. 150a3 90; corn.
crate, l.5Oa200 cucumbers, bushel
2.O0a2.75; eggplants, crate. 1.OOa2 90:
caundower, crate, 2.25; lettuce, Ice
berg, crate, 2.5Oa4.OO; lima beans
bushel, 2.25a2.5o; onions, 5O-pound
sack, goal. IS; peas, bushel, 75a1 so;
rhubarb, nearby, bunch, 2a4; peppers.
crate 1.0Oa1.75; spinach, bushel goa
90; tomatoes, lug, 50a2 90; squash.
bushel, 1.25a1.75; apples, bushel, 75a
l.6O; blackberries, crate. 2.OOa3 90.
huckleberries. crate, 3.ooa4 90; canta-
loupeS, crate, 1.75a5oO; Honeydews.
crate, 3.50a3.75; honeyballs, crate. 1.5O
a4.75; grapefruit, box, 2.5Oa3.7 rs;
oranges, box, 2.75a5.25; peaches, bas-
ket, 85a1.35; pineapples, crate, 2.25a
ATS; Strawberries, crate, I5oa5 so;
watermelons 40a70; raspberries, red
pint, 10a12l2.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Young chickens. broil-
ers, 24a27; Leghorns, 19a23; hens, l8a
20; ducks, 16a18.
Eggs-Nearby current receipts, per
dozen, %; hennery whites, large, %;
medium, 21a22; Southern, 20; receipts,
1,480 cases.
Butter-PrlntS per pound, 30 good
to fancy, creamery. per pound, 28l2a
29; Store-packed, 171aa18; good rolls,
%; receipts, 953 tubs.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-75; compared with Friday
last week all classes fully steady to
strong; bulk of medium-grade steers.
7.55a7.75; few good, 8.10a8.25; small
lot good and choice yearlings, $50;
small lot fed heifers, 800; common
and medium lots, 6.00a7.25; COM
mon and medium COWS, 5.OOa6. 90;
low cutters and cutters, 40Oa475:
few shelly COWS, 375; common and
medium bulls, 550a650; beef bulls to
700 and above
Calves-400: vealers closed mostly
100 lower than week ago; good
and choice, 9.00a950; common and
medium, 6.50a8.5O.
Hogs-375; steady with Friday,
strong to mostly Is cents higher than
last weeks close; good and choice
l40-2l0 pounds, 1080a1105; top
11.05; 120-140 pounds, 10.6Oa1O9 go;
220-25o pounds, 10.25a10.80; good
packing sows, 8.35a9.0O
Sheep-75; compared with Friday
last week, lambs rs cents to Sl.00
lower. Ewes mostly Is cents lower;
late bulk better grade eve and wether
lambs, 11.50; outstanding lots to HIS;
practical top for week, 1900; fat
buck lambs discounted mostly 100,
common and medium grade lambs,
8.50a10.50; culls down to TOO; most
medium and good clipped ewes,
3.00a4.00; culls down to $50 and
under.
Tobacco Market.
Maryland leaf tobacco firm; leaf,
nondescript, 300a400; common, 4OOa
1000; medium, 10.Ooa25 90: good to
fine. red, 2500a40.0O; seconds, COM
mon 300a7.0O; medium, 7.0Oa12.O 90;
! good to fine 12O0a25. 90.
SeafoOd Market.
Catfish. rough, per pound, 3a4;
dressed, 8a1O; carp 3a4; eels 5a8; her
ring, 2a2l2; haddock, SAT; Spanish
mackerel. 10; pan rock, 10: large rock
10a12; white perch, 4a10; yellow perch,
4a10; Southern pike, 10al2; Shad
buck, l0a12; roe, 12a15; trout. 8a1O;
bluefish, 10al2; king mackerel, 5a8;
sea bass. 10a12; founders, 5a1O;
shrimp, l0al5; porgies, box. 800;
croakers, box, 800; butter fish, box,
500; crab meat, claw, pound. 80; regu-
lar so; special, 55a60; back fin, 65a
20; frogs, dozen, 1.25a25O; clans,
large per 100, 75a90; Cherrystones
60a70; Little NeckS, 60.
Grain Market.
Wheat-Settling prices we're; No