Evening star., 1936-06-14
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

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BALTIMORE. Md, June l3.-The
live poultry market continues dull, ex-
cept for heavy young stock, with
broilers averaging around 212 pounds
bringing top prices, but all poor. thin,
light fowl slow to move out even at
discount from the lower quotations.
Receipts generally moderate, but ample
for the demand at 24a26 for Rocks,
24a25 for mixed colors and l8a22 for
Leghorns. Old hens are bringing 20a
% for Rocks, 1920 for mixed colored,
with Leghorns selling mostly 16a18 and
old roosters l3a15. Market for young
ducks steady and unchanged from last
week at 16a18.
The egg market showed no change
from last week, with prices holding
steady at % for large whites, % for
medium, 21 for nearby current receipts
and 20 for Southern stock.
New potatoes in more liberal receipt
the past week and values show a sharp
decline at 2.50a5.25 for Virginia Cob
blers, but culls are hard to place at
1.00a2 100. Market for sweet potatoes
Is steady at 125a1.75 per hamper. with
yams selling mostly 75a1.10 per bushel.
Native and nearby garden truck in
more liberal receipt ana values gen
orally show slight decline at the fol-
lowing quotations:
Asparagus, 75a225 dozen; beans,
100 hamper; beets, 250a300 per 100;
cabbage. 115a1.35 bushel; peas, 1.50a
Its bushel; spinach, 30a75 bushel, and
squash, 125 hamper.
Live Stock Trade Slow.
Due to narrowing in demand, the
local live stock market was slow last
week and worked a full IS cents or
more lower on cattle generally, while
yealers closed the week at so to 100
lower for the period, according to the
weekly report Of the local bureau of
the Department of Agriculture.
The average quality and condition
Of cattle was little changed. Medium
grades predominated in steers and
most sales were within 7.35a775,
while load of choice around 1920
weights brought $50. The peak of
trade was 875 for a small lot of
choice light yearlings. Several lots
of common and medium grade steers
sold around 7.00a7.25, a few common
down to $50 and below. A few lots
of common and medium grade heifers
made 5.50a700, a small lot of good
and choice fed heifers reaching 800
Most of the low cutter and cutter
COWS closed at 3.75a4.50, common and
medium grades, 475a5.75; good cows
up to 500. A few light shelly COWS
sold down TO $50. Common and
medium bulls went at 5.50a6.25. Good
beef bulls upward to TOO.
Values at Sc to SO.
The closing trade on vealers was
good and choice grades at 8.00a9.00,
common and medium grades, 6.00a
500. The weeks peak was 1000.
In the hog division good and choice
grade barrows and gills scaling 120 to
210; including 120 to 140 pigs, sold
1o75a1105, the top price of 1l.05 be-
ing on the weights above 140, while
the better selections of pigs sold up
to 11.00. Most medium weight butch
ers scaling 220 to $50 sold 10.25a
1880, heavy butchers downward to
$50. Good packing sows went at
8.35a9.00; thin sows down to TOO and
good stays mainly around TOO and
down.
The late supply of Spring lambs.
good to choice grade ewes and wethers,
sold 11.50a11.75. Peak for the week
was 1925. Fat buck lambs were sorted
out at 100 discounts. Common and
medium lambs went at 8.50a1o.50.
Slaughter ewes fairly active at 3.50a
4.50 on good and choice grades, COM
mon down to 2.50, culls around 1.50.
wheat-No. /, red, Winter, garlicky,
spot, domestic, l.o41z; June delivery,
1.041a.
Corn-No. .. yellow, domestic, 7s;