Evening star., 1936-07-25
Baltimore Markets
srecial Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Nd, July 25.-Po-
tatoes. barrel, 1.25a325; 100 pounds,
l.00a2.25; sweet potatoes, bushel, 400
a250; yams, bushel, 175a2. 90; beans,
nushel. 1.00a1.75; beets. bunch. 2a2h;
cabbage, round type, bushel, l.25a1 s5;;
carrots, crate, 2.75a3.75; nearby,
bunch, 214a3; celery, crate, 75a3OO;
cucumbers. bushel, 50a90; nearby,
half bushel, 35a40; corn, sugar, dozen,
8al5; nearby, field, dozen 5a6; lima
beans, bushel, 1.25a1 so; lettuce. Ice
beg, crates. 30Oa5o0; Big Boston,
crate, 50a1 90; onions, so pounds, 5oa
lao; bushel 5oa65; peas. bushel, 2.o0a
225; peppers, bushel, 35a75; spinach.
bushel. 100; squash, hamper, 25a35;
tomatoes, 12-quart basket, 35a40;
nearby, half-bushel, 25a5O; apples,
bushel, 40al.00; nearby, half-bushel,
20a35; cantaloupes, bushel, 5oa1 10;
nearby. half-bushel. 50as5; honey
balls. crate, 1.50a2.75; honey dews,
crate, 1.75a1.9O peaches, basket, Goa
1.25; bushel, 1.75a250; nearby, half
bushel, so; watermelons, each, 15a35.
Live Stock Markets.
Cattle-l75; compared last Friday;
dry fed steers barely steady to weak
grass steers around so cents lower;
heifers weak to 25 cents of COWS and
bulls unchanged; best dry fed steers for
week, S8.40; late bulk common ard me-
dium grass steers, 6.25a7.25; medium
to near good, 75Oa8.OO; practical top,
sos; beef cows. 5.00a575; low cutters
and cutters, 350a425; bulls mostly
500 down; liberal supply stocker cattle
for week around Is cents lower at 450a
$50 on common and medium kinds
better grades, 6.00a6.50.
CalveS-l25; vealers about steady
with week ago; under grades easier at
close; late bulk good and choice. 7.50a
500; lower grades, 5.00a7.00, according
to weight and condition.
Hogs-5O; slow; good and choice, 12o
to 210 pounds, II 1140a1175; 220 to $50
pounds, 11.00a11.50; heavier weights,
1000; good cows, 900a9.50.
Sheep-l75, compared with Friday
last week; good and choice lambs, 1.25
al. go higher; lower grades unevenly
so to rs cents up; closing bulk good
and choice handy weight kinds, IL 00a
l1.35; outstanding kinds up 10 l1.50
Thursday; common 10 medium, 800a
1000; culls downward to TOO; sheep
unchanged throughout; bulk fat ewes,
2.50a4.00.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Young chickens. 19a
%; mixed colors, 18a22; Leghorns. l6a
II; fowl, Rocks. 18a20; mixed colors,
15al8; Leghorns, l2a15; roosters, ia
is: ducks. 12al5.
Eggs - Nearby current receipts,
dozen, 21a23; Southern, 20a2l; whites,
large, 25a27; medium. 23a24; receipts,
1,158 cases.
Butter-Prints, per pound. So; good
to fancy creamery, 33a35; store
packed, 22a23 good rolls, 24a25; re-
ceipts, 1886 tubs.
Grain Markets.
Wheat-Opening prices were: No.
red Winter. garlicky. spot, domestic,
SO; July delivery. 98. Corn, No. 2
yellow, domestic l.04 Western billing
at a premium over this price. Cob
corn, nominal. Oats, No. white,
domestic. as to weight and location,
50a6O; No. 8, 49a59. Rye, No. 2,
65a75. Barley, 60a65.
Hay-Due to generally light re-
ceipts, the market has taken on a de-
cidedly firmer tone and values show
another advance at 13.50a170o per ton
for good timothy, clover and clover
mixed hay. Poorer grades Of hay hard
to sell and market irregular on all
grades below No. 3.
Straw-Market for straw dull, but
values are fairly we'll maintained at
7.50 per ton for both No. / wheat and
oat straw.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, rough, per pound, 4a5;
dressed, 12a14; carp, 4a5; eels, 6a12;
haddock, SAT; Spanish mackerel, 81
IL; pan rock. IL; large rock. 15a2O;
white perch, 5a12; yellow perch, 10a
IS; pan trout, Sac; large, 12a15; blue.
fish. 10a12; bass, 10a12; founders. 8a
IL shrimp, l1al2; porgies, box, 3.0Oa
400; croakers, box, 400; butterfish
box, 4.00a9.00; crab meat, claw, pound
%; regular, 32a35; special. 40; back
fin, so; frogs, dozen, 1.25a4.50; clans
large. per 100, soa9o; Cherrystones
60a70; Little Necks, 40; soft-shelleo
crabs, small to medium, dozen, 35a75;
large, 100; jumbo, lao; hard crabs
barrel, 3.00a5.00.
Tobacco Market.
Maryland leaf tobacco, firm; leaf
nondescript, pound, 3a4; common, IA
10; medium, 10a30; good to fine, red
30a4O; seconds, common, SAT; medium
Tails; good to fine. 15a35.