Evening star., 1936-08-19
Baltimore Markets
pecisl Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, August 19-Po.
tatoes, 100 pounds, 160a2.l0; sweet
potatoes, bushel, LOCAL 40; beans
bushel, 50a65: nearby, bushel, 50a9O
beets, nearby, bunch, 112a2l2; cab.
bage, nearby, bushel, 1.25al so; car.
rots, crate. 300a375; nearby, bunch
11aa2l2; cauliflower, crate, 5Oal50
celery, crate, 65a200; corn, nearby
sugar dozen, 5a12; cucumbers, bushel
1.00a1.25; nearby, half bushel, 25a50
eggplants, nearby, half bushel, 20a30
lettuce, Iceberg, crate, 3.25a400; Biz
Boston, crate, 30a80; lima beans, bush.
el. 1.00a250; nearby, half bushel, Cos
100; onions, so pounds, 8oa85; peas
bushel, l.50al.85; peppers, bushel, 2!
a50; nearby, half bushel 15a25
squash, nearby, half bushel. 1Oa25; to.
matoes, nearby, half bushel, 2Oa50
apples, bushel, 65al 90; nearby, bushel
50a75; cantaloupes. crate, 25a75
nearby. half bushel, Isaac; grapes
2-quart basket, 12a14; honeydews
crate, 2.00a225; peaches, bushel, 75s
$50; nearby. half bushel. 35a65; pears
bushel, 1.50a2.25; watermelons, each
3a25.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Chickens,. Rocks, pei
pound, 18a21; mixed colors, i6a20; Leg
horns, 16al7; fowl, Rocks, 20a21; mixed
colors, 17a20; Leghorns, Hale; roost-
ers, l2a14; ducks, l2a15.
Eggs-Nearby. current receipts, per
dozen, 24a26; Southern, 21a23; whites
large, 28a29; medium, 25a27; receipts
1925 cases.
Butter-Prints, per pound, 37a38;
good to fancy. creamery, 35a37: store
packed, 24a25; good rolls. 26a27; re-
ceipts, 1872 tubs.
Live Stock.
Cattle, 525; mostly medium to good
steers active; fully steady with Mon
day; load 1,208-pound offerings, 8.25;
load 1890 pounds, o5; two loads lao
and 1,l60 pound weights, TBS; 99o-
pound weights, 7.6O; she stock and
bulls scarce: quotable steady; beef
COWS salable, 5.00a5.75; low cutters and
cutters, 3.50a4.50 mostly; sausage bulls
quotable 5.00a6OO ard above.
Calves, 1875; about steady; choice
vealers scarce, few 900; bulk of kinds
stopping largely at $50; common and
medium, 7.00a8 90; culls below.
Hogs 1926; steady; better grade 16O-
210 pounds, 12.25a12.45; 220-25O
pounds, 1180a12.3O; 14o-160 pounds
11.8Oa1205; 12O-14O pounds, Hasa
11.70; sows, 95Oa975.
Sheep, 750; few desirable 70-8O
pounds, lambs, early, steady at 1850;
other less desirable and lighter weights
down to CTS; bulk still in first hands
sheep steady; fat ewes, 200a400.
Grain Market.
Wheat-Opening prices we're: No. 2,
red, Winter, garlicky. spot, domestic,
1.l334; August delivery, 1894 set
tling prices were: No 2, red, Winter,
garlicky, spot, domestic, LIS; August
delivery, lis.
SaleS-CargoeS on grade nearby
wheat: No. 2. red, Winter, garlicky,
1.15h; No. 3, 1.131a; No. 4, 1,111a; No.
5, 1.091a. Smutty wheat, 2 cents under
quotations.
Corn-No. 2, yellow, domestic, 1923;
Western billing at premium over this
price. Cob corn, new, nominal.
Oats-No. 2, white, domestic, as to
weight and location, 55a65; No. 5, 54a
64.
Rye-No. 2, 95a1.00. Barley, 85a90.
Hay-Under continued light receipts
market has taken on firmer tone
and values show another advance at
15.00a18.50 per ton for good timothy
and clover mixed hay. Poorer grades
generally slow sale at irregular values,
with hay grading below No. 3 hard
to place at any price.
Straw-Market slow, with demand
easily satisfied, but values are fairly
well maintained at 750 per ton for
both No. l wheat and No. / oat.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, rough, per pound, 4a5;
dressed. 10a12; carp, 4a5 eels, 6a12;
haddock, SAT; Spanish mackerel, ga
10: pan rock, 10; large rock, l2al5;
white perch, 5al0; yellow perch, 10a
u: pan trout, 5a6; large, 1Oa12; blue
hsh, 10a12; bass, 1oa12; founders,
sa10; shrimp, 10al2; porgies, box,
2.50a3.50; croakers, box, 3.00a3.50;
butterfish, box, 4.00a8.00; crab meat,
claw, pound, 28; regular, 35a37; spe-
cial, 40a42; back fin, so; frogs, dozen,
1.25a4.50; clans, large, per 100, 75a
80: Cherrystones. 60a70; Little Necks,
40; soft-shell crabs, small to medium.
dozen, 30a60; large, 75a80; jumbo,
1.30a1 40; hard crabs, barrel, 3.50a
7.5O.
Tobacco Market.
Maryland leaf tobacco firm; leaf,
nondescript, pound, 3a4; common, IA
10; medium, 10a30; good to fine, red,
30a40; seconds, common, Sat; me-
s~dium, Tails; good to fine, 15a35.
MONEY MARKET.