Evening star., 1936-08-22
Baltimore Markets
u cial Dispatch to The star.

Baltimore Markets
spt cial Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, August 22.-Po-
tatoes, per 100 pounds. 1.5oa2 90; sweet
potatoes. bushel, 55al.00; beans,
bushel, 50a75; nearby, bushel, 95a1.15;
beets, nearby, bunch, 1ka211; cab
bage. bushel, 75al IS; nearby. bushel,
LOCAL. rs; carrots, crate, 3.00a3.50;
nearby, bunch, 1ha2h; celery, crate,
35al.75; corn, nearby. sugar, dozen,
8al2; cauliflower, crate, 50a1 so; Gu
cumbers, bushel, 100al.25; nearby,
half bushel, 25a50; eggplants, nearby,
half bushel, 15a25; lettuce, Iceberg,
crate, 2.25a4.50: Big Boston, crate, l0a
IS; lima beans, bushel, 75a1.00; near
by, half bushel. 4Oa6o; onions, so
pounds, rs; peas. bushel, 1.00a2.00;
peppers, bushel, 25a50; nearby. half
bushel, 10a20; squash, nearby, half
bushel. 10a20; tomatoes, nearby, half
bushel, 35a65: apples. bushel, 65al 90;
nearby, half bushel, 50a75; canta-
loupes. crate, 40a75; nearby, half
bushel, 20a45; grapes. two-quart bas-
ket. 8a14; honeydews. crate. 1.00a2.25;
peaches, bushel, 60a260; nearby, half
busheI, 25a50; pears, bushel, l.00a2.25;
watermelons, each, 6a40.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Chickens, Rocks, per
pound, 18a21; mixed colors. 16a20;
T a1barpc 1ea17. foul pOckS o0aC1.
mixed colors, 17a20; Leghorns, l2al5;
roosters, l2al4; ducks, 12al5.
Eggs-Nearby current receipts, doz-
en-. 24a26: Southern. 2la23; whites,
large, 2sa2e; medium, 25a27; receipts,
286 cases.
Butter-Prints, per pound. 37a38;
good to fancy, creamery. 35a37; store
packed, 24a25; good rolls. 26a27. Re-
ceipts, 351 tubs.
Live Stock.
Cattle-175; compared Friday last
week, better-grade steers fully steady;
spots stronger; lower grades steady
to weak; she stock and bulls un-
changed; bulk medium to good: grass
steers under 1900 pounds 7.50a8.00:
heavier weights, showing signs of
gain upward to $50: plain and me-
dunn offerings 650a725; comparable
grade heifers around 600a7.00; good
kinds upward to 725; odd head near
choice, 7.75a80 90; fat cows, 5.00a5.75
largely; odd head above; low cutters
and cutters, 3.50a4.50: very thin kinds
down to 800; top bulls. 6.25; bulk
heavyweight sausage kinds, 5.00a
500; common and medium stocker
steers 5.00a5.75; few 600.
Calves-200; unchanged for week;
good and choice vealers. S50a90o:
common and medium, 7.ooa8.o0; culls
below.
Hogs-575: steady with Friday, or
5 to Is cents above last Saturday; good
and choice 16O to 210 pounds. 1200a
1890; top, 1890. Desirable 22O to $50
pounds, 11.75a12.15; most 140 to 16o
pounds. II ,6oa11.85; 100 to 140 pounds,
11.25a11.45: packing sows, 950a9.75.
Sheep-None; lambs around so cents
or more lower for week; sheep, steady
to weak; good and choice lambs. 10
pounds and above. closed 10.25a10 so:
lighter weights and less desirables $50
aI0.00; common and medium, 7.75a9.75
and above: throw-outS down to 100;
bulk slaughter ewes, 1.50a4.00; mostly
200 up.
Wheat-Openinp prices were: No.
2 red Winter, garlicky. spot, domestic,
1.1334; August delivery, 1.13s4. Corn,
No. yellow, domestic, 1.23; cob corn.
nominal. Oats, No. 2 white, domestic,
as to weight and location, 55a66; No.
3, 55a65. Rye, No. 2, s5al.00. Barley,
90a95.
Hay-Under continued light receipts
market has taken on a firmer tone
and values show another advance at
1500a1850 per ton for good timothy
and clover mixed hay. Poorer grades
generally slow sale at irregular values,
with hay grading below No. 8 hard
to place at any price.
Straw-Market slow, with demand
easily satisfied, but values are fairly
we'll maintained AT lou pei to11 4o2
both No. wheat and No. oat.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, rough. per pound, 4a5;
dressed, 10a12; carp, 4a5; eels, ea12;
haddock, SAT: Spanish mackerel, 3a8;
pan rock, Gas; large rock, lOal2;
white perch, 5a10; yellow perch. 8a10;
pan trout, 3a5; large, 8a10; blue fish,
10a12; bass. 10a2; founders, 8alo;
shrimp, 10a12; porgies, box, 2.5oa3.50;
croakers, box, 3.00a3.50; butter fish,
box, 4.00aS 90; crab meat. claw, pound,
%: regular, 35a37; special, 4oa42;
back :n, so; frogs, dozen. 1.25a4.5o;
clans, large, per 100, 75aso; Cherry
stones, 6oa70; Little Necks, 40; soft
shell crabs, small to medium, dozen.
30a6o; large, 75aS0; jumbo, 1.30a1.40;
hard crabs, barrel, 3s5oa7.5o.
Tobacco Market.
Maryland leaf tobacco firm: leaf.
nondescript, pound. 3a4; common, IA
10; medium, 10a30; good to fine. red,
30a40; seconds, common, SAT; me-
dium, TAILS; good to fine, 15as5.