Evening star., 1936-06-13
Baltimore Markets
sp.elal Dispatch to The Star.

potatoes, old, per 100 pounds, 3.25s4 90:
new, per barrel, 25oa5.25; sweet
potatoes, hamper, l25al75; yan1s,
hamper, 75al.10; asparagus, crate, 75a
$50; cabbage. nearby. bushel, 1.15al ,35;
carrots, crate, 275a3oo; celery, crate.
l00a2.50; corn, crate, l.60a2.00; beans,
50al 90; beets, bunch, 2i3a3; cucum-
bers, bushel, 50al.5o; eggplants, crate.
l.25a2oo, lettuce, Iceberg, 2.50a3.5o:
lima beans, bushel, 225a2.5o; onions.
50-pound sack, 1.00al25; peas. bushel,
l.00a1.75; tomatoes, lug, 75al. 40;
peppers, crate, 75al.75; spinach, bushel,
30a75; squash, hamper, 1.25a1.5o;
apples, bushel, 75al.50: blackberries,
crate, 1.50a2 so; huckleberries. crate,
3.0oa4 90; Strawberries, crate. 2.50a4.00;
cantaloupes, crate. l.40a4.00; honey
balls, 3.0oa4.50; honey dews, crate, 2.25
a275; grapefruit, box, 2.50a4 90;
oranges. box, 2.75a5.o0; peaches, bas-
ket, 6oa9o; pineapples, crate, 2.25a2.75;
raspberries, red, pint, 12al5; water
melons, each, 50a6o.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Young chickens, broil-
ers. 24a26; Leghorns, 18a22; hens, lsa
%; Leghorns. 16a18; old roosters, l3a
Is; ducks, 16al8.
Eggs-Nearby current receipts, per
dozen, 81; hennery whites, large, %;
medium. %: southern, 20; receipts,
1852 cases.
Butter-Print, per pound, 81; good
to fancy, creamery, per pound, 2sa3O;
store packed, l9a20; good rolls, 22a23;
receipts. sss tubs.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, rough, per pound, 3a4:
dressed, 8al0; carp, 3a4; eels, 5as;
herring, 2a2l7; haddock. SAT; Span
ish mackerel. 10; pan rock, 10; large
rock, l0al2; white perch, 4alo; yellow
perch, 4al0; Southern pike, 10al2;
shad, buck, l0al2; roe, 12a15; trout,
sa10; bluefish, loa12; king mackerel,
5as; sea bass, 1oa12; founders, 5a1o;
shrimp. 10al5; porgies, box, 800;
croakers, box, 500; butter fish, box,
500; crab meat, claw, pound. 80; reg
ular, so; special, 55a6o; back I'm, 55a
70; frogs, dozen, 1.25a250; clans,
large, per 100, 75aeO: Cherrystones,
60a70; Little Necks, go.
Tobacco Market.
Maryland leaf tobacco firm; leaf,
nondescript, 3.ooa4.o0; common, 4o0a
1000; medium, 10.00a25 90; good to
fine, red, 25.00a4o.00; seconds, COM
mon, 3.0oa70o; medium, 7.ooal2.0o:
good to fine, 12.0Ga25.00.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-50; compared with Friday
last week, general cattle trade aver
aged fully Is cents lower: some
better steers and cows of more:
late bulk medium grade steers, 7.35
a775; few loads and lots good,
7.s5a7.90; load choice 1,o2o pounds,
$50; small lot light yearlings. 8.75;
common steers, TOO down; heifers
scarce; most common and medium
cows, 4.75aS.75; low cutters and cut
ters, 3.75a4.50; light shelly COWS, $50;
common and medium bulls, 5.50a6.25;
good beef bulls up to TOO.
Calves-25; vealers so cents to 81
lower than a week ago; late bulk
good and choice, 850a9 90; common
and medium, 6.00a800.
Hogs-3oo; steady with Friday and
steady with last Saturday; good and
choice 120-2l0 pounds, 10.80a11 .05; top
Of l1.05 for weights above 140 pounds;
desirable 220-250 pounds, 10.25al0. 80;
heavies down to $50; good packing
sows, 8.35as.00.
Sheep-35o; compared with Friday
last week, Spring lambs around Is
cents higher; ewes firm; late sales
better grade trucked-in Spring lambs,
11.50al1.75; weeks top, 1925 for
choice rail lambs; common and me-
dunn grades closed at 8.50a10.50; buck
lambs discounted mostly 100; clipped
ewes, 450 down.
Grain Market.
Wheat-Settling prices we're: No. 2,
red, Winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
1.04; June delivery, 1.o4.
Corn-No. 2, yellow, domestic, 7S;
Western billing at premium, over this
price. Cob corn-New, 500 per bar
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quality.
Oats-No. 2, white, domestic, as to
weight and location, 40a5o: No. 8,
39a49.
Rye-No. 2, 70a75.
Barley-No. 2, 55a60.
Hay-The general hay market con-
tinues quiet, with receipts ample for
demand, which is easily satisfied. No.
/ alfalfa hay is quoted at 12.00al5.00
per ton, while prices on good timothy
and clover-mixed hay are nominal,
around l0.0oal2.50 per ton. Poor
grades Of hay are hard to move and
prices are irregular on all grades below
No. 2.
Straw-Market for straw steady at
q range Of 100 per ton for both No.
wheat and No. ! oat.
NEW YORK pAR AvER.