Evening star., 1936-06-12
Baltimore Markets
Ertcial Dispatch TO The Star


BALTIMORE, June 12-White po-
tatoes, old, per 100 pounds, 375a4OO;
new, per barrel, 4.75a650; sweet pota-
.oes, hamper. .25al.75; yamS, hamper
i5a11o: asparagus, crate, 90a175;
beans, buShel, l50a1 30; beetS, crate
l5al 90; cabbage, nearby, buShel, LISA
LBS; carrots, crate, 275a30O; celery
crate, 1.00a3.00; corn, crate, 210a2 25;
eucumbers, bushel, 75a200; eggplants
crate, 1.25a2.00; lettuce, Iceberg, 300a
t.25; Big Boston, bushel, 25a4o; Lima
beans, bushel, 2.25a3.00; onions, So
pound sack, 10oa125; peas, bushel
l.00a1.75; tomatoes lug. 75a1. 40; pep
pers, crate, 75a1.75; rhubarb, bunch
sa4; spinach, bushel, 30a75; squash,
hamper, las; apples, bushel, 75a1 so;
blackberries, crate, 1.50a3.00; buckle
berries, crate, 30Oa400; strawberries,
srate. 2.5Oa4OO; cantaloupes, crate,
t00a450; honey balls, 2.50a2.75;
grapefruit, box, 25Oa35O; oranges,
oox, 2.75a4.50; peaches, basket, 75a
l.65; pineapples, crate. 2.25a2.75; rasp-
berries, red, pint, loa15; watermelons,
zach, 40a60.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Young chickens, broil-
Frs, 24a25; Leghorns, 19a22; hens. I8a
s2; Leghorns, 16a18; old roosters, ia
Is; ducks, 16a18.
Eggs-Nearby current receipts, per
dozen, 2l; hennery white, large, %;
medium, %; Southern, 20 receipts S31
cases.
Butter-Prints, per pound 81; good
10 fancy, creamery, per pound, 28a30
store packed, 19a20; good rolls, 22a23;
receipts, 831 tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle-Receipts, rs; a few low
trade COWS selling on steady to weak
BASIS; low cutters and cutters, 3.75a
l50; other classes absent.
Calves-Receipts, 100; vealers
Mostly so cents lower; good and choice
trades, 8.5Oa900; common and me-
liun, 600a800.
Hogs-Receipts, 600: market gen.
oAAy olGodyY 6OOu dliu llIOlIt. lZU-
10 pounds, 10.80a11O5; top, 1l.O5
or weights above 14o pounds; most
!20-250 pounds, 10.25a1080; heavies
iown to $50; good packing sows,
L35a9.o0.
Sheep-Receipts. 500; Spring lambs
Mostly steady to 25 cents lower; bet
Ar lots trucked-in ewes and wethers,
ll.50a1175; deck mixed grades bucks
included, 1885; most buck lambs dis
counted 100; common lambs, 8.5Oa
$50; ewes quotable steady or upward
% $50.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, rough, per pound. 3a4;
dressed, Sa10; carp, 3a4; eels, 5a8;
herring, 2a21s; haddock, 5a7 Span
sh mackerel, 10; pan rock, 10; large
'ock, loa12; white perch, 4a1O; yellow
perch, 4al0; Southern pike, 1Oal2:
had, buck, 10a12; roe, 12a15; trout,
Ia1O; bluefish. 10a12; king mackerel.
'a8; sea bass, 1oa12; founders, 5alO;
Ihrimp, l0a15; porgies. box, 800,
.roakers, box, 800; butter fish, box
100; crab meat, claw, pound, 30: reg
llar, so; special, 55a60; back fin. 55s
10; frogs, dozen, 1.25a2.5O: clans.
arge, per 100, 75a90: Cherrystones,
t0a70; Little Necks, so.
Tobacco Market.
Maryland leaf tobacco firm. leaf
aondescript, 3o0a4Oo; common, 4oOa
1000; medium, 10.00a25 90; good to
Inc, red, 25.0Oa4O.O0; seconds, com
non, 3.00a700; medium, 7.OOa12. 90:
!ood to fine, 1200a25.OO.
Grain Market.
Wheat-Opening prices we're: No. 2
Red Winter, garlicky, spot, domestic.
l.O41a; June delivery, 1.041h; settling
prices were: No. Red Winter. gar
Iicky, spot, domestic, 1.o41k; June de.
livery, 1.o413.
Corn-No. 2 yellow. domestic. 70:
Western billing at premium over this
price. Cob corn, new, 800 per bar
rel; nominal because of irregular
quality.
Oats-No. 2 white, domestic. as to
weight and location, 40a5o; No. 8,
s9a49.
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 12.00a15.0O
per ton, while prices on good timothy
and clover-mxed hay are nominal,
around 10.0oa12.50 per ton. Poor
grades of hay are hard to move and
prices are irregular on all grades be-
ow No. 2.
Straw-Market for straw steady at
b range of TOO per ton for both No. l