Evening star., 1936-12-13
Baltimore Markets
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BALTIMORE, Md. December IL
Demand for live poultry continues
slow and market is very dull. despite
generally light receipts, with values
on all lines showing slight decline
from last week.
Young hen turkeys are bringing
i8a20; young toms, 10 pounds and
over, 17al8, with smaller stock slow
to move out at 12a16; young Rocks
sell mostly 15a18 mixed colored. l4a
Is, with all poor, thin stock hard to
place at 8al2.
Old hens are in better demand with
Rocks bringing l6a18; mixed colored,
15al7; Leghorns, 10al3; old roosters,
1Oalc, and poor, thin fowl have to
be sacrificed at 8a12. Market for
ducks and geese holds fairly steady
at 10a15 for the former and 10al8
for the latter.
Guinea fowl, two pounds and over,
sell mostly 35a40, and smaller birds,
25a30.
Egg Market Weak.
Market for eggs weak under more
liberal receipts the past week and
values show a decline Of a cent or
two a dozen at 35a36 for large whites
and 33a34 for mediums and nearby
current receipts. with Southern stock
selling mostly 3la32.
Native and nearby garden truck in
fairly liberal receipt and under good
demand market holds steady, with
some lines showing an advance over
last week at the following quotations:
Beets, 200a300 hundred; kale, 15a
IS bushel; spinach. 25a65 bushel,
sweet potatoes, 50a80 hamper, and
turnips, 15a30 hamper for blue tops
and 50a65 100 pounds for yellows.
Live Stock Receipts OFF.
Generally there was moderate re-
duction IN live stock marketings the
past week, according to the weekly
report of the local bureau Of the De-
partment of Agriculture.
In the cattle division prices are
strong to mostly 25 cents higher on
steers, heifers and cows, while bulls
are strong; vealer prices advanced SO
to mostly 90, but at the close there
was weakness in the undertone as de-
mand became less active. In the sheep
division there was consistent up
turn in lamb prices which placed
closing values at 25a60 cents above
the close of last week. Slaughter
ewes remained in very light supply
and at steady prices.
In the cattle division the top price
vas 1915 for short-fed medium
weight steers. Bulk of the steer sup
ply we're medium grades that sold
a25a9.5O, while a couple loads Of
upper medium and low good grades
scaling 13.0Oa1400 sold 975. The
load top was 9.95 on a round 1880
weights grading mostly good. Com
mon steers sold 70Oe8.00, few plain
light weights selling down to $50.
A few lots and occasional load of
common and medium grade heifers
brought 5.75a7.75, some cutlery light
weights ranging downward to 500.
Most Of the common and medium
cows closed at 450a5 so. an occasional
good COW reaching 500 and above,
while bulk cows were low cutters and
cutters that sold 3.50a4.25, few
shelly light weights down to 2.25.
Common and medium bulls cashed at
5.00a575, a few weighty kinds to
500 and above.
Better Vealers at S12.
Better grade vealers sold at 1900,
while common and medium grades
brought 800a11.00. culls down to $50
and under Common calves cleared at
5.00a650 according to weights and
quality.
On the Friday market hogs grading
gnod and choice and weighing 170-225
sold 107Oa1090.
Most 225-250 weights went at 10.35a
1875. a few heavies downward to
1000. Desirable 140-160 averages
were quoted at 1025a10.55, and
slaughter pigs scaling 120-140 at s.65a
1000, good packing sows were salable
at 940a9.75, thin sows down to 800
and below, and good stays at 800
down.
The late bulk of good and choice
grades of ewes and wether lambs
cashed at 9.50a985, fat buck lambs at
100 less or 8.85 down. Common and
medium lambs covered a range of TOO
$500 according to quality, condition
and weight. Gull lightweight lambs
were quoted down to 600. Good and
choice grade slaughter ewes brought
a50a4An common and medium
grades, 1ooa300.
...'s Grain Market.
Closing prices were: Wheat-No. 2
red Winter, garlieky, spot, domestic,
1.33; December delivery, 1.33.
Corn-No. yellow, domestic, new,
8 los; Western billing at premium over
!. this price. Cob corn-Nominal.
Oats-No. white, domestic, as to
weight and location, 6la71; No. 3, Goa
10.
-Rye-No. 2, 1.25a1.30.
Barley-95a1.0