Evening star., 1936-11-01
Baltimore Markets

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, October 81
The live poultry market holds gen.
orally steady, with values on young
Rocks and turkeys showing a slight
advance and prices on other lines
are fairly well maintained at last
weeks level.
Young hen turkeys are bringing
25 cents pound, young gobblers,
is pounds and over, 22a24, with
smaller birds selling mostly at 20.
Young broiling Rocks in fair demand
at 16a21; mixed coloreds, 16a18: Leg
horns, 15a16, with all poor. thin stock
generally slow sale at 12a14.
Demand for old hens continues good,
Rocks selling mostly 20a21; mixed
colored, 18a20; Leghorns, 12a15, but
poor, light fowl, as well as old roosters,
slow to move out at 12a14. The mar
ket for young ducks holds steady at
10a15, but stock under AZ pounds
slow sale and of irregular value.
Guinea fowl in good demand at 40
each for birds weighing pounds
and over, with smaller stock selling
mostly 3Oa35.
Eggs Steady to Firm.
Market for eggs holds steady to
firm and values show an advance of
cents a dozen at 38a40 for large
whites, 34a36 for medium and 32a34
for nearby current receipts, with
Southern stock selling mostly 30a31.
Native and nearby garden truck
in fairly liberal receipt and under
a slow demand market continues dull,
with prices mostly in buyers favor
at the following quotations: String
less beans, 50a75 hamper; beets, 1.50a
200 hundred; carrots, 2.ooa300 hun
dred; spinach. 25a35; bushel, Gamers
stock. 22a2212 bushel, and turnips,
15a25 hamper.
Receipts of live stock the past week
have been a shade lighter than the
previous week and due to colder
weather the demand has shown an in
crease with some lines recording an
advance in prce, according to the
weekly report of the local bureau Of
the Department of Agriculture.
The supply of slaughter steers en-
countered rather broad outlet on
most sessions to elevate prices around
25a50 cents for the week.
Other Glasses Strong.
Other classes of slaughter cattle
ruled strong with some instances IS
cents higher at midweek. Vealers
scored an early gain of fully SO cents
and held the gain throughout the
week. Hogs were in liberal supply at
most markets and continued to de-
cline, placing late quotations around
20a30 cents lower for the week. Lambs
gradually worked upward to around
25a50 cents above the close of last
week. Slaughter ewes sold strong
throughout.
Quality and condition of steers did
not average quite as high as last week,
but with prices higher the bulk Of
medium grade grass slaughter steers
sold 7.75a8.25, while some good 1850
1850 weights made 8.50a8.80. A part
load of good grade dry-fed club calves
reached 900. Many loads and lots OF
plain slaughter steers went at 6.50a
7.25, some mixed lots of common and
medium grades around 7.50. Closing
sales of common and medium grade
lightweight stocker and feeder steers
were at 525a700; most sales from $50
down. Most heifers offered were plain
and cutter grades that sold 4.50a5.75.
Low cutter and cutter cows brought
3.00a4.00; medium grades around 4.50:
few kinds up to $50. Medium bulls
went at 525a5.75. =
Most Vealers at $11.
The bulk of better grade vealers
sold HOO common, and medium
grades cleared at 7.00a1000. Gull veal
ers and real plain calves of various
weights sold 450a6.00.
On the Friday market good and
choice grade barrows and gifts weigh
ing 170-225 sold 10.00a10.25. Most
225-250 averages moved at 9.65a10.15,
while a few heavies sold around $50.
Desirable 140-160 pounds weights
brought 9.40a9.75, while slaughter pigs
weighing 120-14O pounds cleared at
s.s0a9.40. Most of the good packing
sows cashed at 8.75a900 but few
lightwaghts reached upward to 9.40.
The closing bulk of good and choice
grade eve and wether lambs was at
$50. The weeks extreme top was
9.75 for few small lots, while others
Of good and choice grade went on
some sessions at 9.00a925. Common
and medium grades brought 700a8.50,
culls around, 900 down. Most good
and choice slaughter ewes sold at 800
eA.00, culls around $50.
Grain Market.
Closing prices were: Wheat-No. 2,
red. Winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
1.16h; October delivery, 1.16h. Corn
Mo. 2 yellow, domestic, 1.12. Western
billing at a premium over this price.
Cob corn-Nominal. Oats-No. Q,
white, domestic. as to weight and To-
cation, 55a65; No. 3, 54a64. Rye-No.
2, 1.05al.10. Barley, 95a1.00.