Evening star., 1937-06-02
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE. Nd. June 2.-Pota-
toes, new, 100-pound sack, 1O0al9O;
barrel, l.75a300; bushel, l0Oal10;
old, loo-pound sack, l.75a225; sweet
potatoes, bushel l0Oal.50; yams,
bushel, 75al 90; asparagus, crate, lOOa
2'75; beans, bushel, 75al.50; beets,
crate. l.40al.50; cabbage, pointed
type, hamper, 50a65; carrots, crate,
200a450; caulifloWer, crate, l.5Oal so;
celery, crate, 25Oa350; corn, crate,
200; cucumbers, bushel, 125a325;
Elephants, bushel, $l.25al50; lettuce,
Western, Iceberg, crate. l,5Oa300;
nearby, Big Boston, bushel, l5a25;
Iceberg, bushel, 25a4o; lima beans,
bushel, 200a3 so; mushrooms, 4-quart
basket, 25a75; onions, 50-pound sack,
65al. 40, peas, bushel, 75a2O0; nearby,
bushel, l.50al .65; peppers, bushel, l.5oa
2.25: crate, 250a2 rs; radishes, nearby,
bunch, l1.a2; spinach, nearby, bushel,
30a40; squash, bushel, 50al0o; to-
matoes. lug, l5oa275; apples, bushel
l.5oa250; box, 25Oa265; blackberries,
quart, 5al0; cantaloupes. crate, 45Oa
6.25; grapefruit. box, 225a325; or
anges, box, 2.50a4.75; strawberries,
crate, loOa30o; watermelons, each,
18a30.
Dairy Market
Live poultry-Broilers Rocks, pound,
22a24 mixed colors, 22a23; Leghorns,
l6a20; fowl, Rock, l9a20, mixed COL
ors, l8al9; Leghorns, Halls; ROSTERS,
10al2 ducks. Halls.
Eggs-Current receipts, dozen, 20;
hennery whites large, 81; medium,
20; receipts, 1882 cases.
Butter-Prints, pound, 34a35; good
to fancy, creamery, 32l2a33lz; pack
ing stock, ls; rolls, 20; receipts, SAT
tubs.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-l5O; COWS and steers fully
steady, some steers steady to strong
few loads 875 to l,0l8 pounds medium
to just good grade steers, l090al1 90;
part load good $50 pounds average
1925 some plain lightweights, 925;
low cutter and cutter grades of cows
400a5.50: few plain and medium
grades, 600a6.50
Calves-50 vealers steady with bulk
sales Tuesday; good grades, 9.o0a
$50 mostly: plain and medium, 700a
900; culls down to 500
Hogs-35O; weights from around
$50 pounds down, steady with Tues
day: weightier butchers weak to Is
cents or more lower and dull despite
relatively small percentage of weights
above $50 pounds good and choice
ITO to 2l0 pounds. 1l.75al200; prac-
tical top, 1900; 22O to $50 pounds,
l125a1160; $50 to 800 pounds quoted
from l0.75al1.25 and 325 to $50
pounds from 10.25a1050 l40 to 16C
pounds. 1l25al15o; l2O to lac
pounds, 050alo75; good grade pack
ing sows, 950a10o0 medium grade
900 down; hogs from doubtful" areas
not represented in above prices.
Sheep-375; Spring lambs slow
steady to IS cents lower than Tues
day; opening sales, good and choice
grades, 10 to IS pounds, l2O0al2 so:
bucks out at 100 discount; plain and
medium grades, 850a11 90; odd head
clipper fat slaughter ewes steady
from 400 down.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, pound, 3a5; dressed. 7a8
carp. 3a4: eels, 9al0: haddock, l0al2
herring. 3a4; mackerel, 7as; rock, u
white perch, 3a5; yellow, 8al0; trout
4aS;; bluefish, 8alo: founders, 10
croakers, 3a4; spots, 3a4; hardhead
3a4: butterfish. SAT; roe shad. IT: split
shad, 8: buck shad, 15a18; soft crabs
dozen, 40a55; hard crabs, dozen. 20s
30; barrel, 30Oa4o0; crab meat
pound, 25a55; shrimp, 12al5; clans
large. 100. 90al25; Cherrystones, e5s
IS; Little Necks, 50a6o; frogs, each
l5a20.
Tobacco Market.
Quotations on old stock-Marylanc
firm leaf, nondescript, 3a4; common
4al0; medium. 10a30; good to fine
red, 30a40; seconds, common, 3a7 me.
dium, good to fine, l5a35.
Grain Market.
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red Winter, garlicky, spot domestic
1.4l; June delivery, 1.4l. Settlin,
prices were: No. 2 red Winter, gar.
licky, spot domestic. lao; June de-
livery, 1.40. Corn-No. yellow, do
mestic, l.25; Western billing at {
premium over this price Cob corn
nominal. Oats-No. white, domes
tic, 65a75; No. 3, 64a74 With th'
exception of grain on track, there il
an additional charge of ~ cents PEI
bushel for storage and elevation
Rye-No. 2, 130a135. Barley, 93a98
Hay market holds steady to firm
under good demand for timothy ane
clover mixed at 17.o0a22O0 per ton
but 1t takes well-graded No. l stock tt
bring the price. Poorer grades hare
to sell and market irregular on al
grades below No. 3 stock.