Evening star., 1937-12-01
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch TO The star.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Dee. l.-Pota-
toes, per loo-pound sack. 60a1. 30;
sweet potatoes. bushel. 4oa1.oo; white
yams, bushel, S0as0; beans, bushel,
7sal.75; beets, nearby, bunch, la2;
broccoli, crate, 1.00A2.25; brussels
sprouts, quart, 5a12; drum, 1.50a1. rs;
cabbage. Danish. so-pound sack, s5a
80; bushel, 75aso; pointed type, ham
per, 1.25; carrots, bushel, 50a90; Cali
fornia, crate, 2.75a3.25; caulifower,
crate, 50a1.l0; celery, crate, l.5oa2.5o;
cucumbers. bushel, 2.0oa3.25; egg
plants, crate, 1.75a2.0o; kale, bushel,
20a40; lettuce, California, Iceberg,
crate, 2.ooa3.50; lima beans, 4.00a4.25;
mushrooms, 4-quart basket, 25a60;
okra, crate, 325a5.00; onions. So
pound sack, SSal 40; peas. buslel, 2.25
a3.oo: peppers, crate, 3.00a4.oo: spin
ach, busi1el, 30a5o; nearby, half
bushel, 25a35: bushel, 35a50; squash,
bushel, 1.50a1.7S; tomatoes. lug, 22S
a4.oo; turnips. nearby. purple tops,
half-bushel, l5a20; yellows, per 100
pounds, 5oa65; apples. bustel, 35al as;
box, l.65a700; cranberries, quarter
barrel box, 7.25a3.26; eighth barrel
box, l.5oa1 IS; grapefruit, box, 1.75a
275; oranges, box, 2.0oa3.oo; tanger-
ines, half-box, 1.7Sa2.25.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry - Chickens. r ks,
pound, 23a25; mixed colors. 2oa23;
Leghorns, 20a22; fowl, Rocks, 27a23;
mixed colors, l6a22: Leghorns, l4a17;
roosters. l2a14; ducks. 16a2o; geese,
l7A20; turkeys, pound. 18a27.
Eggs-Current receipts, do3en, 2sa
81; whites, large, 33a3l; medium, 2sa
81: receipts, 1882 cases.
Butter-Prints, per pound. 3ea3s;
good to fancy, creamery. 35a37: rolls,
20; packing stock, 76; receipts, 1904
tubs.
Grain Markets.
BALTIMORE, Nd. Dec. l.-Open-
ing prices were: Wheat, No. z, red,
winter. garlicky, spot, domestic, s51i;
December delivery. s5la. Settling
prices were: Wheat, No. z, red, winter,
garlicky, spot. domestic, s74. Deem
Der delivery. s7ha.
Corn-No. 2, yellow, domestic, S3a67.
Western billing At premium over this
price. Cob corn, nominal.
OAts-No. 2, white, domestic. 42a45;
No. 8, 41a44: Pacific Coast, No. 1, white
oats. 10. Except grain on track there
is An additional charge Of ~ cents uer
bushel for storage and elevation on all
sales OF oats.
Rye-No. 2, 90as5. Barley, 7oa7s.
Hay quiet, unchanged. Straw firmer,
Sac per ton.
Live Stock.
Cattle-650: market slow on all
classes represented; steers barely
steady TO shade lower than Monday:
several loads medium and GOOD $50
TO l,4oo pounds, 8.25al0.oo: COWS
around steady; low cutter and cutter
grades mainly 350a5.oo: few plain
to good grade fat cows, S.0oas. so;
virtually no bulls on offer.
Calves-125; good grade vealers
steady. at l2.50al3.0o. mostly; lesser
grades slow and undertone weak: Gull.
plain and medium grades mainly 7.Soa
1900.
Hogs-300; mostly 20 cents lower
than Tuesday; good and choice 100
to 200 pounds, S.90a9. 20: practical
top. o.20; 2l0 to 24o pounds. s.65a
sos; $50 to 800 pounds, s.3oas IS:
good grade packing sows, 7.30a7. 80.
Rail arrivals with through billing
benefit occasionally above quotations.
Hogs from doubtful areas and those
fattened on garbage or swill not rep
resented In above prices.
Sheep-S00; lamb market not vet
established; bulk expected receipts by
rail ana late unloading; slaughter
ewes absent.