Evening star., 1937-11-26
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.


BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. 26.-Pota-
toes. per 100-pound sack, 65a1 30;
sweet potatoes. bushel 6Oal.O0; white
yams, bushel. 40a75; beans. bushel,
l50a2 IS; beets, nearby, bunch, liza
az; broccoli, crate, 25a2 IS; Brussels
sprouts. quart, 8A13; drum, 150a2 so;
cabbage Danish, bushel, 50a6O; So
pound sack, GOATS; pointed type,
hamper, carrots. bushel, 65a9O: Cali
fornia, crate, 2.75a325; caulifower,
crate. 90al.25; celery. crate, l.25a3.00:
collards, bushel, 3oa4O; cucumbers,
bushel, 2.OOa325; eggplants, crate,
1.75a2.50; kale, bushel, 30a40; lettuce.
California, iceberg, crate, l.00a325;
lima beans, bushel. 450a475; mush-
rooms, 4-quart basket, 65a75; onions,
so pounds, 90al.35 peas, bushel, 2,25a
800; peppers. crate, 250a4.50; spinach,
bushel, 75a80; nearby, half bushel,
35a45; bushel, 65a75; squash. 4. crate,
1.50al.75; tomatoes, lug, l.75a4.50;
turnips. nearby, purple tops, half
bushel, 15a20; yellows, per 100 pounds,
65a75; apples. bushel, 35al. .25; box.
1.50a2.00; cranberries. quarter barrel
box, 2.25a3.25; eighth-barrel box, LISA
1.65; grapefruit, box, l.50a2.75;
oranges. box, 200a3oo; tangerines,
half box, 225a2.5o.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry - Chickens, Rocks,
pound, 25a26; mixed colors. 20a25;
Leghorns. 20a22; fowl, Rocks. 23a24;
mixed colors, 16a23; Leghorns, HALT;
roosters. l2al4; ducks. l6a2o; geese,
1920; guineas, each, 5Oa75; turkeys,
pound, 18a27.
Eggs-Current receipts, dozen, 30a
80; whites, large, 35a36; medium, 80
a32; receipts, 1851 cases.
Butter-Prints. pound, 36a39; good
to fancy, creamery, 35a37; rolls. %;
packing stock, 26; receipts, 548 tubs.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle. 200; trading confined prin-
cipally to cows and few bulls, selling
steady with Wednesday: plain and me-
dium grade fat cows, 5.00a5.75; good
grade absent; low cutters and cutters,
3.50a5.00; plain and medium bulls,
500a660.
Calves, IS; steady with Wednesday;
good grade vealers. 12.50al3.00. mostly;
lesser grades mostly 8.00a1l.50.
Hogs. 1000; mostly S cents higher
than Wednesday; packing sows and
few butchers around 300 pounds un-
changed; good and choice, 12O to 200
pounds, 8.70a895: practical top, 8.95;
210 to 240 pounds. 8.30a8.80; few $50
to 300 pounds, 7.75a8.20; good grade
packing sows, 7.0Oa7.50: stays quoted
$50 down. Rail arrivals with through
billing benefit occasionally above quo
tations. Hogs from doubtful areas and
those fattened on garbage or swill not
represented in above prices.
Sheep, IS; not enough on offer to
make market test; quoted steady with
Wednesday.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, per pound, Sac; dressed,
Sat; carp, S; eels, IL; haddock, 10:
mackerel, SAT; white perch, 8a10:
yellow perch, 10a12; trout, 10; spots,
10; pike. IS; bluefish, 20; founders,
9a11;> croakers, 6a7; rock, 10a12;
spots, 6a8; hardheads, 5a6; butterfish,
6a8; crab meat, pound, 18a24; shrimp,
l0a14; scallops, 16a17; clans, large,
100, 1.00a110: Cherrystones, 65a7O;
Littlenecks, 55a60; oysters, bushel, 75a
LOO; gallon, 1.30a1.6O.
Tobacco Market.
The market for Maryland leaf to-
bacco continues inactive, with both
receipts and sales showing declines,
and prices remain unchanged at the
following quotations: Maryland firm
leaf, nondescript. 4; common, 4a12;
medium, 13a30; good to fine, red, 31a
40. Seconds Common, 4al0; medium,
lla20; good to fine, 21a39. Unsound
and badly mixed packages from 2 to
lower.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat-No.
2 red winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
93A; November delivery, 93a4. Set
ting prices were: Wheat, No. 2, red
winter, garlicky, spot, domestic, 941a;
November delivery, 941z. Corn-No. 2
yellow. domestic, 60a65; Western bill
ing at premium over this price.
Cob corn-nominal. Oats-No. 2
white, domestic, 42a45; No. 3, 41a44:
Pacific Coast, No. l white oats, 10.
Except grain on track, there is an
additional charge Of 11a cents per
bushel for storage and elevation on
all sales of oats. Rye-No. 2, 90a95.
Barley-70a75. Hay and straw un-