Evening star., 1937-10-12
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

bALI1MOtE. MO-, OCTOBER IL
Potatoes, per 100-pound sack, 75a2.O0;
sweet potatoes, bushel, 40a75; nearby,
half bushel, 25a30; yams, bushel,
50a80: beans, bushel, 9Oal.10; beets,
dozen punches, 25a30; nearby, bunch,
2a3; broccoli, crate, 125a2.75; brus-
sells sprouts, quart. 12laa14; drum,
2.75a3.0 90; cabbage, bushel, 35a60; So
pound sack, 45a60; ton, l800a22 90:
carrots, bushel, 65a75; dozen punches,
20a30; California, crate, 2.75a3.0O;
nearby, bunch, 2a3; caulifiower, crate,
2.25a3.00; celery. crate, 1.25a2.00;
corn. nearby, sugar, dozen, sails;
field, dozen, 8a10; cucumbers, bushel,
1.00a3.50; lettuce, California, Iceberg,
crate, 2.75a3.25; Eastern, Big Boston,
crate, 40a75; lima beans, bushel, 3.25a
$50; mushrooms. 4-quart basket
60a75; onions. 50-pound sack, 75a
1.50; peas, bushel, 2.75a300; peppers,
bushel, 35a50; nearby, half bushel
15a25; spinach. bushel, GOAL 10; near
by, half bushel, 55a60; tomatoes, Cali
fornia, lug, l.25al.50; New York, 12-
quart basket, 25a50; nearby, half
bushel, 20a50; turnips, nearby, purple
tops, half bushel 2Oa25; apples,
buShel 25al.00; box. 14Oa2OO cram
berries, quarter-barrel box, 2.75a3.25:
eighth barrel box. 1.40a1.65; grape
fruit, box. l.75a2.75; grapes, IL two
quart basket carton, l6Oa1.75; 12-
quart basket, 45: 2-quart basket,
l3al4; Honeydews, crate, 125a1 so;
oranges, box, 3.00a475; peaches,
bushel, 4Oal.75; pears, Bartlett,
bushel, 1.5Oal75.
Dairy Market.
Live poultry - Chickens, Rocks,
pound. 22a26; mixed colors, 20a25;
Leghorns. 20a22: fowl. Rocks, 24a25:
mixed colors, 20a23; Leghorns. 15al7:
roosters. 12al4; ducks, l7a20: guineas,
each, 40a65.
Eggs-Current receipts. dozen, 27a
%; whites, large. 34a35; medium,
30a32. Receipts, $50 cases.
Butter-Prints. pound. 37a38; good
to fancy. creamers, 35a36; rolls, 27a
%; packing stock, 25. Receipts, 875
tubs.
Stock and grain exchanges are
closed on account holiday-Colum-
bus day.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, per pound, SAT; dressed,
8a9; carp. 5; eels. IL; haddock, 10;
mackerel. 5a6; white perch. 8al0;
yellow perch. 10al2 trout, SAT; blue
fish. 10; founders, 9al0; croakers,
SAT; rock, 5a6; spots, 6a7; hardheads,
5a6; butterfish. 6a8; soft crabs. dozen,
55a90; hard crabs. barrel, 350a40O;
dozen, 25a35; crab meat, pound. 22a
80; shrimp, 10a12; scallops, 16a17;
clans, large. 100, 1.00a1.10; Cherry
stones, 65a75; Little Necks, 55a60;
oysters, bushel, 65a75: quart, 80.
Tobacco Market.
Both receipts and sales of Maryland
leaf tobacco showed declines the last
week, the former totaling 512 hogs
heads and the latter 972 hogsheads.
Prices ruled slightly higher for some
medium and good grades. Quota
tions: Maryland firm leaf-Nonde-
script, 4 cents per pound; common,
4a12; medium, 13a3O; good to fine,
red. 3la40; seconds. common. 4al0;
medium, 1la20: good to fine. 21a39.
Unsound and badly mixed packages
can only be sold at a discount Of 2
and cents per pound.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle. 400; steady on meager sup
,,lioe c1oscoc repr,co,fod. fo,, cood
yearling steers and heifers, 900a10.00;
low cutter and cutter grades COWS.
4.25a5 90; emaciated individuals, 400
or less; sales medium and good 1000
to 1900 pound slaughter steers so far
this week mostly 90Oa115 so; two loads
Its ponnds. 1900; grass fat cows
mainly 5.50a7.00; plain and medium
bulls, 550a700; fresh arrivals today
include several loads attractive stocker
and feeder steers, mostly 500 to 900
pound weights.
Calves-75; small supply vealers ac-
tive, fully steady at Mondays upturn;
good grade vealers. 1l.50a1200: lesser
grades mainly 800a110O.
Hogs-350; steady; undertone weak;
good and choice ITO to 220 pounds,
n.70a11.95; practical top, 1195; 230 to
$50 pounds, 1140a1170; 260 to 300
pounds. quoted 10.65a1115; 140 to 100
pounds, 11.45a11.75; 100 to 40 pounds,
10.90ai1.40; good packing sows. 965a
10.l5; hogs from doubtful areas and
those fattened on garbage or swill not
represented in above prices.
Sheep-150; sizable lot trucked in:
good and choice eve and wether lambs
around steady, at 11.25; little else on
offer; plain and medium throwouts
quotable principally from 700a10.00;
slaughter ewes quoted from 3.00a4 so
or above for choice handy weights;
old, thin sheep from around $50 down.