Evening star., 1937-06-22
Baltimore Markets
srecial Dispatch TO The Sta.

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pound sack, 50a25O; old, 10O-pound
sack, 200; sweet potatoes bushel 75a
| l.50; yams, bushel, 75al 40; asparagus,
crate, l.00a350: beans bushel, 5Oa
100; nearby, bushel, 125al5 so; beets,
nearby, bunch, 2a3; cabbage, pointed
type, hamper, 25a50: nearby, hamper,
40a50; bushel, 25a40; carrots. crate,
2.50a5 so; caulifoWer, crate, l75al95;
celery, crate, 450a475; corn. crate
l25al.75: cuCumbers. bushel 5Oal50
eggplantS, crate, 150a175, bushel,
1.00al25; lettuce, western. iceberg,
crate, 2.50a3.50 New Jersey, big Bos-
ton, crate, so; lima beans, bushel.
l.25a2.50; onions, 50-pound sack, 35a
lis; peas, bushel, 1.75a2 Is; peppers,
crate, 2.T5a400; bushel, 15Oa200:
spinach, bushel. 4Oa6O; squash, nearby,
half-bushel, 60a75; tomatoes. lug. 50a
215; apples. box, 2,4Oa275: bushel
l00a2. 90; blackberrieS, crate, lO0a
1.50; cantaloupes, crate, 100a4O0;
cherries, nearby, sweet, quart. 8al0;
Morello, quart, 4a5; grapefruit, box,
400a450; honey ball melons, crate,
3.50a4.75; huckleberries, quart, 15a
l8; oranges, box. 2.75a5O0 peaches,
half bushel 75al.60; raspberries, red
pint, 8al2; watermelons, 35a55.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Broilers Rocks. pound.
Plaza mixed colors, 20a22; Leghorns,
l5a20; fowl, Rocks, 18a19; mixed
colors, 17al8: Leghorns, l3al5, roost-
ers. l0a12; ducks, l2al4.
Eggs-Current receipts, dozen, I9a
20; hennery whites, large. 22a23;
medium, 2oa2l; receipts, 1920 cases.
Butter-Prints, pound, 34a35; good
to fancy, creamery, 32a33; packing
stock, Is; rolls. 49, receipts, $50 tubs.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, pound. 5a6 dressed, 8a10;
carp, 3a4, eels, SalO; haddock, 8alG;
mackerel, 5a6: rock, 1Oa12; white
perch, 6a8; yellow, 8a10; trout. 5a6;
bluefsh, 8a1O: founders, 10a12; croak-
ers, 4a5: spots, 4a5; hardheads. 4a5;
butterfsh, 5a6; soft crabs, dozen, GOA
$50; hard crabs, barrel, 30Oa4.0O;
dozen, 2Oa40; crab meat, pound, 25a50;
shrimp, 15a2o; clans, large, per 100,
S0a90; Cherrystones, 60a65, Little
Necks, so; frogs, each, 20a35.
Tobacco Market.
Maryland farm leaf, nondescript, 3a4
per pound; common, 4al0; medium,
10a30; good to fine red. 30a40; sec
onds, common. Sal; medium, Tails;
good to fine, l5a35.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-l00; COWS fully steady; low
cutter and cutter grades, 450a5.50;
plain and medium grade fat COWS,
s5oa7.5O; virtually nothing of other
classes on offer.
Calves-50; vealers steady; good
grades, $50 to mostly 1000: plain and
medium grades, 7.o0a9.5O.
Hogs-325; butcher weights from
ITO pounds up, steady with Monday;
light lights, 5 to 10 cents higher;
pigs. up IS to 20 cents; sows, un-
changed; good and choice, ITO to 210
pounds, ll.85a12.10; practical top,
1910; 220 to $50 pounds, 11.45a1185;
260 to 300 pounds quoted 1O75al145;
l4o to l6G pounds. II 60a1l 80; 120 to
l40 pounds, 10.75all.25; good sows,
9.50a10.00; hogs from doubtful areas
not represented in above prices.
Sheep-l50: steady; good and choice
eve and wether Spring lambs, 1900
al250; strictly choice 78 pounds aver
age valued 1900; bucks, discounted
100; plain and medium grades, 9.OOa
$50; odd head fat slaughter ewes,
400 downward.
Grain Market
Opening prices were: Wheat. No 2,
red, Winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
1876 nominal. Settling prices were: No.
2, red, Winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
1876. Corn, No. 2, yellow, domestic, 49,
Western billing at premium over this
price; cob corn nominal. Oats, No. 2,
white, domestic, 60a70; No. 3, 59a69,
with the exception of grain on track
there is an additional charge of ~
cents per bushel for storage and eleva-
ton. Rye, No. 2, 118al.23 Barley, 83a
88 Hay and straw unchanged.
Hay market holds steady to firm
under good demand for timothy and
clover mixed at 1700a22 90 per ton,
but it takes well-graded No l stock
to bring the price. Poorer grades hard
to sell and market irregular on all
grades below No. 3 stock.