Evening star., 1937-05-21
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, May 2l.-Po-
tatoes, old, l0O-pound sack, 1.25a2 90;
new, barrel, 24oa450; l0O-pound
sack, l25a250 bushel, 125a1.65:
sweet potatoes. bushel. GOAL SO; yams,
bushel, 75al 90, asparagus, crate, l.25a
$50 beans, bushel, l0Oa25O; beets,
crate. l25a225 hamper, 1.75a2.oo:
cabbage, pointed type, hamper, 5Oa
100 carrots, crate, 3.75a45O; cauli-
flower. crate, l90 celery, crate, LISA
2,75; cucumbers, bushel. 3.5Oa5 .O0,
eggplants, crate, l25a300; bushel,
l.50al.75; lettuce, western, iceberg,
crate, l,75a3.75; southern, big Boston,
hamper, 50al25 lima beans bushel,
3.00a3,5o; mushrooms, 4-quart basket,
25a90, onions, 50-pound sack Goa
ITS; peas, bushel. 100a2 25: peppers,
crate. l.75a3.0o; bushel, 1.25a2.OO
radishes, nearby, red tips, bunch, Ia
Ia; rhubarb, nearby, bunch, 3a5;
spinach, nearby, bushel, 15a35: squash,
bushel, l.ooa2.5o; tomatoes, lug, l.25a
3.25; apples, bushel. l5Oa2 so; box,
2.50a2,e5; grapefruit, box, 2o0a30o;
oranges, box, 20Oa450 strawberries,
quart, Sail: watermelons, each, so.
Dairy Market.
Live poultry-Broilers. Rocks, pound
23a25; mixed colors, 23a24. Leghorns
20a22, fowl. Rocks. 20a2l; mixed COL
ors, l8a20; Leghorns, l5al7; roosters
l0al2; ducks, l5a17.
Eggs-Curent receipts. dozen. 20;
hennery whites, large, 2l medium
20; receipts, 1914 cases
Butter-Prints. pound, 34l2a351a:
good to fancy. creamery, 33a34; pack.
ing stock, l6al7; rolls, 1928; receipts
$50 tubs.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat-No. 2
red, Winter, garlicky, spot domestic
1.42; May delivery, 1.42. Settlins
prices were: Whea-No. 2. red Win.
ter. garlicky, spot, domestic, l.42
May delivery, 142.
Corn-No. 2, yellow, domestic. 1925;
Western billing at a premium over
this price. Cob corn nominal.
Oats-No. 2. white, domestic, 64e
"a; No. 3, 63a73. except grain on
track there is an additional charge OF
Ia cents per bushel for storage and
elevation on all sales of oats.
Rye-No. 2. 1.30a135.
Barley. 93ae8.
Hay market holds steady to firm
under a good demand for timothy
and clover mixed at 1700a22 90 per
ton. but 1t takes well-graded No. l
stock 10 bring the price. Poorer grades
hard to sell and market irregular on
ali grades below No. 3 stock.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-225; cows weak to Is cents
lower; spots off more; bulk, low cut
tiers and cutters, 4.50a575; plain and
medium grades, 625a700; few good
grade. 725a8.00, and individual head,
8.25; bulls, weak to Is cents lower;
plain and medium grades, 550a700.
Calves-l00; vealers, steady: good
grades, l0.o0a1o.5o mostly; plain and
medium, 7,50a9.5O; culls down to 600
or below
Hogs-550: slow; generally 10 cents
lower than Thursday; good and choice
grades. ITO to 21O pounds, 1225a125O;
top, 1880; 220 to $50 pounds and 140
to 160 pounds, 1190al2.20; heavy
weights down to 1140 or below; 100
to 14o pounds, 1115a115O; good pack
ing sows, l0.50a1065: medium and
thin offerings, $50 downward; hogs
from doubtful areas not represented In
above prices.
Sheep-250; weak to Is cents or
more lower tendency in Spring lamb
trade; railroad deck 77-pound average
on shipping account, 14.1O; local killers
inactive and no action as yet on several
trucked In lots; other classes absent.
Seafood Market.
Catfish, pound, 3a5; dressed, 7a8;
carp, 2a3; eels, 9al0; haddock, Sa1o;
herring, 3a4; mackerel, 8; rock, 11a12;
white perch 6a8; yellow. 8a10; trout
6a8; bluef1sh, 8a10; founders, 12a15;
croakers, 3a4; spots, 3a4; hardhead.
2a4: butter fish. CAT; roe shad. 40:
split shad, 15al8; buck snad, l5alS:
soft crabs. dozen, 45al.30; hard crabs,
barrel, 3.50a4.50; crab meat, pound.
25a45; shrimp, 16a1o; clans, large,
100, 90; Cherrystones, 60a65; little
necks, 50a55; frogs, each, Is.
Tobacco Market.
Quotations on old stock-Maryland
firm leaf, nondescript, Sal; common,
4al0; medium, 10a30; good to fine,
red, 30a40: seconds common, SAT;
medium. good to nne, 15a35.