Evening star., 1937-07-24
Baltimore Markets
s pecial Dispatch to The Star.


BALTIMORE, Md, July 24-Poto-
toes. per l0o-pound sack, 75all5;
barrel, 135a175; sweet potatoes, old,
bushel, 60al25; new, bushel, 75a200;
beans, bushel, 60a75; nearby, bushel
5oa90; beets, nearby, bunch. l12a2;
cabbage. round type, bushel, 25a4o So
pound sack, 50a60; carrots, California,
crate, 3ooa425; Pennsylvania and
New Jersey, dozen punches, 30a40;
nearby, bunch, 2i2a4 cauliflower
crate. 1,75a1 80; celery. crate, 5oa2o0;
corn, nearby, sugar, dozen, l5a22;
field, dozen, 8a10: cumumbers, bushel,
35a6O; nearby, half bushel, 25a35;
eggplants, bushel, 1.5Oal.75; nearby,
half bushel. 125; lettuce, California,
Iceberg, crate, 125a275; Eastern. Big
Boston, crate, 25a50; lima beans,
bushel, 75a14O; onions, 50-pound
sack, 50a75; peas. bushel, l25a2 40;
peppers, bushel, 75a90; nearby, half
bushel, 35a40; squash, nearby, half
bushel 35a50; tomatoes, half bushel
40a75; l2-quart basket, 25a50; nearby,
half bushel, 40a75; apples, bushel. 15a
Ito; nearby. half bushel, l5a3o;
blackberries, quart, l2l2a15; canta-
loupes, crate, 25a100 packed locally,
bushel, 25a65; nearby, half bushel,
25a60; honey balls, crate. 225a3 90:
honeydews, crate, 1.25al.5o buckle
berries, quart, 10a15; peaches, bushel,
1.50a325; half bushel l00a2 90;
nearby, half bushel, 30a50; raspber-
ries, black, quart. 1lal3; red, pint,
6al0; watermelons, each, l2a3o.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Broilers. Rocks, pound,
20a24; mixed colors. 20a22; all kinds,
poor and thin, 15al6; Leghorns. Tia
20; fowl, Rocks, 2Oa22; mixed colors,
l8a20: Leghorns, l5a17; ROSTERS, la
IA; ducks, 12al4.
Eggs-Current receipts, dozen. 2la
%; hennery whites, large, 25a26;
medium, 22a24; receipts, 1,211 cases.
Butter-Prints, pound, 34a35; good
to fancy, creamery. 3la32; packing
stock, 1sal7; rolls, l9a2o: receipts
1903 tubs.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-175, compared with Fri
day last week, steers and she stock
mostly SO cents higher; some steers up
more; steers mostly medium and good
grades grass fat, ll0Oal300; plain
quality kinds mostly 1000 downward
to 500; plain and medium grade
heifers. 650a965; good grade COWS,
7.00a800, some on heifer order to
$50; plain and medium grade fac4
cows, 550a6.5O; low cutters and cut
ters, 4O0a5.25; shelly" kinds under
400; bulls, rs cents or more higher;
plain and medium grades, 55oa7 90;
stocker steers, 650a900, mostly 400
to TOO pounds
Calves-50: vealers so cents high
er than close last week; good grades
from Wednesday onward 950al000; |
practical top for week. 90; plain and
medium grades, 700a900
Hogs-50 meager supply weights
from 2l0 pounds down, 10 cents higher
than Friday; butchers over 22O pounds
and packing sows nominal; market
mostly 80 to so cents higher than week
ago. packing sows up Is cents; good
and choice, ITO to 2l0 pounds, 1854
1855, top, 1855; 140 to l60 pounds, |
l3,10al3.35 120 to l40 pounds, 1235a
1885, hogs from doubtful areas not
represented in above prices.
Sheep-5o; Spring lambs mostly so
to IS cents higher than week ago;
plain throw-outs dull and little
changed; good and choice 10 to 80 |
pound ewes and wethers mostly l0.25a |
1915 rail unloads and few best trucked |
in, II 00all.25, late in the week; bucks |
100 under comparable grades ewes |
and wethers; plain and medium grades,
750a9.50. mostly; fat slaughter ewes |
so cents higher for the week, from
35oa4o0; old thin sheep 200 or less.
Grain Market.
Opening prices we're: Wheat-No. !
2 red Winter, garlicky, spot; domestic,
1904; July delivery, 1904 sales of
cargoes on grade at l21, 1l9, lit |
and lis, respectively. for Nos 2, g. 4
and S. Corn-No. 2 yellow, 120; |
Western billing at premium over |
this price Cob corn-Nominal. Oats |
NO. white, domestic, 62a72; No 3,
6la7l: 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, 85a90. |
Barley-65a70.
Hay-Receipts generally light and,
while market Is dull, values are we'll
maintained. Good choice timothy
and clover .mixed hAv afn selling |