Evening star., 1937-10-03
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

| BALTIMORE, Md, October 2.-The
live poultry market has been rather
dull with almost all items recording
a decrease from last weeks prices.
Young stock, in some instances, is
cents lower. Receipts have been
moderate to light during the week.
Young Rocks are cents per pound
lower. selling 25a27, while mixed COL
ors, at 23a26, recorded a drop of 2
cents and Leghorns are ! cent lower
at 22a23. In fowl, Leghorns led the
decline and are bringing cents less
than last week at Halls. Other old
stock is l cent lower at 23a24 for
Rocks, 22a23 for mixed colors and
l2a14 for roosters.
Young Pekin ducks are commanding
slightly higher price at l7a1S while
Muscovys are steady at 1Sa20.
Guineas are weaker with birds
weighing 2 pounds and over bring
ing 10 each and smaller stock selling
40a50.
Egg Market.
Eggs continued last weeks upward
trend with large whites cent higher.
They are selling 35a36 dozen. Medium
size whites are steady at 28a3O and
current receipts are slightly stronger
at 25a27. Receipts have been fairly
heavy.
Most native and nearby garden
truck is somewhat lower than a week
ago, peppers being the only item re-
cording an increase, which was slight.
Beets and carrots. each selling at 200a
800 per IL punches, are unchanged.
Corn is a little lower with the best
sugar bringing 12a16 dozen and poorer
quality selling as low as 5. Field corn
is selling l0al5. Peppers at 2Oa3O
half bushel are little higher than
last week but spinach is lower at 50a60
half bushel. Sweet potatoes at 25a
IS half bushel, tomatoes at 40a50
half bushel for the best and 20a35 for
poorer quality and turnips at 25a40
half bushel, are lower than last weeks
quotation.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle, $50. Compared with Friday
last week. steers mostly 10O-1 so
lower: bulk, weeks sales 9O0-l,25
pounds, 950-12.75; l,3OO-pound West
Virginias, 400, heifers mostly SOL 90
lower; sales mostly 65O-925; cows
mostly $3.50 lower. weighty beef type
off more; most sales 6O0-750, few to
IT'S; low cutters and cutters steady
to weak, mainly 450-5.50; plain and
medium bulls 25 lower at mostly $50
700. fat butcher bulls to 8.75, 900
1.000-pound feeder steers, 85O-lO.0O:
fleshy l,l00-pound feeder steers, 1850;
most lightweight stockers. 100000.
Calves, ITS. Compared with Friday
last week, vealers and calves mostly
200 lower, downturn coming mostly
Thursday and Friday; late sales good
vealers, 10.50-ll.00 mostly; Gull and
medium, 6.00-l0.00: most weighty
grass calves, 100000.
Hogs, so. Not enough fresh arrivals
to make market test; quoted nominally
steady Good and choice 17O-22O
pounds quoted l250-1275; top, 12.75:
230-250 pounds. l2.1O-1250; 100000
pounds, 11.25-11.85: 14O-l60 pounds.
l2.20-12.55; 120-14O pounds. 1850
1910; good packing sows, l0.35-lO.85:
stays quoted 900 down. Hogs from
doubtful areas and those fattened on
garbage or swill not represented in
above prices. Compared with week
ago, mostly Is lower: packing sows
only S of.
Sheep, 275. Spring lambs $3.50
lower than close last week and 5O-75
under best time early this week;
Thursday sales good and choice eve
and wether lambs. 1o25-Il.oo; prac-
tically nothing sold Friday and under
tone weak to lower; throw-outs mostly
6.oo-8.5o; slaughter ewes steady from
3oo-4.50; old thin sheep. 150-2oo.
Grain Market.
Closing prices were: Wheat. No. 2.
RED. Winter, garlicky, spot. domestic.
l.o9l2; October delivery, 1.O9l2.
Corn. No. 2, yellow, domestic, 95a
LOO. Western billing at a premium
over this price; cob corn nominal.
Oats, No. 2, white. domestic. 43a4s.
No. 8, 42a45; Pacific Coast. No. /
white oats. 10; except grain on track,
there is an additional charge of IL
cents per bushel for storage and eleva-
tlon on all sales of oats. Rye, No. 2
85a95. Barley, 7Oa75.