Evening star., 1937-07-17
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE. Nd, July 17.-Po-
tatoes, barrel, 100al75; i0O-pound
sack. 5oal 90; sweet potatoes. old,
bushei, 60al.25; new, bushel, 1.50a
2.25; beans, bushel, 40a6O; nearby,
bushel, 75a85; beets, nearby, buch,
1872; cabbage. round type, bushel,
25a40; carrots, California, crate, $50
425; Pennsylvania and New Jersey,
dozen punches, 25a40; nearby, buch,
3a4; cauliflower, crate, 225: celery,
crate, 75a3.50; corn, sugar, crate, ! 1O0a
LIS; field, crate, 75al. 90; nearby, field,
dozen. 17a20; sugar, dozen, 22a25;
cucumbers, bustel, 35a50; nearby, half
bushei, 20as0; egg plants, nearby, half
bushel, l.00a1.25: lettuce, California,
Iceberg, crats, 2.00a325: Eastern, Big
Boston, crate, 25a6o: lima beans,
bushel. 75a2.0o: onions, 5o-pound
sack. 75al00; peas. bushel, 1.00a2. 10:
peppers, bushel. 5Oa1 90; nearby, half
bushel. 5oae5; spinach, nearby, half
bushel, 35a50; squash, nearby, half
bushei. 20a30; tomatoes, lug. 50a90;
l2-Quart basket, 35a75; nearby, half
bushel, 1.00a1.25; apples, bushel, 25a
IS; cantaloupes, crate. 75a4.25; near
by. half bushel. Goal 90; honey balls,
crate. 3.00a3.5o: honeydews, crate,
1.35al.65; huckleberries quart, l0al5:
peaches, bushel, 100a4.00: half
bushel, 15oa225; raspberries. red,
pint, Gallo: black, quart llal3:
watermelons, each, 20a25.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Broilers. Rocks.
pound, 20a23; mixed colors. 20a22;
Leshorns. 17a20; fowl. Rocks, 2la2a;
mixed colors. 1sa2o; Leghorns, l5a1s;
ROSTERS, 1oal2: ducks, 12al4.
Eggs-Current receipts, dozen, 2la
~; hennery whites, large, 25a26; me-
dium, 22a23; receipts, S8l cases.
Butter-Prints. pound, 34a35: good
TO fancy. creamery. 3la32; packing
stock, l6al7; rolls, 1sa20; receipts. Az
tubs.
Cattle-200; compared with Friday
last week; steers. so to IS cents lower;
COWS and bulls, rs to 50 cents OIL; bulk
steers. s.40al2.50: latter price weeks
top; few heifers to 1000; good grade
cows. 6.50a7.50; plain and medium
lat cows. 5.00a6 90: low cutters and
cutters. 3.50a4.75; plain and medium
bulls. 525a6.75.
Calves-100. vealers, 1 90 lower than
week ago; good grade late in week,
s.OOa9.50; plain and medium, 6.5Oa
$50; odd head culls down around 6. 90.
Hoes-75: mostly is cents higher
than Friday. compared last Saturday;
weights from $50 pounds down, 80
cents lower; weightier butchers and
packing sows Oh IS to IS cents; good
and choice ITO to 210 pounds, 12.85a
1910; practical top, 1910; 220 to $50
pounds, 12.40al2s0; 260 to 800 pounds
quoted 1165a12.20; 40 to 160 pounds,
l2,65a12.9o; 12o to 14O pounds, II GOA
1910; good sovs, 1035a1085: stays
quoted from around $50 downward; !;
hogs from doubtful areas not repre-
sented in above prices.
Sheep-25: Spring lambs. LOCAL so,
lower than Friday last week; meaRer
supply aged sheep. steady: late sales
good and choice eve and wether
Spring lambs, 950a10.50, mostly s.75
a1o00. and comparatively few above
1000; bucks, 100 less: plain and
medium grades, 750as 90: fat shorn
slaughter ewes from 400 down; old
thin sheep, 1.00a1.50.
Grain Prices.
Opening prices were:
Wheat, No. z, red, Winter, garicky,
spot, domestic, 1.2611; July delivery,
1861. Sales Of cargoes on grade at
1271a, 1851, 1881 and 1.21h, re-
spectively, for Nos. 2, ;, 4 and red,
Winter, garlicky.
Corn, No. 2, yellow. 40: Western
billing ut = premium over this price;
cob corn nominal.
Oats, No. 2, white, domestic, 62a72 !:
No. ;, 6la7l. Except grain on track
there Is an additional charge Of III
cents per bushel for storage and eleva-
ton on all sales Of oats.
Rye. No. 2. 90a95; barley, 65a70;
hay and straw unchanged.