Evening star., 1937-06-15
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Md, June 15-Pota-
toes, new, barrel 1.25a2 25. 100-pound
sack, 60a1.40; old, 100-pound sack,
15Oa200 sweet potatoes bushel, 50a
$50; beets, nearby, bunch, 3a4; cab
bage, pointed type, hamper, 60a75;
nearby, pointed type, bushel, 50a60;
carrots, crate, $50, caulinower, crate,
1.75a2.00; celery, crate, 400a450; corn,
crate, 1.75a225; cucumbers, bushel,
5oa2.00; eggplants, crate, l.75a2o 90;
bushel, 1.00a1.75; lettuce, Western Ice
berg, crate, 3.25a3.50; nearby, Iceberg,
bushel, 25a35; lima beans, bushel, $50
a3 so; mushrooms, 4-quart basket, 50a
100; onions, 50-pound sack, 40al.25:
peas, bushel 5Oa225; nearby, bushel,
5oal.o0; peppers, crate, 2.75a4o0;
bushel, 1.75a2 rs; squash, nearby, half
bushel, 90al0 90; tomatoes, lug, 50a
225; apples, box, 240a2 65; blackber-
ries, crate, l.50a2.00; cantaloupes,
crate, 1.25a4.00; cherries, quart, 7al2,
grapefruit, box, 25Oa40O; honey balls,
crate. 5.25a6OO; huckelberries, quart,
15a20; oranges, box, 250a475; peaches,
bushel, 300a3.50; half bushel, LISA
225; raspberries, red, pint, 5al0;
strawberries, nearby, crate, 2oOa3.00;
Watermelons, each, 45a50.
Tobacco Market.
Maryland farm leaf, nondescript,
3a4 per pound; common. 4alo me-
dium, 1oa30: good to fine red, 30a40.
seconds, common. 3a7; medium, tails;
good to fine, l5a35.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Broilers. Rocks, pound,
2la24; mixed colors, 2oa22; Leghorns,
15a20. Fowl: Rocks, lsa2o; mixed
colors. l7al8: Leghorns, l4al6; roost-
ers. l0al2; ducks, l2al4.
Eggs-Current receipts, dozen, 1920:
hennery whites, large, 2l; medium, 20;
| receipts. 1,133 cases.
Butter-Print, pound, 34a35; good to
fancy, creamery, 32a33; Pc cking stock,
is; rolls, 49, receipts, 4o5 tubs.
Grain Markets.
Opening prices we're: Wheat, No.
2. red. Winter. garlicky, spot domestic,
l.33, nominal; June delivery, 1873,
nominal. Settling prices were: Wheat,
No. 2, red, Winter, garlicky. spot. do
mestic, 134; June delivery, 1.34. Corn,
| No. 2, yellow, domestic, 120; Western
| delivery at premium over this price !;
/ cob corn, nominal. Oats, No. q white
domestic. 60a70; No. 3, 59a69; except
grain on track, there Is an additional
charge of III cents per bushel for
storage and elevation on all sales Of
oats. Rye. No. 2, l.25a13o. Barley,
9la96.
Hay market holds steady to firm
under good demand for timothy and
clover mixed at l7o0a22o0 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.
Seafood Market.
Catfish, pound 5a6; dressed, 8al0;
carp, 3a4; eels ,8al0; haddock, 8al0;
rock, 1oa12; white perch, 6as; yellow,
8al0; trout, 5a6; bluef1sh, 8a10; foun-
ders, 12a15; croakers, 4a5; spots, hard
heads, 4a5; butter fish, 5a6; soft crabs,
dozen, Goal "a hard crabs, barrel, $50
a450; dozen, 25a40 crab meat, pound,
25a45: shrimp, 1oal5: cherrystone, Goa
IS; little necks, 50a55; frogs. each,
| l5a25.
Live Stock Market.
! Cattle-75, steady; supply mostly
cows bulk low cutter and cutter cows,
4.50a6.00; shelly kinds. down to 400;
plain and medium grades, 625a7.00
odd head plain and medium grade
bulls, e.0oa6.5o.
Calves-75; vealers steady: good
grades, sooa95o mostly: plain and
medium grades, 6.5oa8.5o culls, down
toward 500.
Hogs-35o; slow, all weights and
grades, 10 cents lower than Monday;
good and choice, ITO to 21O pounds,
1165a11 80; top, 118O; 22O to $50
pounds and 40 to $50 pounds, 11l5a
11.40; $50 to 300 pounds, quoted, 10.65a
Ills; over 300 pounds, 10.15a10.4O;
l20 to 140 pounds, 10.50a1075; good
packing sows, 94Oa990; hogs from
doubtful areas not represented In
above prices.
Sheep-250; steady with Monday,
but undertone weak; good and choice
grade, trucked in, eve and wether
Spring lambs, 12ooal25o; bucks dis
counted 100; plain and medium
grades, most e.o0alo.50; lightweight
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