Evening star., 1937-08-01
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

from ! to 3 cents per pound higher
than week ago, young stock recording
the greatest increases.
Young rocks, 81 pounds and over,
are selling 24a25 with smaller stock
bringing 23a24 Mixed colors are
from 2 to 3 cents higher, selling 23a
"a. with all kinds of poor and thin
stock also stronger at 16a18.
Young Leghorns, as to size. are
commanding 2oa22. Most fowl is
from l to 2 cents above last weeks
quotations. Rocks are selling 2la22
and mixed colors, 20a2l.
Leghorns are slightly lower. how
ever, at l4al6, and roosters are steady
at l2al4. Young pekin ducks are !
to ? cents higher, bringing mostly
Halls.
Egg Prices Steady.
Eggs have been steady throughout
the week and receipts have been fairly
heavy. Current receipts are selling
2la22 dozen, large hennery whites,
25a26, with few higher, and medium
whites, 22a24.
Native and nearby garden truck con-
unueS to increase in volume on the
local market and most prices are lower
than last week. Nearby white potatoes
have appeared and are bringing 5Oa
60 bushel for ungraded Cobblers.
Spinach also arrived and is selling
o0aGO han bushel. Nearby tomatoes
continue downward at GOa65 for the
best unsraded ripeS, with few selling
slightly higher, and poorer quality,
4Oa50. Beans and beets are higher at
75al.O0 bushel for the former and
l,50a250 per 100 punches for the
latter. Nearby carrots are slightly
lower at 250a350 per 100 punches.
Sugar corn decreased in price to lOa
~ dozen, but cucumbers We're un-
changed at 25a35 half bushel egg
plant at IS half bushel, peppers at 25a
80 half buShel, and squash at 25a35
half bushel, were lower.
Cattle Receipts Gain.
Cattle marketings showed some in
crease over last week, but supply and
demand were fairly well balanced and
price changes We're of modest pro-
portions, according to the local bu-
reau OF the Department of Agricul-
ture
compared with a week earlier aver
age medium and good grade steers
found outlet at mostly steady to 25
higher, but low medium and plain
kinds finished with weaker ten
dency and a shade easier. Cows
worked mostly at 25 higher this week
and heifers and bulls Jared about
steady. Local calf prices jumped 90
Monday and thereafter this weeks
outlet was broad enough so that
vealers closed strong at the early
upturn. Hog values softened slightly
Tuesday and Wednesday, but later
the market reacted in favor of the
selling side to regain all of the loss
and more. In Fridays session new
high levels We're reached for the sea-
son. Weighty butchers. those scaling
over go pounds. continued under buy
ing pressure and the advance scored
IN that respect was considered more
or less of forced affair. Weights
most popular with the general trade
were those scaling 2l0 pounds down.
New crop lambs finally worked 25 to
so higher. mostly up 25, and i'm
proved quality was factor to be
considered in the higher quotations.
Sheep held steady with last weeks
close.
Medium and good grade, 1,lO0-l 300
pound steers represented as being
grass fat. predominated that class
and sold largely within price spread
of ll.50al3.50, low medium and plain
grades scaling around 9O0-l,lOO
pounds, 90Oal125, and very common
lightweight Southerns down to 7.50.
Heifer offerings comprised mostly
plain and medium weightv kinds that
released largely. 750a1O0O. Grass
fat COWS bulked at 600a800. odd-head
of strictly good beef type reaching
$50. while bulk low cutter and cutter
grades went at 450a5 so and old thin
kinds sold down to 400 and below.
Plain and medium bulls sold mostly
550a700. latter price practical top on
sausage kinds.
Vealers Mostly at 1850 to IL 90.
Good-grade vealers throughout the
week sold l0.50all.O0 mostly Plain
and medium grades brought mainly
800al000 common kinds down toward
TOO and inferior descriptions below
100
Fridays hog trade was mostly 10
higher than Thursday, with good and
choice grades of barrows and gifts
finding outlet at 1345a1365, top 1855,
another new high for several years.
Comparable 22o-25O pound medium
weights were listed at 1295a1345 and
the 260300 pound butchers quoted
12,10al2.75. Good and choice 140-l6O
pound light lights cashed 1320a1345,
120-l40 pound pigs l2.45al2 95. Good
grade packing sows brought 1O85a
II .35, most sales reported around 90.
Stays were quoted from $50 down.
Hogs from doubtful" areas and those
fattened on garbage or swill are not
represented in the prices.
'OOu dlu C1lOlCe eve ana WeLIeT
Spring lambs during the latter half of
the week found sale mostly at II O0a
ll.50, bucks LOO less. Big bulk of
aforementioned that came by truck
sold around 11.00 and rail unloads
lll5al150. One sizable lot of g.
pound average of outstanding quality
that had been hand-picked for prime
grade brought ITS, an outside price,
paid Thursday. Plain and medium
grade lambs went mostly 7.5Oa9.OO.
Fat slaughter ewes sold 4.5O down and
odd head of aged bucks 400 down.
Old, thin sheep went 1.50a2.OO.
Grain Market.
Closing prices were:
Wheat, No. 2, red. Winter, garlickv,
spot, domestic, l.19l2; July delivery,
1.19i2; corn, No. 2, yellow, domestic,
lib; Western billing at a premium
over this price; cob corn nominal.
Oats, No. 2, white. domestic. 55a70;
No. 3, 54a69; except grain on track
there Is an additional charge of ~
rey9tS nor h,,cla1 F1r ctoror, o,l -.