Evening star., 1937-06-19
Baltimore Markets
Ipeei.l Dispatch 10 Ths Star.

Special Dispatch 70 The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. June 1o.-Pota-
toes, new, barrel, le5a2l5; loo-pound
sack, a0al25; old, 100-pound sack,
l50a200: sweet potatoes. bushel. 75a
80; yams. bushel, 75a1 90; asparagus,
crate, lo0a375; beans. bushel, 5oa
100: nearby, bushel, lOoal25; beets,
nearby, bunch. 2a3, cabbage pointed
type. hamper. 25a50: nearby, hamper,
40s5o; bushel. 25a40; carrots, crate.
S75asoo hushel, $50; dozen punches,
eoa70; caul!aower, crate, ITS; celery,
crate. 2o0a75o; corn. crate, l25a20o:
eucun5ers, bushel. 5oal.75; esgplants,
crate. l75a2 90; bushel, l00a1.25: let
tuce, Western. Iceberg. crate, 225a
s25; new. Jersey. Big Boston crate,
soa65 nearby, Iceberg. bushel, 15a35;
Lima beans. busheI. I75a275; onions,
so-pound sack, 4oal25; peas. hushel,
soa7 90, nearby. bushe!, 5oal25; pep
p-s, crate 275a4o0; bushel. l5oa
z1' spinach, bu.hel. 5oa75; nearby.
e4sae s5aso squash. nearby. half
tSael. IS. tomatoes. lug 1854 40:
s7-.es box. 240a7.75: bushel, 1ooa
@, o.acsoerr1es, crate l75a225;
cs-.A,oJpes, crate, 3ooa4oo; cherries,
neA:oy. sweet, quart. ssIo; Morello,
Guar, 4a5; grapefruit, box, 4o0a450;;
honey ball melons. crate. 375a4 so;
huck.eoerries. quart. l5a2o. oranges,
box. 215a500: peaches, bushel, 2.75a
$50; hslt bushel, 75al as: raspberries,
red. pint, loal7: strawberries, nearby,
crate. 2o0a35o; watermelons each,
sna55.
Live Stock Market
Cattle-l00; compared with Friday
last week; all classes finishing mostly
on steady to strong basis; fed steers
and yearlings lo.50a12.40; good to-
pound heifers, 11.25; good grade cows
to 500; plain and medium fat COWS,
625a725; bulk low cutter and cutter
grades. 4.5oas.oo; bulk plain and me-
dium bulls, 5.5oas75; few, 100; good
grade butcher bulls to $50
Calves-125; compared with Friday
last week; vealers unchanged, closing
trade firm under lenient sorting; good
grades. 900ae50, mostly; plain and
Hcdlull 6id0Cc, UJoACJV, IullS OOWu
to $50 and occasionally below.
Hogs-5o light supply mostly 1915
cents higher than Friday and unevenly
10 to 40 cents above last Saturdays
levels; good and choice, ITO to 2l0
pounds 1l.s0a1206, practical top,
1905; 220 to $50 pounds. 11.40a11 80;
$50 to 300 pounds quoted 10.75a1l.4o;
40 to 160 pounds. l1.50a11 80; 120 to
1%0 pounds, 1o50al1 90; good sows,
e.s0al0.00; hogs from doubtful areas
not represented in above prices
Sheep-l75; mostly steady with
Friday last week following stronger
: tendency in Mondays market; choice
rail arrivals Monday. 1900: weeks
bulk good and choice trucked in
Spring lambs, 1200a1250 mostly 10
to IS pounds averages; bucks 100
Under eve and wether sorts; plain
and medium grades, 900a11.00; fat
shorn slaughter ewes mainly. 300a
$50: few handy weights to 400; old,
thin sheep. $50.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat-No.
:, red. Winter, garlicky, spot. domes-
tic, 1894. Corn-No. 2, yellow, do
mestjc. l1s: Western delivery at
premium over this price; cob corn
nominal Oats-No. 2. white, domes-
tic. 6oa7o; No. 3, 59a69; 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. 1.1sal.23. Barley-e3a0S. Hay
and straw unchanged. No market
established as yet for new crop wheat.
Hay market holds steady to firm
under a good demand for timothy and
clover mixed at 170oa220o per ton,
but it takes well-graded No. stock
to bring the price. Poorer grades hard
to sell and market irregular on all
grades below No. 3 stock.
ss' Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Broilers, Rocks, pound,
2la23; mixed colors, 20a22; Leghorns,
1Sa20: fowl. Rocks. 1Sal9; mixed col
orr. 17als; Leghorns, 1Sal5; roosters,
10a12: dusks, 12a14.
Egg@Current receipts, dozen, 1oa
~, ~AllSSO, AA4 &c, A1~AC, IAC.
diun, 21a22; receipts, 1913 cases.
Butter prints. pound, 34a35; good
to fancy, creamery, 32a33; packing
stock, Is; rolls, 10; receipts, 1863 tubs.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish. pound. 5a6; dressed. 8al0;
carp. ,3a4: eels, Salo; haddock, 8alo;
mackerel. Sa6; rock, 10al2; white
perch. 6a8: yellow, 8alo; trout, 4a6;
bluefsh, 10; founders. l0al2; croak-
ers. Aa5; spots, 4as: hardheads. 4a5:
butternsh, 5a6; soft crabs. dozen. GOA
lao: hard crabs. barrel, 3.00a4. co.:
dozen. 20a40; crab meat. pound, asa
20: shrimp, 15als; clans. large. per
100, 80a90; Cherrystones. 60A6S; Little
Necks, so: frogs, each, 2oa3o.