Evening star., 1937-06-11
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch TO The Star.


toes, new, barrel, 25a2.5O; 100 pound
sack, l00al.50; old, 10O-pound sack,
l.50a2 90; sweet potatoes, bushel,
LOCAL SO; yams, bushel, 75a1OO as
paragus, crate, 100a325; beans,
bushel, 50al35; nearby, bushel, LISA
$50, beets, crate, 75a1 90; nearby.
bunch, 3a4; cabbage, pointed type,
hamper, 40a50 nearby, bushel, goa
40; carrots, crate, 575a600, cauli-
flower crate. l0oal.75; celery, crate,
l,50a4.25 corn, crate, 2.75; cucum-
bers, bushel, 75a225; eggplant,
bushel, 1.00al.50; lettuce, Western,
Iceberg, crate, 35Oa3.75, nearby, Big
Boston, bushel, l5a25: Iceberg, bushel,
20a30; lima beans, bushel. 2OOa275;
onions, 50-pound sack, 35al10; peas,
bushe!, 5oa225; nearby, bushel 5oa
l.50, peppers, bushel, l.75a3 90; spin
ach. nearby, bushel, 50al00: squash,
bushel, LOCAL 25; nearby, half bushel,
.00al.l0; tomatoes, lug, 100a240;
apples, box, 250a2.65; blackberries,
crate, 1.40a2.00; cantaloupes, crate,
l.o0a5, 90; grapefruit, box 250a3 so;
huckleberries. quart, l5a20: oranges,
box, 2.50a4.75; peaches, half bushel,
75al so; raspberries, red pint, 0al0;
strawberries. crate, 200a2 so; nearby,
crate, l.75a350, vatermelons, each,
55a60.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Broilers Rocks, pound,
22a23; mixed colors, 2la22: Leghorns.
l5a20; fowl, Rocks 19a20; mixed colors.
l7al8; Leghorns. l4al6; roosters, 1oa
II; ducks, 12al4.
Eges-Current receipts. dozen. Ioa
20; hennery whites, large, 81; medium,
| 20; receipts, 1947 cases.
Butter-Prints, pound 34a35 good
to fancy, creamery, 32i 2a33la packing
stock, ls; rolls, 20; receipts, 376 tubs.
Tobacco Market.
Maryland farm leaf. nondescript,
3a4 per pound; common 4a1O;
medium. loa30; good to fine red. 3Oa
| 40. Seconds. common. Bal; medium.
| 7al5; good to fine, 15a35.
| Sea Food Market.
Catfish. pound. 5a6; dressed, 8alo;
carp, 3a4; eels, 9al0; haddock, 8al0;
mackerel, 7a8; rock. 10a12: white
perch, 6aS yellow. sal0; trout. 5a6;
bluefish, 8al0; founders, 12al5:
croakers, 4a5 spots, 4a5; hardheads,
4a5; butterfish, 5a6; soft crabs. dozen,
60all0; hard crabs, barrel, 35oa450;
crab meat. pound, 25a45; hard crabs,
dozen. 20a25: shrimp, l5a1s. clans.
large, 90; Cherrystone. 60a65 little
necks, 5oa55; frogs, each, 15a25.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-l00; offerings mostly COWS
selling at steady prices; low cutter
and cutter grades, 4,50a6O0; plain and
medium grades, 625a725.
Calves-50; vealers steady; good
grades mostly 9.00a9.5O; plain and me-
dium 6.5oa85O; culls down to $50 or
below.
! Hogs-30O; scattered sales and QUO
tations steady with Thursdays levels;
good and choice, ITO to 2lO pounds
quoted ll,65all80, practical top 80:
220 to $50 pounds and 14O to 16O
pounds, 11.15al140; 26O to 300 pounds.
l0.65a1l.l5; 120 to 140 pounds, lO.50a
1875; good grade packing sows. e.4oa
$50; hogs from doubtful areas not
represented in above prices.
Sheep-225; slow; Spring lambs
weak to 25 cents lower than Thurs
day, bulk good and choice ewes and
wethers. l2.00al25o; few closely sorted
lots, 1875, bucks discounted 100:
plain and medium grades. 90Oall 90,
and culls under 900; odd head fat
shorn slaughter ewes weak to lower
at 3.00a3.50 mostly; old thin sheep
| down to $50.
! Grain Market.
| Opening prices were: Wheat, No. 2
red Winter. garlicky, spot, domestic.
1.34l2; settling prices were. No 2,
red Winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
1.35. Corn, No. 2 yellow, domestic,
l.22; Western billing at a premium
over this price; cob corn nominal.
Oats, No. 2, white. domestic. 6oa70;
No. 8, 59a69, with the exception of
grain on track there is an additional
charge Of IL cents per bushel for
storage and elevation. Rye, No. 2,
l.25a1.30. Barley, 9la96.
Hay market holds steady to firm
under good demand for timothy and
clover mixed at 17.00a22OO 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. stock.