Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-16
Baltimore Markets
Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, May l5.-Rather dull
demand most of the week featured the
live poultry market. Receipts were
only moderate most of the time. These
conditions brought about q slight de-
crease in the quotations from those Of
a week ago. The demand for fowl
was especially sluggish.
There were few changes in the
prices of broilers. Rocks are slightly
lower than last week at 24a25, but
mixed colors at 23a24 and Leghorns at
20a22 are steady There was little
movement in fowl, resulting in lower
prices on all lines.
The decrease amounts to only about
cent, however. Rocks are selling
19a20, mixed colors l8al9 and Leg
horns l5al7, with a few of the latter
bringing 10. BOOSTERS are steady at
10al2 and Picking ducks unchanged at
l6al8.
Eggs Gain Slightly.
After fuctuating slightly during the
week, eggs recovered fractionally at
the end of the period and are selling
about half cent higher than the low
mark of last week. Both current re-
ceipts and medium-sized hennery
whites are selling 10, with large hem
merry whites bringing a cent more.
The receipts have continued unusually
heavy.
More native and nearby market
truck made its appearance on the
market during the week.
Old potatoes are dull, with Maryland
and Pennsylvania selling l.75al 80 per
| 100 pounds for No. Is and 1.25a1 IS
for ungraded stock. No. Eastern
Shore sweet potatoes are bringing
1.4Oal.5O bushel and ungraded stock
115al25. Maryland and Virginia as
paragus is selling l.25a4.0O per dozen
punches, according to grade.
Nearby blue kale is somewhat higher
at 3Oa4O bushel RadisheS are about
steady at 1.OOal.25 per 100 punches
| for nearby red tips. Nearby rhubarb,
at 2.0Oa4 90 per 100 punches, is slightly
| lower.
Live Stock Market.
Catt!e-225. Compared with Friday
last week, steers, steady; cows, so
higher; not enough heifers to make
market test; bulls, weak to 25 lower
Top steers, Ills; weights, 1850
pounds. Others, 9.70-ll so; plain
lightweights, below 900. Bulk Of
COWS, under TOO; odd head, good to
7.5o or above; plain and medium, SIS
6.75; low cutters and cutters, 4.5O-
$50: plain and medium bulls, 600
700; few good butcher bulls. 8.0O-9.o 90.
Calves-No Saturday receipts. Veal
er prices unchanged from week ago.
Good, 9.5O-10OO mostly: plain and
medium, 100000; culls, down to 500
Hogs-1OO. Mostly 10 higher than
Yesterday, and so above week ago.
Good and choice. ITO to 2l0 pounds,
1l.25-5O 22o to 240 pounds, 1l.0O-25;
heavyweights, down to 1850 or below:
l4O to 100 pounds, 11.00-25; 100 to lao
pounds, 1o2O-6O Good packing sows,
9.45-7O. Hogs from doubtful areas
not represented in above prices.
Sheep-No Saturday receipts. Com
pared with week ago, new crop lambs
mostly so lower; not enough classes
received to make market test. Late
sales, good and choice spring lambs,
13OO-140O; plain and medium throw
outs, 9.OO-12OO; odd head fat clipped
slaughter ewes, $50 down.
Grain Market.
Closing prices we're: Wheat, No. 2
1885,; May delivery, 1892. Corn
No. 2 yellow, domestic, 1923; Western
delivery at premium over this price;
cob corn nominal Oats-No. 2 white.
domestic, 64-74; No. 3. 3.63-73; except
grain on track there is an additional
charge of IL cents per bushel for
storage and elevation on all sales OF
cats. Rye-No. 2, 1.30-1,35. Barley
1898.