Evening star., 1937-12-18
Baltimore Markets
erecial Dispatch TO The Star.

srecial Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec. 18.-Pota-
toes, per l0o-pound sack. GOAL. IS;
Florids, bushel, 1.75a2.00: sweet pota-
toes, bushel, 50a10 90; nearby, bushel,
40a75; half bushel, 30a35; beans,
bushel. 75a3.25; beets, half crate. 1.s0a
200; nearby, bunch, 1a2; broccoli,
crate, 2.25a2.50; brussels sprouts,
quart. l0al3; drum, 1.00a2.00; cab
bage, Danish, 5o-pound sack, e5as5:
pointed type, hamper, LOCALS; fiat
type, hamper, Ito; carrots. bushel,
65al.00; California, crate, 3.50a3.75;
Caulifiower, crate. 75al25; celery,
crate. 50a3. 90: collards. bushel, 35a40;
cucumbers. bushel, 1.25a3.25; kale,
bushel, 30a40: lettuce, iceberg, crate,
1.25a3.25: lima beans, bushel. 2.25a
500; mushrooms, 4-quart basket, 50a
IS; onions, 50-pound sack, S5al. 20;
peas, bushel. 2.25a3.oo; peppers, crate,
2.75a4.00; spinach, bushel, LOCAL. 40;
nearby. bushel. ooa125; squash,
bushel, 2.0oa2.50; tomatoes, lug. 50a
$50; turnips, nearby, purple tops.
half bushel, 2oa35; yellows, per 100
pounds. 65a75; apples, bushel, 35a1. IS;
box, l.40a2.00; cranberries, quarter
barrel box, 2.25a3.oo: eighth barrel
box, l.35al.60; grapefruit, box, LISA
$50; oranges, box. 1.50a2.4o tan
gerines, half box, 75a150.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-275: compared with Friday
last week; steers mostly so to rs
lower; bulk medium and good grades,
900 to 1880 pounds. 7.0oas.5o; bulk
Thursday, s.25 down: weeks top ESQ
for l,350-pound virginias; beef cows,
IS to so cents lower: other she stock
steady to weak; bulk fat cows, 5.25a
500; few $3.50 early in week; low
cutters and cutters, 3.50a5. 90; load
lots, s25-pound heaters, 725a775;
others mostly 100 down. plain and
medium bulls weak, mainly 525a6 so;
odd head to 6.75 early in week.
Calves-25; compared with Friday
last week; good grade vealers so cents
lower; late sales 1l.50a1200: under
grades 100 Of, from 5.00a10.50.
Hogs-350; steady with Friday;
mostly IS cents lower than week ago;
packing sows of IS cents; good and
choice, 40 to 200 pounds, s.55as. s.85;
practical top Ss5; 210 to $40 pounds,
s.35aS.75: few ESQ to 800 pounds, 500
aS.35; good packing sows, e.85a7 IS; ;
stays around 6.25 down. Hogs from
doubtful areas and those fatteued on
garbage or swill not represented in
above prices.
Sheep-none: compared with Fri
day last week; advance on lambs early
IN week lost and all classes repre-
sented closing mostly steady: late
sales good and choice eve and
wether lambs. l0.00a10.25; fat bucks,
lilo less: plain and medium throw
outs mostly 6.5oa8.50; culls down to
500; fat slaughter ewes, 400a5. 90;
old thin sheep, 1.50a3.00
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Chickens, Rocks,
pound, 22a24; mixed colors, 16a22;
fowl, Rocks, 20a2l; mixed colors, 15a
40; Leghorns, l4a16; roosters, l2al4;
ducks, 16a20; geese, 17a22; guineas,
each, 40a60; turkeys, pound, l9a26.
Egss-Current receipts, dozen, 27a
%; whites, large, 29a30; medium, asa
~; receipts. 1859 cases.
Butter-Prints, pound, 4la42: good
to fancy, creamery, 3sa3s; rolls, 30;
packing stock, 26: receipts, l,24l tubs.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat No. 2
rsd winter, garlcky. spot, domestic,
96; December delivery, o6. Corn. No.
2, yellow. domestic, 6sa601z; Western
billing at premium over this price.
Cob corn nominal Oats, No. z
white. domestic. 42a4S; No. 3, 4la44;
Pacific Coast, No. l, white oats, 10.
Except grain on track there is an ad-
ditional charge Of III cents per bs,shel
for storage and elevation on all sales
Of oats Rye, No. 2, 90as5. Barley.
70a7S. Hay quiet, unchanged. Straw
1irmer, 900 per ton.
Sea Food Market
Catfish, rough, pound, 5: dressed.
IL; carp, 8; eels, 12a15; mackerel,
22a25; white perch. IS; yellow perch,
IS; trout, frozen, 8; spots, frozen, 3;
pike, IS: bluefish, 20: founders, 15a
lS; croakers, 5aS; rock, 15a2o; butter
fish, frozen, II; crab meat, 45a90;:
shrimp. rs; scallops, 40; CLAIMS, large.
per 100, las: Cherrystones, 100; Lit
tie Necks, IS; oysters, bushel, casa
AIS; gallon, 1.25a2.50.
Tobacco Market.
The market for Maryland leaf to-
bacco continues inactive, with both re-
ceipts and sales showing declines, and
prices remain unchanged at the fol-
lowing quotations: Maryland firm leaf,
nondescript. 4; common, 4a12; me-
dium, l3a3o; good to fne. red, 31a4o.
Seconds-Common, 4a10; medium,
11a20; good to fine, 2la39. Unsound