Evening star., 1937-06-08
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

oAb - AMOISG, mu, OulN Or IVA.
toes, old. 1o0-pound sack, l50a2 90;
new. barrel. l50a3 90; l00-pound
sack. 150al75; sweet potatoes, bushel
LOCAL so; yams, bushel, 75al00; as
parasus, crate, 1.00a3.25; beans
bushel. 75a2.0O, beets, crate. 75a1 90;
dozen punches. 4Oa50; nearby, bunch
4a5 cabbage, pointed type. hamper,
30a50: carrots, crate, $50; caulifower,
crate, l25al so: celery, crate. 1.50a
$50; corn, crate, $50: cucumbers,
bushel, l.5oa3.oo; esgplants, bushel.
l.0Oal.50; lettuce, Western iceberg,
crate, 2.25a40o; nearby. Big Boston,
bushel. l5a25; Iceberg, bushel, 35a5o;
lima beans, bushel, 2.25a2.75; mush-
rooms, four-Quart basket, 5Oal 90;
onions, 50-pound sack, 65al.25: peas,
bushel, 50a2.15; peppers, bushel, 2.25A
800; crate, 22sa3.75; spinach. near
by, bushel, 75al 90: squash bushel,
GOAL as; tomatoes, lug. l lo0a2.l5; ap-
Piles, box. 250a2 IS; blackberries, crate,
$50; cantaloupes. crate. 225a5.5 so;
grapefruit, box. 2.25a325; oranges,
box. 2.50a475; huskleberries, quart,
l5a25; peaches, half bushel 5Oal.25;
strawberries. crate. 1.75a4.o0; water
melons, each, 55a65.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry - Broilers. Rocks,
pound. 22a24; mixed colors. 22a23;
Leghorns. l5a1s; fowl. Rocks, 10;
mixed colors, 17als; Leghorns, 14al6;
ROSTERS. 1oal2; ducks, l2al4.
Eggs-Current receipts. dozen. 10;
hennery whites large. Al; medium, l9a
10; receipts, $40 cases.
Butter-Prints. pound. SASS; good
to fancy, creamery. 32laa33h; pack
ing stock, lS: rolls, 20: receipts, 7S6
tubs.
Sea Fsod Market.
Catfish. pound. 3a5; dressed, 7aS;
herring, 3a4; mackerel, 6a8: rock. l0A
II; white perch. 5as; yellow, Sal0;
trout. 5a6: bluefsh. Sal0; founders,
l0al2; croAkers. 4a5; spots, 4a5; hard
heads, 4a5: butterfish, 5a6; soft crabs,
dozen. 60al25: hard crabs, barrel,
3.50a4.50: crab meat, pound. 25a45;
shrimp. l5alS clans, large. per 100,
90: Cherrystones. 6oa65: Little Necks,
50a55; frogs, each, l5a25.
Tobacco Market.
Quotations on old stock-Maryland
firm leaf. nondescript, 3a4 common,
4alo; medium. l0a30; good to fine,
red. 30a40; seconds. common, Sal;
ma t4
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-l25. cows steady; mostly low
cutter and cutter grades at 4.50a6. IS;
plain and medium quoted 6.5oa7.75;
few just good grade, 7.5o; bulls tend
Ing weak to lower, with stable num-
Der held over from Monday.
Calves-75: vealers steady: good
grades mainly 90Oae SO; plain and
medium grades, 6.5Oa875; culls down
toward 500
Hogs-30o; generally 10 cents lower
than Mondays levels; good and choice
ITO to 2l0 pounds. 1l.65all.80: top,
ll.80; 220 to $50 pounds and 140 to
l60 pounds. 1l.l5all.4O; 26O to 800
pounds quoted l0.65alll5 and over
800 pound weights from 10.l5al0. 40:
l20 to l40 pounds, l0.5Oal075; good
grade packing sows. 940a9.90; stays
quoted from 900 down; hogs from
doubtful areas not represented In
above prices.
Sheep-l50; not enough done on
Spring lambs up until nearly noon
time to make market test; Mondays
bulk sales good and choice ewes and
wethers. l2.50al3.50; odd head fat
slaughter ewes steady. from 400 down.
ward.
Grain Market
Opening prices we're: Wheat-No.
2 red Winter. garlicky. spot, domestic.
1877. Settling prices we're: No. 2 red
Winter, garlicky. spot, domestic, 1877.
Corn-No. 2 yellow, domestic, 1928.
Western billing at premium over this
price, cob corn nominal. Oats-No. 2
white, domestic, 63,73; No. 3, 62a72,
with the exception Of grain on track
there Is an additional charge of IA
cents per bushel for storage and ele-
vation. Rye-No. 2, 1.25a1. 80. Bar
ley, 9la96.
Hay market holds steady to firm
under good demand for timothy and
clover mixed at l7.00a22. 90 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. 3 stock.