Evening star., 1937-05-28
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star

BALTIMORE, Md, May %. .-Po-
tatoes, old, per lO0-pound sack, 2.o0a
225; new, barrel. 375a4 90; l00-pound
sack. l.25a225; sweet potatoes, bushel
l.00al.50; yams, bushel, 75a100:
asparagus, crate, 10oa30o; beans,
bushel. l00al.75; beets, crate, $50:
cabbage. pointed type. hamper. 50a6o;
carrots, crate. 2.5Oa425; caulifower,
crate, l.50al65; celery, crate, 25Oa
$50; corn. crate. 2.5oa2.75; cucumbers,
bushel, 2.50a35o; eggplants, crate,
200a2.50: bushel, 1.50a175; lettuce,
Western, Iceberg. crate, 1.50a3oo
Big Boston, hamper. 25a40; nearby,
| bushel, 25a40: lima beans, bushel, 2 90
| a3,50. mushrooms, 4-quart basket, 25a
rs; onions, 50-pound sack, 85al.65;;
peas, bushel. 75a2.0o; peppers. crate,
2.5oa4oo; bushel. 2oO radishes,
nearby. bunch. la2; rhubarb, nearby,
bunch. 2a3: spinach. nearby. bushel,
| 25a40: squash. bushel, 100al75; to-
matoes. lug. 1.75a30O; apples, bushel,
l.5Oa2.50; box, 2.50a2.65; blackberries,
quart, l0al7; cantaloupes. crate, 500
a7.50 grapefruit box, 225a325:
oranges, box. 25Oa45O; strawberries,
crate, l,50a3.50; .watermelons, each,
60ae5.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Broilers. Rocks, pound,
22a24; mixed colors. 22a24: Leghorns,
| l7a2l; fowl, Rocks, 2Oa2l: mixed
colors, l8a2o; Leghorns, l5al7;
ROSTERS, l0al2; ducks, l5al7.
Eggs-Current receipts, dozen, 20:
hennery whites. large, 2la21h.: me-
| dunn, 20; receipts. 2,269 cases.
Butter-Prints. pound, 34a35: good
to fancy. creamery, 3212a33l2: pack
Ing stock, l8; rolls. 20; receipts, 80
| tubs.
Seafood Market.
Catfish. pound. 3a5; dressed. 7aS;
| carp. 3a4; eeb. 9a1O; haddock. 10al2:
herring, 3a4; mackerel. 7as; rock. -;
white perch. 3a5 yellow. 8a1o; trout,
4a8; bluef1sh, 8al0; founders. 10;
croakers, 3a4: spots, 3a4; hardhead,
3a4; butteTf1sh. SAT: roe shad, II;
split shad. 8; buck shad, l5als: soft
| crabs, dozen, 40a55; hard crabs, dozen,
20a30: barrel, 3O0a4O0; crab meat,
pound, 25a55; shrimp. 12al5; clans,
large. 100, 90al25; Cherrystones. 65a
IS; Little Necks. 5oa6o: frogs. each,
| l5a20.
Tobacco Market.
Quotations on old stock-Maryland
hrm leaf, nondescript. 3a4; common,
4alo; medium. 10a3o; good to fine. red,
30a40: seconds common, 3a7; medium,
good to fine, l5a35.
| Grain Market
Opening prices were: Wheat-No. Z
red, Winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
l.I: May delivery. 1.4l; settling prices
were: Wheat-No. 2. red. Winter. gar
licky, spot. domestic, 140a: May de-
livery, 1.40a. Corn-No. 2, yellow,
domestic. l.25; Western delivery at a
premium over this price. Cob corn-
Nominal. Oats-No. 2, white, domes-
tic, 64a74: No. 3, 63a73; except grain
on track there Is an additional charge
OF ~ cents per bushel for storage
and elevation on all sales Of oats.
Rye-No. 2, 1.30al.3 Barley-s3a9s.
Hay market holds steady to firm
| AAAoSA " 6OOA Aux dIlQ
clover mixed at l7.00a22.00 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.
| Live Stock Market.
Cattle-75; only COWS on offer: few
fresh arrivals steady with Thursday:
no action on stable holdover con-
tingent; low cutter and cutter grades,
4.25a575; plain and medium kinds,
600a6:65.
calves-5o; slow; steady with
Thursday; good grade vealers. 9.50a
| 1000; plain and medium. 7.00a900
Hogs-500 slow: steady: good and
choice grades ITO to 210 pounds. IL 80
a12.l5; top. 1915: 220 to $50 pounds,
| l1.50a11.s0; heavyweights down to
11.00 or below; 40 to 100 pounds,
11.45a11.70; 100 to 14o pounds. 1075a
HOO; good grade packing sows. 9.75a
10.15; hogs from doubtful areas not
included in above prices.
Sheep-200; no action on good and
choice grades Of Spring lambs; un-
dertone weak to lower; few medium
and plain grades. s00a1150: about
steady with Thursday: other classes
absent.