Evening star., 1937-05-19
Baltimore Markets
srecial Dispatch to The Star.

srecial Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, Nd, May l9.-Po-
tatoes, old, loo-pound sack, 1.25al. 80;
new, barrel, 2.50a425; 1OO-pound
sack. l4Oa2 so; sweet potatose, BUSH
el, l.00al.50; yams, bushel, 75a1.OO;
asparagus, crate, 125a4OO; beans,
bushel, l50a3.25; beets, crate, 2.5Oa
$50; cabbage, pointed type, hamper,
65a1.25; carrots, crate, 2.75a4.00,
cauliflower, crate. 200; celery, crate.
l.75a250; cucumbers, bushel, 300a
$50; eggplants, crate, 2.0oa300: BUSH
el, l.00al.5O; lettuce. Western Ice
berg, crate, l.50a4.00; Southern, Big
Boston. hamper, 50al25: Lima beans.
bushel. 2.00a3.50; mushrooms, 4-quart
basket, 40a90; onions, 5O-pound sack,
l.00al,75; peas, bushel l25a215; pep
pers, crate, 1.75a30O; bushel, LISA
200, radishes, nearby red tips, bunch,
lalA, rhubarb, nearby. bunch. 2a4;
spinach, nearby, bushel. 30a5O
squash, bushel, l.50al.75; tomatoes,
lug, 75a350; apples, bushel. l5Oa
$50; box, 2.50a2.65; grapefruit. box,
200a325; oranges box. 200a450;
strawberries, quart, 6al2l2.
Dairy Market.
Poultry - Live poultry broilers,
Rocks, pound. 24a25, mixed colors,
23a24; Leghorns. 2oa22 fowl, Rocks,
l9a20; mixed colors, l8al9; Leghorns,
l5al7; ROSTERS. l0a12; ducks, l5al7.
Esgs-Current receipts. dozen, 1872 !;
hennery, whites, large, 20i2; medium,
1872. Receipts, l849 cases
Butter-Prints, pound, 34l2a351o:
good to fancy creamery, 33a34; pack
ing stock, l6al7; rolls, lea23. Re-
ceipts, 1908 tubs
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-l75; sales top, medium and
low good grades, 1000 to 1,l0O pounds
steers, around 1880; steady; COWS,
mostly IS cents higher than Tuesday
and so cents above Monday: good
grades scarce, odd head to 800 or
above; plain and medium grades, $50
also; bulk. low cutters and cutters,
475a625.
Calves-75, vealers steady with for
mer sessions this week; good grades,
lo.ooalo.5o mostly; plain and medium,
7.5Oa9.50: culls. down to 500 or below.
Hogs. 400; demand broad at mostly
50 cents higher prices than Tuesday
on early rounds today and strong to
higher tendency than early at mid
session: good and choice ITO to PIG
pounds, ll.s5al2.l0; early top, 1910;
220 to $50 pounds and l4O to leO
pounds from 1l60a1185: heavy
weights down to ll.00 or below: 100 70
140 pound weights, 1O75all25: good
packing sows. 1000al025; hogs from
doubtful areas not represented IN
above prices.
Sheep, 275; generally steady with
Tuesday; good and choice grades
Spring lambs. mainly from 50 to Is
pounds, 13.50al425: railroad deck
choice closely sorted on shipping &C.
count. 1875; most plain and medium
throwouts, s5oal2oo; virtually nc
other classes on offer.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish. pound. 3a5; dressed, 7a8;
carp, 2a3; eels. 9al0; haddock. 8al0;
herring. 3a4; mackerel, 8; rock, los
IL; white perch. 6as: yellow, salo
trout, 5a6: bluehsh, 8a10; founders
12al5; croakers, 4a5; spots, 4a5; hard.
head. 4a5; butter fish, 5ae; roe shad
20a22; split shad. l5a18; buck shad
l5als; soft crabs, dozen, 7oa1 IS; hard
crabs, barrel. 350a4.50; crab meat
pound, 25a45; shrimp, 15als; clans
large, 100, 80; Cherrystones, 60a65
Little Necks, 5oa55; frogs, each, IS.
Tobacco Market.
Quotations on old stock-Maryland
firm leaf, nondescript. 3a4: common
4a1o: medium, l0a30: good to fine,
red, 30a40; seconds, common, SAT;
medium, good to fine, 15a35.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No
2 red Winter, garlicky, spot domestic
l.42l2; May delivery, l.421a. Settling
prices were: Wheat. No. red Winter
garlicky, spot domestic, 1922: May
delivery. 1922.
Corn, No. 2 yellow, domestic, l.25;
Western delivery at premium over
this price. Cob corn nominal.
Oats, No. 2 white, domestic, 64a74
No. 3, 63a73; except grain on track,
there is an additional charge OF IL
cents per bushel for storage and ele-
vation on all sales of oats.
Rye, No. 2, 130a135.
Barley, 93a98
Hay-Market holds steady to firm
under a good demand for timothy and
clover mixed at 1700a2200 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. 8 stock.