Evening star., 1937-08-25
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

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tatoes, per l00-pound sack, 65al 90
sweet potatoes. bushel, 50a2.00; beans
nearby, bushel. 60a100 beets, dozen
punches, 25a30; nearby, bunch, 2a3;
cabbage, round bushel, 30a50 carrots
New York, crate, 1.00al.25; Pennsyl-
vania, dozen punches, 30a35 bushel
85al10; nearby, bunch, 212a3; celery
crate, al50, corn, nearby, sugar
dozen, l3a20; cucumbers, bushel, 75a
$50; nearby, half-bushel 25a40; egg
plants, nearby. half bushel, 35a50 let
tuce, California Iceberg, crate, 300a
425; Eastern, Big Boston, crate, 65a
125: lima beans, bushel, LOCAL rs;
onions, 5O-pound sack, 70al.65; peas
bushel, l,5oaleo peppers, nearby
half-bushel, 15a30; squash, nearby
half-bushel, 35a50; spinach, bushel
65al.25; tomatoes. nearby, half-bushel
25a6O Gamers stock, bushel, As; ap-
pies. bushel, 50al .00 box, le0al .65
cantaloupes, nearby. Long Johns, half.
bushel, 25a40 round, half oushel, 20e
80; culls, half-bushel, 10al5 grapes
l2-quart basket, 35; honeydews. crate
l.75a25o; peaches, bushel, 75a1.75;
nearby. half-bushel, 25a75; pears
bushel, 125a150; Persian melons
crate, 1.4oa2 90; watermelons, each
2a25.
Dairy Markets.
Live Poultry-Chickens, Rocks,
pound, 27a28; mixed colors, 26a27;
Leghorns. 23a25; fowl, Rocks, 2la23;
mixed colors. 20a21; Leghorns, l4al6;
roosters, l2a14; ducks, Halls.
Eggs-Current receipts, dozen. 2la
%; hennery whites, large. 26a2S; me-
dium. 23a24; receipts, 2,898 cases.
Butter-Prints, pound, 34a36; good
to fancy. creamery. 33a34l2; packing
stock. 81; rolls, IS: receipts. 2,o75
tubs.
Live Stock.
Cattle-75O; several loads gooe
grade, Ito to 1875 pounds grass.
fat steers strong to IS cents higher
than Monday at 1225al40O, princi-
pally on shipping account; odd heae
plain light weights steady, from 1000
down; cows and bulls around steady
COWS, mostly low cutters and cutters
at 450a550 emaciated individuals
400 or less; few grass-fat cows, 6.0Os
750; plain and medium bulls, mainly
55Oa675.
Calves-100; active, firm; good grade
vealers. 11ooa1l,5o mostly; plain anc
medium grades, 8.50al0.50.
Hogs-200; slow demand, butcher
weights from ITO pounds up and
packing sows IS cents lower than
Tuesday; light lights and pigs, IS
cents of; good and choice grades, 17C
to 210 pounds, 12.20a1245. top, 12.45;
22o to $50 pounds. 11.75al22O; ESQ
to 300 pounds quoted 10.65all.35;
140 to 100 pounds, 1l.75al200; 100
to 14o pounds, 11.20al1.65; good pack
ing sows, 96Oa1O.10; stays quoted
from around $50 down; hogs from
doubtful areas and those fattened
on garbage or swill not represented In
above prices.
Sheep-125; not enough on offer to
make market test, quotable nominally
steady; good and choice grades eve
and wether lambs so far this week
10 050a1l50; bucks, 100 less; plain and
medium grades. 700a950; slaughter
bring 2.50a4.00; old, thin sheep, 1.50a
200.
Grain
Opening prices were:
Wheat, No. 2 red Winter, garlicky
spot, domestic, 1.oss4; August deliv'
cry, l.os34. Settling prices were
Wheat, No. red Winter, garlicky
spot, domestic, 1os24; August deliv'
cry, 1.os34. Corn, No. 2 yellow, do
mestic, 1.l2; Western billing ut {
premium over this price; cob corr
nominal. Oats, No. 2 white, domestic
55a70; No. 3, 54a69. Except grain or
track there is an additional charge O.
~ cents per bushel for storage ane
elevation on all sales Of oats. Rye
No. 2, 75aso. Barley, 7oa75.
Hay-Receipts Of new hay 80 fsl
have been too light to establish grade
or prices. For good old timothy
clover and mixed hay the marke
holds steady at SIT to $22 per ton
Poor grades Of hay are hard to sci
and the market is irregular on al
grades below No. 3.
Straw-Demand for new straw /
showing an improvement and tn
market holds steady at 81 and So pc
ton for No. l wheat and 81 and s,
per ton for No. ! oat.
Sea Food Market.
Cat fish, per pound, 5a6; dressed
sal0: carp, sa4; eels, 1oa12; haddock
8a10; mackerel, 5as; white perch.
alo: yellow perch. 10al2; trout, 5ae
bluefish, 1oal2; founders, loa12
croakers, 5a6; rock. 12al5: spots, 5a6