Evening star., 1937-08-28
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, August 28.-
Potatoes. per 100-pound sack, 80a1 90;
California, 100-pound sack, 2.s0;
sweet potatoes, bushel, 50a1.l5; bar
rel, 1.75a2 90: beans, bushel, 80a1 90:
nearby, bushel, 50a125; beets, dozen
25a30; nearby, bunch, 2a3;
cabbage, brshel, 35a60; carrots, Cali
fornia. crate, 4.75a5.00; New York,
crate, 75al. so; bushel, 1.1Oa115; dozen
punches, 35a4o: nearby. bunch, 21aa
31A: celery, crate, 125a2 90; corn,
nearby, sugar, dozen, l2a25; cucum-
bers, bushel. 75al.25: nearby, half
bushel, 25a40; cauliflower, rate, l.65a
200; eggplants, nearby, half -bushel,
40a60; lettuce, California, iceberg,
crate, 2.25a425, lima beans, bushel,
7oa2.75; onions, per 50-pound sack,
85al 65; peas, bushel, 150a175; pep
pers. nearby. half-bushel, 15a3o;
squash, nearby, half-bushel, 4oa6o;
tomatoes. nearby, half-bushel, 10a60;
Gamers stock, busnel, As; apples,
bushel, 5oa90; box, l.60; cantaloupes,
nearby. long Johns. half-bushel, 15a
40: round. half-bushel, 2oa3o; culls,
half-bushel, 10al5; California, crate,
4.o0a4.25: casaba melons, crate, lisa
200; honey dews, crate, l.50a2 90;
peaches, busfel, 1.00a1.75; nearby,
half-bushel, 25a75; pears, bushel, 1.o0a
$50; Persian melons, crate, l.25al rs;
watermelons, each, 5a3O.
Sea Food Market.
Cat fish, per pound, SAT; dressed, 9
al0; carp, 3a4; eels, l0a12; haddock,
lOal5; mackerel, 5a6; white perch, ga
10: yellow perch, l0al2; trout, S; blue
fish, 10al2; founders, 10al2 croakers.
5a6; rock, 12a15; spots, 5a6; hard
heads, 5a6; butter fish, 6a8; soft crabs.
dozen, 70al.3 hard crabs, barrel, $50
a5,0O; dozen, 25a40; crab meat, pound,
30a45; shrimp, 10al8 clans, large,
100. 1.00al.l0; Cherrystones, 65a75;
Little Necks. 55a60; frogs, each, 25a35.
Tobacco Market.
While receipts Of tobacco have in
creased the last few weeks, sales have
practically kept pace and values under
the recent advance are we'll main
tanned, with all grades in good demand
at the following quotations: MARYLAND,
firm leaf, nondescript. per pound:
common, 4al2; medium, 13a3O; good
to fine red, 3la40; seconds, common,
4al0; medium, lla20; good to fine,
2la38.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-250; compared with Friday
last week. top medium and good grade
steers mostly 25 cents higher, spots up
more on good grade; bulk such kinds
scaling 1,100 to 1925 pounds, ll.50a
l400; low medium and plain steers
weak to Is cents lower, mostly 8.00a
1850; she stock weak to 25 cents
lower; heifers mainly 650a9 so. few
to 1000; grass fat COWS largely 5.5Oa
100, few head good grade grain feds
to 500 and above; late sales low cutter
and cutter cows. 400a525; plain and
medium bulls steady to weak, from
5.50a700.
Calves-50; compared with week
ago, closing trade 100 higher and
firm at advance; late sales good grade
vealers. ll.50al2 90, mostly; plain and
medium grades largely e.oOal1.00.
Hogs-25o; steady with Friday:
compared with week ago, butcher
weights from ITO pounds up and pack
Ing sows IS cents lower; light lights
100. and pigs. Ito of: good and
choice ITO to 2lo pounds, 12.20a12.45:
practical top, l245; 220 to $50 pounds
ll.75al22o; l40 to 100 pounds. IL .e0a
ll.85; l20 to I40 pounds, ll00al1.50;
good sovs. 960a10l0 hogs from
doubtful areas and those fattened on
garbage or swill not represented in
above prices
Sheep-125. compared with Friday
last week, good and choice grades eve
and wether Spring lambs. IS cents
higher: weeks bulk sales, ll.0Oal1.75.
bucks, 90 less: other grades lambs
and classes unchanged from week ago:
plain and medium lambs mostly 7.00a
$50; best lightweight slaughter ewes,
[,O ,
old thin sheep, l50a2 90.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry - Chickens: Rocks
pound, 27a28; mixed Colors. 26a27;
Leghorns, 23a25. Fowl: Rocks, 22a23;
mixed colors, 20a2l; Leghorns, Halls;
roosters, 12a14: ducks. l4a15.
ERHs-Current receipts, dozen, Ola
%; hennery whites. large, 26a28; me-
dium, 23a24; receipts, 385 cases.
Butter-Prints, pound. 34a36: good
to fancy. creamery, 33a34iz; packing
stock, 2l; rolls, Is; receipts, 542 tubs
Grain Market.
Opening prices we're: Wheat-No 2
red. Winter, garlicky, spot, domestic
1.o8s4. August delivery, 1O8s4. Corn
No. 2, yellow, domestic, 1.12 Western
billing at a premium over this price
white, domestic, 55a70; No. 3, 54a69
except grain on track there is an
additional charge of 1l2 cents pei
bushel for storage and elevation on all
sales Of oats. Rye-No. 2, 75a8o
Barley-70a75
Hay-Receipts Of new hay so ia,
have been too light to establish grades
or prices. For good old timothy
clover and mixed hay the market
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 the
market holds steady at ST and So PEI
ton for No. wheat and 81 and s.
per ton for No. oat.