Evening star., 1937-12-31
Baltimore Markets
SPECIAL Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec. 31.-PO-
tatoes. per l00-pound sack, 85a1. IS;
Florida, bushel, l50al. 80; sweet po-
tatoes, bushel, Goal 90; nearby, BUSH
el. 50a85; yams. bushel. 50al 90; beans.
bushel, 500: beets. half crate, LISA
LAO; broccoli, crate, 2.00a225; Brus-
sells sprouts, drum, l.25al.75; cabbage,
old. Danish, 50-pound sack. 50al 90:
new, round type, hamper, l.25: point
ed type, hamper. 85al.25; Texas. round
type. crate. 2.40a2.50; carrots, bushel,
75a90; California, crate. 275a3 90:
caulifloWer, crate, ll0al25; celery.
crate. 5Oa2.50: collards, bushel, 35a40:
cucumbers, bushel, 275a3 90; egg
plants. crate. 500; escarole, hamper.
l.l5al.25: kale, bushel, 45a50; let
tuce, Iceberg, crate. ATS; Big Boston.
crate. ll0al IS: lima beans, bushel,
2.75a3.00; mushrooms, 4-quart basket,
60a75: onions. 50-pound sack, 120a
$50; peas. bushel. 225a275; peppers
crate. 3.25a3.50; spinach, bushel. 100
l35: nearby, bushel, 50a85: squash.
bushel, l.25al.75; tomatoes. lug. 2.50a
$50; turnips, nearby. purple tops, half
bushel, 20a30; yellows. per 100 pounds,
80as0 apples, bushel, 35al.25; box,
l.40a2.0 cranberries, quarter-barre
box, 1.50a2 so: eighth-barrel box, lis
al.40; grapefruit. box. l.75a2.50: or
anges, box. l.75a250; Strawberries.
pint, 20a2l; tangerines, half box,
1l5a1.65.
Dairy Market.
Live poultry - Chickens, Rocks,
pound. 25a27; mixed colors, 22a26;
fowl, Rocks, 25a26: mixed colors. 22a
"a; Leghorns. l6a20 roosters. l2al5;
capons, 25a33 ducks. 20a22; geese,
20a23; guineas, each, 40a60; turkeys.
28a35.
Eggs-Current receipts. dozen. 28a
90: whites, large 30a3l; medium,
28a29. Receipts. 984 cases.
Butter-Prints, pound. 42a43: good
to fancy. creamery. 39a40; rolls, 80;
packing stock. 28a30. Receipts, 326
tubs.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle. 80: nominally steady with
Thursday. Compared with close last
week, steers weak to shade lower:
weeks bulk. 7.25a850 few loads good
l,l50 to 1850 pounds, 8.60a9.OO; she
stock and bulls strong to IS cents
higher; few weighty heifers to 500;
bulk, 7.25 down; only few beef COWS
above 800 plain and medium grade
fat cows mostly 5.25a5.75; plain and
medium grade bulls, 550a70O.
Calves. Is; nominally steady with
Thursday: vealers closing mostly 100
higher than week ago: late sales good
grade vealers, IL 00a12 so mostly: plain
and medium mainly 7.50a1l so; culls
down to 500 or below.
Hogs. 600; mostly 20 cents higher
than Wednesday; packing sows steady,
closing mostly 10 cents lower than
week ago; packing sows of IS cents;
good and choice. l20 to 200 pounds,
9.l5as.40; practical top, $40: 2l0 to
240 pounds, 8.75a9.15: $50 to 800
pounds. 840a875; good packing sows
6.90a7 40; stays, $50 down. Hogs from
doubtful areas and those fattened on
garbage or swill and price premiums
paid for through-billed consignments
purchased for reshipment not included
in above prices.
Sheep. IS; nominal Compared with
close last week, market generally
steady, following 25-cent dip in fat
lamb prices early this week; late sales
good and choice eve and wether lambs,
9.85a10.25; fat bucks, 100 less; plain
and medium grade throwouts, 650a
900; culls down to 500: fat slaughter
ewes quoted 4.0Oa5 90; old thin sheep,
500 down.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat-No. 2
red winter, garlicky. spot, domestic,
941z; December delivery, 94ha. Corn
No. yellow, domestic, 69l2a7ll2:
Western billing at premium over this
price; cob corn. nominal. Oats-No. 2
white, domestic. 43a46; No. 3, 42a45;
Pacific Coast No. white oats, 10.
Except grain on track, there is an
addition charge of IL cents per bushel
for storage and elevation on all sales
of oats. Rye-No. 2, 90a95. Barley,
70a75. Hay quiet, unchanged. Straw
steady, 900 per ton.