Evening star., 1937-05-26
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star


Potatoes, old. per loO-pound sack,
l.75a225; new, barrel. 2O0a40O 100
pound sack, LISA 225; sweet potatoes,
bushel 1.00al.50; yams, bushel. 75a
LOO; asparagus, crate, 125a350;
beans, bushel, 100a2 90; beets, crate,
1.60al75; cabbage. pointed type. ham
per. 50a75; carrots, crate, 2.50a425:
caulidower, crate, l.50al.65: celery,
crate, 2.50a3.75; corn, crate, 3OOa
3.25; cucumbers, bushel. 3oOa45O
eggplant, crate. e.75a325 bushel,
125a1.75: lettuce, Western. Iceberg,
crate. 200e325; Southern, Big Boston,
hamper. 50al.00; lima beans, bushel
$50; mushrooms. 4-quart basket. 25a
90; onions. 50-pound sack, S5a1 65;
peas, bushel, 75al.25; peppers. crate,
200a3 90: bushel. 150a2 25; radishes
nearby, bunch. la2; rhubarb, nearby,
bunch, 2a3: spinach, nearby, bushel,
25a40; squash bushel 1.25a2 so;
tomatoes. lug, 125a325; apples. bushel,
l,5oa250 box, 25oa265; grapefruit,
box, 2.25a3.25; oranges, box. 2.5Oa4 so;
strawberries, crate, 1.75a325; quart,
8al2la.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Broilers, Rocks pound,
22a24; mixed colors, 22a24; Leghorns,
l8a2l; fowl, Rocks. 20a2l; mixed COL
ors. 1920; Leghorns, l5al7; roosters,
l0al2; ducks, 15a17.
Eggs-Current receipts, dozen. goa
2l: hennery whites, large, 2l12a22;
medium. 20a2l; receipts. 1923 cases.
Butter-Prints, pound. 34a35; good
to fancy. creamery. 3212a3317: pack
ing stock, 1s; rolls, 20; receipts, 1888
tubs.
Grain Market.
Opening prices we're: Wheat-No 2,
red. Winter. garlicky, spot, domestic,
1877; May delivery, 1912; settling
prices we're: Wheat-No. 2, red. VIM
ter, garlicky. spot, domestic. 1877; May
delivery, 1877. Corn-No. 2, yellow,
domestic, 1.25; Western delivery at
premium over this price. Oats-No. 2,
white. domestic, 64a74; No. 3, 63a73,
except grain on track there is an ad-
ditional charge of liz per bushel for
storage and elevation on all sales of
oats. Rye, No. 2, 130al.35. Barley,
93a98.
Hay market holds steady to firm
under good demand for timothy
and clover mixed at 17.00a22.00 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. stock
Sea Food Market.
Catfish. pound 3a4; dressed, 7as;
carp, 2a3; eels. 8a9; haddock. 5a6;
mackerel. 5a6; rock, 8al2; white perch,
5as; yellow perch. 8a1o; herring, 2a3;
trout, 8al0; bluefish, sa10; founders,
l0al2; porgies. 4a5; croakers. 4a5;
butter fish, 4a5; roe shad, pound, 18a
2O split shad, 12a15; buck shad, 1Oa
12: scallops, 20a22; clans, large. per
100, 90a95; Cherrystones, 60a70: Little
Necks, 5oa55; soft crabs, dozen, 2.50a
800; hardshell crabs, barrel, 4.00a
500; crab meat, pound, 25a4o.
Tobacco Market.
Quotations on old stock-Maryland
firm leaf, nondescript, 3a4; common,
4a10; medium, 10a30; good to flne,
red, 30a40; seconds, common, SAT;
medium, good to fine, 15a35.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-375; few loads good grade
$50 to 1.O40 pound steer around Is
cents higher than Monday, at 1090a
11.50; few head plain lightweights.
9.75; trading In COWS very dull; sales
and bids generally Is to so cents lower
than Monday; bulk still in nrst hands
at 11:30 am, odd head good grade up
to 500; plain and medium grades
mainly 625a7.O0; low cutters and cut
ters, 425a6.00; shelly" kinds, 400
and less.
Calves-100: slow; steady with
Tuesdays decline; good grade vealers
largely 950a10.00; plain and medium
grades, 700a90
Hogs-500; generally 20 cents lower
than Tuesdays levels, light lights of
Is cents; good and choice grades ITO
to 210 pounds, 1205a12.3o: top, 1890:
220 to $50 pounds, 11.70a12.0o; heavy
weights down to 11.25 or below; 40 to
160 pounds light lights. 11.70a11.95:
120 to 40 pounds, 1100a11 80; good
grade packing sows, 10ooa10.45: hogs
from doubtful areas not represented in
above prices.
sheep-45o: forenoon supply truck
ed-in offerings; Spring lambs Is cents
or more lower, with sales good to near
choice grades, 1275a135O; medium
and plain throwouts under sharp pres
sure and mostly selling from 1l.00
downward; few head fat clipped
slaughter ewes Of mixed weights, 400.