Evening star., 1937-08-15
Baltimore Markets
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BALTIMORE, August l4-Featured
BY light receipts throughout the week,
the live poultry market continued its
upward trend.
Higher prices. however. affect only
young stock. fowl remaining steady.
The increases range from to 2 cents
per pound.
Young Rocks are cent above last
weeks levels and are selling 27a28.
Mixed colors recorded similar In
crease and are bringing 26a27
Leghorns are l to 2 cents higher,
with prices ranging 23a25, according
to size of stock,
Fowl prices remain steady at 2la22
for Rocks, 2oa2l for mixed colors and
14al6 for Leghorns. BOOSTERS at l2a
IA and young Pekin ducks at l4al5 are
unchanged.
Egg Market Narrow.
Little change has occurred in the
egg market Current receipts are
slightly lower at 2la22 dozen, but large
hennery whites at 26a28 and medium
size at 23a24 are steady. Receipts
have varied considerably from day to
day
Receipts Of native and nearby gar
den truck continue rather heavy and
prices have shown some change, in
most instances they are slightly lower
than last week, but in some lines they
are little above previous quotations.
rhy- riy ,nl orn
selling 80alO0 bushel for the best and
50a75 for poorer stock. Beets are
slightly higher at l50a2.50 per 100
punches. Carrots also are slightly
higher at 2Ooa35O per 100 punches.
Sugar corn at 8al3 dozen is little
lower, but cucumbers are steady at
25a35 half bushel.
Elephants have declined to 25a35
half bushel and peppers are steady at
2Oa3O half bushel Squash remains
unchanged at 25a3O half bushel, but
spinach is higher, selling 50a75 half
bushel.
Tomatoes are lower and are bringing
25a35 half bushel for ungraded ripe
stock, with poorer quality selling down
to TO- Gamers stock continues at
40 bushel. Nearby cantaloupes also
are lower, Long Johns selling 35a40
half bushel and round type, 25a30.
Culls are bringing as low as 10.
Peaches from nearby territory are
bringing 40a6O half bushel for best
ungraded and 15a30 for less desirable
stock.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle. 200 Compared with Friday
last week, good steers steady to Is
lower; mostly steady on those selling
above 1900; medium and plain, $3.50
lower. Low medium and plain under
pressure and in instances off more
than so. Bulk, medium and good,
1,050-1 400 pounds, 1125-13.50; top
1875 for two loads 1920 pounds.
Plain lightWeights mostly 85011 90:
plain and medium heifers mainly $50
1000, and load good 900 pounds at
1880 steady. Cows steady to Is lower;
grass fat kinds mostly 550-750; few
beef types to 800. Bulk low cutters
and cutters, 425-5.50; emaciated kinds
400 down. Plain and medium bulls
weak, mostly 550-675; odd head best
sausage kinds to 100.
Calves, IS. Unchanged throughout
the week. Good vealers, 11O0-50;
bulk, plain and medium, 8OO-10.50;
good Weighty calves, 1000 down.
Hogs, $50. Nominally steady with
yesterday and mostly 30 under week
ago; pigs only 20 lower Good and
choice l70-2l0 pounds quotable 1856
80; 220-250 pounds, 1866; 26O-3OO
pounds, l2.0070; 140-16O pounds,
13.30-55; 120140 pounds, l2.80-13.30.
Good sows 1100-45; stays, 9.75 down.
Hogs from doubtful areas and those
fattened on garbage or swill not rep
resented in above prices.
Sheep, 100. Compared with last
Friday, Spring lambs mostly fully
steady throughout week. Good and
choice ewes and wethers, 1O5O-11.25;
mostly ll.o0-25; practical top, 1125;
extreme top, ll.50, uncovered late
Thursday for small lots strictly choice
Is pounds; best price yesterday, 11.25;
bucks 100 less. Plain and medium,
100000. Sheep steady. Few light
weight fat slaughter ewes to 4.50;
mostly kinds to sell from 100000.
Old thin sheep, 150-200.
Grain Market
Closing prices were: Wheat, No 2
red Winter garlicky spot domestic,
1.15a4 August delivery, 1854 Corn,
No. yellow domestic, l1312; Western
billing at premium over this price;
cob corn nominal. Oats, No. 2 white
domestic, 55a70; No. 3, 54a69. except
grain on track; there is an additional
charge of l1a cents per bushel for
storage and elevation on all sales Of
oats. Rye, No. 2, 75a80. Barley,
GOATS.