Evening star., 1937-07-09
Baltimore Markets
special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Md. July 9-Pota-
toes, barrel. l.85a2 90; 100-pound sack,
1.l0al25; sweet potatoes, bushel, 50a
l,25; yams. bushel, 50a90, beans,
bushel, 50a75; nearby, bushel, 60a85;
beets, nearby, bunch, l'2a2: cabbage,
round type, bushel, c5a40; carrots,
California. crate, 450a475; nearby.
bunch, 3a4; cauliflower, crate. 225a
$50; celery, crate, 1.lsa4.00; corn,
sugar. crate, 90al.25; field, crate. rs
a90, nearby. dozen, 12al5; cucumbers,
bushel, 35a60; nearby, ,alf- -bushel, IS
ass; eggplant. crate. 1.50al.75; bushel,
75al 90; lettuce, California, Iceberg,
crate, 25Oa3 so; Eastern, big Boston,
crate, 35a60, lima beans, bushel, .50a
$50; onions. 50-pound sack, 80al 40;
peas, bushel, l40a2l5, peppers,
bushel. 75al.O0; crate, LOCAL so;
squash. nearby half-bushel, 20a30;
spinach, nearby, half-bushel 50a65:
tomatoes. lug, 0al65; nearby, half
bushel, 75al2 IS; apples. bushel, 50a
100; blackberries, crate, 175a4 90;
nearby, crate. 200a3 90: cantaloupes,
crate, 50a3 So bushel, packed locally,
50a60; honey balls, crate. 275a3 30;
honey dews. crate, l35a2 90: buckle
berries, quart, l0al6;, oranges. box. ITS
ASSOC. peaches. half-bushel. 75a2 25,
bushel 200a275; raspberries. black,
crate. 30Oa4 90: red. pint, 6alO, water
melons, each 20a35
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Broilers. Rocks. pound
20a23; mixed colors, 20a22; Leehorns.
l5al9; fowl, Rocks, 20a22: mixed COL
ors, l8a20; Leghorns, Halls; roosters,
l0al2; ducks, l2al4.
Eggs-Current receipts. dozen, Ola
%; hennery, whites, large. 25a26;
medium, 22a23; receipts, 2.655 cases.
Butter-Prints. pound. 34a35; good
to fancy, creamery, 32a33; packing
stock, l6al7; rolls, l9a2o; receipts,
1853 tubs
Live Stock Market.
CattlP-l25: few cows around steady
with weeks full decline: low cutter
and cutter grades, 40Oa5 90; old thin
lghtWeights down to $50, odd head
good grade around 100
Calves-10O: vealers steady: good
grades, 1o00a1O5o, mostly, plain and
medium, 750a9 so
Hogs-400; weights from ITO pounds
up and packing soWs IS cents higher
than Thursday; light lights and pigs
up 20 cents; good and choice. 10 to
2l0 pounds. l2l5al3 40; practical top
| 1870, 220 to $50 pounds. 1265al3l5;
26o to 300 pounds quoted 12l5a1265,
40 to $50 pounds. 1295al32 20; l20 to
l40 pounds. 1220al275; good grade
sows, 1090a1l40 hogs from doubtful
areas not represented in above prices
Sheep-l50: steady to weaker
tendency on Spring lambs in face of
weak demand and kinds on offer; no
good or choice ewes and wethers on
offer: best buck lambs. 1850, indica-
tive Of ll.50 top on trucked in ewes
and wethers, fat clipped slaughter
ewes quotable steady, from 400 down.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, per pound, 5a6; dressed,
8al0; carp 3a4; eels, 8al0; haddock.
sal0; mackerel. 5a6 white perch,
6a8, yellow perch, l0al2; trout, 5a6;
| bluefish, l0al2: founders, 10al2;
croakers. 4a5; spots. 4a5: hard head,
4a5; butter fish, 5a6; soft crabs, LISA
AIS hard crabs, barrel, 350a45O;
dozen, 30a45; crab meat. pound,
25a35; shrimp. l5a20; clans. large,
100, 80a90: Cherrystones, 60a65; Little
Necks, 5Oa55; frogs. each, 25a35.
Tobacco Market.
Maryland farm leaf, nondescript,
3a4 per pound; common, 4alO; me-
dium, l0a30; good to fine red. 30a40;
seconds. common, Sat; medium, Tails;
good to fine, 15a35.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No.
2. red, Winter. garlicky, spot. domes-
tic. l.2112: settling prices were: No,
2, red, Winter, garlicky. spot domestic,
1907. Corn, No. 2, yellow. domestic,
1.20; Western billing at premium
over this price; cob corn, nominal.
Oats, No. 2, white, domestic. 62a72;
No. 3, 61a71, with the exception of
grain on track there is an additional
charge of IL cents per bushel for
storage and elevation. Rye, No. 2,
95a1.o Barley, 65a7O
Hay-Receipts generally light and
while market is dull values are we'll
maintained. Good choice timothy and
clover mixed hay are selling mostly
100 to 2200 per ton, but poor grades
are hard to move and the market is
irregular on all grades below No. g.
Straw-Market quiet under fairly
liberal receipts, but prices hold steady
at 1900 per ton for No. l wheat and
No. l oat straw. Lower grades slow