Evening star., 1937-06-16
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star,

AAo AAhOAsL, iuo, June l0.-HO-
tatoes. new, barrel. 2.O0a225; 100
pound sack, 125a2 SO, old, l00-pound
sack, 150a2.00; sweet potatoes, bushel,
75al.50; yams, bushel, 75a1 00 aspara-
gus, crate, l.25a350; beans, bushel,
75al.60: beets, nearby, bunch. 3; cab
oaee, pointed type, hamper, 5Oa65;
nearby, pointed type. bushel, 4Oa50;
carrots, crate. 500; cauliflower, crate,
l.7oa2.O0; celery, crate, 500: corn,
crate, l.50a2.25; cucumbers, bushal
l,00a2.00 nearby. half bushel, 75a90;
eggplants, crate, l75a2 90; bushel, l 90
alas; lettuce, Western, Iceberg, crate,
3.25; Big Boston. crate. 40a45; nearby,
Iceberg, bushel, l5a35; mushrooms A.
quart basket, 50al 90: onions, So
pound sack 40al .25; peas, bushel, 5oa
2,25; nearby. bushel, 5Oa1 90: peppers,
crate, l.50a3.25; bushel l.25a1 IS;
spinach, nearby, bushel, 5Oa75; SQUASH
nearby, half bushel, 65a75; tomatoes,
lug, 5Ca2oo; apples. box. 24Oa2 rs;
blackberries crate, l50a2 25; canta-
loupes. crate, 300a40O; cherries, quart,
6al2: grapefruit, box. 4OOa45O:
huckleberries, quart. l5a20; oranges,
box, 275a475; peaches, bushel, 25oa
300, raspberries. red, pint, 7al2:
Strawberries, nearby. crate, l75a35O;
Watermelons, each, 40a60.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Broilers Rocks. pound
2la24 mixed colors, 2oa22; Leghorns,
l5a20 fowl, Rocks. l9a2O mixed COL
ors, l7alS, Leehorns, Halls; ROSTERS
l0al2; ducks, l2a14
Eggs-Current receipts. dozen. l9a20;
hennery whites. large, 2la22; medium,
20: receipts, 1877 cases.
Butter-Prints, pound, 34a35. good
to fancy. creamery, 32a33; packing
stock, Is; rolls, l8; receipts 1879 tubs.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, pound, 5a6; dressed. 8al0;
carp, 3a4 eels, 8al0; haddock, 8alO;
rock, loal2; white perch, 6aS; yellow,
8al0 trout, 5a6: bluefish, Sal0; foun-
ders. l2a15. croakers, 4a5: spots, hard
heads, 4a5 butterflsh, 5a6; soft crabs,
dozen. Goal "a; hard crabs, barrel. $50
a4.5o; dozen, 25a40; crab meat, pound,
25a45 shrimp, 1oa15; Cherrystone, Goa
65; Little Necks, 50a55 frogs, each,
l5a25.
Tobacco Market.
Maryland farm leaf, nondescrpt,
3a4 per pound, common, 4al0; me-
dium. l0a30; good to fine red. 30a40.
seconds, common. Sal; medium, 7al5
good to fine, l5a35.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-250: steers steady to strong.
good grain fed. 970 to l075 pound
weights, 114oall9o; some being held
bulk low cutter and cutter grades,
4.50a6 90; plain and medium grade
fat offerings, 625a7 90; good grade
absent and quotable to 500 or above;
odd head plain and medium bulls slow,
from 6.0Oa65o.
Calves-l50; vealers active. firm;
good grades 9.0Oa9.50, mostly; plain
and medium, 65oa850; lightweight
culls down to 500 or below.
Hogs--250; demand weak generally
10 cents lower than Tuesdays levels;
good and choice, ITO to 2lO pounds,
l1,50all.70. practical top, ITO; 220
to $50 pounds and l40 to 100 pounds,
1l.00all.3o; 260 to 800 pounds, 10.5Oa
ll.00; over 300 pounds quoted 10 .o0a
1890; l20 to l40 pounds, 1040al065:
good grade sows, 930a9So; stays
quoted from 8.75 down; hogs from
$AI -.
above prices.
Sheep-325; moderate to light
supply, fully steady with Tuesday:
good and choice trucked-in eve and
wether Spring Lambs, 12a25a1250:
bucks discounted 1.Oo plain and
medium grades mostly 9,Ooa1O.50; odd
handy weight slaughter ewes up to
400; weighty kinds, 250a3 90, if fat;
old thin sheep down to 15o.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat-No. 2,
red. Winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
1879; June delivery, 1874; settling
prices were: Wheat-No. 2, red Win
ter, garlicky, spot, domestic, 1877;
nominal; June delivery, 1877; nomi-
nal. Corn-No. 2, yellow, domestic,
l2O; Western delivery at a premium
over this price. Oats-No. 2, white,
domestic, 60a70; No. 3, 59a69, cept
grain on tracks there is an additional
charge Of ll2 cents per bushel for
storage and elevation on all sales of
oats. Rye, No. 2, l.25al.30 Barley,
91a96.
Hay market holds steady to firm
under good demand for timothy and
clover mixed at 17.ooa22O0 per ton,
but it takes well-graded No. l stock
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