Evening star., 1938-02-26
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.


BALTIMORE. Nd, Feb. 26.-Pota.
toes, old, per 100-pound sack, 75a1 40;
new, bushel, l.25; sweet potatoes.
bushel. 40al 90; nearby, bushel, 5oa85:
yams. bushel, 50aso; beans, bushel,
l.25a2.25; beets. h6f crate. LOCAL as:
broccoli. crate. 2.50a3.00; brussels
sprouts. drum, 275a3OO; cabbage,
new, round and pointed type, hamper,
75a1.00; Texas, fiat type, crate, l.25a
l.50: old, Danish, 50-pound sack, 75a
lao; carrots, bushel. 50a9O: Califor-
MIA. crate. 2.50a3.00; Texas, half crate,
1.15al.25; cauliflower, crate, 1.1oa
l.50; celery. crate, l.75a225: collards,
oushel. 40a5o; cucumbers, bushel, 400
also; eggplants, crate, 2.00a3. 90;
escarole, hamper, l.O0al.25; kale.
bushel, 40a50; lettuce, Iceberg, crate,
2.25a2.50; Big Boston. crate, 4oa75;
lima beans. bushel. 225a2.75: mush-
rooms. 4-quart basket. 5Oa75: onions,
5O-pound sack. LOCAL 30: peas, bushel,
l.75a3.00; peppers. crate, 1.75a3.O0;
rnuoarb, 5-pound carton. 5oa55; ro-
maine. hamper, $50; spinach, bushel,
5oa75; squash, bushel, 115al.75; to-
matoes, lug, 100a2 90; turnips, nearby.
purple tops, half bushel 20a3O; New
Jersey, bushel, 5oa65; yellows, per 100
pounds, 65a75; apples, bushel. 25al.25:
box. l.25al.75; grapefruit, box 150a
2.5o; oranges, box, l50a250: straw
berries, pint, l0al5; tangerines. half
box, 75a1.50.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-175; compared with Fridav
last week; steers mostly steady to Is
cents higher. upturn principally on
medium grade; bulk medium and good
300 to 1850 pounds, 7.ooas.35; TOP
$50 for 1900 to 1,240 pounds; heifers
scarce, strong: plain and medium
mostly 5.25a5.75; late sales low cut
tiers and cutters. 425a5 90; bulls strong
to rs cents higher; best weight sausage
offerings, TOO: bulk plain and me-
dium. 5.75a675.
Calves-None. Compared with Fri
day last week: Vealers steady: good
grades. 1l.5oal2.o0 mostly; plain and
medium largely 7.50al1. 90.
Hoes-200: modest supply 100 to
ESQ pounds butchers steady with Fri
day; others nominal; compared close
last week, mostly is to 20 cents
higher; good and choice 16O to 200
pounds. 9.65a9.90; practical top, $50;
2l0 to 240 pounds, 94Oa9.65: $50 to
300 pounds, quotable 8.45a9.20; l2O
to 140 pounds, 9.15a9.50; good packing
sows, 7.35a7.85; stays, $50 down.
Hogs from doubtful areas and those
fattened on garbage or swill. as well
as price premiums paid for through
billed consignments bought for re-
shipment. not represented in above
prices.
Sheep-None. Compared with late
last week: Lambs mostly rs cents
higher; weeks bulk good and choice
grades, 8.50a9.25; late sales mostly
9.00a9.25; weight averages largely 7s
to 80 pounds; plain and medium
grades. 6.50a8.00: slaughter ewes
strong; mostly $50 down: choice
handy weights absent and eligible to
sell up to 500 or possibly above.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Chickens large Rocks,
pound, 22a24; mixed colors, 22a24;
broilers. 1sa22; fowl. Rocks, 22a23;
mixed colors. 2la22; Leghorns, leale;
ROSTERS, l2a15; capons. 27a33: ducks,
2la24; guineas, each, 40a60; turkeys,
pound, 27a35; cullS, 1920.
Eggs-Nearby current receipts,
dozen, l7al8; whites. large, 18al9;
medium, 17a18; receipts, 1878 cases.
Butter-Prints, 90 score, pound, 31a
50; 80 score, 30a32; country rolls, 24a
rs, packing stock, 20a2l;' receipts.
|. ,202 tubs.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat-No.
z RED winter. garlicky, spot, domestic,
l.oOh; February delivery, 1.001z.
Corn-No. 2. yellow, domestic, 66a6e:
Western billing at a premium over
this price: cob corn, nominal. Oats
No. white. domestic. 421aa451a: No.
5, 4laa44h. Pacific Coast No.
white, II. Except grain on track,
there Is an additional charge of IN
cents per bushel for storage and ele-
vation on all sales of oats. Rye-No.
2. 93a9S. Barley-70a75. Hay quiet,
unchanged. Straw, steady, $500 per
ton.
Sea Food Market
Catfish, rough, pound, 4a5; dressed,
10a15; carp, SAT: eels, 10a12; white
perch, 10a12; yellow perch. 10a12;
trout, frozen, 6; pike, 20a22: bluefish,
17al9; founders, 12a15; croakers, 81
8; rock, 1sa20: crablheat, 2oa60;
shrimp, 20a22; scallops, 80; shad, roe,
22a25; buck, 15al8; split, 20: clans,
large, 100, 1.25; Cherrystones, 100,
LOO; Little Necks, 100, IS: oysters,
bushel, 100a2.50; gallon, 1.00a2.25.