Evening star., 1938-06-11
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch TO The Star.


BALTIMORE. Md, June 11.-Pota-
toes, old, per lOO-pound sack. l.50a
ITS; new. 100-pound sack, 1.loal so:
barrel. 200a25o; sweet potatoes.
bushel. 40alo0; yams, bushel, 5Oa
100; asparagus. dozen punches. 75a
2.25; beans. bushel. 50a2 90; beets,
dozen punches, 20a25; nearby, bunch,
2: cabbage, hamper, 50a75; nearby,
bushel, 40a50; carrots, Western, crate,
2.0Oa350, Eastern, dozen punches,
30a40; caulifiower, crates, 1.65a1 rs;
celery, crates, 200a3 00; corn, crate,
l.60al,75; eggplant, crate. 1.o0al.75:
cucumbers. bushel, LIS; lettuce.
Iceberg, Western, crate, 35Oa4 90;
nearby, Iceberg. bushel. 25a5o; lima
beans, bushel, 2.25a3 90; mushrooms,
4-quart basket. 40a65; onions, So
pound sack. 50a1.25; peas, bushe.,
l.00a2.50; nearby, bushel. 1.25a2.O0:
peppers, bushel. 50al25; radishes, red
tip, nearby. bunch, l2a1; rhubarb,
nearby, bunch. 2a4; spinach, nearby,
bushel. 30a40, Gamers stock, busllel,
u bushel. 50a75; tomatoes, lug, 75a
LIS; apples, bushel, 35a125; black
berries. crate. 200a2 SO; cantaloupcs.
crate, l.5oa4.25; grapefruit, box, l.53a
ais; honeyballs. crate, 4.75a5.25;
huckleberries, quart, 1Sa20; oranges,
box, 1,50a3. so; peaches. half bushel,
5oal25; Strawberries, nearby, crate.
2.00a375; watermelons, each, 40s65.
Dairy Products.
Live poultry - Chickens. Rocks,
pound, 22a23; mixed colors. 21a22:
Leghorns, 16a17; fowl, Rock, 22a23:
mixed colors, 2la22; Leghorns, 18a20;
roosters, Halls; ducks. 15al7.
Eggs Nearby, current receipts,
dozen, whites. 2la24; mixed colors,
2la22. Receipts, 1920 cases.
Butter-Prints, 90 score, pound,
2812: 90 score, 25la; country rolls. ID;
packing stock, IA. Receipts, 377 tubs.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle, 200. Compared with Friday
last week; steers, strong to Is cents
higher; cows and bulls, weak to IS
cents and more lower. Bulk steers
medium to good, 900 to 1900 pounds,
at 850a9 40; several lots and few loads
good and choice, s.4oa980. Plain
and medium weights, some showing
grassy condition, 75Oa825. Heifers
very scarce. Most late sales low cutter
and cutter cows, 4.00a5.25; plain and
medium. 5.50a6.25; plain and medium
bulls, 6.ooa6.5o, but weighty kind
scarce.
Calves, 10. Vealers closed strong to
mostly so cents higher than a week
ago. Good grade, 140 to 1s0 pounds,
mostly $50; plain and medium, all
weights, 750a9.00; culls down to 500.
Hogs, 200 Steady with Friday.
Good and choice 140 to 200 pounds,
635a6s0. Practical top, $50; 2Io to
240 pounds, 915a945: $50 to 300
pounds. 8.70as.15; 100 to l40 pounds,
9.05a9.4o; good packing sows, 7.30a
7.80; stays, 675 down. Compared
with close last week market around
80 cents higher. Hogs from doubtful
areas and those fattened on garbage
or swill and price premiums paid for
through billed consignments of rail
hogs purchased for reshipment not
included in above quotations.
Sheep. none. Compared with Fri
day last week; Spring lamb quotable
strong to Is cents higher. At weeks
high time price IS cents 100 higher
but sharp losses after mid-week erased
most Of the advance. Few closing
sales good and choice eve and wether
spring lamb, 10.0oa1o25: some held
higher. At high time Of week bulk,
Fat buck lambs dis
counted 100. Scattering plain and
medium springers late, 7.00a9.00
Slaughter ewes scarce. few good shorn
ewes, 8 90 or about steady.
Grain Markets.
Opening prices were: Wheat. No. 2
red winter, garlicky, spot domestic,
70: June delivery, 70. Settling prices
we're: Wheat, No. red winter, gar
licky. spot domestic. 80; June delivery,
80. Corn. No. yellow, domestic, 64a
So; Western billing at a premium over
this price: cob corn, nominal. Oats,
No. white. domestic, 40a43; No. 3,
39a42 Excepting grain on track, there
is an additional charge of 1Ha cents
per bushel for storage and elevation
on all sales of oats. Rye No. Q, 70a75.
Barley, 6oa65. Hay quiet, unchanged.
Straw steady, 7.5oas.00 . ton.