Evening star., 1938-04-30
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Md, April 30.-Po-
tatoes, old, per 100-pound sack, 1.00a
135; new, bushel, 50al35; barrel,
1.75a3 90; 100-pound sack, l.50a1.80;
sweet potatoes, bushel, al.0O; yams,
bushel, 50a75; asparagus. dozen
punches, 60a250; beans, bushel, 50a
125; beets, half crate, GOAL 90; bunch,
g. broccoli. crate, l50a225; cabbage,
hamper. 25a75; carrots, California,
crate, 250a290 Texas, half crate,
l00al25; Eastern. bushel. 65a75;
caulifloWer, crate, 150a175; celery,
crate, 1o0a2O0; corn, 6-dozen bags,
lbs; eggplants, crate, l25a225; kale,
nearby, blue, bushel, l0a20; cucum-
bers. bushel, 75a2.50. lettuce, Iceberg,
Western, crate. 400a600; Southern
crate. 1.50a1.75: Big Boston, hamper,
100a2 90; lima beans, bushel, LISA
$50; mushrooms, 4-quart basket, 30a
60; onions, 50-pound sack, 75a225;
peas, bushel, 50a1.00; peppers, crate,
l.00a2.50: radishes. red tip, nearby,
bunch. 1l2a2; rhubarb, nearby. bunch,
2a3: spinach, nearby. bushel, 15a35;
squash. bushel, 50a75; tomatoes, lug,
T5a2.00; apples. hushel. 25al 90: box,
145a1.75; grapefruit, box, 15oa2 so;
oranges, box. 125a25o; strawberries,
crate, 2.00a425.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry - Chickens, Rocks,
pound, 22a23: mixed colors, 2la22;
Leghorns. 20a2l; fowl, Rocks. 22a23;
mixed colors, 20a22; Leghorns, l8a20;
roosters, l2al5; ducks, 20a21.
Eggs-Current receipts, dozen, 19;
whites, large, 2ol2a21; medium, 19.
Receipts, 2,246 cases.
Butter-Prints, 90 score, pound, 20;
80 score. 26; country rolls, 18; pack
ing stock, Is. Receipts, 525 tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, 1875. Compared with Fri
day last week. steers mostly Is cents
lower; bulk medium and good grades,
900 to 1,150 pounds, 765a900; few
loads 1,073 to 1875 pounds, 9.10a930:
two loads, 1900 pounds. $40: small
lot choice 1,0l5-pound yearlings, $50;
small supply heifers steady; choice
head to 8.75; most sales 6.50a8.25: COWS
weak to 25 cents lower; choice head to
800; few good beef type, 7ooa725;
plain and medium grades fat COWS,
575a6.50; low cutters and cutters,
425a5.50; plain and medium bulls,
550a7.25; good butcher bulls to 825,
steady.
Calves. Is. Compared with Friday
last week. vealers unchanged; good
grades, 950al000 mostly; medium
grades, 7.0Oas.0O; Gull and plain most
ly 500a6.50.
Hogs, so. nominal. Compared with
last Saturday. mostly 80 cents lower;
good and choice 100 to 200 pounds
quoted s45a8.7O; practical top, $40;
210 to 240 pounds, 815a8.55; $50 to
800 pounds, 7.6oa8.25; 14O to 100
pounds, s.35a860; 120 to 140 pounds,
8.1Oa8.45; good packing sows, 6.60a
7:10: stays, 900 down. Hogs from
doubtful areas and those fattened on
garbage or svill. as well as price pre-
miums occasionally paid for through
billed consignments bought for re-
shipment, not represented in above
prices.
Sheep, none. Compared with late
last week, old crop lambs 25 cents
lower; bulk good and choice woolskins
early this week 950a975; comparable
shorn, 850a865; new crop lambs
mostly steady, but closing undertone
weak to lower: good and choice So to
IS pound averages mostly 11.50a12.00
throwouts, 9.0oa1o.50; aged sheep
lacking.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Whea, No. 2,
red. winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
81; April delivery, 81. Settling prices
were: Wheat, No. 2, red, winer, gar
licky, spot, domestic, 81; April de-
livery, 81. Corn, No. 2, yellow, do
mestic, 63ae6; Western billing at a
premium over this price; cob corn,
nominal Oats, No. white. domestic,
42a44; No. 3, 41a43; Jacific Coast,
white, II. Excepting grain on track
there is an additional charge Of 1l2
cents per bushel for storage and ele-
vation on all sides of oats. Rye, No.
2, 9Oa95. Barley, 70a75. Hay, quiet,
unchanged. Straw, steady. 8.00aS.50 a
ton.