Evening star., 1938-04-02
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Md, April l.-Po-
tatoes. old, per l0O-pound sack, 8Oa
lao; new, bushel, l5Oal75; sweet po-
tatoes. bushel, 50al 90; nearby, bushel,
5Oa75, yams, bushel, 50a85; barrel,
LOCAL 50; asparagus, dozen punches,
/ .ai4 90, beans, bushel, 5Oa2 90; beets,
half crate, l00al.15; broccoli, crate.
l.75a2 so; cabbage, hamper, 6Oal 20;
carrots, California. crate, 2.50a2.75;
Texas, crate, l75a20O; Eastern BUSH
el, 50a60; caulif1oWer. crate, l.25a1.5O;
celery, crate, l50a225; eggplants,
crate. 1.75a200; kale, bushel. 3Oa4O;
nearby, blue. l5a25; cucumbers, BUSH
el, 2.00a3.00; lettuce, Iceberg, crate,
4o0a500 Big Boston, hamper, 1.oOa
l.5O; lima beans, bushel, 2.OOa2.75:
mushrooms, 4-quart basket, 4Oa65:
onions, 50-pound sack, 5Oal so; peas,
bushel, 2.25a3 SO; peppers. crate, l.0Oa
2.25; raoishes, red tips bushel. 75s
100; rhubarb, 5-pound carton. 45a5O:
nearby, bunch, 5a8; spinach, bushel,
35a50; nearby, 25a50; squash. bushel,
l.25al.50 tomatoes, lug, coal go;
turnips, New Jersey, purple tops.
bushel, 90al.00; nearby, half bushel,
30a40; yellows, per 100 pounds, $50;
apples, bushel. 25aloO: box, l.25a1.75:
grapefruit. box, 1.50a2.75; oranges
box. l.50a2 25; Strawberries, pint, Ga
Is; quarts, l8a2O.
Dairy Market.
Live poultry - Chickens, Rocks.
pound, 23a24; mixed colors, 22a23'
fowl, Rocks. 2la23; mixed colors. 2la
%; Leghorns, 1920; roosters, l2a15;
capons, 27a35; ducks, 2oa23.
Eggs-Current receipts dozen. TIA
1712; whites, large, 18l2al9: medium.
l7al712. Receipts, 1873 cases.
Butter-Prints, 90 score, pound, 32a
33i2; 90 score. 30a32: country rolls.
Is; packing stock, l7a1s. Receipts,
FOG tubs.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle. IT'S. Compared with Friday
last week, steers mostly steady to
strong. spots 25 cents higher: bulk
medium and good grades. 900 to 1900
pounds, 77oa885; load 1850 pounds,
$50. weeks top; she stock strong to
25 cents higher: heifers scarce: few
lots good grade. 7.5oas1o: good grade
beef cows, 6.5oa7O0; plain and me-
dunn grades fat COWS mostly 525a625;
bulk low cutters and cutters, 425a5 25:
shelly kinds. 400 and occasionally be-
low; late sales plain and medium bulls,
5.50a6.50, mostly Is cents lower than
week ago.
Calves, none. Compared with Friday
last week, vealers mostly so cents
higher and closing trade strong at
advance; late sales good grades, 10.0Oa
1850 mostly; medium grades, 7.50a
$50; Gull and plain grades mostly
5.00a7OO.
Hogs. so. Not enough on offer to
test market. Compared with last Sat-
urday, 80 to IS cents lower, mostly
around so cents off; packing sows 25
cents lower; good and choice grades,
160 to 200 pounds, quotable s.85ae.10,
practical top 10; 210 to $40 pounds.
8.55aS.e5; $50 to 800 pounds, 8.2Oa8. 10;
140 to l60 pounds, 8.70a8.95; 100 to
140 pounds, 8.20a8.55: good sows, 7.00a
$50; stays, 6.25 down. Hogs from
doubtful areas and those fattened on
garbage or swill, as we'll as price pre-
miums occasionally paid for through
billed consignments bought for re-
shipment, not represented in above
prices.
Sheep, none. Compared with Friday
last week, lamb market mostly IS cents
lower; decline encountered early in
week; weeks top. CTS, paid Monday;
top on subsequent sessions, $50, and
late sales good and choice grades ewes
and wethers, 9.25a9.50; fat bucks 100
less; merely good shorn, 8.25a8.5O;
medium and plain throwout shorn,
5.00a7.00; sheep scarce; odd head fat
slaughter ewes up to 500 and choice
handy weights quotable above 500.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No. 2
red winter, garlicky. spot domestic,
92A; April delivery, 921a. Corn, No. 2
yellow, domestic, 64a66; Western bill
ing at premium over this price; cob
corn, nominal Oats, No. z white,
domestic, 42a45: No. 3, 4la44; Pacific
Coast, white, II. Excepting grain on
track, there is an additional charge of
1k cents per bushel for storage and
elevation on all sales of OATS Rye.
No. 2, 93a98. Barley, 70a75. Hay
quiet, unchanged. Straw steady, 900
per ton.