Evening star., 1938-05-14
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALI 11MONEi, MO-, May 14.-IOCa.
toes. old. per l0O-pound sack, 1.00a
las; new, bushel. 9Oa1.25: barrel,
2.75a3.00: 100-pound sack. l.50a1.75:
sweet potatoes. bushel, 40a1 90; yams,
bushel. 50a75; asparagus, dozen
punches, 1.25a4.00; beans. bushel, 50a
1.50; beets. hamper, 75a85; crate, 1.10a
lis; bunch. 2a3; cabbage, hamper,
35a50; carrots. California, crate, 3.25a
$50; Texas, bushel, 135a1 40; celery,
crate. 1.75a2.50; corn, crate. 1.75a2 90;
eggplant, crate, 75a200: cucumbers,
bushel, l.50a3.0O; kale. nearby, blue,
bushel 35a45; lettuce, Iceburg, West
ern. crate, 2.50a4.75; Norfolk section,
bushel. l00al.25; Big Boston, bushel,
IS; lima beans, bushel, 125a2. 90;
mushrooms, 4-quart basket, 3Oa60;
onions, 50-pound sack, l GOAL 90; peas,
bushel, 75a2.00: peppers, crate, l5Oa
2.25; radishes, red tip. nearby. bunch,
has,; rhubarb, nearby. bunch, 2a4;
spinach. nearby, bushel, c5a35; cam
ners' stock, bushel. 12l2; squash. BUSH
el, 75al25; tomatoes. lug, 75a2. 90;
apples, bushel. 25a1 90: blackberries,
quart, l8a20; gratefruit, box, 150a
$50: oranges, box, 125a275; straw
berries. crate, 2.0oa400; nearby. crate,
3.00a400.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry - Chickens. Rocks,
pound, 2la23; mixed colors, 20a22;
Leghorns. l6a2o; fowl. Rocks, 2la22:
mixed colors, 20a2l Leghorns, l8a2O;
roosters, l2al5; ducks, 15a18.
Eggs-Current receipts, dozen, 10;
whites. l9a2ol2. Receipts. 1.l42 cases.
Butter-Prints, 90 score. pound, 20;
80 score. 26k country rolls. 18; pack
ing stock, Is. Receipts, 327 tubs.
Seafood Market.
Catfish. rough. pound. 3a4; dressed,
12al6; carp, 3a5; eels. 6a8; white
perch. 4al5; yellow perch. 4al5: trout,
2a8; pike, l2a15; bluefish, 22a25;
founders, l0al8; croakers, 2; rock,
8al5; crab meat. backfin, 60; special,
As; regular, 40; claw. 25; shrimp, l8a
20; scallops, 35; shad. roe, 1la12;
buck, 4a6; split, 8; herring, 2; shad
roe, pair. 40a60; clans. 100, large,
100: Cherrystones, rs; Littlenecks, go;
hard crabs, barrel, 500; soft crabs,
dozen. 60al.25.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-l50. Compared with Friday
last week; steers mostly Is to so cents
higher; weeks bulk medium and good
900 to Its pounds. 8.00a90o: few
sales 9.10a9.15; she stock mostly IS
cents higher; slaughter heifers mainly
6.5oa8.50; few good beef cows to 700;
bulk fat cows. plain grades, at 5.75a
$50; low cutters and cutters, 4.25a
$50; plain and medium bulls mostly
6.00a7.00 best sausage kinds to tbs
and butcher bulls to 7.50
Calves-20. Compared with Friday
last week. vealer trade closing about
steady; late sales good grades, 9.50a
1000; bulk for week $50 down: me-
dium grades mostly 700a800; Gull
and plain mainly 5.00a6.5O
Hogs. $50. Today's market nominal
Compared with last Saturday mostly
is cents higher; packing sows steady;
good and choice. 160 to 200 pounds,
quotable 8.35a860; 2l0 to 240 pounds,
8.l5a845; $50 to 300 pounds. lisa
BIS; 140 to l60 pounds. 825a8 SO; 12O
to 14o pounds. 8.O0a8.35; good packing
sows, 650a7 90: stays, 100 down. Hogs
from doubtful areas and those fat
tened on garbage or swill. as well as
price premiums occasionally paid for
through-billed consignments bought
for roShjnYy,onf rorrocnpfod in,
above quotations.
Sheep. none. Compared with late
last week, lamb market closing with
weak to lower undertone following
steady market up through Thursday;
good and choice spring lambs, 10.50a
100; some weighty offerings. 1000;
most throwouts, 800a8.50: good and
choice shorn old crop lambs. Monday,
8.50a8.75; other classes lacking.
Grain Market.
Opening prices we're: Wheat, No. 2
red winter, garlicky, spot, domestic
1874; May delivery, 1894. Settling
prices were: Wheat, No. 2 red winter,
garlicky. spot, domestic. 1884; May de-
livery, 1894. Corn. No. 2 yellow, do
mestic, 63a65: Western billing at a
premium over this price; cob corn,
nominal. Oats, No. white. domestic,
4la44: No. 3. 40a43; Pacific Coast,
white, II. Excepting grain on track,
there is an additional charge of 11a
cents per bushel for storage and eleva-
ton on all sales of oats. Rye, No. 2,
85a90. Barley, 70a75. Hay quiet, un-
changed. Straw steady, 7.50a80 a
ton. j: