Evening star., 1938-02-19
Baltimore Markets
Er ecial Dispatch to The Star.

oAbA AMOnE., Mu., req. 13.-TO.
tatoes. old, per l00-pound sack, 65a
1.85; new, bushel, 1l5al50; sweet
potatoes, bushel, 40a1.0O; nearby,
bushel, 50a85; yams, bushel, 50a90;
beans. bushel, 1.00a30O; beets, half
crate. 1l5al.25; broccoli, crate, $50;
brussels sprouts. drum, 275; cabbage,
new, Florida, round type, hamper,
1.15al.50; Texas, fiat type, crate, 225a
ESQ; old Danish, 50-pound sack, 130a
1.35; carrots, bushel, 50a90; California,
crate, 250a300; Texas, crate, LISA
ZOO; cauliflower, crate, 1.l5a1 so;
celery, crate, 175a225; collards,
bushel, 40a50; cucumbers, crate. $50;
Big Boston, crate, 90; eggplants, crate,
3,25a350; kale, bushel, 40a50; lettuce,
Iceberg, crate, 2.65; lima beans, bushel,
3.O0a325: mushrooms, four-quart bas-
ket. 60a75; onions, 50-pound sack, 100
also; peas, bushel. 185a300: peppers,
crate. 3.00a3.5o; rhubarb, five-pound
carton, 50a60; spinach, bushel, 40a75;
squash, bushel, 2,10; tomatoes, lug.
l.25al.75; turnips, nearby, purple tops.
half bushel. 20a30; yellows, per 100
pounds. 65a75; apples, bushel, 25a1.25;
box. 1.25al.80; grapefruit, box, 1.5oa
2.25: oranges, box. l.5Oa2.5O; straw
berries. pint, 12al4; tangerines, half
box, 75a150.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Chickens, large Rocks,
pound. 22a24; mixed colors, 22a24;
broilers, lSa22; fowl, Rocks. 2Oa2l;
mixed colors. l9a20; Leghorns, 16al8;
ROSTERS. 12al5; capons, 27a33: ducks,
2la24; guineas. each, 4Oa60; turkeys,
pound, 27a35; culls, 18a20.
Eges-Nearby, current receipts. doz-
en-, 1872: whites, large, 19laa2o; min
lmum. l812al9: receipts, 2,618 cases.
Butter-Prints. 81 score, pound. 31a
SO; 80 score, 30a32: country rolls, pa
25' packing stock, 2oa21; receipts, 81
tubs.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle. 1875; compared with FRIDAY
last week, market on most classes clos
ing steady; cutter and common grades
OF COWS steady to Is cents higher; ma
Jorlty steers and yearlings, medium to
good grades. at 675a8.25; weeks top.
8.45. for load 1882 pounds: plain Quail
ity kinds down to 6.25; heifers scarce.
lew from 6.ooa8.00: majority plain and
medium grades fat cows, 5.OOa5 so:
lew good beef cows around 500: bulk
plain and medium bulls, 5.5Oa6 so:
best weighty sausage kinds to 6.75.
Calves, Is: compared with Friday
last week, all grades vealers closing
steady following strong to so cents
higher market on good grades Monday
and Tuesday; weeks bulk good grades,
11.5oa12.o0; sales up to 1880 early IN
week: plain and medium grades most
ly 7.50al1.00; culls down to 600 or
below.
Hogs, 1875; not enough on offer to
make market test; compared with
close last week, market mostly 20
cents higher on l40 pounds up and
packing sows; some medium weight
butchers up more; pigs around steady;
good and choice. 14O to 200 pounds,
quotable from 9.45a975; practical top,
9.75; 2lO to 20 pounds, 9.2Oa945; $50
to 300 pounds. 8.25a900: l2O to 14O
pounds, 900a9 35: good packing sows.
7.20a7.70; stays, $50 down; hogs from
doubtful areas and those fattened on
garbage or swill, as we'll as price
premiums paid for through billed con-
slgnments bought for reshipment, not
represented in above quotations.
Sheep. 250 compared with Friday
last week, lamb market mostly strong
to Is cents higher; bulk weeks supply
fed Westerns; good and choice grades,
ewes and wethers. 8.50a8.o IS; top, 900,
paid Monday; plain and medium
grades, 6.O0a7.50; few fat slaughter
ewes steady, quality and weights con-
sidered; most sales 400a450; choice
handy weights absent; old thin sheep,
l.00a300.
Grain Markets.
Opening prices were, wheat, No. 2
red winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
98A; February delivery, 98A; corn,
No. 2 yellow, domestic, 67a69; Western
billing at a premium over this price;
cob corn. nominal; oats, No. 2 white.
domestic, 43a46; No. 3, 42a45; Pacific
Coast, NO. white, II; except grain or
track, there is an additional charge of
u cents per bushel for storage and
elevation on all sales of oats; rye, No.
2, 95al.00; barley. 70a75; hay quiet.
unchanged; straw steady, $500 per
ton.
Sea Food Market.
Catfish, rough, pound, 3a5; dressed,
10a15; carp. SAT; eels, 8a10; white
perch, 10a12; yellow perch, 10al2;
trout, frozen. 6; pike, 20a22; bluefish,
'15a18; founders. 12a15; croakers, 4a8;
rock, 15al8; crab meat, 20a65; shrimp,
22a25; scallops, IS; shad roe. 30a35;
buck, 1920: clans, large, 100, 1.25;
Cherrystones, 100. 100; Little Necks,
100. IS; oysters, bushel, 1.0oa2.50; gal
Ion, 100a2.25.