Evening star., 1938-06-18
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star

BALTIMORE, Md, June 18.-Pota-
toes. old, per 100-pound sack, 1.50a
Its; new. 100-pound sack, 1.25a1.50;
barrel. 240a2.60; sweet potatoes,
bushel, 40a1 90; yams, bushel, 50a
100; asparagus, dozen punches, l.00a
PTS; beans, bushel, 50a70; nearby,
bushel, 60a75; beets, dozen punches,
20a25; nearby, bunch, 1ha2; cabbage,
hamper, 50a65: nearby, bushel, 40a55;
carrots, Western, crate. 3.25a3.50;
Eastern, dozen punches, 35a40; cauli-
flower. crate. 1.75a1.85 celery. crate,
2.25a3.25; corn, crate, 1.00a1.25; egg
plant, crate, 100al75; cucumbers,
bushel. 75a1.50; lettuce, Iceberg. West
ern, crate, 300a4.00; nearby, Iceberg,
bushel, 40a60; lima beans, bushel
2.75a3. 90; mushrooms. four-quart bask-
cts, 60a75; onions, 50-pound sack,
60a1 so: peas, bushel, 1.25al75; pep
pers, bushel, 75a1.25: radishes, red tip,
nearby, bunch, l2al; rhubarb. nearby.
bunch, 2a3; spinach, nearby. bushel,
40a60; squash, nearby, half bushel,
50a75; tomatoes, lug, 40a1.25; apples,
bushel. 40a1.75; blackberries, crate,
2.50a3.0o; cantaloupes. crate, 1O0a
3.75; bushel, 75a1 90; cherries, nearby,
pound, sweet, 5a8; wax, 4a5; Morello,
5a6; grapefruit, box, 150a2.75; honey
balls, crate. 3.25a4.00; honeydews,
crate. 1.65a3.50; huckleberries, quart,
l5a16; oranges. box, 1.50a3.50; peaches,
half bushel. Goal 90: raspberries, black,
quart, l6al8; red. pint. 8a12; straw
berries, nearby, crate. 2.00a275; water
melons, each, 25a45.
Dairy Products.
Live poultry - Chickens. Rocks,
pound, 20a22; mixed colors, 20a22;
Leghorns. 15a17; fowl, Rock, 2oa21;
mixed colors. 20a21: Leghorns, 2oa2l;
roosters. 14al5; ducks. 15a17.
Eggs - Nearby, current receipts,
dozen. whites. PLAZA; mixed colors,
21a22. Receipts. 915 cases.
Butter-Prints. 90 score, pound,
28l2; 90 score, ASIA; country rolls. 1s;
packing stock, is. Receipts. 1,126
tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, so. Compared with Friday
last week, steers mostly weak to Is
cents lower: COWS and bulls weak to
mostly IS cents Of Late bulk steers.
medium and good, 800 to 1,100
pounds, at $50 to $40: early in week
several lots and few loads good and
choice, 9.50a9.75; top, $50. Late sales
plain and medium grassy lightweights,
7.00a8.25. Rev plain to good heifers,
6.00a8.50; most low cutter and cutter
cows closed at 4.00a5.25; plain and
medium scarce. few head. 550a6 90.
Plain and medium bulls, 5.5Oa6. so, few
head to 6.65. Several lots plain and
medium stock steers during week at
6.00a7 so, few good to 800 and above
Calves. Is. Vealers closed mostly so
cents lower than a week ago. Good
grade, 900; plain and medium, 7.00a
500; culls down to 500.
Hogs, Mostly steady with Friday
but undertone weak Good and choice
140 to 200 pounds, 9.35a9.60; practical
top, $50: 2l0 to 240 pounds, elsa
9.45; $50 to 300 pounds, 870a915;
120 to 140 pounds, 9O5a94O good
packing sows, 730a7.80; stays, $50
down; market steady with a week
ago. Hogs from doubtful areas and
those fattened on garbage or swill and
price premiums paid for through billed
consignments of rail hogs not included
in above quotations.
Sheep, so. Compared with Friday
last week; good and choice spring
lambs fully so cents lower, plain and
medium weak to so cents lower. Sup
plies light after midweek, with most
lots good and choice eve and weathers
s.50a9.75, bucks 100 less; plain and
medium grades. 7.O0as. so; slaughter
ewes steady, Gull to good shorn offer
ings, 1.00a300.
Grain Markets.
Opening prices we're: Wheat, No. 2
red winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
1914; June delivery, 79A. Settling
prices were: Wheat, No. 2 red winter,
garlicky, spot, domestic, 79; June
delivery, 70. Corn. No. yellow, do
nestle, 65a67; Western billing at
premium over this price; cob corn,
nominal. Oats. No. 2 white, domestic,
40a43; No. 3, 39a42. Excepting grain
on track, there is an additional charge
Of u cents per bushel for storage and
elevation on all sales of oats. Rye, No.
2, 75a80. Barley, 60a65. Hay quiet,
unchanged. Straw steady, 7.50a8.00 a
ton,