Evening star., 1938-03-05
Baltimore Markets
Srecial Dispe tch to The Star.

Srecial Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd, March 5.-Po-
tatoes, old, per 100-pound sack, 75a
185; new, bushel, 1.20a1.25; sweet
potatoes, bushel, 50al.00; nearby,
bushel, 50a85; yams, bushel. 50a90;
beans, bushel, l5Oa25o; beets, half
crate, 90a115; broccoli, crate, 275a
$50; brussels sprouts, drum, 2.75a
800; cabbage, new, round type, ham
per, 100a1.15; Texas, round type,
crate, 125a1.5o; old Danish. 50-pound
sack, 50a1.40; carrots, California,
crate, 25oa3.oo; Arizona, crate. LISA
ESQ; Texas, half crate, l.l0a1.25;
bushel, 5Oa85; caulifower, crate, 1.50a
165; celery, crate. 200a2.50; collards,
bushel. 4oa5o; eggplants, crate, LISA
$50; kale, bushel, 40a45; lettuce. Ice
berg, crate, 2.50a3.00; lima beans,
bushel, 200a2.65; mushrooms, four
quart basket, 50a65; onions, 50-pound
sack. 50a1.80; peas. bushel. 1.75a3.00;
peppers, crate, 1o0a2 90; bushel. 1.25a
1.5o; rhubarb, five-pound carton, so;
romaine, hamper, 1.50a1.75; spinach,
bushel. GOATS; squash, bushel, 85a
$50; tomatoes, lug, 1.00a1.75; turnips,
New Jersey, purple tops, bushel, 70a
80; nearby, purple tops, half bushel,
20s30: yellows, per 100 pounds, 75a
80; apples, bushel, 25a1.25; box, LISA
Its; grapefruit, box, 1.50a2 so;
oranges, box, 1.5Oa2.5o; Strawberries
pint, Gals.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Chickens large Rocks,
pound, 22a24; mixed colors, 22a24;
broilers, 18a22; fowl, Rocks, 24a25;
mixed colors. 23a24; Leghorns, 18a22;
roosters, 12a15; capons, 27a33; ducks,
20a24; guineas, each, 40a60; turkeys,
pound. 27a35; culls, 1920.
Eggs-Nearby, current receipts,
dozen, 1872; large whites, 18al812;
medium, 1914; receipts, 1902 cases.
Butter-Prints, 80 score, pound, 31a
SO; 80 score, 30a32; country rolls, IS;
packing stock, 18a19; receipts, 1,104
tubs.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were, wheat, No. 2
red winter, garlicky. spot, domestic,
81; March delivery, 81. Corn, No. 2
yellow, domestic. 65a67; Western bill
ing at premium over this price; cob
corn nominal. Oats, No. white, do
mestic, 42l2a451a; No. 3, 41ha441a:
Pacific Coast, No. white, II; except
Tor grain on track there is an addition
al charge of 112 cents per bushel for
storage and elevation on all sales of
oats. Rye, No. 2, 93a9s Barley, 70a
IS. Hay quiet; unchanged. Straw
steady; 50 per ton.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-150; compared with Friday
last week, good grade steers weak to
IS cents lower; medium and plain
grade steers and good grade cows and
bulls steady; low cutter to medium
COWS strong to Is cents higher; bulk
medium and good 900-to-1. pound
steers, 7.25aS.35; small package choice
1,057 pounds, $50; heifers scarce,
strong; few lots plain to good grades,
6.50a7.40; good weighty beef COWS to
$50; bulk plain and medium grades
fat cows, 525a6.00; low cutters and
cutters mostly 4.25s5.25; bulk plain
and medium bulls, 550a6.75; best
weighty sausage kinds, 100: few good
butcher bulls to 7.35.
Calves-25; compared with Friday
last week, vealers steady; good grades,
1l.50a12.00, mostly; medium grades,
e.o0a11.o0; cull and plain grades. 5.5Oa
500.
Hogs-325. Mostly 10 cents higher
than Friday; compared with close last
week: butchers, 40 pounds up. mostly
80 to 50 cents higher; pigs up 10 to
20 cents; packing sows. Is cents higher;
good and choice 140 to 200 pounds,
o.e5a10.20; practical top, 1920; 210 to
$40 pounds, 9.85a10.25; $50 to 800
pounds, o.00a9.70; 120 to 40 pounds.
9.35ae. go; 90 to 120 pounds, 8.60as IS;
good packing sows, 7.60aS.10; stays,
$50 down. Hogs from doubtful areas
ana those fattened On garbage or
svill. as well as price premiums paid
far through billed consienments bought
for reshipment, not represented in
above prices.
sheep-none. Compared with late
last week: lamb market mostly 50 to
rs cent? higher; weeks bulk good and
choice ewes and wethers. 9.0oa9.50;
double deck 81 to 80 pounds average
ted westerns Friday, 9.85; plain and
medium grades, mainly 6.5oaS.oo:
sIauphter ewes strong. grade and
weicht considered; mostly good grade
,,e,ehtv kinds, around 4.50; choice
handy weights absent and considered
eliribie to 500 or above.