Evening star., 1938-03-12
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE. Md, March 12-Po-
tatoes, old, per l00-pound sack. 75a
l.85; new. bushel, l.l5a125; sweet
potatoes, bushel 5OalO0; nearby,
bushel. 50a85; yams. bushel. 5Oa90;
Virginia, barrel. l75a2 90: asparagus,
dozen punches, 45Oa700; beans,
bushel. l50a2.25; beets. half crate rs
al.25, broccoli, crate, 800: Brussels
sprouts. drum 2.25a2.75 cabbage. new.
round type, hamper. 70al2o; carrots. !
bushel, 50a75; California. crate, 3OOa
3.25; Texas half crate, l.15al35:
caulif1oWer. crate. l50a1 50; celery, |
crate. 2.00a2.50 collards. bushel. 35a
As eggplants, crate. 250a275; kale, |
bushel. 30a45: lettuce, Iceberg, crate.
2.50a2.75; Big Boston, hamper. / 25a
It's, lima beans. bushel. 2.75a3.25; !
mushrooms. 4-quart basket, 5Oa65;
onions, 50-pound sack. 50a1.65; peas,
bushel, l.65a300; peppers. crate. 00a
200, rhubarb, 5-pound carton. go:
spinach, bushel, 60a70; squash. bushcl,
75al.25; tomatoes, lug. l0Oa175
turnips, New Jersey purple tops bushel,
10a60: nearby. purple tops. half bushel.
20a30; yellows. per 100 pounds, 85a
90; apples, bushol, 25al 90; box, l25
al.75, grapefruit. box. 15Oa2 so;
oranges, box. 1,5oa25O; strawberries,
pint, lll2al2l2.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle-300 Compared with Friday
last week. steers and she stock mostly
strong to Is cents higher: bulk me-
dium and good grades 900 to 1850
pound steers. 7.25a825; load 1850
pounds. $40; small lot 940-pound
mixed steers and heifers, $50; small
package choice l100-pound steers.
800; plain and low medium grades
lightweights. 660a7l0. few lots plain
to good heifers, 550a7.5 so: few good
beef cows. 65Oa675: plain and me-
dlum grades fat cows, 5.50a6.25;
bulk low cutters and cutters. 4.25a
5.25; bulls steady; plain and medium
grades. 5.75a700.
Calves-125: compared with Friday
last week. vealer market UNCHANGED;
good grades, l150a12O0 mostly: me-
dium grades, 900al1 90, culls and plain
grades, 550a850.
Hogs-400; mostly 10 cents higher
than Friday; compared with close
last week, light and medium weight
butchers around steady; weights $50
pounds up 10 to 80 cents higher:
light lights mostly 25 cents lower;
pigs 10 to Is cents off; packing sows
10 cents higher; good and choice 160
to 200 pounds, 995al02O; practical
top, 1920; 21O to 240 pounds aeoa
1910; $50 to 300 pounds, 9.3Oae 80.
40 to 16o pounds, 9.70a9 95; 12o to
140 pounds, 9.20a9.5O good packing
sows. 7.70a8.2s. Hogs from doubtful
areas and those fattened on garbage
or sWill, as we'll as price premiums
occasionally paid for through billed
consignments bought for reshipment.
not represented in above prices.
Sheep-none. Compared with late
last week, lamb market mostly 25 to
so cents higher; advance Monday
when bulk of weeks supply were
available; good and choice rs to 81
pound averages mostly 9.50a1O25:
double deck 84-pound average. 1o.4O.
top for week; plain and medium
grades, 7.25a8.75; fat slaughter ewes
mostly around $50 to 160 pound
weights at around 450; choice around
100 pounds or lighter offerings QUO
table upward of $500.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry - Chickens, Rocks.
pound, 20a23; mixed colors, 21a22:
fowl, Rocks. 20a2l; mixed colors. 18a
20; Leghorns. 17als; roosters, 12a15:
capons, 27a33; ducks, 20a23; turkeys,
pound, 27a35; culls, 18a20.
Eggs-Nearby current receipts dozen,
II; large whites, 18al9; medium, II:
receipts, 1854 cases.
Butter-Prints. 90 score. pound, 31a
33; 90 score, 30a32: country rolls, 25:
packing stock, l8a19; receipts, 1,o86
tubs.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat-No. 2
req winter. garlicky, spot, domestic.
95A; March delivery, 95s4. Corn
No. 2 yellow, domestic. 63a65; Western
billing at a premium over this price;
cob corn, nominal. Oats-No. white,
domestic, 42l2a45l2; No. 5, 4112a441a;
Pacific Coast No. l white, II. Except
grain on track, there is an additional
charge of 1Ha cents per bushel for
storage and elevation on all sales of |
oats. Rye-No. 2, 93a9S. Barley,
7Oa75. Hay quiet. unchanged. Straw