Evening star., 1938-05-28
Baltimore Markets
Srectal Dispatch TO The Star.

SIecial Dispatch TO The Star,
BALTIMORE. Nd. May 28-Pota-
toes. old. per 1O0-pound sack. LISA
100; new. bushel, l10al25; barrel.
275a325; 1O0-pound sack. 150a250;
sweet potatoes. bushel, 4Oa1 100; yanls,
bushel, 50a75: asparagus, dozen
punches, 125a3 so: beans, bushel, 50a
125; beets, crate, 60a90; bunch, li2a
2: cabbage, hamper, 40a50: nearby,
bushel, 40a45; carrots. California.
crate. 275a365; caulifower. crate,
190a215; celery, crate, 2.75a3.75: corn,
crate. 150a20 90; eggplant, crate. 125
a225; cucumbers, bushel, l.50a350:
kale. nearby. blue, bushel l5a25: let
tuce. Iceberg. Western. crate. lisa
325: nearby. Big Boston, bushel, goa
30; iceberg, bushel. 35a5O; lima beans.
bushel, 275a3OO: mushrooms. 4-quart
basket. 4Oa65; onions, 50-pound sack.
65a1 35; peas. bushel l.00a200;
nearby, bushel, 175a2O0: peppers,
crate. 150a2 so; radishes. red tip.
nearby. bunch, 12al; long whites. 74a
Ia: rhubarb. nearby. bunch. 2a3.
spinach. nearby. bu5hel, 25a4O: cam
ners' stock. bushel, l0a12l2; squash.
bushel. 6Oal00 tomatoes. lug. i0oa
l.75; apples, bushel. 35al00: cam
taloupe, crate, 2OOa6O0; grapefruit.
box. 1.5Oa275 oranges. box. l.25a
800: peaches. half bushel. 75a125:
strawberries, crate. l25a2 so; nearby.
crate, 20oa4OO; watermelons, each.
45a50.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry - Chickens, Rocks,
pound. 20a23: mixed colors, 20a22:
Leghorns l6a18: fowl, Rock. 20a22;
mixed colors. 1921; Leghorns, l8a20,
ROSTERS, 12a15; ducks. I5a17.
Eggs - Nearby current receipts.
2l; receipts. l,543 cases.
Butter-Prints, 90 score, pound, 90:
90 score, 27; country rolls. 49, pack
ing stock. IA: receipts. $50 tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle-1OO Compared with Friday
last week. steers, cows and bulls
mostly IS cents lower. Weeks bulk
steers. medium and good grades. 900
to 1900 pounds. 8.00a90O; several
loads top good and low choice early
in week at e00a925. Part load top
choice, 1000. Few head plain light
weight down to $50 Few head plain
to good heifers.' 7OOa95O Closing
trade low cutter and cutter COWS.
450a575; plain and medium, 6o0a
CTS, few good, 700 and above. Plain
and medium bulls, 600a725 Few
good 400 to 500 stock steers, calves,
S.25.
Calves-25. Vealers steady with a
week ago. Good grade, 95oa1OoO;
mostly plain and medium, 7.50a900;
culls down to 500
Hoes-200; steady with Friday:
good and choice l40 to 200 pounds.
910a935; practical top, 935; 2l0 to
24O pounds. 890a920, $50 to 300.
pounds. 845a890; 12O to 14O pounds,
8.75a910; good packing sows, 7l0a
76O; stags, $50 down. Compared
last Saturday. general market 25 cents
higher. Soft and oily hogs not rep
resented in above quotations.
Sheep-30. Compared with Friday
last week, spring lambs fully 25 cents
or more lower. Late bulk good and
choice, 9.50a1025. Bulk early in week.
1000al050. Weeks top, 1866. Plain
and medium grades closed 700a9O0.
Slaughter ewes closed weak: few good /.
shorn ewes late at $50 down; few
choice early in week up to 500.
Baltimore market will be closed
Monday.
Grain Markets.
Opening prices we're: Wheat, No, 2
red winter, garlicky, spot, domestic.
73; May delivery, 73. Settling prices
were: Wheat, No. 2 red winter, gar
licky. spot, domestic. 7212; May de-
livery, 72l2. Corn. No yellow, do
mestic, 63a65; Western billing at a
premium over this price; cob corn,
nominal. Oats, No. 2 white. domestic,
4la44 No. 3, 40a43; Pacific Coast,
white. II. Excepting grain ON track.
there is an additional charge of ~
cents per bushel for storage and ele-
vation on all sales of oats. Rye, No.
2, 75a80. Barley. 65a70. Hay quiet.
Straw steady, 7.5Oa6o0
ton.