Evening star., 1938-06-04
Baltimore Markets
srecial Dispatch to The Star.


toes. old. per 0o-pound sack. 2.5oa2.75:
new. 100-pound sack, 1.35al.65; sweet
potatoes, bushel, 40a1 90; yams, bushel,
50a1 90; asparagus, dozen punches,
1.25a3 90; beans, bushel, l.50a2,50;
beets. bunch, 1a2; nearby, bunch. 2l5a
3; cabbage, hamper, 6oa75; carrots.
Western, crate, 275a3 SO; cauliflower,
crates, 1.85a200; celery, crate, 2.50a
3.25; corn, crate. LOCAL rs; eggplant,
crate. l.00a2 90; cucumbers, bushel,
1.50a3.50; kale, nearby. blue, bushel,
20a25; lettuce, Iceberg, Western, crate,
l.25a4.25: nearby, Big Boston, bushel,
25a40: Iceberg, bushel, 25a50; lima
beans, bushel, 1.25a2 90; mushrooms,
4-quart basket, 40a65; onions. So
pound sack. 50a1 rs; peas, bushel, 1.25
a2.35; nearby. bushel. 1.25a2.0o: pep
pers, bushel. 75a1.50; radishes, red tip,
nearby, bunch, laal; long white, Va
IN: rhubarb, nearby bunch, 3a4;
spinach, nearby. bushel, 25a35; can
ner's stock. bushel l0a12la squash.
bushel. 75a1 90; nearby, " bushel,
LOCAL as; tomatoes. lug, 75al.25; ap-
piles. bushel. 35al 90; blackberries. crate,
2.5oa275; cantaloupes, crate, 2.0oa
$50; grapefruit, box, l.5oa2.75; Or
anges, box, 125a3o0; peaches, half
bushel. 2.00a5.50; strawberries, crate,
1.75a2.5o: nearby, crate, 2.00a4.50:
watermelons. each. 40a50.
Dairy Markets.
Live pouitry-Chickens, Rocks,
pound, 22a24; mixed colors, 21a23;
Leghorns. 16al8: fowl, Rock, 24a25:
mixed colors, 21a23; Leghorns, l5a20;
roosters, 14a15; ducks. 15a17.
Eggs-Nearby current receipts,
dozen, whites. 2la24; mixed colors, ola
%. Receipts. 1850 cases.
Butter-Prints, 90 score, pound, %;
80 score, 27; country rolls. ls; packing
stock, IA. Receipts. 80 tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, 1875. Compared with Friday
last week, steers strong, instances is
TO Is cents higher. Cows and bulls
weak, spots a little lower Bulk of
steer supply for week were medium
and good grade 900 to 1,15o pound
weights at 8.50a925; Few lots choice
around $50; one load CTS. Few lots
plain and medium hght-weights, 7.00a
8.25. Few head heifers, plain to
good grades. 6.50a8.50; small lot
strictly choice, $50. Most low cutter
and cutter COWS, 4.25a5.5o; plain and
medium, 5.75a6.5o. Plain and me-
dium lightweight bulls, 6.00a7.00.
Calves, 10. Vealers closed the week
so cents to 100 lower. Most late
sales good grade, 800; few $50; plain
and medium grades, 700a8.50; culls
down to 500 and below.
Hogs, 200. Steady with Friday. Good
and choice 140 to 200 pounds, s.05a
$50; practical top, $50. Most 2l0 to
240 pounds, s.S5a9.15; $50 to 300
pounds. s.40as.85; 100 to lao pounds,
8.70a9.05; good sows quotable 7.0Oa
7.50; stays, $50 down. Hogs from
doubtful areas and those fattened on
garbage or swill and price premiums
paid for through billed consignments
purchased for reshipment not in
cluded in above quotations.
Sheep, none. Compared Friday
last week, spring lambs strong, spots
Is to rs cents higher. Most late
sales good and choice trucked in lots
of eve and wether spring lambs,
1000; few lots, 9.50a10.25; choice rail
lambs quotable above latter price.
Fat buck lambs sorted of at 100
discount. Plain and medium grades
of spring lambs, 7.00a9.00, according
to quality, weight and condition.
Slaughter ewes about steady; few
shorn ewes Gull to good grades, 1.0oa
$50.
Grain Markets.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No. 2
red winter. garlicky, spot, domestic,
1914; June delivery, 731a. Settling
prices were: Wheat, No. 2 red winter,
garlicky. spot, domestic, 73h; June
delivery. 73h. Corn, No. yellow,
domestic, 64a66; Western billing at
premium over this price; cob corn,
nominal. Oats, No. 2 white domestic,
4oa43; No, 8, 39a42. Excepting grain
on track, there is an additional charge
Of VI cents per bushel for storage and
elevation on all sales Of oats. Rye, No.
2, 70a75. Barley, 60a65. Hay quiet,
unchanged. Straw steady, 7.50as.o0
a ton