Evening star., 1938-05-21
Baltimore Markets
SptLisl Dispatch to The Star.

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BALTIMORE, Md, May 2l.-Pota.
toes. old. per l00-pound sack, l.75d
200: new, bushel, LOCAL 25; barrel
3.O0a3.50; l00-pOund sack. l85a235
sweet potatoes. bushel 40al 90; yams
bushel, 50a75; asparagus, dozer
punches, 125a300; beans, bushel. SOC
100; beets, crate, 75al25; bunch, 3a4
cabbage, hamper, 40a50; carrots, Cali.
fornia, crate, 3.50a375; New York
bushel. 75a85; celery, crate, 2.50a2 IS
corn. crate, 225; eggplant. crate, LOT
a200; cucumbers, bushel, 250a325
kale, nearby, blue. bushel, 35a4O let.
tuce, Iceberg, Western, crate, 75a375;
nearby, Big Boston, bushel, 25a40
Iceberg, bushel. 25a40; lima beans
bushel, 1.50al.75; mushrooms, 4-quart
basket. 40a75; onions. 50-pound sack
goal so; peas. bushel. 75al.75; pep
pers, crate, 1.00a200; radishes. rec
tip. nearby, bunch, sal; long whites
1iaal12; rhubarb, nearby, bunch, 2a4;
spinach, nearby, bushel, 30a40; can
ners' stock. bushel, Is; squash, bushel,
50al 90; tomatoes, lug, l00a2.25: ap-
pies. bushel, 35al 90, blackberries,
crate, 200a3.25; cantaloupe. Calltor-
MIA. crate, 400; grapefruit, box, l5Oa
ESQ., oranges, box. l25a3 90; straw
berries. crate. l75a350 nearby, crate,
250a450; Gamers stock, crate, Lisa
225, Watermelons, each, 55a60.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry - Chickens. Rocks,
pound. 21a23; mixed colors, 20a22;
Leghorns, 16a19; fowl. Rock, 21a22;
mixed colors, 20a2l Leghorns, l6a20;
roosters, 12a15; ducks 15a18.
Eggs - Nearby current receipts,
dozen. 20l2 whites, 21a22: mixed COL
ors, 20l2a21. Receipts, 1881 cases.
Butter-Prints, 80 score. pound, 81 2
a23; &C score, 26l2a27; country rolls,
18a2o; packing stock, l4al5. Re-
ceipts, 357 tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle 125. Compared with Friday
last week; steers strong to 25 cents
higher, she stock Is to so cents higher.
bulls about 10 cents higher Weeks S
bulk steers, medium to good grades,
900 to !. 200 pound. 800a9 25: few loads
top good and low choice. 1850 to LIS
pounds. 9.OOa950; one load choice
around 1,41O pounds. topped at 1000;
few plain steers sold down to TOO; few
lightweight heifers. 800 down; most
fat COWS, 625a725; low cutters and
cutters, 4.75a6oo; plain and medium
bulls. 5.75a7.25.
Calves, Is. All vealers steady: good
and choice, 950a10.00 mostly; medium
grades, 80Oa9O0; Gull and plain, 5.0oa
7.50.
Hogs. $50. Small supply sold steady
with Friday. Good and choice. 100 to
200 pounds, 885a9.10; practical top,
9.10; 2lO to 240 pounds. 8.65a8.95; $50
to 300 pounds. 8.2Oa8.65; 140 to l6O
pounds. 8.75a9.0O; 100 to 40 pounds.
8.5OaS.85: good packing sows, 7ooa7 so
Compared Saturday last week general
market so cents higher.
Sheep, 10. Compared Friday last
week; slaughter lambs so cents or more
lower. Closed with good and choice
spring lambs. 10.O0a1o5O; plain and
medium grades, 7.5Oa9.00; early IN
week good and choice old crop shorn
lambs, 8.25a865; few fat ewes, 4.OO
down.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat. No. 2
red winter. garlicky. spot. domestic,
7S; May delivery, 78. Settling prices
were: Wheat, No. red winter. gar
licky, spot, domestic, 7s: May delivery
7s. Corn, No. 2 yellow. domestic,
e3a65: Western billing at a premium
over this price; cob corn. nominal
Oats. No. 2 white. domestic. 4la44'
No. 3. 4Oa43; Pacific Coast, white. II.
Excepting grain on track. there is an
additional charge of IL cents per
bushel for storage and elevation on
all sales Of oats Rye, No. 2. 85a9o.
Barley, 70a75. Hay quiet, unchanged
Straw steady, 75oa8.o0 ton.