Evening star., 1938-02-04
Baltimore Markets
spec,ai nispa tch to The Star,

BALTIMORE. Nd, Feb. 4.-Po-
tatoes, old, per 100-pound sack, 75a
l.85; new, bushel. 15Oa1.75: sweet po-
tatoes. bushel. 50a1 90; nearby, bushel,
5Oa85; yams, bushel 50a90; beans,
bushel. 2.o0a3.50: beets, half-crate.
100; broccoli, crate, 1.5Oa2.35; brus-
sels sprouts, drum, 50a3.O0: cabbage,
old, Danish, 50-pound sack, l.30a1 40;
new. fiat type. hamper, l.o0a1.15:
Texas, fiat type. hamper. l.0Oa1.l5;
Texas. nat type. crate. 250a2. IS: car
rots. bushel, 60a85: California, crate,
2.25a2.75; Texas, crate, l.75a2.O0:
cauliflower. crate. l35a1.40; celery,
crate, 150a225; collards, bushel, 50a
60; cucumbers. bushel. 4.00a6. so; egg
plants. crate. 3.75a400: escarole, ham
per, l.00al.25; kale, bushel, 35a50;
lettuce, Iceberg, crate. 20Oa2. so; Big
Boston, crate, 75a90; lima beans.
bushel, 3.75a4.50: mushrooms. 4-quart
basket. 40a65; okra. crate, 3.25a3. so;
onions, 50-pound sack, 1.15a1 80; peas,
bushel, 1.5oa3oo; peppers, crate, 2.O0a
400; rhubarb. 5-pound carton, 4Oa50;
Romaine. hamper, 75al.75; spinach,
bushel, 65a90; squash. bushel, l.00a
Its; tomatoes, lug, 2.75a3.00; turnips,
nearby. purple tops. half -bushel, goa
IS; yellows, per l0o-pounds, 70a75;
apples. bushel. 25al.25: box. l25al. so;
grapefruit. box. 150a24O; oranges,
box, 1.75a2.50; strawberries, pint, 14a
IS; tangerines, half-box, 90a1.5O.
Live poultry-Chickens large Rocks,
pound, 22a24; mixed colors, 22a24;
broilers. l8a22; fowl. Rocks, 2la22;
mixed colors, 20a2l; Leghorns. l6a20;
ROSTERS, l2al5; capons, 27a33; ducks,
2la23; guineas. each. 40a60; turkeys,
pound, 27a35: culls, l0a2O.
Eggs-Nearby, current receipts,
dozen. l9a20; whites. large. 2la22;
medium. 19a20; receipts. l,475 cases.
Butter-Prints. 90 score, pound, 34lk
a36; 80 score. 32l7a34: country rolls,
%; packing stock, 20a22; receipts, 29l
tubs.
Live Stock.
Cattle, so; most classes nominal; !;
few sales low cutter and cutter grades
of cows from 3.50a4.25, steady with
Thursday.
Calves, IS; steady: good grade veal
ers, ll.50al2.0o: lesser grades, mainly
7.00a11.00.
Hogs. 800: mostly 10 cents higher
than Thursday; good and choice, 100
OF 200 pounds. 9.3Oas. so; practical top,
$50; ITO to 100 pounds, slaughter pigs.
8.8Oa9.30; 210 to $40 pounds. butchers,
8.70a9.20: $50 to 800 pounds, quoted
8.l0a8.7 10; good packing sows, over $50
pounds, mostly 6.75a925; best light
weight butcher kinds to 7.50; stays
around 6.25 down; hogs from doubtful
areas and those fattened on garbage
or swill. as we'll as price premiums paid
for through billed consienments
bought for reshipment, not repre-
sented in above prices.
Sheep. 500; fat lambs market is
cents lower than Thursday: around
two double decks choice 80 to 81
pounds fed Westerns. ss5: few plain
and medium grade lambs, 600a8. 90:
sheep lacking.
OT1ln M14fkek.
opening prices were: Wheat-No. 2
req winter. garlicky. spot, domestic,
sSE; January delivery, 9s%.
settling prices were: Wheat-No. z
req winter, garlicky, spot. domestic,
s912; January delivery. 99E2.
Corn-No. 2 yellow. domestic. 67a6e;
western billing at premium over this
price. Cob corn, nominal.
Oats-No. 2 white, domestic, 43a46;
No. 3, 42a45; Pacific Coast No. l oats,
II. Except grain on track, there is an
additional charge Of ~ cents per
bushel for storage and elevation on
all sales of oats.
Rye-No. 2, 95al00.
Barley, 70a75.
Hay quiet. unchanged.
Straw steady: 900 per ton.