Evening star., 1938-11-19
Baltimore Markets
sreciaI Dispatch to the Star.

Special Dispatch 10 the otdE.
BALTIMORE, Md. Nov 19-Pota-
toes. 1Oo-pound sacks, 6oal.l5; Idaho,
200a210; sweet potatoes, barrel,
1.50al75; bushel, 80al 40; nearby,
half bushel, 3Oa5O; yams. bushel. 75a
lis; beans, bushel. 1.25al50; beets,
nearby, bunch. 1l2a2: broccoli, crate,
1.00ai .25; California. 1.50a1.75; Brus-
sells sprouts, half drum, l.25al.75;
quart, 5a10: cabbage. 50-pound
sacks, 20a3O: bushel, 25a35; 1l2-
bushel hampers, 40a65; carrots,
bushel. 35a85; Western crate, 350a
400: caulif1ower. crate. 75al.25: cel-
cry, crate, 1.25al 80: California, 235a
ESQ; collards. bushel. 35a40; cucum-
bers, bushel. 1.25a2.00; eggplant, 1l2-
bushel crate. 1.25al.75; lettuce, Ice
berg. Western, crate, 350a400: lima
beans, bushel. 4.25a4.75; mushrooms,
4-quart basket, 5Oa75; okra. bushel,
175a225; onions, 50-pound sack, 75a
100; Western. 1l0al 25; peas, bushel,
2.5Oa4.5O; peppers, l12-bushel crate,
1.75a2.25: spinach. nearby. half
bushel, 20a30; squash, bushel, lisa
200; tomatoes. lug, 1.25a300; turnips,
nearby, purple tops, half bushel, l5a
25 yellows. per 100 pounds. 40a50;
apples, bushel, 25a175; Western, box,
1.50a225: cranberries, quarter-barrel
box. 30Oa400: eighth-barrel box,
175a200; grapefruit, box, l.00a2.50;
grapes, California, lug, 1.25al.50;
honeydews, crate, 150a2OO; oranges,
box, 1.50a2.5O;; pears, bushel, 100a
lis; lemons box, 225a4.25; lines,
box, 35a85: tangerines, box, local 40.
Dairy Products.
Live poultry - Chickens, Rocks,
pound, 18a21; mixed colors. 15a20;
culls. l0a12; fowl. Rocks, 20a2l;
mixed colors. 18a20; Leghorns, 13a16;
roosters, 12a14; ducks, Pekins. 15a17:
Muscovy. 15al7; guineas. each, 35a
so; turkey hens, 25a26; toms, 21a22.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded, dozen,
white. large, 36a38; medium, 32a34;
mixed colors, 30a32. Receipts, 1,437
cases.
Butter-Print. 80 score, pound, %
a29; 80 score, 26a26l2; country rolls,
18; packing stock, 13a14. Receipts,
743 tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle. 100. Compared with Fri
day last week: Steer market mostly
strong to Is cents higher; medium
and good grades around 1000 to
1900 pounds, mostly 8.00a9.60; top,
10.40, for 1,558- pound grassers; plain
light weights down to 700 or below;
she-stock mostly Is cents higher;
plain and medium grade heifers,
5.00a7.50; good weighty kinds in
small lots to $50 and individual
head to 900; good cows scarce;
few up to $50 and individual head
to 700; plain and medium grades
fat dairy breds mostly 5.00a5.50;
bulk low cutters and cutters, 350a
4.50; top sausage bulls, 700.
Calves, none. Compared with Fri
day last week: This weeks market
unchanged; good grade vealers, 11.50
a12y00; bulk plain and medium
grades, 80Oa10.50.
Hogs, 90. SteaQy Win F'rlday ana
mostly 10 cents lower than week
ago; packing sows unchanged; good
and choice 12O to 160 pounds, 8.30a
$50; practical top, $50; 160 to 200
pounds, 8.20a8 40; 21o to 240 pounds.
795a815; $50 to 300 pounds, 7.6Oa
795; good packing sows, 6.90a7 40.
Hogs from doubtful areas and those
fattened on garbage or swill and
price premiums occasionally paid
for through billed rail consignments
purchased for reshipment not rep
resented in above quotations.
Sheep, 125. Compared with Fri
day last week: Lamb market mostly
around Is cents higher; top IS cents
higher; bulk good and choice grade
70-80-pound ewes and wethers, 9.75-
9.85; weeks top, 1000, paid Monday
for deck 80-pound average; plain
and medium grades, 65O-8.50; most
ly 800 down; slaughter ewes strong
to so cents higher: mostly good