Evening star., 1938-04-23
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE. Md, April 22-Pota-
toes. old, per lo0-pound sack. 75al 40;
new. bushel. LOCAL 40 barrel, 35Oa
400; l00-pound sack, l.75a2o0; sweet
potatoes, bushel, 4oal.0O; nearby,
bushel, 40a75; yams, bushel, 5Oa75,
asparagus, dozen punches. 1.25a3.50;
beans, bushel, l.25a2 90; beets, half
crate. 5oa1.00; bunch, 3; broccoli,
crate. 1,75a2.25; cabbage, hamper 25a
rs; carrots. California, crate. 275a
800. Texas, half crate, LOCAL rs; East
ern, bushel, 75a90; cauliflower, crate,
160al.65; celery, crate. 125a2.50; egg
plants. crate, l.50a2.50 kale, nearby,
blue, bushel, loa20; cucumbers. bushel,
100a2.0o lettuce, Iceberg. Western
crate, 6.50a850; Southern. crate, LISA
$50; Big Boston. hamper, l75a225;
lima beans, bushel. l.5oa325; mush-
rooms, 4-quart basket. 25a50; onions,
50-pound sack, 75a2.50; peas. bushel,
LOCAL. so; peppers. crate, 1.50a225:
radishes, red tip. bushel. 85al 90: long
white, 75a1.00; rhubarb, nearby,
bunch, Haas; spinach, nearby, bushel,
1885; squash. bushel. 75a1 90; toma-
toes. lug, GOAL go; apples, bushel, asa
100; box, 125a1.75; grapefruit. box.
15oa2.5o; oranges, box. 150a2.50;
strawberries, crate, 225a425.
Dairy Market.
Live poultry - Chickens, Rocks,
pound. 22s24; mixed colors, 22a23;
Leghorns, 20a22; fowl, Rocks 20a22;
mixed colors. 1920; Leghorns, 15al7;
roosters, 12al5 ducks, 20a2l
Eggs-Current receipts, dozen, 10:
whites, large. 2o17a2l1a; medium, 49,
Receipts, 1888 cases.
Butter-Prints. 90 score, pound, 20;
30 score, rs: country rolls, 1S; packing
stock, IS. Receipts, 4e6 tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle-200. Compared with Friday
last week: Steers, she stock and bulls,
mostly IS cents higher; closing under
tone weak on steers, but strong on
other classes; bulk steers, medium and
good grades around $50 to. 1850
pounds and few weightier offerings,
7.70a9.35; few plain lightweights rang
Ing down to 100; heifers scare; few
medium and good grades, 650as so;
good grade beef COWS to 7.5o; plain
and medium grades. fat cows, e.00a
100: bulk low cutters and cutters,
4.5oa575; late sales plain and medium
bulls, 5.50a725; good grade butcher
bulls to IT'S.
Calves-None. Compared with Fri
day last week: Weeks trade mostly
steady. but demand dull, particularly
on under grades; good grade vealers
e.5oalo.oo mostly; bulk, others, 5.ooa
$50.
Hogs, 100; nominal; compared with
last Saturday. mostly 10 cents lower;
good and choice. 160 to 200 pounds,
s.75as. 90; top. 900; 21o to 24o pounds,
S.45as.s5; 25o to 800 pounds, 7.soa
s.55: 140 to 100 pounds, s.e5as.so 12o
to 14o pounds, s.15as6 good sows,
6.soa7.40; stays. e.25 down; hogs from
doubtful areas and those fattened on
garbage or swill, as well as price
premiums occasionally paid for
through-billed consignments bought
FOR reshipment, not represented In
above quotations.
Sheep, none; compared with late
last week, old and new crop lambs
mostly on steady to weak basis; bulk
weeks supplies on hand early and not
enough late in period to make ac-
curate test Of price schedules; good
and choice grades wooled lambs, casa
s.65: few choice, 975; comparable
grades, shofn, s25as.e5 spring lambs
mainly 1l.00al2.00: odd head fate
slaughter ewes, 500 down.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No. 2
red winter, garlicky, spot, domestic, 81;
April delivery. 81. Corn, No. 2 yellow,
domestic, 64a66; Western billing at q
premium over this price: cob corn,
nominal. Oats, No. white, domestic,
42a45; No. 2, 4la44; Pacific Coast,
white, II. Excepting grain on track,
there is an additional charge Of IA
cents per bushel for storage and eleva-
ton on all sales Of oats. Rye. No. 2,
93a9s. Barley. 70a75. Hay quiet, un-
changed. Straw steady. s.00as5o .
ton.