Evening star., 1939-10-09
Baltimore Markets

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BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 9.-Po-o
tatoes, 10O-pound sacks, l.5Oal IS;
Idaho, 2.15a235; sweet potatoes.N
bushel, 40a90; nearby, p bushel, I
20a40; yams, bushel, 50a100; beans,
bushel, 25a65; beets, nearby, bunch,
1ha2l2; broccoli, crates, 1.25a2.75; +
brussels sprouts, u drum. 2.75a3.00;
cabbage, 50-pound sack, 5oa80;
bushel, 4oa65; carrots, bushel, 85a
lis; Western crate, 275a325; cauli-
flower, crate, l.60a2. so; celery, crate,
50a1.40; corn, dozen, nearby, 5a12;
cucumbers, bushel, 25a125; eggplant,
bushel, 50a75; nearby, u bushel. 25a
40; lettuce, crate, Western Iceberg,
325a4.00, lima beans, bushel, LISA
ESQ: mushrooms, 4-quart basket,
25a60; onions, 5O-pound sack, 60a85;
Idaho, 1.10al.20; peas, bushel, 200a
275; peppers, bushel 50a75; nearby,
u bushel, 15a3o; spinach, bushel, 80
a5o; nearby, 2 bushel, 25a3o;
squash, bushel, 75a125; tomatoes,
lug, 1.50a225; nearby, y bushel, goa
IS; Gamers stock, bushel, 3Oa40;
apples, bushel, 25a1O0; cantaloupes,
crate, 1.50a450; crabapples, "a BUSH
el, 50a65; cranberries, 4 barrel box,
2.75a325; ls-barrel box, 14Oa1 IS:
damsons, y bushel, local 25: grapes,
Concord, 12-quart basket, 3Oa40; 2
quart basket, 12a14; Western. lug.
8Oa1-25; grapefruit, box, Florida, 200
a2.50 honeydews, crate, 125a175:
lemons, box, 125a450; oranges, box,
California, 250a5 90; Florida, 40Oa
4.25; peaches, bushel, 75al25; pears.
bushel, Bartletts. 5oa10o; Seckel. y
bushel, 60a75; Western, box, 25Oa
800; prunes, y bushel, 90a110; '
ounces, bushel, 125a1.75. .,
Dairy Products.
Live poultry Chickens, Rocks.
pound, 17a20; crosses, 17a18 mixed
oolors, 16a19; Leghorns, 15a17; fowl,
Rocks, ,17a19; mixed colors, 16a18;
Leghorns, 15a16; roosters, mixed COL
ors, l6al7; Leghorns, 7a10; ducks.
Pekin, 12al4; Muscovy, 15a16; mixed
colors, 14a16
Eggs - Nearby, ungraded, large,
white, dozen, 28a3O; medium, 23a25;
small 18a20; mixed colors, 2Oa24;
receipts, 1,547 cases.
Butter-Prints. 90 score. pound,
29a3O; 80 score, 28a29 country rolls,
20a22; packing stock, 17al8. Re-
ceipts, 1,038 tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, 2025. Sales steers and
she stock mostly steady to shade
lower than Thursday; some sales as
much as 25 cents off on both classes;
medium and good grades grass steers
scaling $50 to 1900 pounds mostly
7.75a9 90; small lot good 1923 pounds
grain-fed yearlings, 9.75; very COM
mon kinds dropping down below
100; few lots common and medium
heifers, 6.00a8.00; few good beef
cows, 600a650; common and me-
dium grades fat COWS, 525a6.0 90;
Gamers and cutters mostly 400a
500; bulls slow, steady to weak;
best weighty sausage offerings up
to TOO.
Calves, 425. Steady; undertone
weak; good and choice grades veal
ers, 10.50a11.00 common and me-
dium grades, 800a1o00; weighty
grass calves mainly around $50
down.
Hogs. 100, Mostly cents higher
than Friday; good and choice ITO to
2l0 pounds. 7.45a7.70, practical top,
ITO; 220 to 240 pounds. 7.30a7.55; :
140 to 160 pounds, 720a7.45; $50 to
300 pounds, 6.85a735; 120 to 140
pounds, 6.85a7 20; packing sows. un- E
der 400 pounds, 5.85a61O weightier r
sows mainly 5.60a5.85. Hogs from
doubtful areas and those fattened
on garbage or swill and price pre-
miums occasionally paid for through
billed rail consignments purchased
for reshipment not represented in
above quotations. '
Sheep, 1900. Fat lambs weak to
25 cents lower than close last week;
good and choice grades ewes and
wethers mostly 10.00alO25; fat buck
lambs, 100 less: common and me-
dium grades throwouts, 7.0Oa900:
culls down to 900 or below; fat
sheep lacking.
Grain.
Opening prices were: Wheat, Mo-
red winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
91A Settling prices we're: Wheat,
No. 2 red winter, garlicky, spot, do
mestic, 9llz. Cob corn, nominal.
Corn, No. 2 yellow, domestic, 64a66;
Western billing at premium over
this price. Oats, No. 2 white, do.
mestic, 44a49: No. 3. 43a48; Pacific
Coast, No. l white, 70a72.
Except grain on track. there Is
an additional charge Of l34 cents q
bushel for storage and elevation in
sales of oats.
Rye, No. 2. 55a60. Barley, 55a60.
Hay, ton, 1050a1400. Wheat straw,
ton, 6.50a7.00.
Flour, barrel, winter. patent, 5o0a
$50; winter, straight, 3.80a4.O5;
spring, patent, 5.7oa5.95; spring,
straight, 5.45a5.65; hard winter, pat.
ent, 5.35a5.55; hard winter, straight,
5.l5a5.40; rye flour. dark to white,
3.8Oa470. Mill feed ton snrino