Evening star., 1939-07-15
Baltimore Markets

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BALTIMORE, Nd, July l5.-Po-
tatoes, new, barrel, 225a2.75: 100
pound sacks. 150a175; sweet po-
tatoes. new, bushel. 2O0a2 rs: beans,
bushel, 50a75; nearby. 60a75; beets,
nearby, bunch, 1a2; cabbage, bushel,
60a75; nearby, bushel. 35a50; carrots,
dozen punches, 3Oa35; Western,
crate, 25Oa3.00; nearby, bunch. 2a3;
cauliflower. crate, 1.50a1.75; celery.
crate, 1.00a2.75; corn, crate. 25a75;
nearby, dozen, 10a25; cucumbers,
bushel, 15a35; nearby, 4a bushel, lOa
25; eggplant, bushel. 75al 90; let
tuce. crate, Iceberg, 1OOa225: Big
Boston, 40a60; Western, Iceberg,
200a4.50; lima beans, bushel, LISA
275; onions, 50-pound sack. 50al so;
peas, bushel, 75a2.00; peppers, bushel,
75a1 Is; nearby, ~ bushel. 35a65 :
radishes, basket, red tips. 40a45; /;
squash, nearby, u bushel, 35a40; to-
matoes, lug. 10Oa2.75: nearby, y
bushel, 35a90; apples, bushel, new,
25a1 90; blackberries, crate, LISA
800; cantaloupes, Western. crate,
l00a2.75; Southern, 100; nearby,
l2 bushel, 60a9O;; grapefruit, box,
l00a2 90: grapes, lug, 125a2 90;
honeyballs, crate, 225a3.25; honey
dews, crate, 200a30O: huckleberries,
quart, 10al3; blue, pint, 8al5; lines,
carton. LOCAL 25; oranges, Florida,
box, 1.75a325 California, l75a4.OO;
peaches. y bushel, lO0al.75; plums,
crate, l00a200; lemons, box, 45Oa
500; raspberries, pint, red, 5a8:
black, quart, l0a13; watermelons,
each, 20a35.
Dairy Products.
Live poultry-Chickens, Rocks,
pound. 16a21; mixed colors. l8a2O:
fowl, Rocks, 19a20; mixed colors, Tia
10; Leghorns, Halls; roosters, 7a12;
ducks, Pekin, 12al4.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded. dozen,
white, large, 20a22; medium, 17a19;
mixed colors, 16a17; receipts, 872
cases.
Butter-Prints, 80 score. pound,
q; 80 score, Is; country rolls. TIA
1S;: packing stock, Halls; receipts,
1926 tubs.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle, so. Compared with Friday
last week; fed steers steady to 25
cents lower; grassers 25 to so cents
off; bulk sales medium and good
grades 8-25a99O; sales grassers late
in week mostly 900 down; week S
top 1000 for $50 pound steers and
heifers mixed and ITO pound baby
beef type yearlings: sizeable number
plain grassers 7.50a7.70: good grade
cows steady to Is cents lower and
other grades steady; medium and
good grades beef cows 6.25a7.OO; odd
head to 7.50; cutter and common
5.25a6.00; bulk Gamers 4.5Oa5 90;
bulls steady to strong; mostly
650a7.50; few to IT'S.
Calves, none. Compared with
Friday last week: vealers un-
changed; good and choice grades
9.50a10.00, mostly; plain and med
ium grades 7O0a9OO.
Hogs, 300. Steady with Friday;
good and choice, 100 to 2lO pounds,
7.50a7.75; practical top, IT'S; 14O to
100 pounds, 735a7.60: 220 to 240
pounds, 7.15a7.40; $50 to 300 pounds,
6.5Oa7.00; l20 to 140 pounds, 7.OOa
7.35; packing sows, 4.75a5.25. Com
pared with week ago: 100 pounds
down Is cents lower; medium weight
butchers Is cents off: butchers, $50
pounds up, IS to so cents lower;
packing sows down so cents. Hogs
from doubtful areas and those fat
tened on garbage or swiu and price
premiums occasionally paid for
through billed rail consignments
purchased for reshipment not rep
resented in above quotations.
Sheep, Is. For week ending Fri
day spring lambs mostly so cents
lower; sales good and choice grades
ewes and wethers Thursday mostly
9.25a9.75: top that day, 1000 sparing-
ly to local killers; few trucked in lots
Friday, 9.25a9 so; bulk sales plain
and medium grades throwouts late in
week, 7.50a8.50; sheep scarce, steady
to strong; few lots fat slaughter ewes
mainly 3.00a350; old thin sheep
down to 100.
Grain Market.
Opening prices we're: Wheat, No.
2 red winter, garlicky, spot domestic,
68la; July delivery, 681a. Settling
prices were: Wheat, No. 2 red win
ter, garlicky, spot, domestic, 68A ::
July delivery, 6SA. Closing prices
were: Corn, No. 2 yellow domes-
tic, 60a62. Western billing at a
premium over this price. Cob corn,
nominal. Oats, No. 2 white, domes-
tic, 45a50; No. 3, 44a49; Pacific Coast,
No. white. 65a67.
Except grain on track, there is
an additional charge of 1A cents a
bushel for storage and elevation on
sale of oats.
Rye, No. 2, 55a6O. Barley, new, 40a
AZ. Hay, ton, 1OOOa13OO. Wheat
straw, ton, 6.00a650.
Flour, barrel winter. patent, 4.2Oa
450; winter, straight, 3.40a365;
spring, patent, 4.8Oa5.05; spring,
straight, 42Oa45O; hard winter,
patent, 4.45a465; hard winter,
straight, 4.25a45O; rye, dark to
white, 3.20a410. Mill feed, ton,
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