Evening star., 1939-06-17
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE. Md, June 17.-Po-
tatoes, 1OO-pound sack, 1OOa15O;
new, barrel, 200a2.50; 1O0-pound
sack, 1.00al50; sweet potatoes,
bushel, 60al.50; yams, bushel, 75a
1,25; asparagus, dozen punches,
Maryland, 5Oa2oO; beans, bushe1,
35al00; nearby, 7oal25; beets,
dozen punches, 2Oa30; nearby, bunch,
3a4; cabbage, 1l2-bushel hamper,
5Oa85; nearby, bushel, 30a60; car
rots, Western crate, 2.60a275; celery,
crate, 4.00a450; corn, crate, LISA
ITS; cucumbers, bushel, 1.O0a200;
eggplant, .bushel, 90a1.15; lettuce,
Iceberg, crate, 2.50a300; nearby,
bushel. 15a30; lima beans, bushel
l.00al.75; onions, 50-pound sack, 35a
100: peas, bushel, 15Oa175; nearby
60a1.25; peppers, crate, 40Oa5 90;
rhubarb, nearby, bunch, 2a3 spin
ach, bushel, 50a100; squash, bushel,
5Oa75; nearby, half bushel 5Oa65;
tomatoes. lug, 50a2.50; apples, BUSH
el, 75a1.75: blackberries, crate 200a
800; cantaloupes. crate, 200a375;
cherries, lug, 1.25a200; grapefruit,
box, 1.00a200; lines, carton, 150a
2.25: oranges, box, Florida, lisa
3.25; California, 275a375; peaches,
half bushel, 75a1.50; pineapples,
crate, l.50a2.00 lemons, box, 4OOa
$50; raspberries, pint, red, 12al5;
strawberries, crate, nearby, 1.50a
2.75; Watermelons, each, 25a45.
Dairy Products.
Live poultry Chickens, Rocks,
pound 17a2l; mixed colors, l6a19;
fowl, Rocks, l6a17; mixed colors,
Halls; Leghorns, 13a16; roosters, Ia
II; ducks. Pekin, 13al4.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded, dozen,
white, large, 20a2l; medium, 17a19;
mixed colors, 16al7; receipts, 1855
cases.
Butter-Prints, 80 score, pound,
27; 80 score, 25; country rolls, Tia
Is, packing stock, Halls; receipts,
1,045 tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, 25. Compared with Friday
last week; steers and bulls steady;
good grade COWS weak to 25 cents
lower, but lesser grades COWS steady
to Is cents higher; medium and
good grades, $50 to 1,4OO-pound
steers mostly 8.50a975; weeks top,
$50, for 812-pound yearlings; few
plain and low medium grades light
weights, 7.50a8.35; heifers scarce:
odd head, 8.75 down; few good grade
beef cows. 650a700; plain and me-
dium grades fat cows, 60Oa6 so; low
cutters and cutters mostly 45Oa5.7 rs;
top sausage bulls, 725.
Calves, none. Compared with Fri
day last week; vealers mostly so
cents lower; good grade, 85Oa9.0O
mostly; plain and medium, 6.5Oa
$50; light culls down to 600.
Hogs, 300. Steady with Friday:
good and choice, 100 to 21O pounds,
6.85a7.10, practical top, ITO; 14O to
$50 pounds, 67Oa695: 21O to 24O
pounds, 6.70a685; $50 to 300 pounds
and 100 to lao pounds, 635a6.7O:
good packing sows, 490a5 40. Com
pared week ago; mostly 10 cents
higher Hogs from doubtful areas
and those fattened on garbage or
swill and price premiums OCCASION
ally paid for through billed rail
consignments purchased for reship-
ment not represented in above quo
-ations.
Sheep, none. For week ending
Friday; lamb and sheep markets
little changed; good and choice
grades eve and wether spring lambs
10.5Oa11.00; fat buck lamps 100
less; few small lots choice on
small killers accounts, 1925; some
medium and good grades mixed,
1000; plain and medium grades 800
a900; fat slaughter ewes, 2.5Oa4OO,
mostly 800 down.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No
2 red winter, garlicky, spot, domes-
tic, old, 81, nominal; June delivery,
old, 81, nominal. Settling prices
were: Wheat, No. 2, red winter, gar
1icky, spot, domestic. old, 84l2; June,
delivery, old, 84l2. Corn, No. 2, yell
low, domestic. 63a65. Western bill
ing at a premium over this price.
Cob corn, new, barrel, 2.80a3O5;
country prices reported, 260a285
barrel. Oats, No. 2, white, domestic,
4Sa53; No. 3, 47a52. Pacific Coast,
No. /. white 65a67.
Excepting grain on track, there Is
an additional charge of Ia cents a
bushel for storage and elevation on
sales of oats.
Rye No. 2, 65a70. Barley, new, Asa
46. Hay, ton, 10.00a13.00. Straw,
ton, 7.50.
Flour, barrel, winter, patent, 4.40a
40; winter, straight, 3.60a385; /;
spring, patent, 5.00a5.25; spring,
straight, 475a495; hard winter, pat
emu, 465a485; hard winter, straight,
4'4soa4'7o; rye, dark to white, 3.2Oa
90 a,o, a. Mill feed, tons, spring bran,
20 <eoeoaS7 90; standard, middlings,