Evening star., 1939-08-31
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, Md, Aug. 31.-Pota-
toes, l0O-pound sacks, 100a2 so; So
pound sacks, 1.l5al 25; sweet pota-
toes, bushel. 65a1O0; beans, bushel,
nearby, 75al25: Gamers stock, so
a60; beets, nearby, bunch, LAD; Brus-
sells sprouts. u drum, 250a2.75; cab
bage, bushel, 50a75; 50-pound sacks,
40a75; nearby, bushel, 25a50; celery
cabbage, basket, 40a50; carrots,
bushel. 75a85; 16-quart baskets, 35a
SO; Western, crate, 275a325; nearby,
bunch, la112; caulif1ower, crate, 75a
l5O; celery, crate, 50al .25; corn near
by, dozen, 5a 18; cucumbers, bushel so
al so; nearby, u bushel, 25a5O: egg
plants, nearby, y bushel, 15a25; let
tuce, crate, Big Boston, 5Oal 90; West
ern, Iceberg, 3.50a45O: lima beans,
bushel, l 25a1 rs; 12-quart basket, 65a
Is: onions, 50-pound sack, 50a75;
peas, bushel 50al rs; peppers, BUSH
el, 25a40; nearby, y bushel, 10a20;
radishes, basket, 35a50; spinach,
bushel, l,00a1.75; squash, nearby, p
bushel, 10a25; tomatoes, nearby. IL
bushel, l0a25; Gamers stock, bushel,
40a45; apples, bushel, 15a55; canta-
loupes, crate, 50a85; Western, 1.O0a
$50; nearby, y bushel, Isaac; grapes,
lug, 80al25: honeydews, crate, l.50a
ZOO; oranges, box, California, 2.5Oa
500; peaches, bushel, 25al so; nearby,
Il bushel, 25a50; pears, box. 25Oa
275; bushel, LOCAL. so; lemons. box,
325a5.25; watermelons, each, 5a20.
Dairy Products.
Live poultry-Chickens Rocks.
pound, 18a20; crosses, l5al8; mixed
colors, 15al8; Leghorns, l4al6: fowl,
Rocks, l7al9: mixed colors, 15al8;
Leghorns. llal3; roosters, 7a12;
ducks, Peking, 12a13.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded dozen.
white, large. 23a25: medium, l9a22:
mixed colors, 17al9; receipts, 1882
cases.
Butter-Prints, 90 score, pound,
25i 2a26; 80 score, 24a25; country
rolls. 17al8: packing stock, 15a15i2;
receipts, 8l0 tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, LOO. Good grade steers.
as well as she stock and bulls. mostly
Is to 25 cents higher than Monday:
medium and common grades steers
around steady; bulk medium and
good grades $50 to 1,450 pound steers
mostly 7.50a8.85 part load good
1,225 pounds grainfeds, $50; small
lot choice l,l26 pounds dryfeds.
1925; medium and good grades
heifers mostly 660a7.75: medium and
good grades cows, 60Oa6.5O cutter
and common grades. 4.75a5.75; can
ners mostly 3.75a4.50: top sausage
bulls. 725.
Calves. 200. Fully steady; good
and choice grades vealers, 1050a
ll.OO; common and medium grades.
8,OOalo.00; light culls down to
around TOO.
Hogs, 300. Mostly 10 cents lower
than Wednesday,; good and choice
ITO to 2l0 pounds. 7.05a7.3O: prac-
tical top, 7.3O; 22O to 24O pounds
6.85a7.10; 140 to 100 pounds, 6 8Oa
7.O5; $50 to 300 pounds, 6.3oa
o.o0; 120 to l40 pounds, 6.5Oa
o8O; packing sows under 400 pounds
4.85a5 10; weighter sows. 4.6Oa4
Hogs from doubtful areas and those
1attened on garbage or swill and
price premiums occasionally paid for
through billed rail consignments
purchased for reshipment not rep
resented in above quotations,
Sheep, 500. Fat lamb market 2s
cents or more higher than Wednes-
day; good and choice grades eve and
Wether springers, 1O.OOal025; fat
buck lambs, 100 less; common and
medium grades, 7.50a9.OO: odd head
lat slaughter ewes steady, at 30Oa
$50. " WV"
Grain Market.
opening prices were: Wheat, No.
z, red winter, garlicky, spot, domes-
tic' 73&4; August delivery, 73a4. Set
tIing prices were: Wheat, No. 2. red
winter, garlicky, spot, domestic. 74L.
August delivery, 74L4. Corn. No. 3
yellow. domestic, 59a61. Western
billing at a premium over this price
COD corn nominal. Oats, No. 2.
white, domestic, 44a49; No. 3. 43a48:
Pacific Coast, No. /, white, 65a67.
Except grain on track. there is an
addltlonal charge of 1s. cents a
bushel for storage and elevation on
sales of oats.
Rye, No. 2, 50a55. Barley, 45a5O.
Hay. ton, 10.00a13.50. Wheat straw,
ton, 600a6.5O.
Flour, barrel, winter, patent, 4.2Oa
4.5o; winter straight, 3.4Oa3.65;
spring patent, 4.s0a5.o5; spring
straight, 4.55a475; hard winter,
patent, 4.45a4.65; hard winter,
straight, 4.25a4.5O: rye f]o,r dark
to white 3.10a4 M MIN food 49,