Evening star., 1939-05-13
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, Md, May l3.-Po-
tatoes, 100-pound sack, 1lOa175:
new. bushel. l0Oa1.25. 1OO-pound
sack, l25a225 sweet potatoes.
bushel, 50a200; yams, bushel, 75a
100; asparagus, dozen punches.
Maryland and Virginia 60a3OO:
beans. bushel. l25a225 beets. dozen
punches 40a50, broccoli crate. 2.5Oa
800 cabbage, lla-bushel hamper.
35a75; carrots. Western crate. 3.OOa
3.25: caulifloWer. crate. l.75a2.OO:
celery, crate. Florida. .5Oa2 so; corn.
crate, 175a200; cucumbers bushel,
1.50a2.50; eggplant, ~ -bushel crate.
l,50a2.50: lettuce. Iceberg, Western
crate, 1.75a2.50; Big Boston. hamper.
l.O0al.50: lima beans, bushel. 225a
800: mushrooms. 4-quart basket. 25a
So onions. 50-pound sack. 75a1.75;
peas, bushcl, 75al so; peppers. BUSH
el. l00al75; radishes, red tip, near
by, bunch, i2al; rhubarb. nearby,
bunch, 2a3; spinach, bushel. nearby,
20a45; squash. bushel. 175a2 so: to-
matoes, lug, 75a2Oo; apples. bushel,
50al.75 Western. box. l.75a2.OO:
grapefruit. box. 10Oa2 so: oranges.
box, Florida. 1.5Oa3OO; California.
2.75a375; pineapples, crate, lisa
200; lemons, box 4OOa475; straw
berries, crate. 250a500.
Dairy Products.
Live poultry Chickens, Rocks.
pound. l6al9; mixed colors, 16al8:
fowl Rocks. l9a2O: mixed colors.
17al9: Leghorns. bali: ROSTERS. "a
IA: ducks, Pekin, l6al7; Muscovy,
l7al8.
Eggs-Nearby ungraded. dozen,
white. large, l7al8; medium, Is:
mixed colors. Is; receipts. 482 cases.
Butter-Prints, 80 score, pound.
27a28; 90 score. 26a26l2: country
rolls, l6a18: packing stock. l2al3:
receipts, 1856 tubs.
Livestock Market
Cattle. 25. Compared with Friday
last week: steers mostly 25 cents
lower; medium and good grade,
around 900 to 1870 pounds. mostly
8.75a9.75; small lots to 1000 and top.
l0.35, for part load, 1887 pounds:
she stock and bulls around steady;
few good beef cows to 800 and nu-
merous sales 7O0a7 so; plain and
medium grades fat cows, 6OOa7 90:
bulk low cutters and cutters, 4.5Oa
500; medium bulls. 65Oa75
Calves. As. Compared with Friday
last week: vealers so cents higher;
advance nfonfi,-o
grade, lO00a105O. mostly; plain and
medium, 75Oa9.5O.
Hogs, so. Mostly 10 cents higher
than Friday and steady with week
ago; good and choice, l6O to 2lO
pounds, 725a7 so; practical top. 7.5O:
210 to 240 pounds and 14O to 100
pounds. 700a725; $50 to 300 pounds
and 120 to 140 pounds, 66Oa7.OO;
good packing sows. 525a575. Hogs
from doubtful areas and those fat
tened on garbage or swill and price
premiums occasionally paid for
through billed rail consignments
purchased for reshipment not rep
resented in above quotations.
Sheep, 10. For week ending Fri
day; spring lambs, so cents lower;
decline principally in late trade
Monday; good and choice grades
springers for week mostly 120Oa
1880 weeks top, 1900. paid early
Monday; plain and medium grades
throWouts mostly 975al15O: not
enough other classes on offer to test
market.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No.
2 red winter, garlicky; spot, domes-
tic. 90: May delivery. 90. Settling
prices were: Wheat, No 2 red win
ter, garlicky, spot. domestic. 90;
May delivery, 80. Corn, No. 2 vel
low, domestic, 6la63. Western bill
ing at premium over this price.
Cob corn, new, barrel, 280a3 05;
country prices reported 2.6Oa285 a
barrel. Oats, No. 2 white. domestic,
47a52; No. 3, 46a51; Pacific Coast,
No, l white, 64a66.
Excepting grain on track there is
an additional charge Of ia cents
bushel for storage and elevation on
sales of oats.
Rye, No. 2, 6Oa65. Barley, 55a60.
Hay, ton, l0a00a13.00. Straw, ton,
$50.
Flour, barrel, winter patent, 430a
4.60; winter. straight. 3.50a375;
spring, patent. 5.00a5.25; spring,
straight, 4.75a495; hard winter, pat
ent, 4.65a485; hard winter, straight,
4.45a4.70; rye, dark to white, 32Oa
4.10. Mill feed, ton. spring. bran,
20 Q0a 21 90. I n Il q r a ,,oieAdli,,n