Evening star., 1939-05-20
Baltimore Markets


tatoes, loo-pound sack, 1OOa16o;
new, bushel, LOCALS; 10O-pound
sack, 1.50a200; barrel, 3OOa325;
sweet potatoes, bushel, 1,50a2O0;
yams, bushel, 75al.25; asparagus,
dozen punches, Maryland and Vir-
'~ ginia, l00a30O; beans. bushel, 75a
l.25; beets, crate, l.00al.25; broccoli,
crate, 2.50a3OO; cabbage, 1l2-bushel
hamper, 25a65; carrots, Western
crate, 2.75a30O; caulifower, crate,
l50a175; celery, crate, Florida, Its
a2.75; corn, bag, 2O0a25O; cucum-
bers, bushel, 75a1,50; eggplant, 1la-
bushel crate, 10Oa200; lettuce, Ice
berg, Western crate, 1.75a275, Big
Boston, hamper, 100al5O; lima
beans, bushel, l25a225; onions, So
pound sack, 60al50; peas, per
bushel, 1,O0a1.75; peppers, bushel,
75al.50; radishes, red tip, nearby,
bunch, 12a1; white, 2a2l2; rhubarb,
nearby, bunch, 2a3; spinach, bushel,
nearby, 20a45 squash, bushel 75a
$50; tomatoes, lug, 75a2.75 apples,
bushel, 50al.75; Western, box, LISA
ESQ; cherries, lug, l.75a300; grape
fruit, box, 100a25 so; oranges, box,
Florida, 1.50a300; California, 25Oa
800; pineapples, crate, 2OOa25O;
lemons, box, 325a40O; strawberries,
crate, 200a500; watermelons, each,
50a75.
Dairy Products.
Live poultry-Chickens, Rocks,
pound, 16a20; mixed colors, l6a19;
fowl, Rocks, 16a19; mixed colors, la
18; Leghorns, 13a17; roosters, 7a14;
ducks, Pekin. 16a17; Muscovy, 17a18.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded, dozen,
white, large, 17a18; medium, l6;
mixed colors, 15l2al6; receipts, 1885
cases.
:, Butter-Prints, 90 score, pound.
27a28; 80 score, 26a26l2; country
rolls, 16al8; packing stock, 12a13;
receipts, Ais tubs.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No.
2 red winter, garlicky, spot, domes-
tic, 9112; May delivery, 91l2. Settling
prices were: Wheat, No. red win
ter, garlicky, spot, domestic, 9112;
May delivery, 9112. Corn, No. yel-
low, domestic. 62a64 Western billing
at a premium over this price. Cob
corn, new, barrel, 28Oa3O5; country
prices reported 26Oa2.85 a barrel.
Oats. No, white, domestic, 47a52;
No. 8, 46a5l; Pacific Coast, No.
white, 64a66.
Excepting grain on track there is
an additional charge of 134 cents a
bushel for storage and elevation on
sales of oats.
Rye, No. 2, 61a66. Barley, 55a60.
Hay, ton, 1000al3.0O. Straw, ton
7.50.
Flour, barrel, winter patent, 4.4oa
4.70; winter, straight, 36Oa385;
spring, patent, 500a525; spring,
straight, 475a495; hard winter, pat
ent, 4.65a4.85; hard winter, straight,
4.45a470; rye, dark to white, 320a
4.10. Mill feed, ton; spring, bran,
S0.00a3100; standard, middling, $3.50
a31.50.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, SO. Compared with Friday
last week, steers steady; bulk offer
ings around $50 to 1900 pounds
medium and low good grades Short
feds at 875a9 so; few loads and part
loads good 1,035 to 1900 pounds,
96Oa1O25; weeks top, 1O.45, for
part load 1875 pounds; heifers
scarce: few lots steady, from 600a
$50: cows closing weak to 25 cents
lower; good grade beef kinds, 70Oa
750; plain and medium grades fat
cows, 600a6.75 bulk low cutters and
cutters, 425a600; medium bulls
steady to strong, mostly 700a7.50.
Calves, Is. Compared with Friday
last week, steady; good grade veal
ers. 1000a1050 mostly; bulk plain
and medium grades, 750a9.50
Hogs, $50; mostly 10 cents lower
than Friday: good and choice, 16O
to 210 pounds, 7.10a7.35; practica
top, 7.35; 210 to 240 pounds, 6.85a
7.l0; $50 to 300 pounds, 6.45a685;
14O to 100 pounds, 7.00a7.20; 120 to
14O pounds, 6.60a7.00; good packing
sowsS, 5.10a5.60 Compared with
week ago, butchers, 160 pounds up
and packing sows mostly Is cents
lower; light lights and pigs about
steady. Hogs from doubtful areas
and those fattened on garbage OF
swill and price mediums occasion
ally paid for through-billed raj
consignments purchased for re-
shipment not represented in above
quotations.
Sheep, none. For week ending
Friday: Spring lambs closing around
so cents lower; Friday sales, good
and choice, 11.75a12.00; comparable
grades, Thursday, 12.00al2.25;
weeks top, 1880, paid Monday; late
sales, throwouts, mostly 9.00a10.50;