Evening star., 1939-04-22
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE. Nd, April 22.-Po-
tatoes, l00-pound sacks, 125-225:
new. barrel, 375-5.25; bushel, LISA
$50; l00-pound sacks, 2.OO-3.75:
sweet potatoes, bushel, 10000;
yams, bushel. 50al25; asparagus,
Southern. dozen punches. 75a25o;,
California, 2.25a375; beans, bushel,
1.50a2.50; beets, crate, 1.15a135;
broccoli, crate. 200a2 so; cabbage,
old, 50-pound sack, 40a60: new, 1l2-
bushel hamper, 125a2O0; carrots.
pushel, 1.10a125; Western crate. $50
a300; caulifower. crate. l50a1.75;
celery, crate, Florida, 2.75a350: GU
cumbers. bushel 1.00a325; eggplant,
IL -bushel crates, 200a300; kale,
nearby. blue. bushel. 15a25; lettuce,
Iceberg, Western. crate. 200a4.00:
Big Boston, hamper, LOCAL so; lima
beans, bushel, 150a3 90; mushrooms,
4-quart basket, 20a5o; onions, So
pound sack. 125a1 40: Western,
1.50a175 new, 150a175; peas. BUSH
ell, 75a1.75; peppers, 1la-bushel crate,
300a500; radishes. bushel, red tip.
125a1 so; white tip, crate. 65a75;
rhubarb, nearby, bunch, Sac; spin
ach, bushel. 50a60; nearby. 25a40;
squash. bushel, 50a100; tomatoes.
lug, 1.00a2.75; turnips. nearby, pur-
pie top. Z bushel, 15a25; apples,
bushel, 50al75; Western, box, 150a
$50; grapefruit, box. 100a2.75:
oranges. box. Florida, 1.75a300: Cali
fornia. 200a4O0 lemons, box, 20Oa
400; strawberries. crate, 200a375.
Dairy Products.
Live poultry - Chickens, Rocks,
pound. 16a19; mixed colors, 17a1S;
fowl, Rocks, l9a20: mixed colors, II
al9; Leghorns. 15a17; roosters, la
IA; ducks. Pekin. l6al7; Muscovy,
l7a18; capons, 22a30.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded. dozen.
white. large. 49, medium, IT: mixed
colors, II; receipts. 2,028 caess.
Butter-Prints, 90 score, pound,
27a28; 80 score. 26a2e,a: country
rolls, 16al8: packing stock, 12al3;
receipts, 1.2l7 tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle. IS. Compared with Friday.
last week, steer market mostly so
cents lower Sales, medium and good
grades. 900 to 1920 pounds. mostly
8.75a10.20: top, 1910 for 1,060-pound
average; not enough heifers to test
market; odd head, 925 down; COWS,
mostly Is cents lower; good grade.
6.50a7.00; plain and medium fat
cows, 550a625; low cutters and cut
ters. 4.00a5.25; top sausage bulls,
7.50, steady with week ago.
Calves, 5. Compared with Friday
last week; vealers, so cents lower:
good grade, 9.50a1000. mostly; plain
and medium, largely 7.0Oa9.0O.
Hogs. 200. Not enough on offer
to test market. Compared with
week ago, market Friday mostly 10
cents higher. Good and choice, ITO
to 2l0 pounds. 735a7.60, practical
top. 760; 210 to 240 pounds. 7.1oa
7.35; $50 to 800 pounds, 6.70a71o: 40
to 160 pounds. 7.05a7.30; 120 to 140
pounds. 6.60a6.95; good packing sows,
5.35a5.85. Hogs from doubtful areas
and those fattened on garbage or
swill and price premiums OCCASION
ally paid for through billed rail
consignments. purchased for re-
shipment, not represented in above
quotations.
Sheep, none. Compared with Fri
day last week, spring lambs Is to 50
cents higher; not enough available
most session to meet trade require
ments; good and choice grades, 1900
al3.50; weight averages mainly so
to 78 pounds: not enough other
classes arrived to test price schedule.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No.
2 red winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
81A; April delivery. 81A: settling
prices were, wheat, No. 2 red winter,
garlicky, spot, domestic, 8l%; April
delivery, 81A. Corn, No. 2 yellow,
domestic, 58a60. Western billing at
premium over this price. Cob corn,
new, barrel, 260-275; country prices
reported, 2.4Oa2.55 q barrel. Oats,
No. 2 white. domestic, 43a48; No. 3,
42a47; Pacific Coast, No. / white,
62a64.
Excepting grain on track, there is !,
an additional charge of IA cents q
bushel for storage and elevation on
sales of oats.
Flour, barrel, winter, patent, 40
a4.50; winter. straight. 340a3.65:
spring. patent, 500a525; spring,
straight, 4.75a495; hard winter.
patent. 4.65a485; hard winter,
straight, 4.45a4.70; rye, dark to
white, 320a4.10. Mill feed, ton.
spring bran, 3000a31 90: standard
middlings, 30.50a31.50.