Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-26
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE. Md, Aug. 26.-Po-
tatoes, 1O0-pound sacks, 1OOa2. so;
sweet potatoes, bushel, 65a1 90:
beans, bushel, nearby, 75a1.25; can
ners' stock, 50a60; beets, nearby,
bunch, la2; Brussels sprouts, u
drum. 2.50a2.75; cabbage, bushel.
65asO; 50-pound sacks, 50a75:
nearby, bushel, 25a50; carrots,
bushel. 70a75; Western, crate, 1.5Oa
300; nearby, bunch, 1al1a: cauli-
flower, crate, 75a1.5O; celery, crate.
ooal-25; corn, nearby, dozen, 10a20:
cucumbers, buShel, 25a125; nearby,
e bushel, 20a35; elephants, nearby,
2 bushel, 15a30; lettuce, crate, Big
Boston, 75al.00; Western, Iceberg.
3.50a4.50; lima beans, bushel. 4Oa
100; onions, 50-pound sack. 50a
rs; peas, bushel, 150al.75; peppers,
bushel, 25a40: nearby, q bushel, lOa
~; radlshes, basket, 40a50; spinach,
oushel, 75a100; squash, nearby, p
bushel, l0a30; tomatoes. nearby, u
bushel, 15a35; Gamers stock, bushel,
40a4o; apples, bushel, 15a65: canta-
loupes, crate, 50a1.OO; Western, 1.0oa
100; nearby, 4 bushel, 15a5o:
grapes, lug, LOCALS: honeydews,
crate, l.5oa2 90; oranges, box. Cali
lorna. l.75a3.50; peaches, bushel.
ooal,75; nearby, y bushel. 25a4O:
pears, box, 225a3OO; bushel, LISA
l.50; plums. crate, l0Oa2.0O; lemons.
oox, 4.00a6.00; watermelons, each,
5a25.
Dairy Products.
Live poultry-Chickens. Rocks.
pound, 18a20; crosses, 15a19; mixed
colors, l6a18; Leghorns, 14a16: fowl,
Rocks, l7al9; mixed colors, l5a18:
Leghorns, 1lal3; ROSTERS, 7a12:
ducks, Peking, 12a13.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded, dozen.
white, large, 22a24: medium. l8a2O.
mixed colors, 17al9; receipts, 663
cases.
Butter-Prints, 90 score: pound
70 12a26, 80 score, 24a25: country
rolls, l7al8; packing stock, l5a15h
receipts, 1853 tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle. Is. Compared with Friday
last week, steers closing steady to
shade lower; grain-feds and best
grassers mostly around steady:
strictly dry-feds fully steady; bulk
medium and good 1000 to 1850
pounds, 730aS75; good and choice
dry-fed l,044 pounds, $50; practical
top. $50 for handy weight dry-fed
steers and heifers; she stock and
bulls strong to Is cents higher; COM
mon and medium grade heifers, 5.5Oa
7.5O; few good weighty kinds. LISA
800; medium and good cows, 5.75a
$50; cutter and common, 4.5Oa5 so;
Gamers, 3.50a4-25; top sausage bulls,
6.75: most sales $50 down.
Calves, none. Compared with Fri,
day last week, mostly so cents
higher; good and choice vealers.
l0OOal0.50; common and medium.
7.50a95O.
Hogs, none. Two loads holdovers
and few trucked-in lots mostly IS
cents higher than Friday; good and
choice ITO to 210 pounds, 695a7 20;
practical top, 72O; 22O to 24O pounds.
6.75a7.00; $50 to 300 pounds, 5.9Oa
$40; 140 to $50 pounds, 6.7Oa6 .95:
l20 to 14O pounds. 640a670; pack
ing soWs 10 cents higher at 45Oa5 90.
Compared with week ago. mostly 40
10 oO cents higher; packing sows up
80 cents. Hogs from doubtful areas
and those fattened on garbage or
sWlll and price premiums OCCASION
ally paid for through billed rail con-
slgnments purchased for reshipment
not represented in above quotations.
Sheep, none. For week ended Fri
day, spring lambs weak to Is cents
lower; late sales good and choice
ewes and weathers, 875a9.25; prac-
t1cal top, 9,25; fat buck lamps us
ually LOO under comparable grades
ewes and weathers; common and
medium grades, 6OOa8 90; light culls
as low as 500; fat slaughter ewes,
3.00a350.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No.
2, red winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
TIA; August delivery, 1894. Settling
prices were: Wheat, No. 2, red winter,
garllcky, spot, domestic, 1924, August
delivery, 72&. Corn, No. 2, yellow,
domestic, 62a64. Western billing at
premium over this price. Cob corn
nominal. Oats, No. 2, white, domes-
tic, 45a50; No. 3, 44a49; Pacific Coast,
No. white, 65a67.
Except grain on track, there is an
additional charge of IA cents a
bushel for storage and elevation on
sales of oats.
Rye, No. 2, 5Oa55. Barley. 45a5O.
Hay, ton, 1000a13.50. Wheat straw,
ton, 600a65
Flour, barrel, winter, patent, 4.30
a4.60; winter, straight, 3.50a3.75;
spring, patent, 490a515; spring.
straight, 4.65a4.85; hard winter, pat
ent, 4.55a4.75; hard winter, straight,