Evening star., 1939-11-18
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. 18.-Po-
tatoes, 100-pound sack, 1l5a20O;
Idaho, 200a225; sweet potatoes,
bushel, 35a85; nearby, 35a65; yams.
bushel, 35a75; beans, bushel, South
ern, 1.50a2 so; beets, bunch, nearby.
1l2a2i2 Western, crate, 150al 65:
broccoli, crate, l50al 65; Western,
2.75a300; brussels sprouts, q drum,
1.50a2.50: quart, 10al3; cabbage, old,
50-pound sack, 6Oa75; new, 1a-
bushel hamper, LOCAL so: carrots,
bushel, 60al 90; Western, crate, 350a
3.75; caulif1ower, crate, 75a125; Gel
cry, crate, l0Oa2 90; Western, 2.0Oa
2.75; cucumbers, bushel, 225a3.5O;
eggplant, 1l2-bushel crate, Southern.
l,50a2.50; lettuce, crate, Western,
Iceberg, 3.O0a4OO; Big Boston, 5Oa
co. lima beans, bushel. 10Oa200:
Western, 300a3 so; mushrooms, 4
quart basket, 35a60; onions, So
pound sack, 50a65; Western, 1.00a
lis; peas. bushel, Western, 2.25a
3.75; peppers, bushel, 50al Is; rad
ishes, crate. Western, 1.75a200;
spinach, nearby, y bushel, 25a35;
squash, bushel, Southern, 1.50a2.0O:
tomatoes, lug, l5Oa3.50; turnips,
nearby, purple tops, y bushel, l0a
20; yellows, 100 pounds, 5Oa75;
apples, bushel, rs; cranberries,
Il barrel box, 275a3.5O; 4 s-barrel
box, 1.4Oal.75; grapefruit, box,
Southern, l.00a225; Western, LISA
2.75; grapes, lug, Western, 10Oa2 .25;
lemons, box, Western, 5.5Oa7.25;
oranges. box, Florida, 125a2.75;
California, 200a50O; pears, bushel,
Seckel, 75a1.50: Bartlett, 1.50al.75
persimmons, box, California, 75a
LOO; tangerines, box, Florida. 75a
ITS.
Dairy Products.
Live poultry-Chickens, Rocks,
pound, 16a18; crosses, l5a17; mixed
colors, 15a18; Leghorns, Halls: fowl,
Rocks, 17a19: mixed colors, 1Oal7;
Leghorns, l0a12: roosters, mixed
colors. l0a12; Leghorns, 7a10: ducks,
Pekin, l3a14; Muscovy, IA; mixed
colors, 10al2; turkeys, hens, 24a25;
toms, l8al9; guineas, each, 3Oa45.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded, large,
white, dozen, 33a34; medium, 26a3O.
small, 22a23; mixed colors, 24a26;
receipts, 1927 cases.
Butter-Prints, 80 score, pound.
3oa3l; 80 score, 29a3O; country rolls,
2la23; packing stock, 19a2O; re-
celptS, 1854 tubs
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No.
2 red winter, garlicky, spot, domes-
tic, 9724. Settling prices were:
Wheat, No. red winter, gar,icky,
spot, domestic, 97a. Corn, No. 2
yellow, domestic, bushel, 63a65;
Western billing at a premium over
this price. Cob corn, barrel. old,
3.0Oa3.15; country prices reported,
2.85a3.00; new, 2.40a265; country
prices reported, 225a2.50. Oats,
bushel, No. 2 white, domestic, 49a54:
No. 3. 48a53; Pacific Coast No. l
white. 70a72.
On all sales of oats to the local
trade, excepting those on track.
there is an additional charge of lA
cents per bushel for storage and ale-
vation, which is paid by the buyer.
Rye, No. 2, bushel, 65a7O. Barley,
No. 2, bushel, 52a57. Hay, ton, 10.5Oa
14.00. Wheat straw, ton. 6.5Oa7.OO.
Flour, barrel, winter, patent, 5.lOa
$40; winter, straight, 4.0Oa425;
spring, patent, 5.8Oa6.05; spring,
straight, 5.55a5.75; hard winter.
patent, 5.45a5.65; hard winter.
straight, 5.25a55 so; rye -four, dark to
white. 390a4.7O.
Millfeed, ton, spring bran, 3O.0Oa
3l.00; standard middlings, 3O.O0a
31.0O.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, so. Compared with Fri
day last week, steers and bulls
steady, heifers very scarce; COWS
closing strong to Is cents higher:
weeks bulk medium and low grade
grassers and short-fed steers, 8.25a
9.35; bulk straight grassers, 8.75
down: top, 1865; for good and choice
967-pound yearlings; two loads, 1902
pounds and 1924 pounds, grain feds,
$50; part load, good, 900 pounds,
9.85; few good heifers up to $50;
medium and good cows, 5.50a6.50,
and odd head heifer type to 700;
cutter and common, 4.50a5. so; can
ners, 350a425; sausage bulls from
100 down.
Calves, none. Compared with Fri
day last week, unchanged market
during week; good and choice veal
ers, 11.00a1150; top, 11.50; common
and medium, 8.50a1O.5O.
Hogs, 500 Steady with Friday;
good and choice, 140 to 2lO pounds,
6.35a6.60; practical top, $50; 120
to 140 pounds, 6.20a6.45; 22O to 240
6.15a6.40; $50 to 300 pounds,
S .80a6.20; packing sows, 5.10a5.6 go.
Compared week ago, mostly As to so
cents lower; packing sows off 40
cents. Above quotations based on
granted hogs.
Sheep, SO. For week ending Fri
day, fat lambs closing around Is
cents lower; late sales good and
choice grades ewes and wethers,
mostly 1000; fat buck lambs, 100
less; bulk sales Monday 1000a
1925; weeks extreme top, 1925, paid
Monday for few lots on small killer
accounts; medium grade, mostly
.00a9.00; light culls as low as 400;
slaughter ewes scarce, steady; few
head mainly 4.00a4.50; old thin
sheep, 150a300.
Note-Market closed Thursday,
November %, in observance of
Thanksgiving.