Evening star., 1939-06-18
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.


BALTIMORE, Md, June 17.-The
live poultry market was decidedly
quiet throughout the week. Quota
tions showed only minor fluctua-
tions and the close found them on
practically the same level as last
week. One exception is young
Pekin ducks, which declined l cent
per pound about the middle of the
week and then remained steady.
Most of the demand has been for
better grade stock with less desirable
birds being somewhat hard to move.
Receipts during the early days of the
week were light but they increased
later. Although demand was rather
sluggish, it was sufficient to enable
dealers to practically clear their
stocks with the exception of few
items that were little wanted. Young
rocks are selling 18a2l with less de-
sirable birds bringing 17a20. Young
mixed colors are moving fairly we'll
at 16al9, while young Leghorns are
bringing 13a16, according to size. In
fowl, rocks are quoted 16al7 with a
few bringing l cent more. Mixed
colors continue Halls and Leghorns
13a15. Mixed color roosters are
slow at 10a12 with Leghorn roost-
ers hard to move at 7a8. Young Pc
kin ducks are bringing 13al4.
The slight upward trend in egg
quotation which got under way last
week, continued during this week.
Prices for the best grade are full
l cent higher and some of the me-
dium grades are cent above last
weeks close. Mixed colors. however,
are steady. Receipts on most days
were rather high, dropping to low
figure only on Wednesday. The best
large ungraded whites are bringing
20a21 and medium sized whites Tia
l9. Mixed colors are quote 16al7.
Receipts of native and nearby
garden truck increased but the
market was inclined to be some
what unsettled on some stock,
quotations on few items varying
considerably from day to day. Near
by snap beans appeared and are
selling 75a1.25 bushel Nearby
beets are lower at bunch. At
ter fluctuating considerably cabbage
closed a little lower at 3Oa60 BUSH
el. Maryland asparagus also de-
clined, prices ranging from 200 doz-
en- punches for the best large to so
for small. Peas are a little frmer,
bringing Goa 1.25 bushel, and
rhubarb is unchanged at 2a3
bunch. Squash declined steadily
and closed so IS half bushel,
Strawberries are lower at 15Oa2.75
crate with few a little higher.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, 25; calves. no receipts.
Compared with Friday last week,
steers and bulls steady, good COWS
weak to Is lower; medium and good
850-l 400 pound steers mostly $50
9.75, top $50 to 812 pound yearlings,
few plain and low medium light
weights 75o-835: heifers scarce, odd
head 8.75: few good beef COWS $50
700, plain and medium fat COWS
6.00-50, low cutters and cutters 45O-
5.75; top sausage bulls 725. Com
pared with Friday last week, good
vealers mostly so lower, 8.5O-900;
plain and medium 6.50-S.5O; light
culls 500.
Hogs 300, steady. Good and choice
16o-2lo pounds 6,85-7.10, practical
top ITO; 14o-16O pounds 6.7O-e5;
2lO-240 pounds 670-85; 250-3OO
pounds and 120-14O pounds $500
Good packing sows 49O-5.4O. Com
pared with week ago, market mostly
10 higher.
y Sheep no receipts. Compared with
week ago, sheep and lambs little
change; good and choice eve and
wether spring lambs O50a11 90, fat
bucks 100 less; medium and good
mixed 1000; plain and mediums
6OOa9O 90; fat slaughter ewes 250a
400, mostly 800 down.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were; Wheat, No.
2 red winter, garlicky, spot, domes-
tic, old, SO, nominal; June delivery,
old, 80, nominal. Settling prices
We're: Wheat. No. 2, red. winter, gar
hcky, spot, domestic, old, 871a; June
delivery, old 87lz. Closing prices
were: Wheat No. 2, red. winter.
garlicky, spot, domestic, old 841g:
June delivery 84k. Corn, No. ?, vel
low, domestic. 63a65. Western bill.
ing at premium over this price
Cob corn, new, barrel, 2.8Oa3 .O5:
country prices reported, 2.6oa2 IS
barrel. Oats, No. 2. white, domestic,
48a53; No. 3, 47a52. Pacific Coast,
No. l, white, 65a67.
Excepting grain on track there is
an additional charge of IL cents
bushel for storage and elevation On
sales of oats.
Rye, No. 2, 65a7O Barley, new, Asa
46. Hay, ton, 10.OOal3.OO. Straw,
ton. 7.5O.
Flour, barrel, winter, patent, 4.4Oa
40; winter, straight, 3.6Oa3.85:
spring, patent, 5.OOa5.25; spring,
straight, 4.75a495; hard winter. pat
ent, 465a4.85; hard winter straight,
445a470; rye. dark to white, 320a
40. Mill feed, ton. spring bran.
26.00a27.00; standard, middlings,
29.50a3050.