Evening star., 1939-02-13
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. 13.-Po-
tatoes. 1oo-pound sacks. LOCAL 80;
new, bushel, 1.40al.75: sweet po-
tatoes, bushel, 1.40a200; nearby,
bushel, 100a1.50: yams, bushel. 5oa
LIS; beans, bushel, 1.50a2.50; beets,
crate, 1.l5al.25: broccoli, crate, 20oa
ESQ; brussels sprouts. half drum
,l.50a3.00; cabbage, old. 50-pousld
sacks, 3oa40; new, 1h-bushel ham,
pers, 75a1.O0; Texas, crate, 1.25a
$50: carrots, bushel, 75a90; Western,
crate. 250a325; caulifiower, crate,
1.75a1.85; celery, crate, Florida, 1.5Oa
2.25; California, 2OOa25O; cucum-
bers. bushel, 300a425; collards,
bushel, 15a40; eggplant, 1h-bushel
crate, 1.25a225: kale, bushel, 25a35; !;
lettuce, Iceberg, Western crate, 3.OOa
$50; Big Boston, 1.25a1.50; lima
beans, bushel, 2.00a2 so; mushrooms,
4-quart basket, 50a70; okra, crate,
3.0Oa3.50; onions, 50-pound sack,
75a1 90; Western, 125a1.35: peas,
bushel. 3.ooa350: peppers, w -bushel
crate, 125a225; rhubarb, carton,
35a50; spinach, bushel, 65a85;
squash, bushel, 2.5Oa2.75; tomatoes,
lug, 50a2.25; turnips, nearby, purple
top. half-bushel, 15a25; yellows, per
100 pounds, 40a50; apples, bushel,
5Oa1.75; Western, box, 1.5Oa2 Is:
grapefruit, box, 1.00a275; oranges,
box, Florida, 125a2.50; California,
2.OOa3O 90; lemons, box, 300a3.75;
strawberries, pint, 11a13; tangerines,
box, 65a1.25.
Dairy Products.
Live poultry-Chickens, Rocks,
pound, 20a21; mixed colors, 18a20;
broilers, Rocks, 16a18; fowl, Rocks,
17al8; mixed colors, 16a18; culls,
1Oa15; Leghorns, Halls; ROSTERS,
l2a14; ducks, Pekins, 14a16; Mus
kovy. 12a17; guineas, each, 3Oa50;
geese, 15a16; turkeys, hens, 32a33;
toms, 25a26; capons, 22a27.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded, dozen,
white, large, 20a21; medium, 1874
19; mixed colors, 18ha1s; receipts,
730 cases.
Butter-Print, 90 score, pound
271aa28; 90 score, 26a26E2; country
rolls, 1Sa2o: packing stock, 12a13;
receipts, ATT tubs.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle, 900. Steer market some
what uneven, averaging around
steady with Thursday; medium and
good grades around 900 to 1890
pounds mostly 8.35a9. go; several
small lots good 1,066 to 1924 pounds
9.65a10.00; top. 1910 for carload
1O06-pound average; she stock and
bulls steady TO strong; good grade
weighty beef cows, 6.50a7 SO; most
fat cows, plain and medium grades
dairy types at 525a625; low cutters
and cutters mainly 4O0a5 90; prac-
tical top on sausage bulls, 750.
Calves, $50. Steady; good grade
vealers, 12.00a12.50, mostly; medium
grades mostly 100Oa11.50; Gull and
plain kinds, 7.O0a9.50.
Hogs, $500. Mostly S cents higher
than Friday and steady with Satur-
day; good and choice $50 to 2OC
pounds, 8.45a8.70; practical top
$40; 210 to 240 pounds, 8.15a8.40;
250 to 300 pounds, 775a805; 12O to
14o pounds, 8.00a8.25; good packing
sows, 400 pounds down, 6.75a7 90;
weightier sows, 6.50a6.75; stays, SIS
down. Hogs from doubtful areas
and those fattened on garbage or
swill and price premiums OCCASION
ally paid for through billed rail con-
signments purchased for reshipment
not represented in above quotations
Sheep, 1925. Opening sales fat
lambs steady with quotations late
last week, undertone weak to lower;
sizeable percentage of run unsold
at nearly noontime; sales good and