Evening star., 1939-08-05
Baltimore Markets

OOIIjWOIe m0TketS
BALTIMORE. Md. Aug. 5.-Po-
tatoes, l00-pound sacks, l.25al so;
sweet potatoes, bushel, 125a175;
beans, bushel, nearby, 60a75; can
ners' stock, 50a60; beets. nearby,
bunch, la2; cabbage, bushel, 75a100
nearby, bushel, 50a80 carrots,
bushel, 75a85; Western, crate,
l.75a275; nearby, bunch, la2; cauli-
over, crate. 1.75a200; celery, crate,
50al,50; corn, nearby, dozen, 3a9
cucumbers, bushel, 20a50; nearby, p
bushel, 35a50 eggplant. bushel, 40a
so; nearby, u bushel, 20a35; lettuce,
crate, Big Boston, 25a50; Western,
Iceberg, 2.25a2.75; lima beans, bush
Ell, 25a80; onions, 50-pound sacks,
50a1.50; peas, bushel, 1,25a2.OO; pep
pers, bushel, 40a65; nearby. q BUSH
el, l5a35; spinach, bushel, 50a65;
nearby, y bushel. 25a50; radishes,
basket, red tips, 30a40: squash, nearby,
"a bushel, l5a35; tomatoes, l2-quart
basket, l0a25, nearby, y bushel, 10a35;
apples, bushel, 35al0 90; blackberries,
quart, 8al2; cantaloupes, nearby, y
bushel, 10a30; grapes, lug, local so;
grapefruit, box, 100a225; honey
balls, crates. 275a325; honeydews,
crate, l.75a2 90: huckleberries, quart,
loa13; lines, carton, .l00al.50; or
anges, Florida, box, 225a375; Cali
fornia, 200a400; peaches, bushel,
l.OOal.75; nearby, u bushel, l0a40;
pears, box, 2.25a2,50; plums, crate,
1.25a2.25; lemons, box, 275a475;
Watermelons, each, 10a30
Dairy Products.
Live poultry Chickens, Rocks.
pound, l6a20; mixed colors. 16als;
fowl, Rocks, 17al8. mixed colors,
l5al7; Leghorns, 1lal5; roosters, Ia
II; ducks, Peking. 12al4.
EggS-Nearby, ungraded, dozen
white, large. 22a24; medium, 13a2o:
mixed colors, l7al9; receipts, 2,806
cases.
Butter-Prints, 80 score. pound,
27; 80 score, Is; country rolls. 17al8;
packing stock, Halls receipts, 49l
tubs
Livestock Market.
Cattle. ITS. Compared with FRIDAY
last week; steers mostly Is cents
lower. some grassers off more: top.
dry-fed, l,040 pounds, CTS; other
grain-feds, mainly 885 to 1000
pounds, at 8.9Oa9 so; majority steers
medium and good grassers, $50 to
1900 pounds, at 7.50a875; she stock
and bulls mostly 25 to so cents lower;
slaughter heifers mostly under 500;
few good 835, late sales medium and
good grades beef cows. 550a6.OO: cut
ter and common, 425a5 Is; Gamers.
3.00a4O0: emaciated kinds. $50: late
sales sausage bulls mostly $50 down.
Calves, 10. Compared with Friday
last week; vealers mostly 15O lower:
good and choice grades, 8.5Oas 90:
common and medium grades, COCA
800.
Hogs, IT'S. Nominally steady. Com
pared with week ago mostly 80 cents
lower; pigs and light lights As cents
off. Good and choice 100 to 21O
pounds quoted 6.9Oa715, practical
top, 7.l6; 210 to 23O pounds and 14O
to l60 pounds, 6.65a6 80; 23O to $50
pounds and 100 to 140 pounds, 6.4Oa
665; $50 to 300 pounds, 565a6 40;
270 to 500 pounds packing sows,
4.l5a4.65, according to weight. Hogs
from doubtful areas and those fat
tened on garbage or swill and price
premiums occasionally paid for
through billed rail consignments
purchased for reshipment not rep
resented in above quotations.
Sheep, 10. For week ending Fri
day: Spring lamb market mostly
25 to so cents lower; not enough
good and choice offered Friday to
test market: Thursday sales good
and choice ewes and wethers, most
ly 8.50a9.00; fat bucks usually 100
less; single rail deck handweights,
9.25: common and medium grades,
6 6.0Oa8.0 90; sizable number culls, 40Oa
500; clearance that class incom-
plete; fat slaughter ewes steady to
weak; weeks sales, 3.00a3 so; old
thin offerings down to 100.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No.
2 red winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
70; August delivery, 70. Settling
prices were: Wheat, No. red, win
ter, garlicky, spot, domestic, 69s.
August delivery. 69a4. Corn. No. 2,
yellow, domestic, 57a59. Western
billing at a premium over this price
Cob corn, nominal, Oats, No. 2,
white, domestic, 40a45; No. 3, 39a44;
Pacific Coast, No. /, white, 65a67.
Except grain on track, there is an
additional charge of Ia cents
bushel for storage and elevation on
sale of oats.
Rye, No. 2. 50a55. Barley, 4Oa45.
Hay, ton, 1000a13O0. Wheat straw,
ton, 6OOa6.50.
Flour, barrel, winter. patent. 4.20a
4.50: winter, straight, 3.40a3 IS;
spring, patent, 4.80a5.05; spring,
straight, 4.55a4.75; hard winter, pat
ent, 445a465; hard winter, straight,
4.25a4.50; rye flour, dark to white,
no