Evening star., 1939-08-19
Baltimore Markets

sweet potatoes, bushel. s0al 25;
beans, bushel, nearby, 65a90; can
nerS' stock, 50a55, beets, nearby.
bunch, li2a3; brussels sprouts, y
drum, 250a2.75; cabbage. bushel,
60a75; nearby. bushel, 35a5O, car
rots, bushel, 75a85; Western, crate,
l.75a25O; nearby. bunch, 1aliz:
caulifioWer crate, 150a175: celery
crate, 50al25; corn, nearby, dozen.
6a20;. cucumbers, bushel. local IS;
nearby, y bushel, 40a60: eggplant,
nearby. Z bushel, lOa25; lettuce,
crate, Big Boston, 50al 25; West
ern, Iceberg, 400a475: lima beans.
bushel. 40al 90; onions, 5O-pound
sack. 50al.75: peas. bushel. .50a2 90:
peppers, bushel. 35a50; nearby, Il
bushel, l0a20; radishes basket. 4Oa
so, spinach, bushel, 75al 25: squash,
nearby, y bushel. 10a20; tomatoes.
nearby, y bushel l5a40: Gamers
stock. bushel. 40a45; apples. bushel,
25a75, cantaloupes, crate, 40a75;
nearby p bushel. 10a40. grapes,
lug. l00a175; honeydews. crate,
l.50a2 90: oranges. Florida. box,
200a400; California, 250a425:
peaches, bushel. 5Oa2oO, pears. box,
225a3 90; bushel, l25al5O; plums,
crate, l25a200: lemons. box, ASA
525, watermelons, each, 5a20.
Dairy Products.
Live Poultry - Chickens. Rocks.
pound, l8a20. crosses. l5al9: mixed
colors, l6a18; Leghorns. Halls; fowl.
Rocks, l7al9; mixed colors, l5a18:
Leghorns, ilal3; roosters, 7al2:
ducks. Peking, 12a13.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded. dozen,
white, large, 22a24; medium. 18a20:
mixed colors, 17al9; receipts, 67l
cases.
Butter-Prints. 90 score. pound,
25iza26; 80 score, 24a25, country
rolls. l7a1S; packing stock, l5a15l2 Il;
receipts, 76l tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, 10. Compared with Friday
last week. steers mostly 25 to 35
cents lower. Some weighty grassers
considered off more: medium and
good grades, $50 to 1890 pounds,
mostly 7.35a8.50 few grain feds,
s.5Oa925; choice 1920 pounds. indi-
vidual, 1000; heifers around steady:
common and medium, mainly 5.50a
7,50; COWS, strong to 25 higher; me-
dunn and good grades. 5.50a625:
few to $50 or above; cutter and
common, late in week. 4.50a5 so:
Gamers, mainly 350a425: sausage
bulls little changed, mostly $50
down
Calves, none. Compared Friday
last week, vealers closing only so
cents higher following 100 higher
rates from Monday to Thursday. III
elusive; late sales good and choice,
950a1000; common and medium
grades. 700a900.
Hogs. 100 Mostly Is cents higher
than Friday; good and choice l60
to 210 pounds. 6.55a6.80: practical
top, $50: 2l0 to 230 pounds, 635a
$50: 230 to $50 pounds. 6.lOa6 80; $50
to 300 pounds, 530a6l0; 140 to 100
pounds. 63Oa6.55: 100 to 140 pounds.
600a6,30; packing sovs, 500 pounds
down. 415a465. Compared week ago,
mostly 20 cents higher packing soWs
up 40 cents. Hogs from doubtful
areas and those fattened on garbage
or swill and price premiums occa-
sionally paid for through billed rail
consignments purchased for reShip-
ment not represented in above quo
tatiOnS.
Sheep, none. For week ending Fri
day: Spring lambs steady to IS cents
higher; bulk sales good and choice
grades ewes and wethers. 9.00a9 so;
weeks top, 96c, paid Monday for
around $50 head; fat buck lambs
usually 100 under load price: COM
mon and medium grades mostly 500
a800; few fat slaughter ewes around
800; steady.
Grain Market.
Opening prices we're: Wheat, No.
2 red winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
7A: August delivery, 71l4. Settling
prices were: Wheat, No. 2 red win
ter, garlicky, spot. domestic, 711s:
August delivery. 7l12. Corn. No. 2
yellow: domestic, 6Oa62. Western
billing at premium over this price
Cob corn nominal. Oats. No. 2 white
domestic. 43a48: No. 3, 42a47; Pacific
Coast. No. l white, 65a67.
Except grain on track. there is an
additional charge of ls4 cents a
bushel for storage and elevation on
sale of oats.
Rye, No. 2, 50a55. Barley, 45a5O.
Hay, ton, 10.O0al3.00. Wheat straw,
ton, 6.00a6.50.
Flour, barrel, winter, patent, 4.2Oa
4.50; winter, straight, 340a3. IS:
spring, patent, 480a5.05; spring,
straight, Assaults; hard winter, pat
ent, 4.45a4.65; hard winter, straight,
4.25a4.50; rye flour, dark to white,
3.10a400. Mill feed, ton, spring bran,
23.00a2400; standard middlings,
or m, &c M