Evening star., 1939-06-24
Baltimore Markets


Lew, barrel, 2.00-225: 100-pound
sack, 75a1.50; sweet potatoes, bushel,
75a1.50: yams, bushel, 75a1.2 rs: as
paragus, dozen punches, Maryland,
50a2.25; beans, bushel, 1.00a1.50;
nearby, 75a200; beets, dozen
punches, 25a3O; nearby, bunch, "a
2h; cabbage, 1h-bushel hampers,
50a65; nearby, bushel. 15a80; car
rots, dozen punches, 35a40; Western
crate, 2.50a3.00: cauliflower, crate
1.75a200; celery, crate, 2.0Oa5 90;
corn, crate, 50a1 90; dozen, 10a20;
cucumbers, bushel. 1.25a2 rs; nearby
u bushel, LOCAL rs; eggplant, bushel
75a10 90; lettuce, Iceberg, crate, 3O0a
375; lima beans, bushel, 1.00a1.75;
onions, 50-pound sack, 35a1.25; peas,
bushel, l.25a1.75; peppers, crate,
200a350; spinach, bushel, 40a85
squash, nearby, "a bushel 5Oa75 /;
tomatoes, lug. 75a2.25; apples, bushel
75a1.75; blackberries, crate, 1.50a2. so;
cantaloupes. crate. 100a350; cher
ries, lug, 1.50a2.00; nearby, sour,
pound, 4a6; grapefruit, box, 10oa
200; honeydews. crate, 225a250;
lines, carton, 1.75a2.00; oranges,
Florida. box, 1.75a325; California,
2.50a3.00; peaches, "a bushel, 50a
$50; pineapples, crate. 1.75a20o:
plums, crate, 1.25a2 90: lemons, box
400a5 90; raspberries, pint. red, 8a10;
black, quart, 12al5; watermelons,
each, 30a65.
Dairy Products.
Live poultry-Chickens, Rocks,
pound, 18a21; mixed colors, 16al9;
fowl, Rocks, l7a18: mixed colors, 16a
II; Leghorns, l3a16; roosters, 7a12;
ducks, Pekin, 12a14.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded, dozen,
white. large, 2Oa22; medium, l7a19;
mixed colors, 16al7; receipts, 2,124
cases.
Butter-Prints. 90 score, pound,
q; 80 score, 25; country rolls, Tia
l8;; packing stock, 14al5; receipts,
2,577 tubs.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle, 160 Compared with Fri
day last week; steers steady to shade
higher, but undertone weak in
Thursdays market: medium and
good grades around $50 to 1925
pounds, 8.60a935; few part load lots,
950a985: latter price top; heifers
scarce: few odd lots plain and med
ium grades, 65Oa8.5O; good beef
cows 25 cents lower mostly 6.5Oa
TOO; lesser grades cows little
changed; plain and medium fat
cows, 6.00a6.50; low cutters and cut
tiers mostly 450a575; shelly kinds,
400; bulls strong to 25 cents higher,
medium grade largely 650a725; few
outstanding sausage kinds, 735a7.5O
Calves, 20. Compared with Fri
day last week; vealers mostly so
cents higher; good grade, 9.0Oa9 so
mostly: plain and medium grades
650a850.
Hogs, 400. Steady with Friday;
good and choice 160 to 210 pounds
7.35a7.60; practical top, 7.6O; l4O to
100 pounds. 720a7.45; 2lO to 24C
pounds, 7.20a7 35; $50 to 300 pounds
and 140 to 160 pounds, 6.85a7 20;
good packing sows, 540a5 80. Com
pared week ago, mostly so cents
higher. Hogs from doubtful areas
and those fattened on garbage OF
swill and price premiums occa-
sionally paid for through billed rail
consignments purchased for reship-
ment not represented in above quo
tations
Sheep, Is. For week ending Fri
day; spring lambs mostly Is cents
lower; late sales good and choice
ewes and wethers, l0.50a1075; fat
buck lambs, 100 less; plain and
medium grades mostly 8OOa9 90, and
light culls down to 500; sheep scarce
around steady; good grade shorn
slaughter ewes mostly around 800.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No
2, red. winter, garlicky. spot domes-
tic, old, II. nominal. Settling prices
were: Wheat. No. 2, red, winter
garlicky, spot, domestic, old, II;
June delivery, old, n. Corn, No. 2,
J>A"' 0OAASoeAS, OGdOf WcStcIll
billing at premium over this price.
Cob corn, new, barrel, 2.8Oa3.05
country prices reported, 2.6Oa2 IS.
Oats, No. 2, white, domestic, 47a52;
No. 3, 46a51. Pacific Coast, No. /,
white, 65a67.
Excepting grain on track there is
an additional charge of -. cents a
bushel for storage and elevation on
sales of oats.
Rye, No. 2, 60a65. Barley, new,
45a46. Hay, ton, 10.00a13.O0. Straw,
ton, 7.50.
Flour, barrel, winter, patent, 4.40a
4.70; winter, straight, 360a3.85;
straight, 4.75a4.95; hard winter, pat
ent, 4.65a4.95; hard winter, straight,
4.45a4.70; rye, dark to white, 3.2Oa
40. Mill feed, tons, spring bran,
26.OOa27.O0; standard, middlings,
81 100a32 90.