Evening star., 1939-10-12
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, Nd, Oct. 12.-Po-
tatoes, 100-pound sacks, 1.50a1.75;
Idaho, 2l5a2.35; sweet potatoes,
bushel, 40a90; nearby, " bushel,
20a35; yams, bushel, 50a1 90; beans,
bushel, 25a65; beets. nearby, bunch,
11aa21a; broccoli, crates, 1.O0a3.O0:
brussels sprouts, " drum, 2.75a3O0;
cabbage, 50-pound sack, 40a80;
bushel, 50a75; carrots, bushel, 85a
lis; Western, crate, 2.75a3.25; csuli-
flower, crate, 75a2O0; celery, crate,
75a1 rs: corn, dozen, nearby, 5a12;
cucumbers, bushel, 5Oa1.75; eggplant,
bushel, 50a75; nearby, " bushel, 25a
10; lettuce, crate, Western Iceberg,
350a425; lima beans, bdshel, 1OOa
ESQ; mushrooms, 4-quart basket,
20a50; onions, 50-pound sack, 6Oa85;
Idaho, 1.10al.20; peas, bushel, 2.OOa
500; peppers, bushel, 50a60; nearby,
u bushel, 15a30; spinach, bushel,
20a40i nearby, u bushel, 25a30;
squash, bushel, 75a1.25; tomatoes,
lug, 75a225; nearby, " bushel, 2Oa
so; apples, bushel, 25a1.0O; canta-
loupes, crate, 400a425; crabapples,
u bushel, 35a65; cranberries, "
barrel box, 2.75a325: 1s-barrel box,
1.40a1 .65; grapes, Concord, 12-quart
basket, 35a40; 2-quart basket, 1Oa
IA; Western, lug, 80a12 grapefruit,
box, Florida, 1.25a250; honeydews,
crate, l25a200; lemons, box, 2.OOa
$50; oranges, box, California, LISA
500; Florida, 25Oa375; pears, bushel,
Bartletts, 5Oal75; Seckel, u bushel,
60al.00; Western, box, 1.75a2.75;
ounces, bushel, 1.25a175.
Dairy Products.
Live poultry - Chickens, Rocks,
pound, 17a20; crosses, 16al9; mixed
colors, 16al8; Leghorns, 15a16; fowl,
Rocks, 17a19; mixed colors, 15a17;
Leghorns, 1lal3; roosters, mixed COL
ors, 10al2; Leghorns, 7a10; ducks,
Pekin, 12a14; Muscovy, 14a15; mixed
colors, 13a14.
Eggs - Nearby, ungraded, large,
white, dozen, 28a30; medium, 23a25;
small, 18a20; mixed colors, 2Oa24;
receipts, 1913 cases.
Butter-PrintS, 80 score, pound,
29a30; 80 score, 28a29; country rolls,
20a22: packing stock, 17a18; re-
ceipts, 745 tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, 1,750; steer market slow,
around steady with Wednesday and
Is cents or more lower than Mon
day; weighty steers very slow sale:
medium and good grade 90OaI $50
pounds grassers, 7.75a900; few head
weighty grain-feds $50: cows and
bulls about steady with former
downturn this week: good grade beef
cows 6.00a675; common and medium
fat COWS, 500a6O0; Gamers and
cutters, 3.50a5.00; sausage bulls
mainly 6O0a65O.
Calves, $50; vealers steady with
Wednesday; good and choice grades
10.00a10.50; common and medium
grades mainly 750a950.
Hogs, 900: steady with Wednes-
day; good and choice ITO to 2l0
pounds, 745a7 10; practical top, ITO;
220 to 240 pounds, 7.30a7.55; 140 to
160 pounds, 720a745; $50 to 300
pounds, 6.85a735; 120 to 14O pounds,
6,S5a7 20; packing sows under 400
pounds, 5.85a6.10; weightier sows,
5.60a5.85. 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, 400; fat lamb market
steady with Wednesday; good and
choice grades ewes and wethers
mostly $50; few lots 975 on small
killers accounts: fat buck lambs 90
less; common and medium grades,
6.50a8.50; light culls as low as 500;
sheep lacking.