Evening star., 1939-06-10
Baltimore Markets

bAL 1MofIE, Mo, June lU.-PO-
tatoes, l00-pound sack, LOCAL so !:
new. barrel. 25Oa275; 1O0-pound
sack, 1.50a175 sweet potatoes, bushel,
1.50a2 90; yams, bushel. 50a1 IS; as
paragus, dozen punches, Maryland,
50a2 90; beans, bushel, GOAL so, beets,
crates, 1.25a150; dozen punches,
35a40; cabbage. 1,2 -bushel hamper
35a65; nearby bushel, 45a55; carrots,
Western, crate, 2OOa3O0; caulihower,
crate, l50al75; celery, crate 2 00a
$50; corn, crate, local IS; cucum-
bers, bushel, 75al so; eggplant, crate,
1.25a2 90; lettuce. Iceberg, Western,
crate 2.00a3.00; nearby, bushel, 15a
80; lima beans, bushel, LOCAL so;
onions, 50-pound sack, 35al 90 peas,
bushel, 75al.75; nearby, 50a1 90;
peppers, bushel, 1,50a200; radishes,
basket, red tip, 4Oa45 rhubarb,
nearby, bunch. 2a3; squash, bushel,
75al0 90; nearby, y bushel, LOCAL 10;
tomatoes. lug, 1OOa2OO; apples,
bushel, 50a175; blackberries, crate
2OOa275; cantaloupes, crate, 200a
ATS, cherries. lug. 1.50a275; grape
fruit, box. l0Oa20O; oranges, box
Florida. 225a325; California, 3OOa
400; peaches, u bushel. 10Oal65:
plneapples, crate. 150a2 90: lemons
box, 2.75a5.75; Strawberries, crate,
l.25a2.00; nearby, l50a350, water
melons, each, 25a45.
Dairy Products.
Live poultry-Chickens. Rocks,
pound. 17a2l; mixed colors, 16al9,
fowl Rocks. 16al7: mixed colors,
l4al6; Leghorns, 13al6; roosters. Ia
II; ducks, Pekin, l4a15.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded, dozen,
white, large. l9a2O medium. l7a18:
mixed colors, l6al7; receipts, l779
cases.
Butter-Prints, 80 score, pound
Ha28; 80 score, 26a26la; country
rolls, l6al8; packing stock, 12al3,
receipts, 100 tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, 25. Compared with Fri
day last week; steer market 25 10
so cents lower; medium and good
grades 900 to 1850 pounds mainly
8.50al0.00: weeks top. 1915 for 1,258-
pound average; few plain and low
medium grades lightweights 7.50a
825; not enough heifers to test
market; cows steady, good grade
6.50a70 90; plain and medium grades
fat COWS, 5.75a6 so; bulk low cutters
and cutters, 425a5 so; bulls 25 cents
lower; late top sausage kinds, 7.25
Calves, 200. Compared with Fri
day last week: steady: good grade
vealers 900a9. so mostly; plain and
medium grades, 70Oa9.O0.
Hogs, 25. Practically nothing or
offer. Compared with week ago
mostly 10 cents lower. Todays quo
tations nominally steady with Fri
day; good and choice 100 to 2lC
pounds quotable 675a700; practicaI
top, 100: 140 to 100 pounds. 6.6Oa
6.85; 2l0 to 240 pounds. 66Oa675:
$50 to 300 pounds and 12O to lac
pounds, 625a660 good packing
soWs. 400a5.30 Hogs from doubt
full areas and those fattened or
garbage or swill and price premiums
occasionally paid for through billed
rail conslgnments purchased for re-
shipment not represented in above
quotations.
Sheep, 200. For week ended Fri
day spring lambs mostly 50 cents
lower; late sales good and choice
grades, l0.50all 90: fat buck lambs
discounted 100, plain and medium
grades, 750a90O; medium and good
mixed, 1000; scattered lots fat shorn
slaughter ewes about steady at 30C
down: old thin sheep down to 1.OC
or below.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat. No
2 red winter, garlicky, spot. domestic
81: June delivery, 81. Sterling prices
were: Wheat, No. red winter, gar
licky, spot, domestic, 81. June de.
livery, 81. Corn, No. 2 yellow, do
mestlc, 65a67. Western billing at q
premium over this price. Cob corn
new, barrel. 280a305: country prices
reported, 260a2.85 barrel. Oats, No
2 white. domestic, 48a53: No. 3. Ala
So. Pacific Coast. No. l white. 65a67
Excepting grain on track, there is
an additional charge of 134 cents a
bushel for storage and elevation or
sales of oats.
Rye, No. 2, 65a7O. Barley, 6Oa65
Hay, ton, 1o.0oa13O0. Straw, ton
7.50.
Flour, barrel, winter. patent, 4.5Os
480: winter. straight, 370a3 .95
spring, patent, 510a5. IS; spring
straight, 485a5.O5: hard winter, pat.
ent, 475a4.95; hard winter, straight
4.55a4.80; rye, dark to white, $500
4.20. Mill feed. ton, spring, bran
27.00a28.00; standard, middling, 3O.5(
a31.50