Evening star., 1940-08-10
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, Aug. 1O.-Potatoes
10O-pound sacks, 60a1.00; sweet
potatoes, bushel, 1.50a2.50; beans
bushel, nearby, 65al so; beets, near
by, bunch, 2a3; cabbage, bushel
4Oa60; nearby, round, 25a4O; carrots
bushel, 1.00a125; Western, crate
2.00a3.00; cauliflower, crate, 75a1.75;
celery, crate, 50a1.75; corn, nearby
dozel., 15a25; cucumbers, nearby
u bushel, 50a75; eggplant, bushel
1.00al.25; nearby, u bushel, 5Oa65;
lettuce, Iceberg, crate, Western
1.25a2.75; Eastern, 25a75; Big Bos~
ton, 25a60: lima beans, bushel. l.50e
2.2.; nearby, L bushel, 75a100;
onions, 50-pound sack, 60a1O0; peas
bushel. 75al.75; peppers, bushel, 40a
50; nearby, z bushel, 25a35;
spinach, bushel, 5Oa1OO; squash
nearby, Z bushel, 25a4O; tomatoes
l2-quart basket, 2Oa3O; nearby, y
bushel, 20a50; apples, bushel, 25a
125; blackberries, quart, 10a17;
blueberries, pint, 17a2o; canta-
loupes, crate, 50a125; bushel, 4Oa75:
nearby, y bushel, 25a6O; grapefruit,
box, 2.00a4.00; grapes, lug, 1.25a2 90;
honeydews, crate, 1.00a2.O0; huckle-
berries, quart. 8a15; lemons, box,
350a600; lines, 4 box, LOCAL so;
oranges, box, California, 2.5Oa4O0:
peaches, bushel, 75a225; nearby, p
bushel, 20a50; pears, box, 2.OOa2 Is; ;
plums, crate, l.00a225; watermelons,
each, 10a30.
Poultry and Eggs.
Live poultry - Chickens, Rocks,
pound, l8a20; crosses. 18a19; Leg
horns, 15a17; fowl, Rocks, 17a18;
mixed colors, 16a17; Leghorns, ia
IA; roosters, mixed colors, 10a12;
Leghorns, 7al0; ducks, Pekins, 10a
IA.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded, current
receipts, dozen, white, 17a23; mixed
colors, 16a18. Receipts, 918 cases.
Butter-Prints, 90 score, pound,
28a29 80 score, 27a2S; country rolls,
20a2l; packing stock, 18a19. Re-
ceipts, 591 tubs.
Livestock Markets.
Cattle, 50-Compared with Friday
last week: Steers, $3.50 cents
higher; dry-feds scarce; part load.
8S4 pounds, 10.85, top for week; half
load, 910 pounds, 1855; good, 1888
pounds, grain on grass, 1850;
straight grassers around 1925
downward; bulk steers for week,
medium and good, COOL 300 pound
grassers at 8.25-990; load common
Southwestern type. $50: carload
good 865-pound heifers, $50; cows
mostly rs cents higher; good grade,
6.50-700; common and medium
mostly 550-625; bulk Gamers and
cutters, 4.00-5.oo; top sausage bulls,
100.
Calves. 10-Compared with Friday
last week: Vealers, so cents higher;
good and choice, 900-9.50; common
and medium, 6.50-8.5O.
Hogs, 665-Steady with Friday;
practical top, ITO; good and choice,
170-220 pounds. 6.85-7.10; 220-24O
pounds, 6.6O-6.85; 250-300 pounds,
6.10-6.60; 150-160 pounds, 6.45-6.70;
140-150 pounds, 6.10-635; 130-14O
pounds, 5.85-610; 120-130 pounds,
5.70-5.95; packing sows, 4.75-5.25.
Compared week ago, weights $50
pounds up, Is cents higher; lighter
weights, Is cents higher; packing
sQws up 10 cents. Above prices
based on grain-fed hogs.
Sheep, 50-Compared with last
sales last week: Fat lambs, mostly
100 higher; good and choice eve
and wether springers, 925-985; fat
buck lambs, 100 less; few lots, me-
dium and good, mixed around 900:
Gull, common and medium grades,
numerous early in week at 5.00-8.5O;
fat slaughter eyes again scarce; few
steady to Is cents higher at 800
BIS; old thin sheep downward to
LOO.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No.
2 red winter, garlicky, spot, domes-
tic, bushel, TIA; August, 7734. Set
tling prices were: Wheat, No. 2 red
winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
bushel, 77s4; August, TIA.
Corn, No. 2 yellow, domestic,
bushel, 78a80. Western billing at
premium over this price. Cob corn,
barrel, 3.50a3.70; country prices
330a3.50.
Oats, bushel, No. 2 white, domes-
tic, 38a43. On all sales of oats to
the local trade, excepting those on
track, there is an additional charge
Of IN cents per bushel for storage
and elevation, which is paid by the
buyer.
Rye, No. 2, bushel, 60a65. Barley,
bushel, 55a60. Hay, ton, old, 14.0Oa
l7.00. Wheat straw, ton, new, No.
2, TOO.