Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-22
Baltimore Markets

100-pound sacks, 7Oa1o5; Western,
1.9Oa215; 50-pound sacks, LOCAL Is;
sweet potatoes, bushel. 35a85, near
by. u bushel, 25a35; beans, bushel,
50a1 90; beets, nearby, bunch, l12a
212; broccoli, crate, LOCALS; West
ern, 10Oa225; Brussels sprouts. y
drum. 1.50a200; quart, 8al2; cab
bage. 50-pound sacks. 25a35; bushel,
25a35; Southern. 1i2- bushel hamper.
50a75; carrots, bushel, 50a90; West
ern, crate, 300a350: cauliflower,
crate, 50a75; celery crate. 100a200;
cucumbers, bushel, 75a300 eggplant.
bushel, 75a12 5; Southern, H.. -bushel
crate. 2.00a300; nearby, y buShel,
25a50; lettuce. Western, Iceberg,
crate. 325a400; Eastern, Big Boston,
25a60 Iceberg, 75a125; lima beans,
bushel, l00al75: mushrooms, A.
quart basket, 25a65; onions, So
pound sacks. 60a85; Western, l.35a
$50; peas. bushel. 250a275: peppers,
bushel, 35a75: nearby. u bushel, l0a
40; spinach. bushel, 35a50; nearby. Il
bushel, 20a30; squash. Southern.
bushel, 1.75a200: nearby, y bushel,
4Oa65; tomatoes, Western, lug, 50a
Its; nearby. y bushel, l0a30; tur-
nips. purple tops, bushel, 50a65;
nearby. - bushel, 15a30; apples,
bushel, 35a10O; cranberries. ls-bar-
rel box, 1.75a185; 14-barrel box,
350a375; grapefruit. Southern, box,
125a225; Texas, 2.50a275; grapes,
l2-quart basket. 25a35; 24-quart
carton. 150al75 2-quart basket. la
10; Western, lug, 100a2 90; lemons,
Western. box. 200a400; lines,
Southern, "a box, 5Oa75 oranges,
Western. box, 300a400; pears, Bart
lett, bushel, 50al 65 Western, 250a
275: Seckel, y bushel. 40a75: bushel,
125a165; ounces. bushel, LOCAL SO.
Poultry and Eggs.
Live poultry-Chickens, pound,
Rocks. 18a20: crosses. 17al9: Reds,
l7al9; mixed colors, l5al7; Leg
horns, Halls. Fowl, Rocks. l8a20;
mixed colors. l6al8; Leghorns, l0a
- BOOSTERS. mixed colors, 10al2:
Leghorns. TAG Ducks, Pekin,
white, l4al6: mixed colors, 10al2;
Muscovy. white 14a16: mixed colors,
12a14 Guineas, 22a23.
Eggs-Nearby ungraded current
receipts, dozen, whites, 25a35, mixed
colors. 24a27. Receipts. 1900 cases.
Butter-Prints. pound. 90 score,
31a32: 80 score. 30a31: country rolls.
20a24 packing stock, 18al9. Re-
ceipts, 773 tubs.
Livestock Market.
Furnished by United States Agri-
cultural Marketing Service:
Cattle-250 Market mostly on
cows and few bulls at rate steady
with close Monday; fat COWS mainly
460Oa600, odd head to 625, Bulk
Gamers and cutters. 350a450: ema-
ciated kinds, 800 few sausage. 100
four carloads stocker and feeder
steers.
Calves-50. Vealers steady with
Monday. Good and choice, 1l.50a
1900. Common and medium mostly
90Oa11oO and light down around
TOO.
Hogs-75O. Mostly steady with
Monday, except packing sows 20
cents higher. Good and choice. $780,
240 pounds, 655a680; practical top,
$50; 150-1S0 pounds. 635a660; $50
300 pounds, 625a650; l4O-l5O
pounds, 6.1Oa6.35; 130-140 pounds.
6.O0a6 20; 12O-13o pounds, 5.75a6.OO.
Packing sows, 5.25a5.75.
Sheep-350. Hardly enough done
early rounds to make market test.
Trucklot mostly good and choice
eve and wether lambs, $50, and few
Gull and common throwouts. 5.00a
TOO. Around steady with Monday.
Slaughter ewes lacking.
Grain Market.
Wheat, No. 2 red winter, garlicky,
spot, domestic, bushel: Opening
prices, 92s.: October. 923.. Settling
prices, 80: October, 3d.
Corn, No 2 yellow. domestic,
bushel, 81a83. Western billing at
premium over this price. Cob corn,
barrel, 3.5Oa370; country prices re-
ported, 3.3Oa3.5O.
Oats. No white, domestic, bushel.
49a55; No. 2, 46a52, On all sales Of
oats to the local trade, excepting
those on track, there is an additional
charge of ia cents per bushel for
storage and elevation, which is paid
by the buyer.
Rye. No. 2, bushel, 6Oa65 Barley,
bushel, 57a62. Hay, timothy, clover
and mixed, ton, 10O0al300 Wheat
straw, No. 2, ton, 700.
Flour, barrel, winter, patent, 460a
$50; winter, straight, 365a3 80;
spring, patent. 495a52O spring,
straight, 4.70a490; hard winter, pat
ent, 460a48O; hard winter, straight,
4.40a465; rye flour, dark to white,
3.40a4.10.
Mill feed. ton, spring bran, 2800a
1900; standard middlings, 2s.OOa