Evening star., 1940-07-20
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, July 2O.-PoCaCOeS,
100-pound sacks, 9Oa1.25; barrel,
1.50a2.00; sweet potatoes, new,
bushel. 300a3.25; beans, bushel, 40a
IS; nearby, 60a85; beets, nearby.
bunch, 1a2; cabbage, nearby, bushel,
pointed type, 10a25; round, 15a35;
carrots, dozen punches, 40a50; West
ern, crates, 450a5.00; cauliflower,
crate, Western, 1.50a1.75; Eastern,
1.00a125 celery, crate, 75a2.50;
corn. crate, sugar. .3al O0al2s; white,
65a85: nearby, dozen, foa20; scuctrns
bers, bushel, 25a60; nearby, "
bushel. 15a30; eggplant, 11s-bushel
crate, 2.00a2.50; nearby, Y bushel,
LOCAL Is; lettuce, Iceberg. crate,
Western, 1.25a225; Eastern. 50a75;
Big Boston, 25a50; lima beans,
bushel, 1.25a200; onions, 50-pound
sacks, 1.00a2.O 90; peas, bushel, l.50a
$50; peppers, bushel, 50a1.00;
nearby, u bushel, 50a60: spinach,
bushel, 40a85; squash, nearby, y
bushel, 10a20; tomatoes, lug, 40a
100; 12-quart basket, 30a60; nearby,
Il bushel, 40a65; apples, bushel, 50a
$50; blueberries, pint, 10a15; canta-
loupes. Western, crate, 1.5Oa4.OO:
Southern, crate, 50a1.2 Is; bushel, 50a
IS: nearby, u bushel, 60a90; honey
balls, crate, 225a325; honeydews,
crate, 1.00a2.25; huckleberries, quart,
10a16; lemons, box, 3.50a400; lines,
u box, 75al25 oranges, box, Cali
fornia, 250a375; peaches, II bushel,
50a1.25; bushel, 1.25a225; plums,
crate, 75a2.00, raspberries, red, pint.
6a8: black, quart. 10a13; water
melons, each, 15a30.
Poultry and Eggs.
Live poultry - Chickens, Rocks,
pound, 17a20; crosses. 16al9; Leg
horns, 15al7; fowl, Rocks, 18a19:
mixed colors, 17a19; Leghorns, ia
Is; roosters, mixed colors, 10al2:
Leghorns, 7a10; ducks, Pekin, 13a14.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded, current
receipts, dozen, white, 18a23; mixed
colors, 17a19. Receipts, 2,805 cases.
Butter-Prints, 80 score, pound,
30; 80 score, 20; country rolls, 18;
packing stock, 16. Receipts, 1,480
tubs.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No.
2, red winter, garlicky, spot, domes-
tic, bushel, new, rs; new, July, rs.
Settling prices were: Wheat, No. 2,
red winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
bushel, new. 1874; new, July, 75N.
Corn, No. 2, yellow, domestic,
bushel, 76a79. Western billings at
premium over this price. Cob corn,
barrel, 3.50a3.70; country prices re-
ported, 330a350.
Oats, bushel, No. 2, white, domes-
tic, 51a56; Pacific Coast, No. /, white,
72a74. On all sales of oats to the
local trade, excepting those on track,
there is an additional charge of TX
cents per bushel for storage and
elevation, which is paid by the buyer.
Rye, No. 2, bushel, 55a60. Barley,
bushel, 45a47. Hay, ton, old, 14.0Oa
100. Wheat straw, ton, new, 550a
800.
Flour, barrel, winter. patent, 4.o5a
5.45; winter, straight, 3.80a4. .O5;
spring, patent, 4.95a5.20; spring,
straight, 470a4.90; hard winter, pat
ent, 4.60a4.80; hard winter, straight,
4.40a4.65; rye flour, dark to white,
3.30a4.60.
Mill feed, ton, spring bran, 29.O0a
5000; standard middling, 32.0Oa33 90.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, Is. Compared with Friday
last week; steers closing mostly Is
cents lower; weeks top 11.OO for
good and choice, 994 pounds; small
lot, 1907 pounds, 1925; other steers
mostly around 1000 to 1850 pounds
of medium and good grades at 8.75a
1850; graSSerS around 1000 down
ward; heiferS scarce; few 9.25 down;
good grade beef cows up to 7.5O early
in week and TBS down later; COM
mon and medium grades fat cows
late in week, 5.50a6.75; bulk Gamers
and cutters, 4.00a5.25; shelly kinds,
$50; top sausage bulls, 7.60; bulk
sales late this week, 6.5Oa7.25.
Calves, none. Compared with Fri
day last week; vealers steady; good
and choice grades, 1850; COM
mon and medium grades, 6.50aS. so.
Hogs, ITS. Steady with Friday:
practical top TO; good and choice,
ITO to 2l0 pounds, 6.95a7 20; 220 to
$40 pounds, 6.7oae95: 250 to 800
pounds, 6.20a6.7o: $50 to 100 pounds,
80