Evening star., 1940-02-07
Baltimore Markets

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. 7.-Po-
tatoes, 10O-pound sacks, 150a2 25;
Idaho, 225a2,35; new, bushel, lisa
200; sweet potatoes, bushel, 50a90;
nearby, 4oa65; yams. 4oa9o; beans;
bushel, Southern, 2.50a4.75; beets,
Western, crate, 150a16 broccoli,
crate, 75a250; brussels sprouts, Z
drum, 2.50a300; cabbage, old, So
pound sacks, 90a115; new, 1R-
bushel hampers, 60a1 SO; carrots,
bushel. 75al.00; Western. crate, 2.50a
800; caulif1ower, crate, 50a150; Gel
cry, crate, 1.75a325; collards, bushel,
35a40; cucumbers, bushel 400a600;
eggplant, IL -bushel crate, 25Oa500;
kale, bushel 40a60; lettuce, crate,
Iceberg, 250a300; mushrooms, A.
quart basket, 35a5O; onions, 5O-pound
sack, 100a1.15; Western, 1.10al.15;
peas, bushel. Western, 250a3 so;
Southern, 250a275; peppers, l1a-
bushel crate, 4.50a5.00; spinach,
bushel, l.5Oal.75; squash, bushel,
1.75a225; tomatoes. lug, 250a3.5o;
turnips, nearby, purple tops, p BUSH
ell, 15a25; yellows, 100 pounds, 1O0a
1.25; apples, bushel, 35a135; grape
fruit, box, Southern, 1.25a225; West
ern, 2.50a325; lemons, box, Asa
500; oranges, box, Florida, l.50a2 so;
California, 125a200; rhubarb, car
ton, 35a50; strawberries, pint, 26a3O;
tangerines, box, Florida, 100a175.
Poultry and Eggs.
Live poultry-Chickens Rocks,
pound, 15a18; pullets, 18a19; crosses,
Halt; mixed colors, HALT; fowl,
Rocks, 17al8; mixed colors, 15a17;
Leghorns, 12a14; roosters, mixed
colors, 1Oa12; Leghorns, 7a1O; ducks,
Pekins, 13a15; Muscovy, Halls;
mixed colors, 1Oa12; geese, 16a18;
guineas, each, 30a45; capons, 21a23;
turkeys, hens, 20a21; toms, Halls.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded, large,
white, dozen, 27a28; medium, 25a26;
mixed colors, 25a26; receipts, 2,O34
cases.
Butter-Prints, 90 score, pound,
32a33; 80 score, 31a32; country rolls,
2la23; packing stocks, 17a18; re-
ceipts, 1,187 tubs.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle, 125. Few head steers and
odd lots COWS around steady with
former days this week; medium
1000 pounds steers, $50; few COM
mon fat cows, 525a5.5o; Gamers and
cutters, mainly 400a500; other
classes lacking.
Calves, Is. Steady with Tuesday;
good and choice vealers, 12.00a12 so;
common and medium, 900a11 90;
light culls down to TOO or below.
Hogs, 500. Steady with Tuesday;
good and choice ITO to 210 pounds,
595a6.2O; practical top, $40; 220 to
240 pounds, 5.65a5 90; 140 to 16O
pounds, 5.60a5.85; $50 to 300 pounds,
5.25a5.65; 100 to 140 pounds, 525a
$50; packing sows, 4.20a470. Above
prices based on grain-fed hogs and
price premiums occasionally paid for
through billed rail consignments
purchased for reshipment not rep
resented.
Sheep. none. Nominal. Good and
choice eve and wether lambs quot
able steady with Monday, from 1850
a1O.75; fat slaughter ewes quotable
up to 45o or possibly above.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No
2 red winter, garlicky, spot, domes-
tic, 1.111a. Settling prices were:
Wheat, No. red winter, garlicky
spot, domestic, 1.11A. Corn, No. 2
yellow, domestic, bushel, 69a71
Western billing at premium over
this price. Cob corn, barrel, new
3.30a3.5O; country prices reported
3.10a3.3O. Oats, bushel. No. white
domestic, 56a6l; Pacific Coast, No
/, white, 72a74.
On all sales of oats to the local
trade, excepting those on track
there is an additional charge of 134
cents per bushel for storage and ele-
vation, which is paid by the buyer
Rye, No. 2, bushel, 75a80. Barley
No. 2 bushel, 6Oa65. Hay, ton, 10.5Oa
14.00. Wheat straw. ton, 6.50a7 90
Flour, barrel, winter, patent, ATS
a6.05; winter, straight, 465a49
spring, patent, 5.90a6.15; spring
straight, 5.65a5.85; hard winter
patent, 5.55a5.75; hard winter
straight, 5.35a5. go; rye flour, dark
| to white, 4.10a4.90.
Mill feed, ton, spring bran, 31.0Oa
32.00 standard middling, 30.50a31 so