Evening star., 1940-07-06
Baltimore Markets

new, bushel, 65a85: 100-pound sacks,
LOCAL so; barrel, 1.75a2.25; sweet po-
tatoes. bushel, 75a1.50; yams, bushel,
GOAL 90; asparagus, dozen punches,
50a2.25; beans, bushel, 35a75 near
by, 40a75; beets, dozen punches, 25a
35; nearby, bunch, 2a3; cabbage,
1h-bushel hamper, 3Oa4O; nearby,
bushel, 15a50; carrots, dozen
punches, 40a50; Western, crate, 5.OOa
$50; cauliflower, crate, LOCAL so;
celery, crate, 1.00a400; corn, crate,
50a125; dozen, 10a2O; cucumbers
bushel, 25a50; nearby, y bushel,
25a40; eggplant, 11a -bushel crate,
20Oa2.50; lettuce, Iceberg, Western,
crate, 3.00a350; Eastern, crate, Goa
lbs Big Boston, 50a75; lima beans,
bushel, 1,50a2.50; onions, 5o-pound
sacks, 1.00a2.25; peas, bushel, 1.o0a
225; peppers, bushel, LOCAL so;
spinach, bushel, 85a110; squash,
nearby, y bushel, 35a50; tomatoes,
lug, 50a1.35; apples, box, 1.5Oa2 .25;
bushel, 125a2.50; blackberries crate,
2.0Oa3.00; blueberries, pint, 2Oa30;
cantaloupes, crate, Western, 1.50a
800; Southern, 50a1.25; bushel, 5Oa
IS; cherries, lug, 75a2.00; honey
balls, crate, 2.50a3.5O; honeydews
1.50a2.25; huckleberries, quart, la
20; lemons, box, 250a4.25; oranges,
box, California, 2.5Oa3.50; peaches,
z bushel, 50al,50; raspberries, red
pint. l0a15; black, quart, 12al5;
Strawberries. crate, 500a5.5O; wa
termelons, each, Isaac.
Poultry and Eggs.
Live poultry - Chickens, Rocks,
pound, 18a22; crosses, 18a20; mixed
colors, 18a2l; Leghorns, l5a17. Fowl,
Rocks, 18al9; mixed colors, 17a18:
Leghorns, 12a14: roosters, mixed
colors, 10a12: Leghorns, 7a1O. Ducks
Pekins, 13a14.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded. current
receipts, dozen. white, 17a22; mixed
colors, 15a17. Receipts, 1850 cases.
Butter-Prints, 80 score, pound
80; 80 score, 90; country rolls, 10:
packing stock, l6. Receipts, 1896
tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, so. Compared with Friday
last week, steers, cows and bulls
steady to Is cents higher; grassy
steers and cows little more than
steady: bulk good steers. 975al0.55;
grassers mostly $50 down; top.
HOO for small lots 919 pounds and
1,074 pounds; heifers scarce; beef
cows, 6.50a7.50; fat yellow COWS,
6.00a650 Gamers and cutters most
ly 4.50a6.00; shelly Gamers as low
as 400; sausage bulls mostly 6.50a
735; individual head to 7.50.
Calves, 10. Compared with week
ago, vealers steady, except Monday
market strong to Is cents higher;
bulk good and choice grades, e.O0a
$50; top, 9.75. paid Monday only;
common and medium grades largely
6.50a850.
Hogs, $50. Mostly IS cents higher
than Friday; good and choice ITO
to 210 pounds, 690a715: practical
top, tbs; 220 to 240 pounds. 6.65a
6.90 $50 to 300 pounds. 6.15a6 10;
$50 to 100 pounds. 6.50a675; 140 to
$50 pounds, 6.25a650; 100 to 14O
pounds. 6.oOa6.25; 120 to 13o pounds
5,85a6.l0: packing sows, 500a5 so
Compared week ago mostly LOS
higher.
Sheep, 25. Compared with QUO
tations late last week; spring lamb
market steady to Is cents higher;
bulk good and choice grades ewes
and wethers, 1040a10.75; top, l1.0O,
paid Monday; fat buck lambs, 100
less; throwouts mostly $50 down:
Few lots medium and good grades
mixed, 9.75a1025: odd head fat
slaughter ewes. 800 down; old thin
sheep as low as 100.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No.
2, red, winter, garlicky, spot, do
mestic, bushel, old, 83; July, new, II.
Settling prices we're: Wheat, No. 2,
red, winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
bushel, old, 83.
Corn, No. 2, yellow, domestic,
bushel, 73a76. Western billing at
premium over this price. Cob corn,
barrel, 3.50a370; country prices re-
ported, 330a3.50.
Oats, bushel, No. 2, white, domes-
tic, 51a56; Pacific Coast, No. l, white,
72X74. 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 ele-
vation, which is paid by the buyer.
Rye, No. 2, bushel, 55a60. Barley,
bushel, 45a47. Hay, ton, 140Oa17.0O.
Wheat straw, ton. 9.50a1000.
Flour, barrel, winter patent, 5.40a
$40; winter, straight, 42Oa4.45;
spring patent, 505a5.30; spring
straight, 480a5 90; hard winter, pat
ent, 4.70a490; rye flour, dark to
white, 330a410.
Mill fed, ton, spring bran. 27.OOa
280O; standard middling, 30.00a31 90.