Evening star., 1940-09-03
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, Sept. 3.-Potatoes
100-pound sacks, LOCAL Is; Western
2.40a2.50; sweet potatoes, bushel
LOCAL. so; beans, bushel, 25a65; beets,
bunch, nearby, llaa2l2; cabbage,
bushel, 35a45: nearby. round, 15a3o;
carrots, bushel, 75alO 90; Western
crate, 350a400: cauliflower, crate
1.50al .85; celery, crate, 125a2 so:
corn, nearby, sugar. dozen, 8a15,
cucumbers, bushel, 1.25a20O; nearby
y hushel, 40a50; eggplant. nearby
y bushel, 20a35; lettuce, Western
Iceberg, crate. 1.50a350; Eastern.
Big Boston, 25a50; lima beans,
bushel, 75a3.75; onions. 50-pound
sacks. 75a100; Western. 1.85a1 80;
25-pound sacks, 50a60; peas, bushel,
200a2.50: peppers, nearby, Z bushel,
25a35: spinach, bushel, LOCAL IS;
crate, 215a2.25; squash, nearby, y
bushel, 20a40; tomatoes, nearby, y
bushel, 30a65 Gamers stock, bushel,
25a30; apples, bushel, 50al 90; canta-
loupes, crate, 5oa1 IS: nearby. Il
bushel, 10a40; Western. crate, 1o0a
$50; grapefruit, box, Western, 200a
3.25; grapes, Western, lug, LOCAL so !;
honeydews, crate, 200a225: lemons,
box, Western, 3.50a400; lines, 4
box, 50a1 90: oranges, box, Western,
200a400; peaches, bushel. 25a125;
pears. box. Western, 200a275; East
ern, bushel, 1.50a160; watermelons,
each, 4a18.
Poultry and Eggs.
Live poultry - Chickens. pound,
Rocks, 18a20: crosses, 17al9; Reds,
17a19; Leghorns, 17a18. Fowl. Rocks,
17a19; mixed colors, 16a18; Leg
horns. 12al3. BOOSTERS, mixed COL
ors, 10a12; Leghorns, 7a10. Ducks,
Pekins, 10a14: white Muscovys, 16a17,
Eggs-Nearby .ungraded. current
receipts, dozen, white, l8a26; mixed
colors, l6al8. Receipts, 881 cases.
Butter-Prints. 90 score. pound,
28a29: go score, 27a28; country rolls,
20a2l: packing stock, 18a19. Re-
ceipts, Ali tubs.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle, $50. Small lot choice
grade 815 pounds baby beef year.
lings, II go, around steady with Mon
day: salable supply mostly cows and
trading mostly negligible on that
class up until mid-forenoon.
Calves, 100. Vealers steady with
bulk sales Monday; good and choice
grades, 11.50al2O0; common and
medium, 9.00a1 90; light culls down
to 800 or below.
Hogs, $50. Steady with Monday;
practical top, 800; good and choice
ITO to 22O pounds. 7.75a8O0; 220 to
24O pounds, 7.50a775; $50 to 300
pounds. 7.00a7.50; $50 to 160 pounds
7.35a7.60: 14O to $50 pounds. 7.00a
TBS; 13O to 14O pounds, 6.75a7 90;
12O to 100 pounds, 6.6Oa6.85; pack
ing sows, 5.60a6.10. Above prices
based on granted hogs.
Sheep, $50. Few truck lots good
and choice eve and wether spring
lambs around steady with Monday
at 10.50a1075; fat buck lambs, loo
less; odd head fat slaughter ewes,
$50; old thin kinds as low as 100.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No.
2 red winter, garlicky, spot, domes-
tic, bushel, 801a; August, S012. Set
ting prices were: Wheat, No. 2 red
winter, garlicky, spot, domestic,
bushel, 8O1a; August, BOZ.
Corn, No. 2 yellow, domestic
bushel, 79a81. Western billing at a
premium over this price. Cob corn,
barrel, 3.5Oa370 country prices re-
ported, 330a3. so.
Oats, No. white, domestic, BUSH
ell, 4Oa46. 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 ele-
vation, which is paid by the buyer.
Rye, No. 2, bushel, 60a65. Barley,
bushel, 55a60. Hay, ton, 1000a13.00.
Wheat straw, ton, No. 2, TOO.
Flour barrel, winter, patent, AIS
a5.45; winter straight, 3.65a3 90;
spring, patent; 485a5.10; spring,
straight, 4.60a4.80; hard winter, pat
ent, 4.50a4.70; hard winter, straight,
4.30a455; rye flour, dark to white,
3.30a400.
Milfeed, ton, spring bran, 2600a
270O. standard middlingS, 27 00a