Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

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BALTIMORE, Sept. 21.-The price
trend in the live poultry market was
generally upward during the week.
| There were numerous fluctuations,
many items ending 1 cent per pound
higher In practically all other in
stances quotations closed unchanged
| from a week earlier.
Early receipts were light but in
creased about the middle of the
week and were sufficient to supply
practically all demands. The price
increases applied to young Rocks
and crosses, old Rocks. mixed colors
and LeghornS, and both Pekin and
Muscovey ducks.
Young Reds, Leghorns and roost-
ers were steady.
Demand for fowl was especially
good. Young Rocks increased to 18a
20. with few large birds bringing
2l, and crosses to 17a19 Young
Reds continued 17al9 and Leghorns,
16al8.
In fowl, Rocks were l cent higher
and sold 19a20 mixed colors in
creased to l7al9 and Leghorns to
llal3. BOOSTERS were slow to move
at l0al2 for mixed colors and 7alO
for Leghorns.
Young Pekin ducks, S pounds and
over, brought Halls and smaller
birds 10al2. White Muscoveys. A.
pounds and over, were quoted l6al7
and
Egg Prices Improve.
Egg quotations increased slightly,
nearby ungraded current receipt
whites being about l cent higher
and selling at 24a33 dozen, with a
few higher, and mixed colors in
creasing l cent to cents, bringing
22a25, with few a little above this
figure. Receipts were fairly liberal.
The market on native and nearby
garden truck was rather mixed, most
items declining in price and others
remaining steady or increasing
slightly. Best sugar corn increased
to l2a18 dozen with poorer stock
bringing as low as 8; tomatoes to
30a35 half bushel for best and 15a
20 for poorer stock, with Gamers
stock bringing mostly 3Oa35 bushel;
cucumbers to 40a6O half bushel and
egg plant to 20a3O half bushel East
ern Shore lima beans were lower at
75al25.
Spinach decreased to 25a4O half
oushel. Squash was a little lower.
selling 20a30 half bushel. Mary
land round white potatoes were
easier, being quoted 65aeo per 100
pounds, and sweet potatoes de-
cllned 10 l5a40 half bushel. Peppers
at 2Oa30 half bushel. beets at Hap.
bunch and watermelons at 5a2o each
were unchanged. Peaches sold goa
40 half bushel.
Livestock Market.
Cattle-5e. Compared with Fri
day last week, slaughter steers
mostly medium and Just good
grassers at 15a25; lower rates, mostly
8.25a9.50; few Monday, 9.75ae 90:
she-stock mostly steady. with good
peef COWS, Thursday. steady to as
much as Is cents higher: odd head
good beef kinds. to 100 bulk fat
cows, 5.00a650; Gamers and cut
tiers, mostly 3.5Oa45O; late TOD on
sausage bulls, 100
Calves. Compared with Fri
DAY last week. mostly 100 higher:
good and choice VealerS, ll.5Oal2OO.
common and medium, o.OOa11OO.
H0OS-QO0
good and choice. 18O-22O pounds.
6:95a7,2O; practical top. 7.2O: 16O-
loo pounds. 6.75 100; 22O 24O
pounds, 675a70O; 25O-3OO pounds.
6.50a6.75; 150-16O pounds. 6.55a6 80.
14o-l50 pounds, 620a6.45; 13o-14O
pounds, 6O0a620: l2O-13O pounds.
5.75a6O0 packing Sows, 4.8Oa5 30
Compared with week ago. butchers
22O pounds up. mostly 5 cents
higher; lighter weights and packing
sows unchanged.
Sheep-Compared with FRIDAY last
week. spring lambs steady to Is
cents higher; good and choice ewes
and wethers, l000alO.25: fat buck
lambs, 100 less: common and me-
dunn, mostly 7.Ooa8.5O; slaughter
ewes scarce, few steady: medium
and good, 3oOa35o: choice handy
weights lacking and considered
eligible to 400.
Grain Market.
Wheat, No, 2 red, winter, garlickv,
spot, domestic, bushel: Opening
prices, 8412; September, S4l2. Set
ting prices, 84l2; September. 841a.
CLOSING prices, 84l4; September,
841s
Corn, No. yellow, domestic.
bushel, 78a8O. Western billing at
a premium over this price. Cob
corn, barrel, 35Oa3.70; country prices
reported. 330a35O.
Oats, No. white. domestic.
bushel, 44a50: No. 2, 4la47. On all
sales of oats to the local trade. ex-
cepting those on track. there is an
additional charge of * 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, 1000al300. Wheat
straw, No. 2. ton. TOO
Flour. barrel-Winter. patent, $50
a520; winter, straight 365a390;
spring, patent, 485a510; spring,
straight, 46Oa48O: hard winter, pat
ent, 4.5Oa4.70; hard winter, straight,
43Oa455; rye flour, dark to white,
330a400.
Millfeed, ton-Spring bran, 2700a
$500; standard middlings, 28.00a
90 m