Evening star., 1940-09-10
Baltimore Markets

Baltimore Markets
BALTIMORE, Sept. 10.-Potatoes,
100-pound sacks, 75a100; Western,
225a250; 50-pound sacks, 1.l5al.25;
sweet potatoes, bushel, 75a115; beans,
bushel, 65a90; beets, bunch, nearby,
l12a2i3; Brussels sprouts, z drum,
25a 2.75; cabbage, bushel, 35a55; So
pound sacks, 25a50; nearby, round
bushel, 20a30; carrots, bushel, 75a
100; Western, crate, 3.00a4.0O: cauli-
flower, crate, 100a175; Western,
1.5oal.6o celery, crate. 100a2 so;
corn, sugar. dozen, nearby, 6a2O:
cucumbers, bushel, l25a200; nearby
Z bushel. 35a50; eggplant, bushel
50a60; nearby, Il bushel, 25a35; let
tuce, Western, iceberg, crate. 2.50a
325; Eastern, Big Boston. 40a60;
lima beans, bushel, l.00a2.5O; onions,
50-pound sacks. 75a1.0 25-pound
sacks, 50a60; Western, 5O-pound
sacks, 1.65a1.75; peas, bushel. Wes-
tern, 200a250; peppers, bushel, 50a
IS; nearby, y bushel, 20a30; spinach,
bushel, l.00al.25: crate. 2.50a2.75.
squash, nearby, y bushel 10a25: to-
matoes. 12-quart basket. 35a60; lug.
150a200; nearby, y bushel, 25a60;
Gamers stock. bushel. 35a40; apples.
bushel, 75al.25 cantaloupes. bushel.
25a75; nearby, y bushel, 10a25;
Western. crate. 125a350: grape
fruit, box, Western, 2.25a3.5O:
grapes, Is ot. cartons. l.75a200: u
qt. baskets, 30a35; Western. lug, 100a
1.50 honeydews, Western, crate.
l.50a200; lemons, box. Western, 3.25
4.25 lines, Southern. Il box. l00a
lbs; oranges. box, Western. 200a
400; peaches. bushel. 25al 90: pears,
Western, box, 2.25a2.75; Eastern.
bushel, l.00al50: watermelons, each.
6a20.
Poultry and Eggs.
Live poultry-Chickens, pound,
Rocks, l8a20; crosses, l7al9; Reds,
17a19; Leghorns. 17a18; Fowl. Rocks,
l8al9; mixed colors. 17a18; Leg
horns, 12a13 Roosters. mixed COL
ors, l0al2; Leghorns, 7al0: Ducks,
Pekin, l0al4; Muscovy, l5al6.
Eggs-Nearby ungraded. current
receipts. dozen. white. 22a29; mixed
colors, 20a22. Receipts. 993 cases.
Butter-Prints. pound, 90 score,
28a29 80 score, 27a28: country rolls,
20a21; packing stock, l8a19. Re
ceipts. 512 tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, $50. Nominal. Not enough
on offer any one class to make
market test; bulk steers Monday.
medium and good grades 900 to 1850
pounds grassers at 865al000; few
small lots choice grain fed yearlings
so far this week, 1l50al225: COM
mon dairy breds down to 7.25: most
heifers. 600a850: fat COWS largely,
4.75a625: odd head beef type to
TOO; Gamers and cutters mostly.
350a450; bulk. sausage bulls, 650a
100, and sparingly TO 7.50.
Calves, so. Nominally steady with
Monday; good choice vealers quoted
1050a11 90. and common and medium
largely a0oa1o00.
Hogs, $50. Mostly 10 cents lower
than Monday: good and choice ITO
to 200 pounds, 715a740 practical
top. TAO; 220 to 240 pounds. 6e0a
tbs: $50 % 300 pounds. 640a6 go:
$50 to 100 pounds. 6.75a700; 14o to
Anae 10
pounds. 615a640: l20 to l30 pounds.
6.00a625; packing sows, 5.00a5.50.
Above prices based on grain fed
hogs.
Sheep, IS. Nominal. Good and
choice grades eve and wether spring
lambs Monday mostly 10.25al0.75;
latter price paid quite freely late
that day: fat buck lambs. l 90 less;
common and medium grades throw
outs, 7O0a8 so, and light culls as low
as 500: few head common to good
slaughter ewes. l.50a350.
Grain Market.
Wheat, No. 2 red winter, garlicky,
spot, domestic, bushel: Opening
prices, 81A; September. 8lh. Set
Ting prices, 80; September, 81.
Corn. No yellow domestic. bushel,
79a8l. Western billing at premium
over this price. Cob corn, barrel,
350a3.7O; country prices reported,
330a3.5O.
Oats, No. white, domestic, bushel,
4la47. On all sales OF oats to the
local trade, excepting those on track,
there is an additional charge of IN
cents per bushel for storage and
elevation, which is paid by the buyer.
Rye, No. 2, bushel, 60a65. Barley,
bushel, 60a65. Hay, timothy, clover
and mixed, ton, 1000a13.00. Wheat
straw, No. 2, ton, 100.
Flour, barrel: Winter patent, 4.75a
5.45; winter straight, 3.65a3 80; spring
patent. 485a510: spring straight.
4.60a4.80; hard winter patent, 450a
4.70; hard winter straight, 4.304.55;
rye -four, dark to white, 390a400.
Millfed, ton: Spring bran, 27O0a
% 90; standard middlings, 27.o0a