Evening star., 1940-01-27
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The star

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, Md, Jan. 27.-Po-
tatoes, l00-pound sack, 1.50a2.1O;
Idaho, 2.25a235; new, bushel, 1.50a
Its; sweet potatoes, bushel, 35a9O;
nearby, '40a65; yams, 40a9O; beans
bushel, Southern, 150a325; beets
Western, crate, 1.50a160, broccoli
crate, 2.00a3.25; brussels sprouts, a
drum, 2.50a3.00: cabbage, old, So
pound sacks, 30a65; new, IL -bushel
hamper, 90al.35; carrots, bushel,
90al.00; Western, crate, 2.75a3 o5;
cauliflower, crate, 1.50a175; celery,
crate, 200a2.75; collards, bushel, 4Oa
so; cucumbers, bushel, 3.5Oa375;
eggplant, 11s -bushel crate, 200a3. so;
kale, bushel, 75a85; lettuce, crate,
Iceberg, 2.50a325; lima beans,
bushel, 3.25a3.75; mushrooms, A.
quart basket, 30a55; onions, So
pound sack, 75a1.00; Western, 1.OOa
LIS; peas, bushel, Western, 2.25a
300; Southern, 225a2.5O; peppers,
1h-bushel crate, 20Oa3.50; spinach,
bushel, 1.40a1.60; squash, bushel,
Southern, 1.25a2.50; tomatoes, lug,
1.50a3.25; turnips. nearby, purple
tops, II bushel, 1Oa25; yellows, 100
pounds, 1.25a1.50; apples. bushel,
35al. .35; grapefruit, box, Southern,
l25a2.25; Western, 2.5Oa3.0O; lemons,
box, .00a5.00; oranges, box, Florida,
75a225; California, 2.50a30O; rhu-
barb, carton, 40a6O; Strawberries,
pint, 2la23: tangerines, box, Florida,
75a1.50.
Poultry and Eggs.
Live poultry-Chickens, Rocks,
pound, l5al7: pullets, 18al9; crosses,
14al7; mixed colors, 14al7; fowl,
Rocks, l6a18; mixed colors, 15al7;
Leghorns, 12a14; roosters, mixed
colors, 1Oal2: Leghorns, 7alO; ducks,
Pekins, 13a14; Muscovy, Halls;
mixed colors, 10a12; geese, 14a16;
guineas, each, 3Oa45; capons, 20a22;
turkeys, hen, 20a21; toms, 15a16.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded, large,
white, dozen, 27a28; mediums, 25a26;
mixed colors, 25a26; receipts, 927
cases.
Butter-Prints, 90 score, pound,
32a33; 80 score, 31a32; country rolls,
2la23; packing stocks, 17al8; re-
ceipts, 1901.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, so. Compared with Friday
last week, steers and she-stock
steady to shade lower; bulls steady
to weak; majority steers, medium
and good, around $50 to 400 pounds,
short-feds, at 835a9 90; few lots, 910
$3.50; top, 1000 for few head year.
lings; good heifers In small lots,
to 900; most fat cows, 5.50a625;
few to $50 and individual head
heifer type to TBS; Gamers and
cutters, 3.50a5.25: sausage bulls, $50
also; good fat butcher bulls, to 800.
Calves, none. Compared with Fri
day last week, this weeks market
unchanged; good and choice vealers,
1200al2.50; common and medium,
mainly 9.00a1150.
Hogs, $50. Steady with Friday;
good and choice ITO to 2l0 pounds,
5.95a6.20; practical top, $40; 22O to
240 pounds, 5.65a59O; l40 to 100
pounds, 5.55a5. 80; $50 to 300 pounds,
5.25a5.65; 120 to 140 pounds, 5.25a
$50; packing sows, 4.20a4.7O. Com
pared week ago; butchers, ITO
pounds up, and packing sows 20
cents lower; light lights and pigs
off 30 cents. Above prices based
on granted hogs.
Sheep, none. Compared with
Friday last week; fat lambs steady
to 20 cents higher; good and choice
ewes and weathers mostly 10.65a
1895; few lots common, medium
and just good grades, 8.OOa10.25:
fat slaughter ewes quoted nominally
steady, from 4.00a4.5O.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No.
2 red winter, garlicky, spot, domes-
tic, 1.11A. Settling prices were:
Wheat, No. red winter, garlicky,
spot, domestic, 111A. Corn, No. 2
yellow, domestic, bushel, 69a71. West
ern billing at premium over this
price. Cob corn, barrel, new, 3.30a
$50; country prices reported, 3.1Oa
3 80. Oats, bushel, No. 2 white, do
mestic, 56a61; Pacific Coast, No. /
white, 72a74.
On all sales Of oats to the local
trade, excepting those on track,
there is an additional charge of 1%
cents per bushel for storage and
which is paid by the buyer.
Rye, No. 2, bushel, 75a80. Barley,
No. 2, bushel, 60a65. Hay, ton, 1850
a14.00. Wheat straw, ton, 6.50a7 90.
Flour, barrel, winter patent, 5.75a
sos; winter, straight, 4.65a490;
spring, patent, 6.00a6.25; spring,
straight, 5.75a595; hard winter, pat
ent, 5.65a5.85; hard winter, straight,
o.45a5.70; rye flour, dark to white,
1 a.20a5.00
Mill feed, ton, spring bran, 81 .0Oa
32.00; standard middling, 30.50a31 so.