Evening star., 1940-06-23
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

OOIllIt1OT6 NOIkcCS
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, June 22.-
There was general downward
movement in live poultry quotations
during the week with prices on most
stock about one cent below last
week.
The market was unusually dull
much of the time but as receipts
were only moderate the demand was
sufficient to move out most items
the close finding only a few of the
little wanted birds remaining.
Best young rocks declined 2 cents
but best crosses and mixed colors
recorded a drop of only l cent
Most fowl also l cent below the
previous week. BOOSTERS and ducks
went through the period without
change.
Young rocks dropped to 21a23
Crosses to 20a22 and mixed colors
also to 20a22. Young Leghorns were
about steady at 16a18.
In fowl. rocks declined to 16al7
mixed colors to 1916 and Leghorns
to 12a14. Mixed color roosters at
10a12 and Leghorn roosters at 7alO
were steady but were in slow de-
mand. Young Pekin ducks weigh
ing pounds and over continued
Halls.
Egg Prices Improve.
Egg quotations generally re-
corded the first increase for some
time and receipts were somewhat
lower than during the last several
weeks. Best nearby ungraded whites
were l cent higher. selling l7a2O
dozen. Best mixed colors were
slightly higher at II but the less
desirable mixed colors declined to IS.
The market on native and nearby
garden truck was a rather mixed
affair with some quotations strength
ening but others falling off. Some
new stocks reached the market for
the first time. Among this were
green round stringless snap beans.
They arrived in limited quantities
and sold l 4Oa1 so bushel.
Nearby pointed and round type
cabbage also made it's appearance.
selling 25a40 bushel. Maryland
asparagus was slightly lower, very
large bringing .5Oa2OO dozen bunch
es, medium to large, 100 a1.25. and
small, 50a60. Beets declined to 3a4
bunch.
There was substantial drop in
the quotations on iceberg lettuce
most stock selling 25a5O bushel but
with some bringing slightly higher
figure. Peas strengthened some
what, best large selling 1.25a1 so
bushel and poorer stock 75a10O.
There was marked increase in
spinach, nearby selling 50a60 bushel.
Squash was lower at 6Oa75 half
bushel. There was practically no
change in Eastern Shore sweet
potatoes, best selling 15oa1 go bushel,
with few little higher, and un-
grade stock 10Oa125.
livestock Market.
Cattle-10 Compared with week
ago steer market steady to Is higher;
bulk sales medium and good grades,
8.75-10.25; small lot choice 93O-pound
yearlings, 1880; load sized lot choice
1,097-pound steers, 1865; heifers
scarce: all grades cows weak to Is
lower: beef kinds, 6.5O-7.25: odd head
to 7.50; f1eshy yellow cows. 5.00-625;
Gamers and cutters, 450-5.5O; shelly
kinds, 400 or less: sausage bulls
steady to strong; top, 7.50.
Calves-10. Compared with week
ago weeks vealer market so higher;
good and choice grades, 9.OO-9.5O;
common and medium. 6.5O-S.5O; light
culls down around 500.
Hogs-200 Nominal. Compared
with week ago steady: practical top,
$50 Good and choice 17O-2lO
pounds, 535-6O; 25O-3OO pounds,
5.10-35; 250-3OO pounds, 4.6O-5.15;
l50-160 pounds, 495-5.2O; 14O-15O
pounds, 4.60-85; 130-140 pounds,
435-60; 120-130 pounds, 42O-45
Packing soWS, 3.50-400.
Sheep-No receipts. Compared
with week ago spring lamb market
75-1.OO lower; weeks bulk good and
choice ewes and wethers, 1O.5O-11 90:
fat buck lambs, 100 less; common
and medium throwouts, 100000;
few fat slaughter ewes, $3.50 lower
at 2.50a3 90; odd head, 3.25; old thin
sheep, $50 and less.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No
2 red winter, garlicky, spot, domestic
bushel, "a. Settling prices were:
Wheat, No. 2 red winter. garlicky
spot, domestic, bushel, "a. Closing
prices were: Wheat, No. 2 red win.
ter, garlicky, spot, domestic, BUSH
el, 95.
Corn, No. 2 yellow, domestic
bushel, 75a77. Western billing at q
premium over this price. Cob corn