Evening star., 1940-07-15
Baltimore Markets


BALTIMORE. July 15.-Potatoes,
100-pound sacks, 9oal.25; bushel.
70a75: barrel, 1.50a200: sweet pota-
toes, new, bushel, 3.0oa3 so; aspara-
gus, dozen punches, 50a225; New
Jersey. 1.50a2.5o; beans, bushel, 4oa
IS; nearby, 60a75; beets, nearby,
bunch, 1a2; cabbage, 1A-bushel
basket, 35a5o; nearby. bushel,
pointed type. 1oa3o; round, 15a35;
carrots, dozen punches, 40a50;
Western, crates, 4.5Oa525; cauli-
flower, crate, Western, 1.50a1.75:
Eastern. LOCALS; celery, crate,
1.00a2.50; corn, crate, sugar, 75a1.00;
white, 50a65; cucumbers, bushel, 25a
IS; nearby, u bushel, 15a35; egg
plant, 11a-bushel crate, 200a3 90;
lettuce, Iceberg, crate, Western, 1.5O
a2.50; Eastern, 25al00; Big Boston,
15a50; lima beans, bushel, 5.00a5 so;
onions, 50-pound sacks, 100a2.25;
peas, bushel, 125a2.25; peppers,
bushel. 50a1 90; spinach, bushel, 75a
100; squash, nearby, la-bushel, la
Is; tomatoes, lug, 75a1.25; 12-quart
basket, 50al.00; nearby. a bushel,
LOCAL so; apples, bushel. 50a2.oo;
blackberries, crate, 200a450; blue
berries, pint, 15a20; cantaloupes,
Western, crate, 2.25a3.25; Southern,
crate. 10Oa125; bushel. 75a1 90;
honeyballs, crate. 225a350: honey
dews, crate. 1.50a225; huckleberries,
quart, 10a20; lemons, box, 3.25a4 so:
lines, Il box, LOCAL so; oranges, box,
California. 2.50a3.50; peaches, "a
bushel, 50a125; bushel, 1.50a2O0;
plums, crate, 1O0a225; raspberries,
red. pint, Gallo; black. quart, 1la13;
watermelons, each, 20a30.
Poultry and Eggs.
Live poultry - Chickens, Rocks,
pound, 18a21; crosses, i8a20; mixed
colors, 18a21; Leghorns, 15a17; fowl,
Rocks, 18a20; mixed colors, l7a19;
Leghorns, 13a15; roosters, mixed
colors. 10al2; Leghorns, 7a10; ducks,
Pekins, 13a14.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded, current
receipts, dozen, white, 18a23; mixed
colors, 17al9; receipts, 1924 cases.
Butter-Prints, 80 score, pound,
80; 80 score, 90; country rolls, 1S;
packing stock, 16. Receipts, 882 tubs.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, $50. Most killing classes
selling around steady with Thurs
day; medium and good grades
around 800 to 1850 pounds steers
mostly 9.35a10.50; small lot 1907
1885 and odd head or so
1l.00; sizable lots common grassers
down to $40 and odd head as low as
7.50; heifers scarce; few 8.75 down.
ward; good beef cows up to 7.5O;
common and medium
grades fst COWS 6.0Oa7O0; bulk can
ners and cutters 4.50a600; sausage
bulls steady to strong; mostly 6.5Oa
750; odd head above 7.50; sales
common and medium light Western
stocker steers 7.5Oa8.50.
Calves, SIS. Vealer market steady
with Friday; good and choice grades
9.00a9.50; common and medium $50
a8 so; light culls down toward 500.
Hogs, 2,160. Mostly S cents lower
than Friday; good and choice ITO to
210 pounds, 7.O0a7.25; practical ton
7.25; 220 to 240 pounds, 6.75a70O;
$50 to 300 pounds, 6.25a6.75; $50 to
160 pounds, 6.60a685; 14O to $50
pounds, 6.35a6.60; 100 to 140 pounds,
6.10a6.35; l20 to 100 pounds, 5.95a
go; packing sows mainly 4.95a5 As.
Above prices based on grain-fe
hogs.
Sheep, $500. Spring lamb market
slow at Is to so cents lower rates
than quotations late last week; good
and choice grades ewes and wethers
on opening rounds 10.00a10.25; fat
buck lambs 100 less; sizable share
Of supply still unsold at 11:30 am.
and demand apparently weak at the
decline; common and medium
grade throwouts mainly 700 to 900
and light culls down to 600 or be-
low; odd head fat slaughter ewes
$50 downward.
Grain Market
Opening prices were: Wheat, No.
2, red, winter, garlicky. spot, domes-
tic, bushel, old, 10, nominal; new.
1914; new, July, 731a. Settling prices
were: Wheat, No. 2, red, winter, gar
licky, spot, domestic, bushel, old, rs:
new, 73A; new. July. 1914.
Corn, No. 2, yellow, domestic,
bushel, 76a78. Western billings at q
premium over this price. Cob corn,
barrel, 3.50a3.70; country prices re-
ported, 3.30a3.50.
Oats, bushel, No. 2, white, domes-
tic, 51a56; Pacific Coast, No. /, white,
72a74. On all sales of oats to the
local trade, excepting those on track,
there is an additional charge Of TX
cents per bushel for storage and
elevation, which is paid by the
buyer.
Rye, No. 2, bushel, 55a60. Barley,
bushel, 45a47. Hay, ton, old, l400a
17.00. Wheat straw, ton, new, $50
a6.OO.
Flour, barrel, winter, patent, 530a
$50: winter, straight, 4.00a4.25;
spring, patent, 4.s5a5.20: spring,
straight, 4.70a4.90; hard winter, pat
ent, 4.60a4. 80; hard winter, straight,
4.40a465: rye -four, dark to white,
3 3.3Oa4O0.
Mil feed ton spring bran. n 0Da