Evening star., 1940-06-08
Baltimore Markets

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BALTIMORE. June s.-Potatoes
old, 100-pound sacks. l.65a2 60; new
100-pound sacks. 10000; sweet po-
tatoes. bushel, 75a1.60: yams, bushel
50a100; asparagus. dozen punches
75a2.50; beans, bushel, 75a2.0O; beets
Southern, crate, LOCAL rs; cabbage
IL -bushel hampers, 3Oal 90; carrots
Western. crate, 4.25a450; cauliflower
Western, crate, 20Oa2.25; celery
crate, 100a5 90; corn, Texas, 5-dozen
sacks. 1.50al.75; cucumbers, bushel
Southern. 1.50a300; eggplant. 11s-
bushel crates, 1.75a3.5O; lettuce, Ice
berg, crate, 1.25a7.0O; Big Boston,
crate, 60a85; nearby, Big Boston
bushel, 50a75; Iceberg. 60a1.15; lima
beans, bushel, 225a250: mushrooms
4-quart baskets, 30a50; onions, So
pound sacks, 2.50a2.75; peas, South
ern, bushel, 50a1.25; peppers, bushel
l.50a2.50; radishes, red tips, nearby
bunch, lal1a; spinach, bushel, near
by, 10a40; squash. bushel, Southern
75a100; tomatoes, lug, 5Oa1.75;
apples, box. 150a225; bushel, l0Oa
200; blackberries, crate, 2.75a3.25;
cantaloupes, crate. Western, 375a
$50; deWberries. crate, 2.75a3.25;
grapefruit. box, Southern, l.5Oa2.75;
honeyballs, crate, 3.0Oa4.50; honey
dews, crate, 2.00a3.00; huckleberries,
quart, 10al3; lemons, box, 4.OOa5. so;
oranges, box, Florida. 2.OOa4.OO;
California. 3.5Oa4.75; peaches, halt
bushel, 1.25a175; rhubarb, nearby
bunch, la2; strawberries, 24-quart
crate, 75a1.75; nearby, l.0Oa3.OO;
watermelons, each. 40a5O.
Poultry and Eggs.
Live poultry-Chickens, Rocks
pound, 22a26; crosses, PLAZA: mixed
colors, PLAZA; Leghorns, 17a19. Fowl
Rocks, l7a19; mixed colors, 15a18;
Leghorns. 13a15. BOOSTERS, mixed
colors, 10al2; Leghorns, 7a10. Ducks,
Pekins, l5a16.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded, current
receipts, dozen. white. 16a19; mixed
colors, 1512a1612. Receipts, 1924
cases.
Butter-Prints, 90 score, pound
30; 80 score, 30; country rolls, 18;
packing stock, Is. Receipts, 856 tubs
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No.
2, red. winter, garhcky, spot, domes-
tic, bushel, 95. Settling prices were ::
Wheat, No. 2, red, winter, garlicky,
spot, domestic, bushel, 95.
Corn, No. 2, yellow. domestic,
bushel, 76a7S. Western billing at a
premium over this price. Cob corn,
barrel, 3.50a3.70; country prices re-
ported, 33Oa350
Oats, bushel, No. 2. white, do
mestic, 53a58; Pacific Coast, No. /,
white, 72a74 On all sales of oats
to the local trade, excepting those
on track, there is an additional
charge of 1a4 cents per bushel for
storage and elevation, which is paid
by the buyer
Rye, No. 2, bushel, 70a75. Barley
No. 2, bushel. 55a60. Hay, ton. IA 400a
1900 Wheat straw, ton. 950a10 90.
Flour, barrel, winter, patent, SIS
a585: winter. straight 4.35a460;
spring. patent, 520a545; spring,
straight, 485a505; hard, winter,
straight, 465a490; rye flour, dark
to white, 3.45a425.
Millfeed, ton. spring bran, 29.50a
1880 standard nliddlings. 3O.0Oa
3l00.
Live Stock Market.
Cattle, so. Compared with Friday
last week. steer market mostly barely
steady to shade lower; few extremes
as much as 25 cents off. weeks top
1850, for 988-pound yearlings; bulk
sales, medium and good, 900 to 1,340
pounds, 8.50a10.15; small lot, 860-
pound heifers. $50; beef cows, mostly
6.00a7.50; Gamers and cutters
largely 4.00a5.25; top sausage bulls
7.25.
Calves. 40. Compared with Friday
last week. this weeks sales mostly
so cents lower, outlet so cents-1 90
off. good and choice Friday mostly
900a9.50; few handpicked. 1000:
bulk, common and medium for week,
65Oa900.
Hogs, IT'S. Steady with Friday,
practical top, SIS; good and choice,
ITO to 21o pounds, 5.50a5.75; 220 to
24O pounds, 5.25a5.50; $50 to 300
pounds. 475a5.3O; $50 to 16O pounds,
5.10a535; 140 to $50 pounds, 475a
500; 130 to 140 pounds. 450a475;
100 to 1870 pounds, 435a460; packing
soWs. 365a415. Compared week ago
mostly Is cents lower Above prices
based on grain fed hogs.
Sheep 10. Compared with Friday
last week, spring lambs, mostly
steady, but closing undertone weak
to lower; good and choice grades
natives mostly, l1.50a120O; few
closely sorted. 1925; weeks top
1880, paid Monday for railroad
deck on shipping account; most
throwouts, 9.00a10.50 common, light
kinds down to 800; slaughter ewes,
scarce; few head shorn, 300a35O.