Evening star., 1941-08-19
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, Aug. 19.-Potatoes,
100-pound sack, 100a125; sweet
potatoes, hushel, 100a1.50; beans,
bushel. LOCALS; nearby, l.25a1.5o;
beets, nearby, bunch, 3a4; cabbage,
bushel, 75a125; nearby. 75a1.oo;
carrots, Western, crate, 4.00a4 so;
corn, nearby, dozen. 10a15; cucum-
bers, bushel, 1.25a1 so; nearby, half
bushel, 40a75; eggplant, bushel, 50a
IS; nearby, half bushel, 25a40; let
tuce, crate. Big Boston, l.50al rs;
Western, Iceberg, 3.75a4.75; lima
beans, bushel, 100al75; onions, So
pound sack, 1.0Oa1.75; peas, bushel,
150a1.75; peppers, bushel, 50a75;
nearby, half bushel, 30a40; spinach,
bushel, 1.00al.50; squash, nearby,
half bushel. GOATS; apples, bushel,
25a1 90; cantaloupes, bushel, 50al 90;
Western, crate. 275a375; nearby,
half bushel, 15a75; grapes, lug, i l.00a
800; honeydews, crate, a2.00;
lemons, box, Western, 300a5 90 /;
lines, !. box, LOCAL so: oranges, box,
Western. 250a5o0; peaches, bushel,
75a1.75; pears, box, 2.75a350; plums,
crate, 150a250; watermelons, each,
5a30.
Poultry and Eggs.
Live poultry - Chickens, pound,
Rocks, 20a22; crosses. 19a21; Reds,
19a22; Leghorns, 17alS. Fowl,
Rocks, 22a23; mixed colors, 20a22; /;
Leghorns. 16al8. Roosters, mixed
colors, 10al2; Leghorns. 8a1o. Ducks,
Pekin. 15a16; puddle, 10a12.
Eggs-Nearby, ungraded, dozen,
whites. 2Sa34; mixed colors, 26a29.
Receipts, 1,12s cases.
Butter-Prints, pound, 90 score,
38a39; 80 score, 37a3s: country rolls,
24a25; packing stock, 23a24. Re-
ceipts, 955 tubs.
Livestock.
Cattle-l75. Principally cows on
offer selling steady with Monday;
cutters, common and medium grades,
6.25-7.25; good beef type lacking;
Gamers. 500-600; not enough Of
other classes to make market test.
Calyes-50. Steady; good and
choice vealers, 1250-1350; common
and medium. l050-l20o light culls,
mainly 8.00-l0O0.
Hogs-375. Mostly 10 lower than
Monday: practical top. 1190; good
and choice, 180-220 pounds, 1850;
l60-ls0 pounds, 1850; 220-235
pounds. 1145-7o; 150-160 pounds,
1906; 140-15o pounds. 1120-45;
130-l40 pounds, l0.95-1l.20; l20-l30
pounds. 1o.75-11Oo: 240-26o pounds,
1085-l1.l0: 25O-3oO pounds, 1O55-S5;
packing sows, 910-60.
Sheep-75. Few truck lots spring
lambs, steady with Monday; good
and choice ewes and wethers, mainly
11.50: fat buck lambs, 1905.
Grain Market.
Wheat. No 2 red winter, garlicky
spot, domestic. bushel: Opening
price, 107A; settling price, 107%.
Corn, No. 2 yellow. domestic,
bushel, 89a9l; Western billing at q
premium over this price. Cob corn
barrel, 4.20a4.50; country price re-
ported, 410a4.25.
Oats, No. white, domestic, bushel
54a58; No. 2, 51a55. On all sales
of oats to the local trade, excepting
those on track, there is an addi-
tional charge of IL. cents per bushel
for storage and elevation, which is
paid by the buyer.
Rye. No. 2, bushel, 65a70. Barley,
bushel, 61a65. Hay. timothy, clover
and mixed, ton, 1300a16.00. Wheat
straw. No. 2, ton, 900a9.50.
Flour. barrel, winter, patent, 5.S5a
655; winter straight, 500;
spring patent. 5.95a6.20; spring
straight, 5.70a5 80; hard winter, pat
ent, 560a5.80; hard winter straight,
5.40a5.65; rye flour, dark to white,
385a455.
Mill feed, ton, spring bran, 35.00a
$500; standard middlings, 36.ooa
37O0.