Evening star., 1941-06-15
Baltimore Markets

chickens continued 10 dUtldCG az
tention on the live poultry market
here during the week. Prices on the
stock fuctuated frequently, but the
general trend was easier, and some
items recorded a net decline OF from
u to liz cents per pound.
These decreases affected young
Rocks and crosses. In contrast 10
these changes, some young Reds
were a little firmer and young
Leghorns were practically steady.
Fowl went through the week with
only slight changes and ended on
about the same level as last weeks
close. The same also was true OF
roosters and ducks. Young ROCKS
dropped to mostly 1812a21, but few
brought %.
The decline brought young crosses
down to 18a20 for medlum-slzeo
birds with larger stock selling 2la
%. Reds brought mostly 19a2O, ana
Young Leghorns weighing l 2 pounds
up sold 17a18, with most OF them
moving at the lower figure.
In fowl, Rocks continued 2oazz'
mixed colors 19a2l and Leghorns
17a18. BOOSTERS remained rather
slow to move at 10al2 for mlXeo
colors and 7a10 for LeghornS.
Ducks we're steady throughout the
week. Young Pekins weighing >
pounds and up selling 15al6 ana
smaller birds as low as Il. Puoole
ducks were unchanged at lOal2.
Live poultry receipts were moder-
ate most of the week and were
suf1cient to meet practically all oe-
mand.
Ungraded Eggs Firmer'
Best nearby ungraded eggs were
a little flrmer than last week. They
increased about cent per dozen
and sold 24a28. Mixed colors were
about steady at 24a25. on some
davs the receipts were little ABOVE
average.
The week brought about the ar
rival of some additional new Items
of native and nearby garden truck
These included nearby snapoeans'
the stringless black variety selnns
. OOa2.75 bushel and bountltuls l.oo
a125.
SQUASH also made its appearance
and brought mostly 1.50a175 ha1
b,1shel. With the exception OF a
few items, other nearby stock was
slightly lower than last week.
Maryland asparagus, however
was included among the exceptions
and sold at a little higher price.
colossal brought 25Oa3.0O per dozen
punches. extra fancy, 1.75a2.2o;
fancy, 1.5Oa2OO, and choice, l.O0a
125.
Nearby beets decreased to 3a4
bunch and spinach was lower at
75a9O bushel. Pointed-type cabbage
sold 6Oa75 bushel and round type
75a100
Nearby Iceberg lettuce declined to
25a6O buShel. Peas were slightly
higher than last week, with most OF
them selling 15Oa250 bushel. East
ern Shore sweet potatoes were un-
changed at 190a200 for Goldens
and 1.4Oa16O for Jerseys.
Nearby strawberries f1uctuated
almost daily, with best quality hold
ing up well at 3.5Oa425 per 24-quart
crate and poorer stock selling a
little easier at 2.00a2.50.
Livestock Market.
More dependability in outlet de-
veloped this week in the cattle mar
ket and most classes finished appre-
ciably higher than week ago,
according to the Agricultural Mar
keting Service, Department of Agri-
culture, G. Byron Funds local
representative. Steers closed mostly
so higher and from buyers angle
some sales appeared up more, while
COWS worked mostly 25 to so higher
and bulls finished on strong basis.
On the other hand, vealer prices lost
mostly so from close of previous
week. Hog price trend pointed up
ward and reached a new high for
the season and for recent years.
Fridays market ruled mostly 40
higher than a week earlier and
prospects pointed to more advance
on the weeks closing session. Fat
lamb values were Is to so over close
last week.
Majority of good and choice grades
of steers cleared at 1000a1215, with
top of 1910 for eight head of Uni
versity of Maryland experiment fed
yearlings that averaged $50 pounds.
Common lightweight individuals
sold down to 800 Best heifers of
the week sold Monday at 1915, grad
ing choice and averaging 720 pounds.
Other heifers, not many all told,
sold from around 900 downward.
Late sales of common, medium and
good grades of COWS were at 7.00a
800 and bulk of Gamers and cut
ters 5.50a7.00. Sausage bulls brought
7.50a8.75.
Good and choice vealers topped at
1900 Monday and 11.60 Tuesday,
and sales Wednesday and later this
week were from 11.50 downward.