Evening star., 1941-08-16
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star

BALTIMORE, Aug, l6.-PotatOeS,
100-pound sack, l00a125; sweet
potatoes, bushel. LOCAL so; beans,
bushel, LOCAL so; nearby. 1.10a1 so;
beets, nearby, bunch. 2l2a3; cab
bage, bushel, 100sI35; nearby. 75a
90; carrots, Western, crate, 200a
400; celery, crate, 1.00a3.50: corn,
nearby, dozen, 10a13; cucumbers,
nearby, half bushel, 4oa75; egg
plant, bushel, 40a60; nearby, half
bushel, 35a40; lettuce, crate, Big
Boston, 1.50a1.75; Western, Iceberg,
4.50a5 90; lima beans. bushel. 75a1 so;
nearby, Il bushel, 65aS0 onions, So
pound sack, 1O0al.75; peas, bushel,
1.25a1 so; peppers, bushel, 50al 90;
nearby. half bushel. 30a40; spinach.
bushel, 50al so; squash, nearby, half
bushel. 20a65; tomatoes, nearby, half
bushel. 25a65; apples, bushel. new,
25a1.00; cantaIoupes, Southern,
bushel, 50al00; nearby. half bushel,
15a75; grapes. lug, 200a2 so: honey
dews, crate, 125a2 90; lemons, box,
Western, 250a5 so; lines, Il box,
1.00a1.50; oranges, box. Western.
3.00a5.00; peaches, bushel, 1.00a250;
watermelons, each, 8a32.
Poultry and Eggs.
Live poultry - Chickens. pound.
Rocks, 2oa22; crosses, 19a21; Reds,
19a22; Leghorns. 17a18. Fowls,
Rocks, 22a23; mixed colors, 2oa22;
Leghorns. l6a18. BOOSTERS, mixed
colors, 1oal2: Leghorns. 7a1o. Ducks,
Pekin, 15a18; puddle. 10al2
Eggs - Nearby. ungraded, dozen.
white, 28a34; mixed colors, 26a29
Receipts, 72l cases.
Butter-Prints, pound. % score,
3Sa39; 80 score, 37a3S; country rolls,
24a25; packing stock, 23a24. Re-
ceipts, 586 tubs.
Livestock Market.
Furnished by United States De-
partment of Agriculture, Agricul-
tural Marketing Service.
Cattle, ITS. Compared with Fri
day of last week, dryfed steers
scarce, steady; weeks top. 1880 for
choice 960-pound yearlings; bulk
other steers medium and good 1000
to 1,350-pound grassers closing
steady to Is lower, mostly l000a
11.25: common light kinds down to
around 800; carload good weighty
heifers, 1000. Cows little changed
but beef kinds under pressure and
tendency weak; most fat cows, COM
mon and medium dairyhreds, at
6.75a7,50: good weighty beef type
scarce, few ranging up to $50; can
ners and cutters mostly 500a6.50.
Sausage bulls strong to 10 higher;
late top, 935.
Calves, 10. Compared with Fri
day OF last week, vealers mostly so
higher; good and choice, 1300a1350;
common and medium, mostly 10.50a
1850: light culls. 7.50as.50.
Hogs, 400. Steady with Friday.
Good and choice 1s0 to 220 pounds,
1l.65a1l.90; 160 to l80 pounds,
11.55a1l.80; 220 to 235 pounds, Hasa
lilo; $50 to 160 pounds. ll.30a
11.55; l4o to $50 pounds, II l.20a1l AS;
130 to 140 pounds, 1O95a11 20; 40 to
100 pounds, 10.75a11 co.. $40 to 260
pounds, 10.85al1.10 260 to 800
pounds, 10.55a10.85; packing sows,
9.l0a9. go. Prices are based on grain
fed hogs. Compared with week ago,
markets steady.
Sheep, none. Compared with Fri
day Of last week, spring lambs, Is to
so lower: bulk good and choice
ewes and wethers, 11.00a11.50;
weeks top, IT'S paid Monday; sew
eral sales mixed lots, 10.50a11 90;
Gull and common throwouts, 7.ooa
900; few slaughter ewes, steady,
from $3.50 down.
Grain Market.
Wheat, No. red winter, garlicky,
spot, domestic, bushel: Opening
price, l.08h; settling price, l07s4.
Corn, No. yellow, domestic,
bushel, S9a91; Western billing at a
premium over this price. Cob corn,
barrel, 415a435; country price re-
ported, 390a410.
Oats, No. white. domestic, bushel,
54a58; No. 2, 5la55. On all sales
of oats to the local trade, excepting
those on track, there is an addi-
tional charge of la cents per bushel
for storage and elevation, which is
paid by the buyer.
Rye, No. 2, bushel, 65a70. Barley,
bushel, Glass. Hay, timothy. clover
~nd v,oiv~d ton ~ M 1e M Whaat
straw, No. 2, ton, o00a9.50.
Flour, barrel, winter patent, 5.85a
6.55; winter straight. 4.6sa5. 90;
spring patent, 505a6. 10; spring
straight, 5.70a5 90; hard winter. pat
ent, 5.60a5. 80: hard winter straight,
5.40a5.65; rye fiour, dark to white,
3.85a455.
Mill feed, ton, spring bran, $500
$500; standard middlings, 36.00a