Evening star., 1953-12-20
Produce Markets

Baltimore quotations supplied by the
United States Agriculture Department;
4:25: Pennsylvania staymans, ga inches
up, few 400: Virginia. Delicious, ga
inches up, lair color. 400; GOLDEN De-
ga inches up, 4:s5; PennsSlyanis' j I1S-
cious .2l2 inches up. $50: Boxes.
Wrapped Pennsylvania. Golden Delicious.
U. S. fancy 113s-l50s, 4.50. few higher
Potatoes-Dull. u S. No. Is and U. s.
No. Is, size A, unwashed. Pennsylvania.
Katahdins. 50-pound sacks. 50.75 cents:
Sweet potatoes-Dull. bushei baskets
Delaware, @ re- aoidens. @ "Asc $5o-75; to Pseftc H
Goidens, $50 2.5o-3.oS PT Puerto I Ricans. 5 g.a5:
300: nearby. half-bushel hampers. Gold
ems, 1.25-5O.
Beans and Cabbage.
bushe aa EeafeT few FSTdA
hampers, valenfinss 5.So-S;f 50, 'oIy one
RsTt psnus fSQ fair fair auay fHaty ESQ., lepssF.
6-l3 OUNCE cello bags. Ito.
Broccoli-Pennsylvania. crates. 12s
York IL. -, 16-quart. crates, 3.5O-3. rs;
Delaware, bushel baskets. $50,
paeted eea NoTth
PennsylVania. ?Sc; New York. TOO;
s5-I'0o; North carolina domestic. nestle round, esnss,
90 90. fair quality 50-65c; Maryland
bushel baskets. savony, 50-75e. few
and New jersey 5o-pound Sep' SACKS MES i.f5 fGTe
auliflower-Stronger; crates, 12s and
larger; 84elaware da 2.OO-2.5O; New YORK
Livestock Markets
Cattle, compared week ago: Slaughter
steers. 100 to 1.50 lower, heifers
In9 ISQ ,higher; spots up more than LOO.
Zoo. Bulk good and choice including
odd lots choice to $500; few sales COM
mercial and good grades, 17.O0-19.O0 in
cluding 743-l,.3S pound weights; utility
i:1 01aS. odd 10ss ea9nsf S anS nd gSt
good and chsice 82O-9I O. pound heifers,
~ 9o5d 99551 5o 90 St;1,11 c0mmercial and good
1900 100; Gamers and cutters, 1900:
1900; most utility and commercial cows,
i IL ;oo-i3:0o including utility up to 1890 100
late, sales mostly 800 up; truck lot
good fed beef bulls, II 90; most COM
mercial sausage bulls. 12.5O-15.50;, util-
ters; ,7.00-11 80; with Gamers mainly
700-10.00;. few lots good. COOL .053-
pound Stocker and feeder SteerA 1900
1000; medium and good 4S5 to $50
pounds, 14.00-l6.50; common and med
lum 4O2-S55 pounds, 12.000-14. 90; in
terlor 45O-7O2 pounds, 7.00-11 90
Calves, compared week ago: Generally
1:O0-2.OO,. instances more than 200
higher; odd choice and primer vealers,
mostly 2S.00-32 90; commercial and
good, 1S.OO-2S.00 including odd choice
at $500 and above; Gull and, utility.
5:O0-1 90; bulk sales around 1000
Hogs, compared week ago: Not enough
on sale yesterday OF week ago to
permit an accurate comparison of prices
but THURSDAYS quotations compared last
Thursday showed arrows and gifts under
300 pounds. 10 to 1.50 higher: heavier
weights, steady to 30 up and SowS mostly
20 to 80 higher: Thursdays quotations
for choice. 1S0-240 pound barrows and
gifts; ga ,ss5:225-255:75;;, ,oo 240.259 pounds.
1879; 300 pounds and up; 2.oo123.}0S3G;
o pounds eSGaos 5o4 50: 'of i65:1ss IaSnso DoSnds
24.50;-25 .5o;- choice sows under 400
sS.5o-2o: IS: 45o-50o pounds. 1880.
1915: 500-550 pounds, 1S.50-1S.75:
over $50 pounds. 1915 downward: odd
stays discontinued. 2.00-3.00 from price
paid same weight sows each day: clos
ing trading Thursday was extremely dull
with sales mostly at inside quotations.
sheep. compared week ago: Both wooled
slaughter lambs ;, and ewes. nominally
65..,lO9 pound ,wooled lambs, 500 Il 90:
Gull and utility: 60-7O. 10.0O-16.0O:
odd lots, culls to low choice wooled ewes,
3. O0-5,00