DUNEDIN SALE YARDS.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 48, 10 June 1875, Page 4

DUNEDIN SALE YARDS.

HoHSES.~Good heavy draughts and strong coach or cab horses are in fair demand. On Satnwfa-7 Wright Stephenson & Co. cleared off the balance of* ship^orses, ex Omeo, from Melbourne, at from £41 to £55. We quote flrst-class draughts, £55 to £70 • medium do £40 to £50 ; light do, £27 to £35™ good hackß and light harness horses, £27 to £32 • medium do, £15 to £20 • light and inferior, £5 to £U? Store Shekp .-For young Btookof all description £r & a w£ n &K ac i i7e - nd more especially for four-tooth half-breds, which are wanted for tuniip feeding Very few are offering, however! and sales are limited to small lots of oVa "ewes 1 of which several lots were placed during the weplr Quotations : Crossbreds, four and six-tooth, 12s to 13s 6d ; ditto, two-tooth, 9s 6d to 10s 6d : merino ewes, two, four, and six-tooth, 8s to 9s M -ditto ditto,.full-mouthed.4B 6d; ditto wetherl, Wo four moutn^s?' ?S 6d t0 8S ***: d -tto ditto, fulf: Store 'Cattm.— There has been an immense number of inquiries for grown cattle during the week, which are readily saleable at from £5 10s to £7 for bullocks, and from Bi to £5 15s for cows m F^ S S BKP> :"~ Themarke * :kee P s well sunnliedl 8 r 0 n O H f^ l^ rtßWere K Pe i med ' , Wri * ht StepCoi & Co sold 400 crosß-breds, good quaUty, at 16s • 350 merino ewes, prime, at lis; 367 do wethers, ifttle better than stores, at 7s. We quote prime quality mutton, 3i per pound , medium do, 2& Privatelr they sold lor forward delivery 750 cross-breds, ami 350 merinoes. ' Fat Lambs.— None penned. There is a limited however, for a few late lambs, if in good Fat.Ca.£ves.— About 45 were forwarded! for the to a J2 e io'B°e£h l . chMMI^ nßros - fl °-<i2oatfr6m o£llo|0 £llo| Fat Cattle — lio head were yarded, b'dnff scarcely sufficient for trade wants.- --Wright ;£ ltopffeSn & Co. sold 61 Lead, mostly B ood quality? JEkd brought from £7 15s to £12 , cows^from £7 5s to£lo -equal to 30s per 1001 b for prime quality, and 25s for medium ditto. Privately, they sold 45 head at equal to 27e SdperlOOlb. "