DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 29, 17 April 1891, Page 13

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co. report as follows :— A very Btnall entry was received for to-day 'a eale, and, as usual, when few countiy lots of horses are advertised, the attendance was small. The demanvl was by no means brisk, the only inquiry being for shifters and tarm nurse*, of winch thtTe w<;re very few forward. We quote— really fir-t class heavy draught geldings, £22 to £25 ; good ordiua-v draught horses, £14 to £20 ; light and a^ed drau^nt horses, £4 to £12 ; good epimg-cait is, £10 t 0 £15 ; well-mUched carnage p<iirs. £40 to £50 ; well-m.tcned bu^ey p*irs, £30 to *40 ; firs -class hunters, £20 to £30 ; usetul hacks and harness horec, £7 to £16; weedy eoite, £2 tv £5.

Messrs. Donald Rkid and Co report for tin week ending April 14 as follows : —

Sheepbkins — Our quotations areas follows: — Green crossbreds sold at 2s 3d to 3s 2 i ; dv lambs, 2s 4d to 3s Id ; dry crossbreds, 2s Id to 5s 7d ; menno9, Is 8 1 to 5< 2 t ; do pelts aud pelts, 6s to 2s 2d. Hides — In this market there has been no material a teration. Light and medium-cla«s hid s are. difficult to pla^e at 1% i to 2d pt*r lb. Tallow.— Prime rendeied at 21s, medium at 14s to 17d, roueh fat, 10s tj 13s.

Country Sale. — Atte tion is dirce'ed to our clearing sale on account cf Mr. P. T. Hodge, at his farm, Maucgatua, or live stock, im{lementß, <tc, on Thursday, lt> h inst.

Grain — Wh»a : Mi ling, onme, 4s 21 to 4* 4d ; do medium, 4s to la Id ; do broken, 3s 8d to 3* llxl ; fowlwreat, 3s 5d to 3s 7 1. O*te. — Prime Ion « Tartarian, Is 6i ; Milling, Is 51 to Is 54i ; feed, Is2d to Is 4^d.

Pititoes— Priuie Dcrwtnts, £2 12a 6d to £2 15s ; Infer. or, £2 53 to £2 10s.

Chaff— Maket bare. Prime heavy oatsheaf, £2 5s to £2 73 61 ; mixed aud light, £2 to £2 7s 6d.

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale prices— Oats : Is 3d to Is 5d (bags extra), quiet. Wheat: milling, 3s 9d to 4s 4d ; fowls', 3s 6d— both firm, s-irks included. Chaff: Market tull — £2 to £2 7d61 ; hay, oaten, £3; best iye-graes, £3 Bran, £2 10s Polljrd, £4 os. Potatoes, kidneys, £1 10s to £2; derweuts, £2 10s. Fi ur : roller, £11 to £11 15s ; stone, £10 to £10 15s fi r m. Fresh butter, Bd to lOd ; sait, nominal, for prime, 6d. Eggs, Is 41. Oatmeal, £8 los.