DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XX, Issue 24, 1 April 1892, Page 13

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

Messbs. Wright, Stkphbnbon and Co. report as follows :—: — A very large number of horses came forward for to-day'i sale, composed of nseful backs and harness horses, and a small number of light draughts and spring cart horses. The attendance was very poor. We note a demand for young useful draught horses. First-class draughts (extra heavy), L 25 to L3O ; good ordinary draughts (young), LlB to L 22 ; medium draughts, Ll2 to Ll6 ; aged draughts, L 6 to LlO ; good hacks and harness horees, Ll2 to Ll6 ; medium hacks and harness horses, L 7 to L 9 ; light and inferior hacks and harness horses, L 2 10s to L 5.

Mr F, Meenan. King street, reports :— Wholesale prices — Oats: Is 4d to Is 6£d (bags extra), demand quiet. Wheat (easier) : milling, 4s Od to 4s 3d ; fowls'. 2s 6d to 3s 6d, sacks included. Chaff: Market, bare supply— £2 15s Od to £3 2s 6d ; hay, oaten, £3 0s ; ryegrass, £3. Bran, £3 oa. Pollard, £4 os. Potatoes, kidneys, new, local, £2 (market bare) ; derwents, £2 15s Od. Flour : roller, £11 to £11 15< ; stone, £10 6s to £10 15a. Fresh butter, 8d to lid ; salt, nominal for prime, Bd. Eggs, It 4d. Oatmeal, £8 15a Od In 25lbs ; bulk, £8 os.