DUNEDIN HOUSE SALEYARDS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXII, Issue 15, 9 August 1895, Page 13

DUNEDIN HOUSE SALEYARDS.

Messhs WaiGHT, Stephenson, And Co report as follows :—: — Tbe entry for our t-ale on Saturday was a small one, and as there were very few fieeh horaes ndver!is:d the attendance was also small. The dermnl a^ain was confioed almost entirely to draughts, but as there were very few of these forward for buyers to choose from, one or two country buyers had t? leave withont suiting their requirements. Tne greater number of th 3 horses offered were comprised of medium spring cart and light harooss horses, for which there was little or no demand. We quote : — Ht'nvy draughts (4yrs to 6yrs), L2O to L 25 ; do (Byrs to lOyrs), Ll2 to Ll9 ; medium diaughts (4j ra to Gyrsj, Lll to LlB ; lignt aud snull do, L 8 to Ll2 ; aged and inferior do, L 4 to L 7 ; upstanding spiing cart horses {young and sound), Ll2 to Ll6 ; active spring v^n homes (do), LI 4 to LlB ; upstanding hacks and harneaa horses, LlO to Ll4 ; aged and inferior do, L 2 to L 5. Mb F. Meknan. Kin« street, reports: — Wholesale price only — O*ts, feed : la 6sd to Is B^l ; milling, la 9£ i ; Q net demand Wheat : Milling 3s lOd to 4s ; towls' 3s to 3s 7d, scarce, both in good demand. Chaff: Fair supply offering, inferior, 40s to 45» ; medium, £2 10a ; good, £3 to £3 Is ; Hay : OUs, £3 ; ryegr iss, £3 to £3 10s for good ; Straw, pressed 35a ; loose, 35a per ton ; both scarce, PotatoHS : market very dull, 25s to 30s ; kidney, good seed, L 2 to £2 5< ; Flour: sack?, £9; 50ibs, £9 10s ; Holier, atone, 10a to 20s ; 1-aa according to brand ; Oatmeal, 251bs, £9; F*re§h batter 6d to Id; Factory, Is; salt, modiutn to good, 51 to 91; Eggi, 13 3i ; Bran, L 3 10a.