DUNEDTN HORSE SALEYARDS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 22, 2 June 1904, Page 13

DUNEDTN HORSE SALEYARDS

Messrs Wright, Stephen son, and Co., report as folows • — \s is usual before a large special sale, there was a small number of horses forward and a meagre attendance of the public at our sale last Saturday. Sixteen horses in all were entered, and of these 10 changed hands at quotations. In the lot there was not a good horse of any class We quote : Superior young draught geldings, £50 to £58 ; extra good prize horses, £60 to £(>"> , medium draught mares and geldings, £35 to £48 ; aged do, £23 1o £33 , upstanding carriage horses, £30 to £35 • well-matched carriage pairs, £80 to £100 ; stiong spring-van horses, £30 to £40 ; milk-cart and bulehcis' order-cart horses, £22 to £30 ; light hacks, £10 to £13 ; extra good hacks, £18 to £30 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £3 to £7. ADDTNGTON STOCK MARKET Owing to "the rainy -weather the entries and attendance were \ cry small at Addington yards. Fat Tattle— The yarding was 150 head of fair quality but included no lines of importance. The Kale opened dull, and several lots were passed, but afterwards there was a slight improvement, the remainder being fairly cleared and the withdrawn pens sold pri\at civ Steers sold at £0 15s to £10 5s ; heifers, £5 ll r >s to £7 17s 6d ; cows, £5 to £B— being at the rate of 18s for cows to 22s fid for good beef per 100 ft. Fat calves sold at late values, making from 13s to 55s Store Cattle —The entry included bnly one quotable line (22 three and four-year-old bullocks), which were withdrawn at £R 10s Cows sold up to £10 2s 6d. Fat Sheep —There was a very small entry, but on the whole of good quality, and included several lines of wethers from Kaikoura The sale opened rather flat, but quickiv rallied, the small supply being keenly competed for by both butchers and exporters Wethers brought fully late rates, while prime ewes made a further advance Prime wethers sold at 21s f>d to 23s 6d; extra, to- 27s 9d : lighter secondary, 19s to 21s ; prime heavy owes, 18s to 22s 6d; extra, to 25s 3d; ordinary t 0 good. 13s to 17s ISd. Fat lambs met good competition at about last week's rates Tegs sold at 18s to 19s 4d ; lambs at 11s to 17s Bd. ____________ Tn cases of attacks of Colic. Crnmp. or Kpasma, wfll convince the most sceptical of Its efficacy.— ••*