LIVE STOCK DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 34, 24 August 1905, Page 13

LIVE STOCK DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co., report as follows :—

The entry for Saturday's sale was small, and consisted mainly of aged and stale sorts, with one or two exceptions in the draughts. There was a full attendance at the sale, but the inferior quality of most of the horses caused Ukuyers to conceal their intentions. Our top price this week was £55 for a rising five-year-old "geldine;. We tjfuote : Superior young draft geldings at from £50 to £55 ; extra good, do, (prize horses), £56 to £65 ; superior young draught mares, £60 to £75 ; medium draught mares and geldings, £30 to £45 ; aged do, £17 to £30 ; upstasnding carriage horses, £25 to £35 ; well-matched carriage pairs, £80 to £100 ; strong spring-van horses, £30 to £35 ; milk-cart and 'butchers' order-cart horses, £20 to £28 ; light hacks, £10 to £18 ; extra gtood ihacks, £20 to £30 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £5 to £8.