LIVE STOCK

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 3, 17 January 1907, Page 17

LIVE STOCK

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, .and. Co., report as follows :— . I > v We had a good entry of horses • for last Saturday's sale, the.. same including several country consignments, chiefly ' of medium class light .harness sorts. A few draughts also were' offered, but most- of these were" on "the aged side. The~e was a full -attendance at. the sale, but the .proportion of proved actual buyers was disappointing.; /The indifferent quality of most of -the "stock offered no doubt caused some to conceal their • intention's. /> Taking the quality . of the horses forward into consideration • the^ "obtained must be considered satisfactory, strdrig-^narness horses making up to £26 15s, - ; 'light .-harness sorts .up to £17. Quotations' '.-^Supj&ripr.V^rbung'' . draught geldings, at from £Is. ...Jlo^£o2.;*^extra.- good do (prize" takers), £55" T -t6_ £60' V superior young draught mares, £55 to £65 ; mediunr. "draught ''.'-tmares and geldings, £30 to £40; - : "aged ■-\do, i *:&ls -_to - £25 ; well-matched carriage pairs, £-75 \to £100 ; -strong spring-van horses £25 to " £30 ; milk-cart and butchers' ' order-cart horses, "£lB to £25-; light hacks, £10 to £15; extra ..good hacks and harness horses, £20 to £25; -weedy 'and aged da^.,£s tto £B.