LIVE STOCK

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 4, 24 January 1907, Page 17

LIVE STOCK

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. * > Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co., report as follows :—: — . _,

-We had only a~ -medium .entry of horses forward for last Saturday's sale, the supply being' made up (with two or three exceptions) of stale' draughts' and light harness horses. The- quality of "the horses forjward- Tvas .anything but "attractive, and, as a consequence, business . was rather dull. However, ' a few sales were made at satisfactory prices, and all the country consignments ■changed'- hands ' at full values. Quotations : -Superior .young draught geldings," at from £15^ to £52; -'extra good do' (prize takers), £55 to- £60 ;-. superior young draught mares, £55 to £65 ; medium draught mares * and geldings, ,£3O to £J0 ; aged do, £15 to- £25 ;. well-matched carriage pairs, £75 .to £100 ;- strong, spring-van horses £25 to £30 ; milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, -£18 to £25 ; light hacks, £10.,' to £15 ; extra good hacks and harness horses, "£2O to £25 ; weedy and aged do, £5 to £8. - -- - r