LIVE STOCK. DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 15, 10 April 1902, Page 13

LIVE STOCK. DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

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

A large number of horses were entered for this week's bale, but the majority of them, both draught and light, were aged. The draughts were only second-class, and, as we have already stated, they were past their prime , still, where they were of good stamp they met with a fair demand, and most of them changed hands at from £20 to £36. one extra good mover fetching £39. For a six-year-old delivery-cart gelding there was keen competition, and it was sold for £36 10s, whilst for a five-year-old milk-cart mare we obtained £29 For first-class young horses, sound and staunch, of all descriptions, there is plenty of demand, but nondescripts of all cLass.es are a veritable drug in the market — there are no buyers for them. Privately during the week we have sold several useful draught mares and geldings at from £35 to £44. We quote : Superior young draught gelclings, £45 to £54 ; extra good, prize horses, £55 to £60 ; medium draught mares and geldings, £35 to £43 ;, aged,, do, £20 to £30 ; upstanding carriage horses, £30 to £35 ; well-matched carriage pairs, £80 to £90 ; strong spring-van horses, £30 to £37 ; milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, £22 to £28 ; tram horses, £12 to £18 ; light hacks, £10 to £15; extra good hacks, £18 to £25 , weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £3 to £7.