LIVE STOCK

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 8, 21 February 1907, Page 17

LIVE STOCK

. .' DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS, Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co., report as lotlows :— ■ " • ';-, , ll i i ; I ' Only a moderate entry of horses came forward for > last Saturday's "sale, ' and consequently "no business of any -consequence was done. The bulk" of the entry was made up of inferior hacks and" light-harness, horses. Three or four useful draughts were offered* but failed" '•to find buyers, owners' reserves being, too high. Sound young draugnVmares and. geldings are in ,good demand, and we have every . confidence in . recommending consignments of' these, as - well as\of strong springcarters with good" action and a . fair amount ''of pace. We~ : Superio^ young- . draught geldings, at from £45 ,tp £52;- 'e^tra good do (prize takers), £56 to ,£6O; superior^yourig . djaught ~~mares £55 to £65 ; medium draught • mares and 'geldings, N £30 to £40;, aged v do, £13 to £25 ; -well-matched, carriage pairs,- £75 to £100 ;; strong spfingrvan horses £25- to £30 ; milk-cart and" butchers' order-cart horses, /£lB to £25; iight hacks, £10^ to £15; extra good hacks and .harness horses, £20 to £25 ; weedy > arid aged do, £5 to £8. • .