LIVE STOCK

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7, 18 February 1909, Page 257

LIVE STOCK

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

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

Ihere was a rather mixed entry of horses for our sale last Saturday, very few of which were worthy oj: being specially mentioned. There were several buyers present on the look-out for heavy draughts for town work, but owing to this class being poorly represented they had to go away unsupplied. There were only a feAv draughts forward, none of which was of exceptional merit. Several useful farm horses changed hands at prices ranging up to £34, and buggy sorts at up to £25. Spring-carters were a poor lot, and sales in this section were hard to effect. There is a keen demand at present for useful sound young animals of this stamp. Considering the quality of most of the stock forward, we had a very fair sale, and if the right kind of horses had been in the yard much more could have been done. We quote: Superior young draught geldings, at from £45 to £50extra good do prize-winners, at from £50 to £55: superior young draught mares, at from £50 to £60; medium draught mares and geldings, at from £30 to £40; aged do, at from £15 to £20; well-matched carriage pairs, at from £70 to £100; strong spring-van horses, at from £25 to £30; milkcart and butchers' order-cart horses, at from £18 to £35light hacks, at from £8 to £13 ; extra good hacks and harness horses, at from £13 to £25; weedy and good do. at fiora £5 to £7.