ROTOMANU SALE

Grey River Argus, 17 February 1945, Page 8

ROTOMANU SALE

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report a fair attendance of buyers at the Rotomanu sale held on Thursday. The entry in both the cattle and sheep, sections was larger than usual. Prices .generally; were on a par with market values, and although a number of cattle were passed, the clearance was a satisfactory one. Sales included the following: Account W. T. J'acobs: 19 lambs at 245, 11 ewes at 21s 6d; a/c D. Henry: 3 heifers from £9 2s 6d to £lO 17s; a/c Alf Rothery: 1 cow at £5 17s 6d; a/c Fred Hall: 1 heifer £6 12s 6d, 1 cow at £6 2s 6d; a/c W. Vallance: 3 cows at £6 2s. 6d; a/c R. Marley: 5 steers and heifers at £5 12s 6d; a/c J. A. Ryan: 5 cows from £4 2s 6d to £5 17s 6d, 3 heifers £7 7s 6d, 1 steer at £7 12s 6d; a/c John Graham: 1 cow at £4 12s 6d; a/c J. Maughan, senr.: 1 cow at £4 17s 6d; a/c J. Maughan, junr.: 3 cows from £4 12s 6d to £7 2s 6d; a7c Geo. Cowan: 1 cow al £7 12s 6d; a/c Heaphy and Costello: 4 heifers and cows from £5 5s to £7 12s 6d; a/c W. Larkin: 6 steers at £lO 10s, 1 runner £5, 2 heifers at £7, 4 cows from £3 17s 6d to £6 7s 6d; a/c M. Larkin: 1 hack (mare) £5 15s. The National Mortgage and Agency Coy., Ltd., report on the above fixture held on Thursday last, as follows:— There was a large yarding of cattle and sheep offered to a good attendance of buyers. There was good demand for all lines of well bred steers and heifers, but secondary types of ■cows were not wanted, and were difficult to dispose of. There was a keen enquiry for fat lambs and breeding ewes. Our principal sales were as follows:—Account W. T. Jacobs, 54 4,6, and 8-tooth breeding ewes at 22s Rd; a/c John Ryan, 6 fat wethers at 33s 3d; a/c H. E. Hodgkinson, 66 2-tooth Romney cross ewes at 38s, 9 2-yr steers at £9; a/c Jas. A. Ryan, 40‘ fat lambs at 30s, 6 heifers at £3 17s 6d, 7 cows with calves at £7 12s 6d: a/c R. May, 8 weaner steers at £2 17s 6d; a/c D.‘ R. Gibbens, 5 steers at £7 12s 6d; a/c J. H. Pitman, cow and vealer at £4 17s 6d, 1 cow at £3 10s; a/c E. Armstrong, 3 cows from £4 2s 6d to £5 12s 6d; a/c W. Vallance, 4 cows at £6 17s 6d; a/c J. D. Stuart, 6 21-yr steers at £9 7s 6d, 12 steers from £6 7s 6d to £7 2s 6d, 5 heifers from £4 2s 6d to £6 7s 6d, 1 runner at £6 12s 6d; a/c John Graham, 1 cow at £4 ss; a/c Alex Graham, 2 cows at £4 12s 6d; a/c C. Robinson, 1 steer at £7, 1 cow at £4 12s 6d; a/c George Cowan, 1 cow at £5 15s, 1 bull at £5: a/c J. Ilton, 1 cow at £6 17s 6d: a/c J'. Parkinson, 3 fat cows from £9 2s 6d to £lO 2s 6d, 1 heifer at £9 17s 6d; a/c Bert Kennedy, 1 steer at £6 2s 6d; a/c M. E. Jackson, 1 cow at £8 2s 6d, 2 steers, at' £6 17s 6d; a'/c W. A. Jackson, 2 steers at £5, 1 ditto at £4, 2 yearling steers at £3 2s 6d; a/c Alan Jackson, 3 heifers at £4; a/c W. T. Larkin, 3 steers at £7 12s 6d. 9 steers at £8 2s 6d.