Good Entries at Rotomanu Stock Sale

Grey River Argus, 22 April 1948, Page 8

Good Entries at Rotomanu Stock Sale

The National Mortgage & Agency Coy., Ltd., and Dalgety and Coy. Ltd. report on the above fixture held on Monday last as follows: — There was an entry of appoximately 180 head of cattle and 340 sheep and lambs offered to a fair attendance of butchers and graziers. There was good competition for all the best, quality lines of fat cattle but medium types of cows were rather difficult of sale. There was a steady demand for good coloured lines of young steers. There was a keen enquiry for fat and store sheep also lambs and these realised full market rates. The following is a list of the principle sales:— On account of K. Molloy, 155 ewes from 20s 3d to 26s 6d, 2 runners at £4 7s 6d to £5 12s 6d: A/c Honey Bros., 28 ewes at 16s 6d; A/c Ivan Marley, 30 fat ewes at 255; A/c A. J. Kennedy 43 fat lambs at 36 3d; A/c John Ryan, 41 wethers from 35s to 435, 2 cows at £6 12s 6d; A/c Mrs E. Cornish, 42 ewes at 19s 6d, 13 calves at £3 7s 6d; A/c J. H. Pitman, 3 cows from £7 7s 6d to £8 7s 6d; A/c Alex Graham, 8 steers at £9 17s 6d, 1 cow at £7 12s 6d; A/c John Graham, 1 steer at £9; A/c W. Vallance, 4 steers at £5 12s d, 5 cows from £5 17s 6d to £8 12s 6d, 1 runner at £5 2s 6d; A/c Mrs M. Mears, 2 cows from £ll 2s 6d to £l6 7s 6d, 1 heifer at £5 12s 6d, 1 steer at £lO 17s 6d; A/c Ray Sullivan, 1 cow and calf at £lO 7s 6d; A/c Roy May, 7 steer calves at £4 17s 6d, 2 cows at .£5 7s 6d, 2 calves at £3 7s 6d; A/c A. Griffin, 5 cows from £4 17s 6d to £8 12s 6d; A/c E. Shearer 2 cows at £7 17s 6d; A/c Jas. A. Ryan 110 breeding cows at £7 12s 6d, 16 fat cows from £8 2s 6d to £ll 7s 6d. 1 steer at £7 7s 6d, 12 calves at £3 12s 6d; A/c D. Henrv 8 steers at £l4 7s 6d; A/c Manson Bros.. 15 steer calves at £5 17s Cd; A/c W. T. Larkin 4 cows from £6 7s 6d to £lO 7s 6d, 1 cow and calf at £6 17s 6d; A/c B. Atwell 1 springer at £8; A/c E. A. Ryan 5 cows from £7 7s 6d to £8 2s 6d; A/c H. Win 2 calves at £3 12s 6d, 1 cow at £2 2s 6d; A/c H. >E. Hodgkinson, 12 18-month-old steers at £8 17s 6d, 5 18-month-old heifers at £7 15s: A/c Mrs H. Whitmore, 5 cows at £7 12s 6d; A/c W. T. Jacobs, 3 cows from £6 7s 6d to £8 7s 6d, 1 cow and calf at £4 10s; A/c Messrs Heaphv and Costello. 4 runners at £6 10s, 1 cow at £5 12s 6d; A/c A. T. Birchfield, .10 steers at £9 2s 6d: A/c M. R. Palmer 1-heifer at £7 17s 6d: A/c Molloy Bros.. 1 cow and runner at £9 12s 6d: A/c W. J. Gray. 4 cows at £6 7s 6d. 1 cow and runner at £7 2s 6d: A/c M., J. Larkin, 1 steer at £l7 2s 6d, 3 cows from £5 2s 6d to £7 7s 6d: A/c E. Richards. 2 cows at £5 12s 6d; A/c A. Lemon, 1 gelding, at £lO.