Roderick & Martin

26 YEARS! Established on the 1st April 1980, Roderick and Martin Auctioneers are celebrating their 26th birthday this year! In 26 years, we have succeeded in making a name for ourselves as the leading team of professional stud stock auctioneers, built on integrity and excellent service. Our expertise and success continues country wide in all fields of agricultural auctioneering. With the pressure on auctioneering companies to deliver the perfect sale, it has been necessary for companies to become a “one-stop” provider – which is exactly what we pride ourselves on. Roderick & Martin Auctioneers has developed our services and capabilities over the years to meet all the changes and needs that have developed out of the agricultural sector, like specialized knowledge of stud stock cattle etc.

Today, our story continues; for example in June this year, on the recent dispersal sale of the ‘Rowersdam’ Jersey Stud on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Tjaart de Bruyn and their son Pieter of the farm ‘Rowersdam’, Grootvlei, 111 animals were sold, including cows, heifers and calves for an outstanding average price of R8 531.

In the same month, another two hugely successful sales were held:
(a) On the total dispersal sale of the Elberta Jersey Stud, Magaliesburg, all 127 animals were sold and outstanding prices were the feature of the day where well over 50 buyers registered. Cows fresh in milk averaged R11 138; dry cows R10 322 and mid-lactation cows R7 917. Heifers in calf averaged R8 000; open heifers R4 362 and heifer calves R2 753. The total offering of the milking equipment was sold including the 12 pt milking machine. Also the cheese making equipment and the farm equipment was sold. The owners were very satisfied.

(b) On the total dispersal sale of the 'Ekland' commercial Holstein herd on behalf of Mr. HJ (Hendrik) Eksteen of the farm 'Aletta', Marquard, 254 animals as well as all the milking equipment was sold for an exceptional turnover of R1.82 million.

Furthermore, Roderick & Martin are pleased to say we offer the following services countrywide:

• Insolvent Estate sales

• Deceased Estate sales

• Production sales

• Dispersal sales

• National Breed sales

• Show and Club sales

• Implements and loose goods sales

• Property sales

• Sworn appraises as well as out of hands sales of livestock plus private sales of farms etc.

1. MARKETING

• Planned (personalized) advertising campaign using national and local media such as Newspaper, Magazines, Post Cards, Brochures, Pamphlets, Catalogues, etc.

• All advertisement layouts are professionally designed in consultation with yourself.

• Catalogues: compiled, printed & distributed by post to our comprehensive buyers list.

• Arrangements can be made so that buyers can down load your catalogue off our website.

• SMS: messages as reminders of your forthcoming sales to buyers. (approx. 7,754 numbers)

• E-Mail: colour advertisements e-mailed to prospective buyers. (approx. 1300 email addresses)

• Internet: full page advertisement of your sale on our webpage http://www.rodmar.co.za

2. ACCESS TO DATABASE OF BREEDERS & BUYERS

Countrywide: 24,000 postal addresses of which we select buyers by the computer specifically for your sale.

3. PRE-SALE

• Extremely efficient team to mark cattle, set up kraals and to set up tents etc the day before the sale.

• Compiling the catalogue and handling the distribution thereof to potential buyers.

• Taking photographs for marketing purposes where
  applicable.

4. ON DAY OF SALE

• Sales office opens at 8:00 am.

• Professional auctioneer & team for the auction available from 8am on day of sale.

• Admin team to manage registration of buyers, completion of invoices and finalizing payments.

• Loader and his team ensure that the animals enter the auction ring in the correct order and that the animals have been clearly marked with their respective lot numbers.

• Managing the correct loading of animals after sale.

• Service questionnaires sent out to all buyers after your sale.

5. AFTER SALE

• Finalization of sale admin and tax invoices.

• Summary of sale.

• Results to be posted on the internet http://www.rodmar.co.za.

Our desire and ability to honour our promises made to clients and their expectations can be reflected through the high profile of our clients and their assets that has been entrusted to us with the following results:

National Breed Sales: which we have handled in the past include the following:

Holstein – Jersey – Ayrshire – Bonsmara – Limousin – Sussex – Tuli – Hereford – Brangus

Some of the Record Prices obtained:
 

	Santa Gertrudis Bull	R195,000
	Brahman Bull	R150,000
	Jersey Cow	R 82,000
	Preg. Jersey Heifer	R 66,000
	Jersey Open Heifer	R 30,000
	Jersey Heifer Calf	R 20,000
	Holstein Cow	R 56,000
	Holstein Open Heifer	R 52,000
	Holstein Bull	R 27,000
	Ayrshire Cow	R 16,000
	Nguni Bull	R 65,000
	Nguni Cow	R 21,000
	Ile de France ewe	R 30,000
	Sussex Bull	R 52,000
	Brangus Bull	R 60,000
	Boran Bull	R 54,000
	Boran Cow	R 31,000
	Boran Open Heifer	R 26,500

Record Sales:
 

	6-Day Holstein Sale	R10 million
	5-Day Holstein Sale	R8.0 million
	Jersey Sale	R2.2 million
	Jersey Sale	R2.4 million
	Estate (farm)	R3.5 million
	Production Sale	R2.4 million
	Loose goods	R1.4 million
	Game Farm	R8.5 million

Capabilities:

4 000 large stock on one day
8 000 sheep on one day

Click here to contact us should you wish to find out more about our company and our services.