THERE'S a lot of tension in the Euroa saleyards at the moment and it's not about bids.
The latest agency company, Newmarket Livestock, wants to mix it with the big boys, Elders and Landmark, in Euroa's popular monthly store cattle sale.
But the local Elders and Landmark representatives are not happy.
That's why Newmarket, headed by former manager of Elders' Euroa branch Mick Curtis, opted to run its own sale last week.
"The monthly Euroa sale is our sale; we are the ones who have developed it," was the view put to The Weekly Times by a Landmark representative who for legal reasons didn't want to elaborate.
Mr Curtis, who last week was able to muster 1250 head, said he was confident he could mount a successful legal case against Elders and Landmark.
But he said he wasn't going to go down that track.
"The legal costs mightn't be worth it," he said.
"If they don't want me in their sale, we will continue to run an independent sale."
Newmarket conducted its sale last week with the help of Rodwells, who not only mustered portion of the yarding but helped with the auction services.
Rodwells' Anthony Delaney and Pat Reddan were the auctioneers.
Mr Curtis said Rodwells was hired on a fee-for-service basis.
Newmarket has already scheduled its own Angus feature sale for November 19.
Elders, which pioneered the "black Friday" sales, will be running an Angus sale on November 14, followed by a specialty steer and heifer sale on December 5.
Elders agent Steve Harrington said a further Angus sale was scheduled for December 12, but he said if numbers fell short, this yarding could be included in the December 5 sale.
Landmark will run its specialty Angus Euroa sale on November 28.
