Page 26 - Queensland SALEYARDS Guide
P. 26
DALRYMPLE (H M CLARKE) SALEYARDS
FACTS & FIGURES The Dalrymple Regional processed through the
Saleyards and Equestrian Facility, being an annual
Sports Centre is a major record for the facility, on the
Saleyard Owner and Operator: Charters Towers Regional livestock auction, live cattle back of consistent annual
Council export and equestrian facility increases. The facility set
in North Queensland. national beef sale records
Address: 13076 Flinders Highway Charters Towers Qld 4820
The Saleyards generates in 2020. 2020 and 2021
Saleyards Coordinator: Geoffrey Jackson 07 4761 5300 an estimated $400M annually saw additional Friday sales
introduced to accommodate
Sales: Wednesday - Prime and Store Cattle Charters Towers Region increased industry demands.
and North Queensland Located on the Flinders
Website: www.charterstowers.qld.gov.au and is accessible by triple Highway just south of
Facilities: dual truck wash, canteen, amenities, road trains from all parts of Charters Towers City, the
Queensland and Northern
Dalrymple Saleyards was
public weigh bridge Territory. opened 1968.
Cattle throughput in The Saleyards are
2019/2020 at the Saleyards accredited under the National
approached 250,000 head Saleyard Quality Assurance
from auction sales and Limited; is a licenced live
export processing as well export cattle processing
as Stud Bull sales, making it facility, as well as NLIS
one of the busiest livestock compliant.
facilities in Australia. It has 150 sale Pens in
Stud Bull sales in 2020/21 addition to holding yard
exceeded $11.5Mill at Spring capacity of 16,500, provides
and Summer events ($5.2Mill two (2) full deck cattle
in sales at the February 2021 loading ramps, public vehicle
Big Country Brahman Sales). weighbridge, stock Dip,
The calendar year ending stock scales, plus dual heavy
31 December 2020 saw vehicle wash down and pest
268,927 cattle sold or weed vehicle washbay
AW7143552
26 | Saleyards Guide | Queensland
