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WAGGA WAGGA - LIVESTOCK MARKETING CENTRE

SALE DATES
Shade Sail Success
Riding on the back of the success of shade sails installed last year in the sheep yards, the Cattle Sales: Every Monday
LMC has triggered a roll out of them throughout the Facility. LMC Manager Paul Martin said Bull Sale: 7:00am
that Council and stakeholders couldn’t be happier with how the previous sails improved the Prime Cattle Sale: 7:30am
environment for both workers and sheep throughout the year “that’s what has led to the roll Store and Calf Sale: 11:00am
out of a further 9 sets of sails being installed during the 21/22 fi nancial year”. A Design and Sheep & Lamb Sales: Every
Construct Tender went to the open market to see the 9 new sails installed in the remaining Thursday
sheep delivery yards rounding out the improvement within that area of the complex. The lamb portion of the sale
Mr Martin went on to say “Every outcome we envisaged gaining from the project has come commences at 8am with the sheep
through beyond expectation which is very pleasing indeed. We set out to improve conditions portion being sold at the completion
in regards to weather without compromising existing workfl ows and effi ciencies and that is of the lamb run.
exactly what we achieved. We will now look at expanding the project to cover other areas
within the facility in the future”.

FEATURE SELLING AGENTS
Livestock sales history in Wagga Wagga R.H Blake & Co
The saleyards in Wagga Wagga have a strong history. The fi rst recorded stock sales were Delta Livestock & Property
held in the mid 1850s when the city was still a small village. Elders
Capitalising on the increasing number of stock passing through to the new Victorian H. Francis & Co
Nutrien Ag Solutions
goldfi elds, an enterprising storekeeper and agent George Forsyth conducted monthly sales
so that stockowners from the north and buyers form the goldfi elds could meet half way. Riverina Livestock Agents
Rodwells & Co.
By the time the town of Wagga Wagga was incorporated in 1870, with Forsyth elected the
Wagga Regional Livestock
fi rst mayor, there were numerous stock and station agencies. Sales were usually conducted
Wilks & McKean
in hotel yards, the most popular behind the Pastoral Hotel in Fitzmaurice Street.

RM6903387

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