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EMERALD SALEYARDS

Modern Emerald saleyards’ facilities • NLIS scanners SALE DATES
• 220 steel pens with concrete floor and • Spelling and feeding service
water troughs • Security Combined Prime &
• 20 new spelling paddocks • Accredited tick clearing plunge dip Store Sales
• State-of-the art double-decker loading • Third party tick clearing - contractors Thursdays
ramps available
• Covered buyers’ walkways and draft dip • Raw water to troughs Annual Feature Feeder &
• Disability access to some buyers’ • Operating on the latest Livestock Weaner Sales
walkways Exchange software 1st Tuesday June,
• Full deck and half deck liveweight scales • New pneumatic pre-weigh draft facility
July, August
FACTS AND FIGURES
Saleyard owner name: Central Highlands Regional Council SELLING AGENTS
Saleyard operator name: Central Highlands Regional Council Elders –
Physical Address: Batts Street, Emerald Qld 4720 4982 1055
Saleyard Manager: Tim Maguire – 0436 652 661
Operation’s Officer: Karl Simpson – 0428 196 766 Emerald Land & Cattle –
Phone No: 07 4982 1402 Ray White – 0458 800 047
Livestock sold through facility: Cattle GDL –
Capacity: 5,500 4092 1711
Website: https://www.chrc.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/emerald-saleyards/
Facilities: Administration Office, amenities, canteen, 2 double deck ramps, clearing dip, full deck, Michael Maguire –
half deck weighbridge, accredited European Union 4987 5878
The Emerald Saleyards services sellers, buyers and agents from a catchment area spanning many Nutrien Ag Solutions –
thousands of square kilometres, from as far as Cloncurry in the north, Barcaldine in the west, Rolleston 4982 2055
in the south and Blackwater in the east – an area carrying more than three million head of cattle.
The facility has had some $3.2 million upgrades during 2022 of which the major component in RBV Rural –
additional 20 new spelling pens and further development is the subject of the overall master plan. 0427 821 177
The Emerald Saleyards is the Central Highlands’ livestock trading facility of choice because of its WBH Livestock & Property –
proximity to a well-serviced urban area and the first-rate facilities on offer. 0428 872 803
Average annual average throughput July 2019 to March 2023 – 83,952 head

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