A project in the making since 2008, the South Eastern Livestock Exchange (SELX) took 313 days to build and tomorrow Australia’s newest livestock selling centre will be fully operational. SELX will welcome 16,290 sheep for the facility’s first prime lamb and sheep sale, scheduled for Wednesday, 24th August at 11:00am. 870 suckers, 7,450 x bred
Standing shoulder to shoulder the crowd packed in to witness the opening and first sale at the South Eastern Livestock Exchange (SELX). After 313 days of construction the bell rang out and the ribbon was cut to open Australia’s newest, world-class, regional livestock selling centre. Yass Valley Mayor, Rowena Abbey, officially opened the sale yards,
The official opening and first cattle sale for Australia’s newest regional livestock selling centre, South Eastern Livestock Exchange (SELX), takes place on Thursday at 8:00am, with the first pen of cattle to be auctioned off for charity. Proceeds of the auction will be donated to the Country Education Foundation, Yass Branch, with the aim of
With the capacity to sell 3,800 cattle and 30,000 sheep on any given sale day 12 agents from across south east NSW have signed up to buy and sell sheep and cattle at Australia’s newest livestock selling centre – South Eastern Livestock Exchange (SELX). “Local producers will now have the opportunity to sell their stock
Should saleyards cattle be weighed before they are auctioned, or after? Producers, agents, saleyard operators and processors all weighed in with their views on this divisive issue during the public hearings for the senate inquiry into market consolidation in the red meat processing industry. Original Article: http://www.beefcentral.com/news/pre-sale-vs-post-sale-weighing-which-is-best/