Woodbine had widespread interest from a range of buyers attracted to the property’s significant breeding and backgrounding attributes.

THE Phelps Family’s outstanding turnkey Blackall district cattle property, Woodbine has sold to an Emerald cattle and grain producer after widespread interest in the property’s significant breeding and backgrounding attributes.

The 4700ha Woodbine is well located just off the Landsborough Highway, only 13km from the Blackall Saleyards. It has a conservative carrying capacity of 815 adult equivalents (AE), and an annual rainfall of 526mm.

Marketing agent Grant Veivers from LAWD congratulated both the vendor and buyers, the Daniels family, on the successful transaction, which settled on Monday after an expression of interest campaign.

“We have had a very positive sales campaign with the combination of plentiful water, quality fencing and cattle yards, and abundant feed attracting plenty of interest from local landholders, as well as investors from further afield,” Mr Veivers said.

Woodbine’s location close to Blackall was a key selling point, while its guaranteed water via a one-third share of a capped artesian bore that flows at 8 litres per second, supported by a catchment dam and numerous seasonal waterholes, made it an attractive prospect, he said.

“The stocking rate is conservatively estimated at 1AE per 6ha, but the mix of grasses and land types can support a variety of stocking rates depending on the paddock, and more than 5km of laneways enable efficient movement of stock.”

Quality infrastructure for beef production includes a set of steel cattle yards with a five-way pound draft, covered working area and double-deck loading ramp, all connected to water and equipped with dust suppression sprinklers.

Water security for livestock was also a key feature, with the Woodbine bore supplying stock water via poly pipe to16 troughs positioned to maximise grazing across nine main paddocks and three holding paddocks.

Mr Veivers and fellow LAWD director, Simon Cudmore, were the agents on the sale.

Quality infrastructure for beef production was a key feature of the property.

Source: LAWD