'GATTONVALE HOLDING' - STANDOUT BEEF ENTERPRISE.
For Sale By Private Treaty. W.I.W.O.
Location
32kms* Collinsville, school bus 8.2kms*.
144kms* Bowen, 180/190Kms* Proserpine/Airlie Beach, 265kms* Mackay, 330kms* Townsville, 460kms* Rockhampton.
Road train & B double access.
Centrally located to meat works at Mackay, Townsville & Rockhampton. Live export Townsville. Easy access to Southern & Central Highland feedlots.
Country
Outstanding mix of country & soil types.
40,000 acres* of heavy, self - mulching Brigalow scrub soils, heavily grassed with Gayndah & Biloela Buffel & some native species including curl Mitchell & Flinders grasses.
21,000 acres* of narrow leaf Ironbark & gum top box heavily grassed with Black Spear grass & prolific Seca Stylo.
6,000 acres* of heavy soils downs country with scattered Bauhinia, mountain Coolibah, Brigalow plus some forest intrusions. Heavily grassed with various Blue grasses, curly Mitchell, some Flinders plus softer native varieties.
6,000 acres* of river country with soft alluvial soils grassed with predominately native varieties.
5,000 acres* of mountainous range country.
* denotes approximately.
Improvements
Extensive structural infrastructure.
3 homes, workers quarters, machinery & storage sheds, workshop, hay shed, 2 dongas, 300 tonne molasses storage. 3 good sets of cattle yards with plunge dips, vet facilities etc.
Fencing
Fencing is in good condition.
34 main grazing paddocks, cooler paddocks at some watering points plus holding paddocks.
Water
'Gattonvale Holding' is very securely watered.
Frontage to permanent Bowen river with Bowen river weir.
35 megalitre allocation from Newlands Mine pipeline with 12 outlets, tanks & troughs.
Spear in Bowen river supplies 3 header tanks, troughs plus Emu Plains home complex.
5 bores. 3 solar equipped & 2 windmill equipped. Tanks & troughs.
20 dams. 2 solar equipped.
Several seasonal watercourses.
Carrying capacity
Conservatively carry 7,500* s.c.u.
4,900* top quality Santa Gertrudis cattle included.
1,900 breeders plus those calves & weaners at foot at time of settlement.*
1,050 18 month - 30 month steers & bullocks*.
700 18 month - 30 month heifers*.
1,250 mixed sex weaners - 15 month old.
Number of Santa Gertrudis bulls.
Number of stock horses.
This financial year 656 prime bullocks (avg. 397kgs dressed) & 156 prime cull cows ( avg. 313kgs Dressed) have been sold to Borthwick's Mackay, with vast majority of bullocks grading Borthwick's premium grass fed Nature's Fresh specifications. A further 270 prime bullocks booked in at Borthwick's Mackay to go by 24th July.
Comments
‘Gattonvale Holding’, held by the current family since 1962, is a rare opportunity to acquire a standout property, w.i.w.o., renowned for breeding & finishing prime bullocks & cull cows.
Extensive well maintained plant & machinery included in the sale.
For GENUINE SALE. The owner will transfer their HK1 stock brand to the new owner.
