COVERING 227,400 hectares (561,918 acres) and boasting a carrying capacity of 25,000 cattle, the north west Queensland beef operation Saxby Downs is generating big interest in the cattle industry.
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Alister and Jo McClymont's AJM Pastoral Company is offering about 20,000 cattle with the property: 11,000 Charbray/composite Saxby Gold breeders, 3000 No.8 and No.9 heifers plus followers, 6500 weaners/calves for 2020, and 400 bulls. A substantial amount of plant will also be included.
Located 120km north west of Richmond, the property is described as having excellent frontage country.
There is 8000ha of cultivatable land on the banks of the Saxby River. The country, which is mainly used for backgrounding, is grassed with Flinders, blue, and Mitchell grasses with emerging buffel.
The majority of the property is comprised of almost equal parts broken forest country with gidgee patches, and safe forest country, which is mainly used for breeding.
Water is a feature of Saxby Downs. There are 20 free flowing bores and three sub-bores, which deliver up to 3.8 million litres/day to 53 tanks and 83 troughs.
The Saxby River and the numerous creek channels also provide natural seasonal water. There are also 44 seasonal dams and 12 long lasting dams.
The fully fenced boundary property is divided into 30 main paddocks plus holding paddocks. There are nine sets of cattle yards and traps on the property.
The listing of Saxby Downs follows the sale of AJM Pastoral's Etta Plains, located 120km north of Julia Creek, for just under $25m in November.
That 28,442ha (70,282 acre) property was sold with a 39,500 megalitre water allocation to Findley Farms, Narrabri, NSW.
A total of 19,500ha of Etta Plains was identified as cropping land with about 9500ha able to be irrigated.
Tenders on Saxby Downs close with Stafford Stock and Property on May 7.
