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Home>Hamilton Regional Livestock Exchange
| The Hamilton Livestock Exchange, situated along Portland Road, is the major livestock selling centre in the Southern Grampians region, attracting vendors from as far afield as Horsham, Skipton, Mortlake, Warrnambool and even into New South Wales and Queensland.
An important facility within the local economy, yearly throughput of 50,000-60,000 cattle and approximately one million sheep and lambs for the last four years, indicates continued support for the auction system of selling both sheep and lambs through saleyards rather than other methods.
The Livestock Exchange is leading Australia with the latest technology as part of the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) and is accredited under the National Saleyards Quality Assurance (NSQA) and European Union (EU). Electronic ear tag identification placed in cattle through the NLIS program allows lifetime traceability of animals from their property of birth right through to slaughter.
The action of implementing a mixture of saw dust and chips as soft flooring in cattle selling pens had also proved to be an outstanding success in eradicating foot soreness in cattle.
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| Sheep and Lamb Sales |
 | Held weekly every Wednesday. | | In peak season between the end of November and February, lambs are sold on a Wednesday and sheep on a Thursday.
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| Cattle Sales |
| Held weekly every Friday with special sales held on demand. | | Significant annual calf sales in January each year.
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| Horse Sales |
| Held approximately every 6 weeks on a Monday.
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| Facilities |
| Coin operated truck wash, open 24 hours | | Access to water and holding | | Liveweight scales with post-sale weighing of cattle | | Air conditioned canteen offering sit down meals and refreshments on sale days | | Amenities block with showers available | | Modern cattle yards, including some undercover | | A mixture of saw dust and chips as soft flooring in cattle selling pens has proved to be an outstanding success in eradicating foot soreness in cattle.
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| Contact Details
Chris Dahlenburg
Saleyards Superintendant
Telephone: (03) 5573 0451
Mobile: 0418 528260
Fax: (03) 5573 0452
Agent Details
Elders Limited (03) 5572 2488
JM Ellis & Co. (03) 5572 3109
Keith P Lanyon (03) 5572 2018
Kerr & Co. (03) 5572 2633
Landmark Limted (03) 5572 1500
LMB Linke (03) 5572 5219
Southern Grampians Livestock (03) 5571 1404
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