Big store cattle numbers see Pakenham run stand-alone female sale

Andrew Miller
Updated June 8 2022 - 11:27am, first published June 3 2022 - 5:00pm
BUYER: Mal Harding, Hillend, bought this pen of six by six Shorthorn cows and calves.
BUYER: Mal Harding, Hillend, bought this pen of six by six Shorthorn cows and calves.
PTIC SELLER: Alex Scott & Staff livestock agent sold this pen of Margaret Billson's pregnancy-tested-in-calf heifers. He was with ASC auctioneer Jason Fry.
PTIC SELLER: Alex Scott & Staff livestock agent sold this pen of Margaret Billson's pregnancy-tested-in-calf heifers. He was with ASC auctioneer Jason Fry.

A stand-alone female sale is likely to continue at Pakenham's Victorian Livestock Exchange, after agents yarded about 300 cows and calves at the first auction.

Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller

Journalist

I'm a general reporter with Stock & Land, with a special interest in irrigation issues. I completed my cadetship, with the Age, in 1980. Over my career, I've worked for ABC radio news (Mt Isa, Qld) and at provincial and suburban newspapers.

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