All Breed Sale to go ahead

Casino All Breeds

Thursday 1pm-5pm, Friday 9am-5pm Location: 14

Carrington Street, Lismore

Mullumbimby Appointment only: Wednesday 9am-1pm

Location: Byron Shire Council offces, 70 – 90 Station Street

Murwillumbah Drop in Centre: Thursday 9am-1pm Appointment only: Thursday 1pm-5pm

Location:

Murwillumbah 2484 Hub, Shop 7, 41-45

Murwillumbah Street

Woodburn

Appointment only: Every second Tuesday 10am-2pm Location: Woodburn Hub, 100 Richmond Street

President Bruce Lyle is pleased to announce that the 2023 All Breeds Bull & Female Sale is able to proceed as planned.

This sale is quite different from the weekly sales in that it is an “Annual” community run and supported event, based in Casino that services the whole North Coast and Beyond.

The popular annual sale, which has been booked in for months, is an essential sale day for stud cattle vendors and for producer’s operations supplying them quality local breeding stock.

Back early in the year during sale planning, NRLX suggested a one off licence could be utilised should any agents not be offered a new licence under the EOI process underway.. this was the case with 1 agent. However, as their negotiations had now stalled and no agents are officially signed up to operate at the NRLX, Bruce put the request to both the Council and the agents that all 5 agents be afforded the one off licence, allowing the sale to proceed for the benefit of everyone involved, including the wider community.

Richmond Valley Council will issue a one-off operating licence to allow the all-important Casino All Breeds Bull and Female Sale to go ahead at the Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange (NRLX) on Saturday 29 July. The 5 agents will all be able to offer the vendors entries as per the catalogue that is available from all Casino Agents.

Now in its 25th year, the sale has stood the test of time and it is a fantastic result and it is terrific that the sale has the Council’s and the agents full support, and must be held as planned.

The Casino All-Breeds Sale is one of the largest events known on Australia’s east coast, and is highly regarded by the cattle industry throughout the region and beyond as a premier event.

The Sale Committee is made up of Richmond Valley producers, and operates as a not-forprofit entity, focusing on trading locally-bred cattle to the local and wider areas.

Council and Agents both agreed that it would be very much in the interests of everyone that a way forward be sought to hold the sale, with the outcome being to park the issue at hand for the benefit of all the community.

The vendors needed to get full confirmation of the sale being held, for many its essentially the only option to market their animals at this annual sale, the sale advertising had started and the vendors preparing their offering for well over 12 months to support the event. I felt it was a fairly straight forward resolution, and saw no negatives. A “ win win for all” Bruce said.

One local sale vendor from day one is the Mogul Brahman Stud at Yorklea, manager Glen Pfeffer said this is our key local event for 25 years now. It means a lot to showcase our Studs genetics in our home town and are extremely pleased that the 2023 sale is being held.

Helen and Allan Trustum from Bentley have eight bulls they are hoping to sell in this year’s All Breeds Bull Sale. “We are feeling grateful that they are able to have the sale,” said Helen. “This is the only auction we go to each year, so it is our main source of income.

“We are pleased the council has come to some arrangements with the saleyard.”

Helen said this is a relief for many cattle owners hoping to sell their stock at the All Breeds Sale, but she knows there is a lot of work ahead.

“It’s going to take a mammoth task to get past all of this,” she said.

“We are glad though that the sale is still two weeks away as we spend a lot of time preparing the bulls, cataloguing them, and getting them semen tested, ready to sell.

“If the sale didn’t go ahead, we would have to sell them in the paddock or privately.

“This is not ideal and more difficult, as you can’t beat an auction for anything.”

The Sale Vendors are pleased to be able to give back to the local community as result of the Annual Sale and for many years has helped the chosen local charities. Assistance from the NRLX towards some sale day running costs additionally puts us in a better position to make further donations. This year the 3 chosen charities are the “Westpac Rescue Helicopter, Casino Volunteer Rescue Squad (VRA) & the fantastic Windara Tea rooms”. This was another driver to ensure the sale went ahead, as it contributes to 3 worthy community causes within the broader community , from Evans Head to Drake and beyond, a couple of services you hope you never need but are thankful for if you do… and we all know the great contribution Windara Tea Rooms make locally assisting and utilising staff needing some special support.

We all look forward to working collaboratively to ensure a successful 2023 event is held for the sale Vendors and for the benefit of the Richmond Valley community.