Victoria's saleyard closures | Stock & Land
Nine Victorian livestock saleyards have shut down in the past 20 years due to financial and logistical challenges.
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00:00It's the end of an era here at Pakenham with the fine and still cattle sale being held.
00:18And it marks the end of 170 years of cattle selling facilities in Melbourne.
00:25Our legacy is a good one. It's been great for the industry.
00:31We've changed forever what the expectations are of Australia.
00:39It's probably an end of an era. This is where a few of us actually first started selling, which goes back nearly 40 years.
00:45Yeah, it is a bit emotional for a few people, that's for sure.
00:48It's great irony today that I see so many people here, that if we had this many people here on a regular basis
00:53we wouldn't be where we are now. But that is the way it is unfortunately.
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