Livestock Breeding Property For Sale With Development Potential

Rural Property For Sale NSW Boasts Scale + Proven Productivity

This rural property for sale offers a high-rainfall grazing asset with scale and future subdivision potential, superbly located between Yass and Canberra in a rapidly expanding region of New South Wales.

Spanning approximately 1,308.6 hectares (3,233.6 acres), large-scale properties such as this, within an easy commute to Canberra, are rare to the market.

This rural property for sale NSW offers a high-rainfall grazing asset with scale and future subdivision potential

Known as ‘Waratah’, the property boasts scale and proven productivity ideally suited to all livestock enterprises. The property currently runs around 2,500 composite ewes in a store-lamb breeding system.

An attractive undulating and rolling hill landscape with north-easterly aspect, underpinned by productive sedimentary derived soils, supports native perennial and clover pastures, with native grasses comprising Microlaena, Danthonia and Red Grass. The open grazing areas are regularly fertilised with triple single superphosphate (approximately 65kg per hectare).

This rural property for sale NSW comprises an undulating and rolling hill landscape with productive sedimentary derived soils

The undulating topography offers excellent natural shelter for lambing ewes and presents a well-balanced mix of open grazing areas and native timber.

Located within an 810mm pa rainfall zone, water security is a key feature of ‘Waratah’, with a new reticulated water scheme feeding off a bore and supplying header tanks and a network of troughs. Complementing this is approximately 3.5km of dual frontage to three spring-fed creeks and dams. Domestic water is stored in tanks with a total capacity of 130,000 litres, servicing the cottage and shearing shed.

This rural property for sale NSW features a new reticulated water scheme feeding off a bore and supplying tanks and troughs

Subdivided into 19 paddocks, the property boasts quality infrastructure improvements, including around 60km of new fencing which includes an extensive laneway system, supported by a four-stand shearing shed, and steel sheep and cattle yards.

There’s also a three-bedroom, two-bathroom cottage featuring an open-plan kitchen, dining and living area, set within low-maintenance gardens of lawns and established trees.

This rural property for sale NSW boasts new fencing, shearing shed, sheep and cattle yards, and three-bedroom house

Enhancing the property’s value, ‘Waratah’ boasts council road frontage (approximately 4km) and convenient access to Canberra, providing a future subdivision opportunity with the Yass Valley Council minimum lot size of around 40 hectares (with averaging).

‘Waratah’ is ideally situated 42km south of Yass and 48km from Canberra’s city centre – and within easy reach of livestock selling centre at Yass and Wagga Wagga, and abattoir facilities at Junee, Young, Wagga Wagga, Gundagai and Cootamundra.

The property is being offered for sale by Private Treaty for $5.75 million ($1,778 per acre). Click on the following link for more information on this large-scale rural property for sale at 1208 Sawyers Gully, Yass, NSW.