WARRNAMBOOL’S livestock saleyards will close next year after the city’s council voted to cease the cattle-selling centre’s operation despite a groundswell of support from farmers and stock agents.
With mayor Debbie Arnott casting the deciding vote before about 150 protesting residents, farmers and stock agents, a motion to cease operating the South-West Victorian Livestock Exchange as a selling yard by 30 June 2023 was carried 4-3.
At its peak, the SWVLX had an annual throughput of more than 100,000 head of cattle and was ranked in the top five selling centres in Victoria for cattle…
