Elders Rural Services Pty Ltd has been appointed by the Scott Family of Mt Gambier to take to market the assets of the Ray Scott Pastoral Company in Queensland.
The aggregation is made up of six properties and spans some of the most productive areas of Queensland, from St George in the South to Charters Towers in the north.
| Property | Location | Approximate Area | |
| Ha | Acres | ||
| Carse O Gowrie | Ravenswood on the Burdekin River | 59,517 | 147,000 |
| Fairfield North | Bauhinia | 7,536 | 18,613 |
| Fairfield Central | Bauhinia | 7,859 | 19,413 |
| Fairfield South | Bauhinia | 13,160 | 32,506 |
| Echo Hills | Surat | 8,907 | 22,710 |
| Ingaby | St George on the Balone River | 10,526 | 22,184 |
| Total | 107,503 | 265,532 | |
The properties have been acquired over several generations of the Scott family with Ray Scott significantly expanding the pastoral holdings over the last 20 years. Ray Scott targeted high quality, productive assets with land use options such as beef breeding, fattening and extensive dry land farming.
Elders General Manager Farmland and Agribusiness Investments Mark Barber said it is rare that such a large number of high quality properties are presented to the market at one time.
“Ray Scott, who passed away in 2020, has left an incredible legacy, and Elders is privileged to have been entrusted with this transaction by the Scott family,” said Mr Barber.
The portfolio has been strategically assembled to enable breeding, finishing, and fattening of cattle across central Queensland creating a highly productive vertically integrated beef production enterprise. The portfolio offers geographic and climate diversity, access to live export, feedlots, and beef processing.
The extensive arability of Ingaby and the Fairfield Aggregation also provides enterprise diversity by way of large-scale dry land farming.
The Fairfield Aggregation is considered the jewel in the crown, comprising approximately 28,555ha of some of the most fertile country in Queensland in the renowned Bauhinia district. The property has been extensively pasture improved.
Ingaby is an excellent backgrounding property with centre pivot irrigation for fodder or fattening. Echo Hills and Carse O Gowerie are high quality, large scale, breeding properties with further development opportunities.
Located in Central Queensland the Fairfield Aggregation is ideally suited to growing out and fattening cattle from Western and Northern Queensland, and/or producing large amounts of fodder and grain.
Executive General Manager Network Tom Russo said the sales process for Ray Scott Pastoral will formally launch in early June 2024.
“We expect strong interest from all segments of the market with strong competition for individual parcels, combinations of assets and for the portfolio as a whole”, said Mr Russo.