Location:
"Ashby" is ideally positioned west of Clifton (25 km) and south-east of Pittsworth (30 km), roughly halfway between Toowoomba and Warwick. The property benefits from B-double road access and is only 7 km from the Ellangowan road train split pad.
• Clifton - 25 km, 20 min*
• Pittsworth - 30 km, 24 min*
• Warwick - 64 km, 50 min*
• Toowoomba - 52 km, 47 min*
• Brisbane - 180 km, 2 hrs 30 min*
Services: Mail 5 days/week, school bus access to Clifton Primary & Secondary schools, 3-phase power to house and sheds.
RPD:
• Lot 2658 A341179
• Lot 2776 A341361
• Lot 2 RP161506
Land Area: 244.5 ha (604 acres*)
Rates: $2,996.30 nett half-year*
Country & Pastures:
'Ashby' offers a well-balanced mix of open box country, comprising chocolate, light and dark soil types across gently rising terrain with established contour banks. All paddocks have been historically cultivated and are now sown to improved pastures, presenting productive and well-maintained country.
• Paddocks 1 & 4: Silk Sorghum & Endura Rhodes Grass
• Paddocks 3, 5 & 6: Rhodes Fine Stem, Premier Digit, Snail Medic
• Paddock 2: Endura Rhodes Grass & Oats (drone-sown & mapped 2025)
Fertiliser: 160 kg urea applied 14th Jan 2026
Feedlot:
• Licensed 450-head SCU (No. F1 - 0110)
• Concrete feed bunkers with steel rails, gravel laneways
• Pens: 200-head (East), 250-head (West) consisting of 5 pens each side
• 2 water troughs per pen (one pen has one trough & laneway trough)
• 3 x 5,000 gal water tanks, plus 1 x 5,000 gal backup water tank with radio level transmitter fitted located in Paddock 5
• Average weight gain: 1 kg/day* (grass-fed), 2 kg/day* (feedlot)
Water:
• 2 Bores: 14 megalitre intensive license with 3-phase submersible (1000 gal/hr) 240ft (73m*) deep ; solar equipped submersible stock/domestic bore (700 gal/hr) 320Ft (100m*)
• 2 Dams: 5 megalitre dam with electric pump
• Concrete Water troughs in each paddock and laneways with a 1 x 5000 Gal Cup and Saucer tank in Paddock 6
Cattleyards:
RPM-covered vet squeeze crush with curved dual-laneway race, elevated walkway, and three-way draft. Water connected to two pens, adjoining loading ramp; comfortably works 200 head.
Residence:
• 3-bedroom Queenslander with verandahs on 3 sides
• 1 bathroom, shower & toilet
• Electric oven & stove, dishwasher, 2 x split system air-conditioning, 4 fans, wood heater
• 8 kVA backup generator
• 3 x 5,000 gal water tanks
• 2-car detached carport
Improvements:
• 4-bay machinery & workshop shed 30 x 12m (one concrete bay, one roller door)
• 3-phase power, with 11Kw Solar connected on Machinery Shed
• 4-bay hay/feed mill shed 24 x 12m (1 concreted bay with power)
• Silos: 636t total grain storage (3 x 100t, 3 x 70t, 1 x 55t, 1 x 45t, 2 x 13t)
• 10t molasses tank, 6-inch 30ft electric auger (3-phase), 2 x 4-inch 16ft pencil augers (1 single, 1 three-phase), 22-inch Brecken 3 Phase roller mill
• Silage pits: 2,000t & 1,000t with gravel pads and concrete blocks
• 50t cotton seed pad
• Effluent pond with 3-cylinder Hatz diesel pump
Fencing:
Divided into six main paddocks, all with access to central laneway, yards, and feedlot. Mostly timber split posts with 4-strand barbed wire; some sheep netting.
Remarks:
A rare opportunity to acquire a tightly held rural holding offered to the market after 37 years of ownership. Ideally positioned close to key markets, grain and silage production areas, major road networks and local processors, "Ashby" enjoys road access to all blocks, including bitumen frontage along the north-eastern boundary. The property is within easy commuting distance of Toowoomba and Warwick and comprises a well-equipped cattle feedlot complemented by quality backgrounding and cropping country.
* = Approx.
Contact:
• Jonny Arkins - 0409 052 584
• Lee Doran - 0427 233 046
