Agricultural Auction Sites & Markets

Aginfo

Provides a number of online "trading floors" (essentially a number of bulletin boards) for the Australian Meat Trading Floor, the Australian Livestock Trading Floor, the Australian Meat Market (www.australianmeat.com.au/market/) and the World Meat Exchange (www.worldmeat.net/exchange/).

AuctionCentre.com.au

AuctionCentre is an Australian owned company that exclusively auctions items on the Internet on behalf of authorised Sellers. The site offers a cooling off period of up to 7 days on goods purchased by auction through the site. This allows buyers to ensure that the item purchased are actually as they were described at the time of auction or their payment is returned. Similarly sellers cannot auction goods on the site until they have proven that they can meet AuctionCentre's strict requirements on both quality and service.

Products available for auction are listed under twenty major categories and include 4wd, Backhoe, Cars, Cotton Equipment, Crop Production Implements, Excavator, Harvester/Combines, Industrial Tractor, Spraying Equipment, Tillage Implements and Tractor.

AuctionsPlus

Provides electronic "sale by description" for live animals (cattle and sheep) and agricultural products (e.g. tractors, cropping, cotton equipment and more). AuctionsPlus facilitates the setting of a reserve price, commodity transactions and the legal change of ownership without the seller, buyer or product ever coming together at the time of the sale.

Elders

Included here for their listing of clearing sales and sale options for wool and livestock (auction, sale by tender, offer boards, exchange desk, private sale etc). Real estate is also offered for purchase, sale or rental.

Farm Trader

See Classifieds. Included here for their Farm and Machinery auctions service which brings buyers, sellers and auctioneers together.

HeavyEquipment.com.au

http://www.heavyequipment.com.au

See under Buying Machinery and Equipment. This site has been included here for its onine auctions of heavy machinery and equipment.

Rangeland

Rangeland auctioneers specialise in the auction and sale of all types of livestock, produce, farming machinery, products and services online, around the world 24 hrs a day. A classifieds section is available as well as national and international auction services.

Other features of the site include a news room containing the latest national and international agricultural news, over 30 discussion forums on a variety of ag-related subjects, and an (as yet sparsely populated) supplies and services business directory.

Tackroom.com.au

Tackroom is an equine and accessories sales and auction site. Animals and accessories are available for auction in 14 major categories ranging from horses, ponies, trucks and floats to books, toys and collectables.

The site also contains an extensive classifieds area incorporating the same 14 major categories, plus a couple more. There are also numerous online discussion forums and a chat room to facilitate communication with like minded folk.