EXTENT
± 1 028 ha
GRAZING CAPACITY
8 ha/LSU
GRAZING CAMPS
5
BOREHOLES
2 Mono pumps fitted
Grazing this good does not come to the market often. The national grazing capacity map rates this veld at eight hectares per large stock unit, the strongest rating anywhere in the Kalahari belt and well ahead of the ten to fifteen hectares typical of the drier western bushveld. On a block of this size that is a working herd of around one hundred breeding cows, with room to build further as the camp system is extended.
This is sweet bushveld, not sour grassland. Deep red Kalahari sands that drink a hard rain without ever turning sour underfoot, carrying grazing that holds its feed value right through the dry winter months. Rainfall falls in 400-600mm band, which is generous for this part of the country and enough to put real body on a calf before weaning day.
WHAT YOU GET
A compact, near square block, easy to fence and quick to work from end to end
Five established grazing camps, already set up for rotational grazing
Two boreholes, both equipped with mono pumps
A cattle post on the farm
Good natural sweet bushveld grazing throughout
District gravel road along the boundary, tar within a few kilometres
Clean, long standing title with no bond registered
WHAT THE FARM COULD TURN OVER
Gross turnover is not profit. Licks, animal health, herd replacement, fuel, labour, repairs and overheads still come off, and a commercial cow-calf herd typically retains somewhere between 45 and 55 percent of turnover once everything is paid. Use the middle row, roughly R780 000 to R835 000 of gross turnover at a conservative 10 hectares per large stock unit,
AND THE MARKET IS RIGHT ON YOUR DOORSTEP
You are farming in the Vryburg district, the historic heart of South Africa’s western cattle country and the town they call the Texas of South Africa.
The largest weaner calf auctions in the country are held in this region, with feedlot buyers travelling in from every province to bid, and there is a commercial beef abattoir in Vryburg itself. A producer here does not go looking for a market. The market comes to him.
The timing is in your favour too. Weaner calf prices have climbed through 2026 and are trading above fifty rand a kilogram, roughly a third higher than a year ago, as the national herd rebuilds and supply stays tight. For anyone stepping into a cow and calf operation, it is the strongest price environment in a decade.
SETTLEMENT NEARBY
A village settlement edge lies about 120 metres from the boundary. It cuts both ways and should be presented that way: labour, a school, a clinic and supplies are close at hand, and the boundary fence and grazing control need to be properly maintained. Budget the perimeter fence as a first-year item.
Ideal for cattle or mixed livestock farming, whether you are expanding an existing herd or buying your first commercial unit