Pint-sized Patrick no novice as beef cattle buyer

Vernon Graham
Updated January 26 2018 - 2:50pm, first published January 25 2018 - 6:00am
BARNAWARTHA BIDDER: Patrick Shanahan in a pen of steers at the recent weaner sales at Barnawartha near Wodonga where he was an active buyer on behalf of his siblings. Picture by RACHAEL WEBB.
BARNAWARTHA BIDDER: Patrick Shanahan in a pen of steers at the recent weaner sales at Barnawartha near Wodonga where he was an active buyer on behalf of his siblings. Picture by RACHAEL WEBB.

Meet Patrick Shanahan – a nine-year-old cattle entrepreneur who is cleverly using the family’s proximity to Wodonga’s Barnawartha saleyards to pick up mainly lightweight weaner steers. 

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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