Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 2pm, Tue 9 Dec 2025

Situated in the heart of the Fairlie Basin, this expansive deer and beef farming enterprise is offered to the market as our vendors scale back their farming operations.
Mowbray Deer Farm comprising 1,211 hectares (more or less) is a large scale breeding property focused on producing quality weaners from around 1,000 mixed age red hinds and 200 Hereford and Angus/Hereford cows. The farm also supports sheep grazing, hunting, and a tourism venture, featuring Sutherlands Hut, the oldest surviving shepherd’s hut in New Zealand, built in 1866.
Located just approximately 17km away, Butler Springs covers 332 hectares (more or less) and is fully deer fenced. This property complements Mowbray’s operation by managing the weaners and velvet production from 700 plus stags and an additional 600 deer (including fawns, hinds, and surplus stags). Butler Springs also carries finishing cattle, dairy grazers, and sheep grazing. Improvements include a spacious three bedroom character homestead and a comprehensive range of stock handling facilities, all situated in a recognized summer safe area approximately 20km from Fairlie.
Together, these two properties offer a secure and consistent supply of store stock, with flexible multi class finishing options, and diversified income streams through tourism, hunting and dairy grazing. Both farms present excellent potential for further development, and purchase options are available, either as a combined operation or as individual properties.