Recording livestock movements at saleyards
You must record all animals moved to and from your saleyard in NAIT.
Receiving animals at a saleyard
If you're the Person in Charge of Animals (PICA) at a saleyard, you must record all movements of cattle and deer to the saleyard in NAIT within 48 hours of their arrival.
You'll need to provide:
- the sending NAIT location — that is, the number of the NAIT location where the animals were moved from
- the receiving NAIT location number — that is, the NAIT location number of your saleyard
- the RFID tag numbers of the animals
- the date the animals arrived at the saleyard.
If the saleyard PICA is an accredited entity, the vendor is not required to record a movement in NAIT.
Sending animals from the saleyard
As a saleyard PICA, you must also record all the animals that leave the saleyard after a sale in NAIT. You must do this within 48 hours from the day the animals leave the saleyard.
You'll need to provide:
- the sending NAIT location — that is, your NAIT location number
- the receiving NAIT location — that is, NAIT location number for the property the animals are moving to
- the RFID tag numbers of the animals
- the movement date: The date the animals were sent.
The PICA at the NAIT location you send the animals to must confirm the movement in NAIT within 48 hours of receiving the animals. The movement will remain ‘pending’ until it's confirmed by the receiver. You don't need to take any further action.
Animals that remain unsold
If you return animals to the vendor because they didn't sell, you must record in NAIT:
- a receiving movement when they arrive for the sale, and
- a sending movement from the saleyard back to their NAIT location.
If you have several NAIT location numbers
If animals are held in paddocks at your saleyard that have different NAIT location numbers, you must record movements in NAIT if you move the animals between those paddocks.
Animals sent directly to slaughter
If a meat processor buys animals from your saleyard, it's up to their buyer to provide you with the correct NAIT location number for their facility when they register the sale.
When you provide them with an Animal Status Declaration (ASD), give them the NAIT location number for your saleyard so they can update their NAIT records accurately.
If the saleyard and the meat processor have recorded the same movement information into NAIT, the system will identify the sending and the receiving movement and confirm it.
Sending untagged animals to a meat processor
Bobby calves, fallow deer and animals that are unsafe to tag don't need tags when you send them to a meat processor.
Completing Animal Status Declarations (ASDs)
As a saleyard, you must complete an ASD when you move animals between properties. This transfers vital health and disease information about them to the next PICA.