There are over 400 feedlots in Australia, and the majority of beef sold in supermarkets- around 80% - is sourced from the feedlot sector. Despite this, most people have never seen a feedlot, and are unaware of this industry's detrimental impacts.
This website aims to highlight Australian feedlots, for land owners, domestic and overseas consumers and governments. We have documented almost a quarter of the accredited feedlots in the country, to provide an honest and transparent glimpse of this industry, and the harm it causes to animals, the environment and human health.
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Pinegrove Feedlot
Pinegrove Feedlot is located on Barunggam country in the Toowoomba region of Queensland. This feedlot is owned and operated by Mort & Co, who also operate Grassdale Feedlot. This feedlot has a current capacity of around 9,700, but is licensed to double in size to 21,000. Most of the pens at Pinegrove house Black Angus…
Rangers Valley Feedlot
Rangers Valley Feedlot is located on Ngoorabul country, near Glenn Innes in the Glenn Innes Severn Shire area of New South Wales. This large feedlot has the capacity to hold around 40,000 cows, all of whom will have no access to shade or shelter. As the feedlot specialises in long-fed Angus or Wagyu, cows will…
Ravensworth Feedlot
Ravensworth Feedlot is located on Nari Nari country, near Hay in the Riverina Region of New South Wales. This feedlot currently holds 36,000 cows, and was recently approved to expand to 100,000 cows. Thousands of animals at this feedlot have no access to shade or shelter. In the pens that do have shelter, there isn’t…
Risdon Park Feedlot
Risdon Park Feedlot is located on Bundjalung country, near Silverwood in Queensland’s Southern Downs region. This is a very small feedlot, located just 270 metres from Rosenthal Creek, and part of the property is mapped as a flood hazard area. This feedlot does not provide any shade or shelter for the cows.
Roxborough Feedlot
Roxborough Feedlot is located on Barunggam country, near Miles in the Western Downs of Queensland. This feedlot recently doubled in size with an expansion to a capacity of 13,200 cows. The feedlot offers some shade for the cows, however there isn’t enough for all at the same time. On the day the footage was taken,…
Sandalwood Feedlot
Sandalwood Feedlot is located on Barunggam country, near Dalby in the Darling Downs of Queensland. This feedlot is owned and operated by the Korean company, LOTTE International, which produce the ‘L’grow Wagyu’ brand of beef. Wagyu cows are kept here for a minimum of 400 days. This large feedlot is located just 270 m from…
Sapphire Feedlot
Sapphire Feedlot is located on Kamilaroi country, near Goondiwindi in the Goondiwindi region of Queensland. This feedlot is owned and operated by Smithfield Cattle Company, which also owns Smithfield Feedlot, also featured on this website. Sapphire Feedlot is located just 670 metres from the Dumaresq River, and almost the entire feedlot is mapped as a…
Saxby Feedlot
Saxby Feedlot is located on Gubbi Gubbi country, near Goomeri in the Gympie region of Queensland. This feedlot is located only 60 metres from Kabunga Creek, and a large part of the feedlot, including the effluent pond, is mapped as a flood hazard area. This feedlot does not provide any shade or shelter for the…
Smithfield Feedlot
Smithfield Feedlot is located on Wakka Wakka country near Proston in the South Burnett region of Queensland. This feedlot is owned and operated by Smithfield Cattle Co, who also own Sapphire Feedlot, which is also featured on this website. This large feedlot is located only 680 metres from Stuart River, and parts of the property…
Spion Kop Feedlot
Spion Kop Feedlot is located on Yiman country, near Taroom in the Banana region of Queensland. This small feedlot is situated just 40 metres from Eurombah Creek, and the entire feedlot is mapped as a flood hazard area. On the day we visited the feedlot, we observed what appeared to be algal blooms in all…
Stanbroke Feedlot
Stanbroke Feedlot is located on Barunggam country in the Western Downs of Queensland. This feedlot is one of the largest in Australia, with a recent expansion taking the total capacity to around 50,000 cows. The feedlot is 2.8 km from the Condamine River, and a large part of the property is mapped as a flood…
Stanhope Feedlot
Stanhope Feedlot is located on Wakka Wakka country in the South Burnett region of Queensland. This feedlot is surrounded by habitat for endangered or vulnerable wildlife and is only 330 metres from Una Creek. The cows at this feedlot are not provided with any shade or shelter.