Locations: Smithfield Feedlot, Proston Qld; Sapphire Feedlot, Goondiwindi Qld
Capacity: 38,499 SCU
2015 Top 25 position: 13; 2003 position: 9
SMITHFIELD Cattle Company is a specialist custom feeding operation across two yards in Central and Southern Queensland.
Owned and operated by the Shearer-Smith siblings, Smithfield has moved up the list since 2015 – with the purchase of Sapphire Feedlot near Goondiwindi in 2016.
Custom-feeding takes up 70pc of the company’s capacity, with a long-fed Wagyu program taking up 40pc, another 40pc in the short-fed market and an Angus program taking up…
