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Wagyu beef, considered by the Japanese as the red-meat of choice

While the preferred cross in Australia is Wagyu-Angus, the Japanese breed a Wagyu-Freisan-Holstein cross.

After poor results using Australian rations, marbling improved markedly after trying a Japanese recipe.

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Marbling is graded between 1 and 9 in Australia, 9 being the highest.


They're bred from producers from as far as Victoria through to North Queensland.


The breed is renowned for its rich, marbled flesh.

Australia's biggest beef cattle company, AACo, has 7,000 Wagyu at its Aranui feedlot in central Queensland.
Less than 10 per cent of AACo's Wagyu is sold domestically. The majority goes to the US, Japan, Korea and South-East Asia.
Greg Gibbons, AACo Aroni Feedlots
07 4662 5200

Benita Davis, Executive Officer, Australian Wagyu Association
02 6773 2472