The Australian and Western Australian Cattle Industry Manus

The Australian and Western Australian Cattle Industry Manus Stockdale – Manager Beef Market & Supply Chain Development Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia 14 July 2015 Supporting your success

Summary • Overview of the Australian Beef Industry • The West Australian Beef Industry • Distribution • Live Exports • Beef Processing and Exports Supporting your success

Australian beef herd ~ 29 million (head) Turnoff 10. 4 million head (2013/14) Live Export 10% 1 million head Domestic Slaughter 90% 9. 4 million head Export (boxed beef) 72% Domestic consumption 28% Supporting your success Source: ABS 2013

WA Beef Sector – A Snapshot WA beef herd ~ 2 million (head) Turnoff 710, 000 head (FYE 2014) Live Export 43% 305, 000 head Domestic Slaughter 58% 413, 000 head Export (boxed beef) 34% Domestic consumption 66% Supporting your success

Northern Cattle • Tropically adapted • Perform better in hot conditions of the region • Predominantly Bos Indicus (Brahman and Brahman cross) • Genetic improvement and diversity – increasing suitability for quality slaughter markets Supporting your success

Pastoral Production Turnoff Mustering • April to November • Varies according to season & location Logistics • Trucked direct to export depot or to processor, or • Held in agricultural region for later export or processing Supporting your success

Southern Cattle • British & Euro breeds • Predominantly Bos Taurus (Angus, Hereford, Charolais) • Adapted to Mediterranean climate of the SW and South Coast • High meat quality • High weight for age Supporting your success

Agricultural Production Turnoff • • • Domestic slaughter and Live Export • Grain finished turnoff Jan- Aug • Grass finished turnoff Aug-Jan • Live export to Israel, Turkey, Jordan, Russia Supporting your success Calves born in Mar-April Calves are weaned from Mother in Dec Either lot fed or grass finished as yearling (18 months)

Live export in Western Australia Supporting your success

WA Live Export Ports • • There are five ports in Western Australia that load cattle for live export. Two in the southern WA - Fremantle and Geraldton, One in the Pilbara region - Port Hedland Two in the Kimberly region - Broome and Wyndham Broome Port Hedland Geraldton Fremantle Supporting your success

Live Exports by Port 2013 2014 300, 000 Head 250, 000 200, 000 150, 000 100, 000 50, 000 2013 2014 Broome 73, 099 100, 914 Supporting your success Fremantle 145, 492 136, 909 Geraldton 14, 475 15, 299 Pt Hedland 8, 300 - Wyndham 33, 521 27, 952 Total (WA) 274, 887 281, 074

Live Export Ships There are 25 live export ships that are approved to operate from Australian ports The total capacity of the approved 25 vessels is approximately 124, 500 head (dependant on cattle size). Supporting your success

Live Export Ships – Capacities SHEEP CATTLE SHIP (hd) AL MESSILAH 75000 and 800 AL SHUWAIKH 80, 000 and 700 BADER III 70, 000 and 9, 000 BARKLY PEARL 3, 000 BISON EXPRESS 3, 000 DAREEN 6, 500 DEVON EXPRESS 3, 000 FINOLA 2, 000 GHENA 15, 000 and 16, 000 GL LAN XIU 2, 000 LINCOLN EXPRESS 2, 000 MAYSORA 70, 000 and 9, 000 MURRAY EXPRESS 1, 100 NINE EAGLE 2, 000 OCEAN DROVER 75, 000 or 20, 000 OCEAN SWAGMAN 25, 000 or 7, 000 PEARL OF PARA 6, 000 SAHIWAL EXPRESS 3, 000 SHORTHORN EXPRESS 3, 400 TORRENS 4, 000 ANGUS EXPRESS 2, 500 BRAHMAN EXPRESS 3, 500 GALLOWAY EXPRESS 4, 000 GANADO EXPRESS 4, 000 GELBRAY EXPRESS 4, 000 Supporting your success OCEAN OUTBACK 25, 000 or 6, 000 Length (m) 185. 8 179. 8 204. 1 91. 5 122. 0 140. 0 116. 6 86. 0 190. 0 120. 0 85. 4 196. 0 73. 5 81. 0 180. 0 130. 0 140. 0 91. 5 116. 6 140. 6 103. 0 133. 4 134. 8 130. 0 Breadth (Beam) (m) 32. 00 26. 50 16. 20 15. 85 20. 50 16. 00 12. 00 32. 20 18. 30 14. 00 28. 40 11. 40 14. 00 31. 10 21. 60 20. 50 16. 80 16. 00 18. 00 16. 80 15. 85 19. 60 21. 60 Summer Draft (m) 9. 02 10. 60 10. 73 4. 45 5. 65 6. 20 5. 31 3. 80 9. 60 6. 30 3. 66 10. 02 3. 80 4. 00 8. 20 7. 80 5. 80 4. 26 6. 01 6. 40 6. 25 6. 16 6. 80 7. 80

Beef processing and exports Supporting your success

Beef processing in WA Processing Sector • Currently all the abattoirs are south of Geraldton with the larger export abattoirs in the south west • Abattoir under construction in Broome • Eight domestic only abattoirs • • Three major export abattoirs Harvey Beef, V&V Walsh and Western Meat Packers Supporting your success

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Beef Carcass Yield Beef Exports to typical Asian market by Cut Source: Department of Agriculture Australia Supporting your success

Points of Difference • Australia • Excellent disease free status (free from foot and mouth, BSE etc) • Individual animal traceability (whole of life) through the National Livestock Identification Scheme (NLIS) • Eating quality assurance program guaranteeing tenderness through Meat Standards Australia (MSA) • Western Australia • • • Highly capable live export industry with a long history Lower cost of production beef systems in the Kimberley Inherently high quality beef product produced from the south Two diverse production systems that are complementary for turn off Close proximity to South East Asia Supporting your success

Overview Northern pastoral production Advantages Low cost of production Seasonal reliability Proximity to South East Asian markets Disadvantages Distance to processors Southern Agricultural Beef Production Advantages High quality product fitting many beef markets and live cattle markets Disadvantage Moderate to high cost of production Processing Small scale volume compared to Eastern states Relatively high processing costs Short supply chains and opportunity for customer specific products Supporting your success

Thank you Important disclaimer The Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Agriculture and Food and the State of Western Australia accept no liability whatsoever by reason of negligence or otherwise arising from the use or release of this information or any part of it. Copyright © Western Australian Agricultural Authority, 2015 Supporting your success