What is VAG?

Retail Component

Livestock Marketing and Retail

Livestock are sold at various stages of growth – e.g. graziers may sell cattle to feedlots that custom feed the cattle, and then export them as live animals or sell them to processing plants for meat production. Many different selling systems exist to cater for the various markets within Australia and around the world including:

• Saleyard Auctions
• Direct Consignment
• AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd
• On Property Auctions and Feature Sales
• Forward Contract
• Over The Hooks Marketing
• Export
• Livestock Export

There are very exact specifications for each market available to commercial producers of beef cattle. The three main markets see include:

Store market

- for feedlot, grass/crop finishers

Domestic market

- for light weight animals – inlcudes butchers, Hotels and Institutions, Supermarkets

Export market

- for heavy weight animals- Japan, USA, Korea, EU