In Their Words: Consistency Is King
24 July 2026
Tim Mitchell,
Livestock Procurement Manager
Condabri Beef
Image Credit: Condabri Beef
When you’re inducting thousands of cattle a week, you notice the lines that make life easy. From the feedlot side of the industry, Jarrah-sired cattle have earned a simple reputation: they turn up right, they get on feed, and they perform.
Tim handles procurement for Condabri Beef, a 36,000-head feedlot, feeding 100-day cattle, predominantly for export into Southeast Asian markets. There’s no romance in the brief.
“It’s a very commercial yard. It’s just as much beef as we can,” Tim said.
That commercial lens is exactly what makes his read on Jarrah genetics worth hearing. Over the last eight plus years the yard has fed thousands of Jarrah-bred cattle.
“No news is good news. They’re always good performers; they’re always in good health. They roll through.”
In a 100-day program built around growth and hitting market specs, having the right type of cattle matters from the moment the truck arrives.
“To be able to grow to 700 kilos fast, you need the conformation and the bone and the right type of steer to do that from day one. Jarrah’s cattle have always had that. They’re always a nice line of steers, consistent right through the mob.”
That consistency carries through induction. Knowing the health protocols behind the cattle before they arrive means they hit the yard ready to perform.
“They’re always healthy and ready to feed. It doesn’t take a lot of effort to get them onto feed and performing from the early days.”
And at the other end, the result stands up against anything the yard feeds.
“They’ve always hung up well for us. Commercially, sourcing these lines makes sense.”
“At the end of the day, consistency is king for us. If we can consistently feed cattle year-round and know that we’re going to perform, then we stay in business.”
For producers breeding steers with a feedlot exit in mind, that’s the commercial case from the buying side: a line of cattle the big yards already know, compete for, and come back to.
