2026 Competition Entries Are Now Closed
Platinum Sponsors
Alexander Downs
Alexander Downs Feedlot is a family-owned and vertically integrated agribusiness located near Merriwa, specialising in the backgrounding and finishing of quality cattle under commercial conditions. With a strong focus on animal welfare, performance and consistent results, the team at Alexander Downs plays a key role in delivering the Merriwa Feedlot Competition each year. They are proud to support local producers and the continued success of the competition.
Woolworths Meat
Woolworths Meat connects producers with one of the country’s largest retail markets, supporting a reliable and transparent supply chain from paddock to plate. With a focus on consistency, quality and long-term producer partnerships, Woolworths Meat plays an important role in strengthening Australia’s beef industry. They are proud major supporters of the Merriwa Feedlot Competition.
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Sutton's Livestock Veterinary Services
Sutton's Livestock Veterinary Services provide professional, practical veterinary care to livestock producers across the region, with a strong focus on herd health, productivity and on-farm results. With extensive experience in the beef industry, their team works closely with clients to deliver tailored advice and reliable support. Suttons are proud to support the Merriwa Feedlot Competition and the producers who make it possible.
Angus Australia & Weatherbys Scientific
Angus Australia is Australia's leading Angus breed society, supporting producers through industry-leading genetic evaluation and breed improvement programs. Their generous sponsorship has enabled the use of Angus SteerSELECT genomic testing on eligible high-Angus-content steers in the 2026 Merriwa Feedlot Competition, providing valuable insights into genetic potential and commercial performance.
Weatherbys Scientific is a global leader in livestock genomics, delivering advanced DNA testing and genetic solutions to the beef industry. Through its support of the competition, Weatherbys Scientific is helping advance innovation and research by providing valuable genomic data that complements feedlot and carcase performance results.
Gold Sponsors
Elders Merriwa
Elders Merriwa specialises in a range of agricultural services and stocke the rural products you need, for every season.
The Passionate, motivated team at Merriwa are your local agribusiness specialists, with the knowledge and experience to assist you and your business.
The branch is a proud supporter of the Merriwa community, sponsoring a number of community initiatives each year.
Abbey Animal Health
Established in 2013 by Mick Findlay, a dedicated professional with over 30 years of experience in the animal healthcare industry across Australia and New Zealand, we pride ourselves on our homegrown Australian roots and are committed to providing first-class solutions to improve animal welfare. Our motto “Local matters to us” shines through in everything we do; we are 100% Australian owned and support local communities in every corner of the country. We play our part in supporting the regional economy by only selling our rural products to local independent retailers that align with our brand values.
Coopers Animal Health
Coopers and Allflex proudly suppor the Australian feedlot industry with innovative vaccines, pharmeceutiicals, animal performance products and cattle monitoring solutions.
Their range, including Bovilis MH+IBR vaccine for Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD), Revalor implants and Allflex cattle tags help the feedlot sector improve animal health outcomes¹ and increase feedlot performance².
1. MLA, Controlling BRD in feedlot cattle, FL06, 2001.
2. Hormone growth promotants and beef production. A best practice guide, Meat and Livestock Australia, 2011.
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Rockwell Livestock & PBA Feeds
Rockwell Livestock is our local supplier of PBA Feeds. They are a critical contact for local Merriwa/Cassilis producers supplying bulk orders of dry and green feed loose licks and feedlot premixes all year round. Owner operators Tony and Heidi Inder are veterans of the Merriwa Feedlot Comp, initiating and developing the organisation and data analysis over many years. Their hands-on knowledge is second to none, running their own elite feedlot for many years. PBA feeds’ wide range of stockfeeds includes loose lick paddock supplements, concentrates for on farm mixing, mineral mixes, protein meals, complete feeds and various soy & grain products as well as custom mixes, including the very popular "Merriwa 8% and 12%" dry licks, specifically formulated for our region.
Supporting Sponsors
