Beef Central’s exclusive Top 25 Livestock Transporters list for the first time ranks the nation’s largest stock transporters, by one-time uplift capacity. This authoritative list will be kept as a permanent feature on Beef Central to act as a handy reference tool for industry stakeholders. Click here to view.
Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025
In an attempt to show the skill that drives Australia’s cattle industry, Beef Central tagged along with Frasers Transport Livestock Central Qld compliance manager Athol Carter as he carefully assembled a b-triple road train and headed out to Gracemere Saleyards to help load some cattle…Read More
Eric Barker, 15/04/2025
Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025
Warwick-based Frasers Livestock Transport fleet size may not have changed much since the 2013 Top 25 but the company is moving more cattle than ever using less resource due to an operational strategy employed over the past 10 years…Read More
Eric Barker, 15/04/2025
Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025
Welcome to Beef Central’s Top 25 Livestock Transporters feature, profiling one of the most important and often overlooked links in the complex Australian meat and livestock supply chain. Presented over the next three weeks will be a comprehensive summary on the Australia’s livestock transport industry, and its largest players…Read More
Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025
With more than half a century of history and a strong customer base behind it, O’Sullivan’s Livestock Transport has become a prominent player in Australia’s livestock transport sector and one of the nation’s largest carriers of both sheep and cattle…Read More
James Nason, 14/04/2025
Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025
During the course of our research for Beef Central’s Top 25 stock transporters feature, we spoke to almost 70 operators Australia-wide. A number went close, but ultimately fell just outside the 51 decks required to make this year’s cut. Here’s a quick summary..Read More
Beef Central, 09/04/2025
Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025
Across the endless red dirt roads and vast plains of Western Australian cattle country, red and white Mitchell’s Livestock Transport trucks travel over four million kilometres and transport over 650,000 cattle and 300,000 sheep every year…Read More
James Nason, 11/04/2025
Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025
South Australian-based Trans Australian Livestock Transport has expanded over the past 26 years, in line with the company’s two largest customers – red meat processors Thomas Foods International and Midfield Group…Read More
Jon Condon, 10/04/2025
Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025
Raised in a family of well-known Victorian stock agents, a future in livestock was always on the cards for Dom Shanahan. Today, Shanahans Transport runs a fleet of 35 prime movers, with single uplift capacity of up to 120 decks ..Read More
James Nason, 09/04/2025
Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025
Normanton-based Hawkins Transport is a growing transport business based on doing the tough work others do not want to do…Read More
Eric Barker, 08/04/2025
Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025
What makes a good livestock transporter? What are the front of mind issues occupying the minds of livestock transporters? And where’s the best place to get a feed on the road? Beef Central asked these questions and more to five leading rural transporters at the ALRTA 40th anniversary National Rural Carriers Convention in Canberra on Friday…Read More
James Nason, 07/04/2025
Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025
Australian livestock transport industry lifetime achievers and rising stars were honoured at a gala dinner celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association in Canberra on Saturday night…Read More
James Nason, 07/04/2025
Top 25 Livestock Transporters 2025
In a reflection of the increase in livestock numbers travelling between Tasmania and mainland Australia, Page Transport has moved up 10 places in this year’s top 25 livestock transporters list…Read More
Eric Barker, 07/04/2025