Southern Cross Feedlot
| Name: | Southern Cross Feedlot |
| Address: | 53 Webb Road, Tintinara SA 5266, Australia |
| LGA/Council: | The Coorong District Council |
| Summary: | 'Southern Cross Feedlot' is a cow/cattle meat farm located in Tintinara, SA Australia. |
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| Last known status: | Open and operating |
| Listing updated: | 2026 |
| Listing ID: | 22ec2 |
| Website: | http://thomasfoods.com/ |
| Owned by: | Thomas Foods International Pty Ltd, ABN: 52 008 178 121 |
| Environmental authority licence/number: | 44882 |
| Total capacity: | 38,000 animals |
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Cows/cattleRecord as at 2 June 2026.
The Southern Cross Feedlot at Webb Road, Tintinara, in South Australia's Murray Mallee region, is South Australia's largest cattle feedlot, owned by Thomas Foods International and operating under South Australian EPA Licence 44882.
Established by the Vogt family in the early 1990s as Iranda Beef, the feedlot was expanded to 15,000 head after TFI entered a joint venture in 2014, then renamed Southern Cross after TFI bought out the Vogts to become sole owner.
It was expanded to 27,000 standard cattle units in 2023, and in September 2025 TFI submitted plans to the Coorong Council for a further expansion to 38,000 units. The feedlot confines cattle on grain for slaughter and is the primary source of cattle killed at TFI's Pallamana abattoir near Murray Bridge. It holds EU accreditation for grain-fed beef export and is regulated by the South Australian EPA for odour, wastewater and noise compliance.
Sources: Thomas Foods International website (thomasfoods.com); SA EPA (engage.epa.sa.gov.au); SA EPA Public Register (Licence 44882); Stock Journal (April 2023, September 2025); Beef Central (March 2023, September 2025).
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Thomas Foods makes multimillion-dollar investment - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
Thursday 4 Jun 2026 by
South Australian family-owned meat processing company Thomas Foods International is planning to invest $22 million to expand its Southern Cross Feedlot in Tintinara as SA beef exports continue to soar.The plan was submitted to the Coorong District Council to build 66 new shade-covered pens, with each accommodating 160 head of cattle.It would see the Tintinara feedlot capacity increase from 27,000 to 38,000 Standard Cattle Units and needs more hay and grain storage to be located near existing site infrastructure.Thomas Food's Southern Cross Feedlot General Manager James Sage said the proposal would boost operational demand for the Tintinara-based feedlot and generate employment opportunities... Read more >
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ABN Lookup
| ABN | 52 008 178 121 (open lookup) |
| Entity name |
THOMAS FOODS INTERNATIONAL PTY LIMITED (from 08 July 2013) T. & R. PASTORAL PTY. LTD. from 02 May 2002 to 08 July 2013 T. & R. PASTORAL PTY. LTD. from 22 April 2000 to 02 May 2002 |
| Business name | THOMAS FOODS INTERNATIONAL |
| ABN status | Active from 22 April 2000 |
| Entity type | Australian Private Company |
| Goods & Services Tax (GST) | Registered from 01 July 2000 |
| Main business location |
SA 5067 from 17 February 2020 SA 5253 from 26 June 2017 to 17 February 2020 SA 5253 from 22 April 2000 to 26 June 2017 |
| ABN last updated | 17 February 2020 |
| Extracted from ABR | 04 June 2026 |
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