For a sustainable & reliable solution to increasing the profitability of your business, think Calico.

Livestock bred for the north, south and everywhere in between, Calico Pastoral produces truly tough animals. Bred to exceed the fertility and productivity standards the south expects with the resilience demanded of animals in the north.

 
 
 

Calico Pastoral is a family owned and operated business.

Calico Pastoral is a family owned and operated business local to the Mary Valley in Southeast Queensland, founded on the philosophy for producing low input and low impact animals for an environmentally conscious market. At Calico Pastoral we produce superior genetically diverse seed-stock for maximising the productivity and profitability of your herd.

meet Our Animals

  • Calico Pastoral produces tropically adapted and drought tolerant F1 ‘Brangadais’ cattle along with registered purebred Bazadais and Brangus cattle. Our Brangadais cattle are low maintenance, resilient and highly productive. We breed for greater foraging and feed efficiency on pasture, superior resistance to parasites and bloat, and calm temperament. Our animals are exclusively polled and exhibit a moderate frame, sleek short coats with pigmented skin, and lean muscular carcass traits. Furthermore, we select animals to maintain easy calving and low birth weight, ensure rapid growth and earlier maturation, and provide superior fertility compared other breeds in produced in northern Australia.

  • Calico Pastoral is your solution to superior purebred stud Wiltshire Horn sheep genetics. Wiltshire Horn sheep with their naturally shedding wool, ability perform in tough conditions and good mothering ability are an ideal choice for the low input sheep producer. They are intelligent and notoriously protective in nature with high fertility and twinning rates. We select for large frames with long bodies, good muscling, and lean meat which is favoured by the domestic market. We are the only accredited Wiltshire Horn sheep stud in Queensland and northern Australia. Crutching, mulesing, docking, dipping, or treating for lice or fly strike are a thing of the past with these brilliant sheep. They are truly a low maintenance sheep. We love our Wilties and know you will too!