Fifth-generation
Australian Wagyu
King River is a fifth-generation family business producing Australian Wagyu across 250,000 hectares of Queensland grazing country. Stewarded by the Kemp and Rich families, our operation blends heritage and precision to craft Wagyu worthy of the world’s most discerning tables.
From ensuring our cattle eat the very best steam-flaked grain to serving an exquisite MB9+ eye fillet at a world-renowned restaurant, we define luxury at each step of our paddock-to-plate promise.
Chosen early for their genetic attributes, Red Label by King River delivers the distinctive King River Wagyu flavour and tenderness in a more accessible offering. It offers a subtle, balanced marbling, practical cut sizes and full beef flavour.
Our signature range. King River is our legendary Wagyu with deep flavour, generous richness and the eating experience our name is built on. Our paddock-to-plate ethos delivers large, stress-free Wagyu who produce fine marbling, nutrient-dense meat and versatile end products.
The rarest expression of our program. Produced in deliberately small numbers, Jewel is for occasions and tables where only the extraordinary will do. 100% Australian beef, drawn from top-tier Japanese Wagyu genetics developed and held within our own herd. Jewel Wagyu experience luxury. From paddock to processing, their meticulous treatment ensures the highest marbling and an exquisite taste experience.
Our brand promise, ‘Together, we grow’, is hardwired throughout our vertically integrated supply chain. Our stations cover over a quarter of a million hectares of pristine Queensland land, to produce a standard of Wagyu beef that is highly sought after and featured on fine dining menus in 45 countries.
Every animal we raise carries a lineage of outstanding breeding and care; our obligation to excellence runs five generations deep.
Logistics & Supply Chain
When our herds have grown on our quarter of a million hectares of pristine Queensland land, they are finished at Lotus Park Feedlot. We grow much of their feed, processed on-site, with steam-flaked grain on the daily menu.
King River orders are processed and packed at fully export-accredited abattoirs. With over 200 years of collective expertise in cattle farming, King River has crafted a sophisticated enterprise platform that monitors each order and shipment in real time, and allows our partners to customise, order and track every action.
The result is our robust, dependable supply chain with unrivalled product consistency. It’s the King River way.
PArtnering with King River
Together, we grow.
We select partners the way we select genetics: for the long term. King River works with distributors who want to build our brand in their market, not simply move volume. That philosophy has built relationships that weather disruption, absorb volatility, and deepen with every order.
From Queensland, our team supplies 45 export markets via 25 distributors, and no order strains us. Purpose-built technology runs forecasting, allocation and logistics in real time behind every consignment, giving our partners transparent and reliable supply.
Fifth-generation Queensland Wagyu producer, King River, has partnered with iconic Brisbane restaurant, Moo Moo The Wine Bar + Grill to curate and unveil The King River Room, marking a significant milestone in the company’s evolution from cattle producer to globally recognised premium beef brand and global foodservice partner. Opening to the public in…
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In early April, we welcomed a group of our partners and customers to experience the King River operation from the inside. Not a product presentation or a curated highlight reel — we revealed the full picture, from our feedlot at Lotus Park to the conference floor at the Brisbane Convention Centre. Starting in Central…
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Five years in, King River has a new look for a new era. Our first independent export left Australia for Singapore in January 2022. Since then, we’ve grown into more than 45 markets, with King River Wagyu on the menus of some of the world’s leading steak restaurants. None of that happened by…
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