Thompson Longhorn, est. 1983

Safer yards.Quieter cattle.Faster days.

Thompson Longhorn designs, builds and installs cattle handling equipment in Australian steel — from a single crush to a complete feedlot or saleyard.

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  • Est. 1983
  • Designed and built in Goomburra, Queensland
  • Australian steel
  • Installed across Australia and overseas

What are you running?

Every operation moves cattle differently. Start with yours.

Station or farm

Yards and handling gear sized for your herd, your country and your crew.

See station and farm yards

Feedlot

High-throughput induction, processing and hospital facilities built for welfare and speed.

See feedlot projects

Saleyard

Selling centres that move cattle calmly and keep buyers, agents and staff safe.

See saleyard projects

Equipment

Standard units ready to go, or custom work from our own design office.

All equipment
Photo to comeMonarch restrainer in a working race

Cattle handling equipment

Crushes, restrainers, gates and races — the working centre of any yard.
Photo to comeAuto drafting centre — waiting bay, restrainer and 4-way draft

Auto drafting systems

Weigh, identify and draft stock automatically — the system we pioneered.
Photo to comeCalf cradle in use at marking

Calf and weaner equipment

Cradles, races and lanes sized for smaller animals and gentler handling.
Photo to comeCustom camel handling crate in the factory

Custom equipment

If the standard unit doesn't fit, our designers will build what does.

How a project runs

  1. Consult

    We visit, walk your yards and talk through how you work.

  2. Design

    2D layouts, 3D models and walkthroughs, so you see it before we cut steel.

  3. Manufacture

    Built in our Goomburra factory from Australian steel.

  4. Install

    Our crews install anywhere in Australia and manage the job start to finish.

  5. Support

    Field service and parts for the life of the equipment.

More about how we work

“The squeeze and anti-backing ratchet put you in complete charge of even the biggest, stroppy animals.”

John BrandonBoomerang Park, QueenslandThompson Longhorn customer for nearly sixteen years

Forty years in the yards

We've been designing and building cattle handling equipment since 1983. We were the first in Australia to offer computer-controlled drafting, and we still build everything in our own factory at Goomburra on the Darling Downs.

Our designs come from the people who use them — producers, lot feeders, saleyard operators and animal behaviourists — and every one of them is built to do the same three things: keep people safe, keep cattle calm, and get the job done faster.

About the company

Ready to talk yards?

Call us weekdays 8am to 5pm, or send a message and we'll call you back.

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