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Advertising with the AWA

Advertising with the Australian Wagyu Association is a unique opportunity to reach an ever-growing global Wagyu network.

We offer a mix of online and offline advertising that enables advertisers to share their news to particular segments of the Wagyu community and that matches the marketing budget.

Included in our media kit is a range of options for those considering having a sale for their genetics or animals.

Are you having a sale and need help advertising?

The AWA offers a number of valuable advertising opportunities for members holding a sale.

Wagyu Sales Hub

AWA has launched a new home for all global Wagyu Sales – the Wagyu Sales Hub. Listing your sale on the Sales Hub will give you access to a global audience. Hosted on AWA’s website, we will create a web page exclusively for your sale. Including a summary of your sale, images, links to catalogues and highlight lots and more information.

Enquire today.

Weekly Sales Update (online email marketing)

Member rate
AUD $332 per listing  (excl. GST)
USD $233 per listing  

Share your upcoming Wagyu sale to the growing global Wagyu community by listing your upcoming auction or on-farm animal sale, animals or property for sale or wanted advertisement within our Weekly Sales Update Email. Distributed to more than +2360 subscribers, this is an excellent way to talk to potential Wagyu buyers and sellers of genetics and livestock in the Wagyu industry.

Each listing can include:

  • up to two images per listing
  • a brief 150-word description
  • name and date of the sale or auction (if applicable),
  • contact name, phone number and email for all enquiries
  • link to a website and/or external online catalogue
  • link to a PDF flyer or sale catalogue
  • link/s to the AWA HerdBook as an EBV & Pedigree Listing

Bookings are to be submitted using the online form no later than 5 days before you wish your listing to feature in the Weekly Sale update.

Wagyu Quarterly Update magazine

The Wagyu Quarterly Update magazine is the definitive resource for industry news and is your gateway to the latest breed research and development, genetic improvement, and supply chain management. Reaching a subscriber—and member-based audience, the Wagyu Quarterly is a ready reference for the industry.

Published four times a year, the magazine is distributed in print and digital, ensuring you’re always in the know.

Next issue: Summer 2024/25

Advertising bookings for the next issue are open now.

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Website and eNEWS newsletter

The Australian Wagyu Association offers advertisers the opportunity to speak directly to key stakeholders within the domestic and global Wagyu marketplace.

You can choose to post a banner advertisement on our website or advertise in our monthly Wagyu Sector Update eNewsletter emailed to our growing subscriber list.

Our monthly Wagyu Sector Update eNewsletter is sent to a subscribed list of readers for timely information regarding Wagyu industry news, updates, industry events and offers.  Advertisers have the ability to reach a qualified audience.

Important Notice and Disclaimer


It is very important that you appreciate when viewing the AWA database that the information contained on the AWA database, including but not limited to pedigree, DNA information, Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) and Index values, is based on data supplied by members and/or third parties.

Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information reported through AWA, AWA officers and employees assume no responsibility for its content, use or interpretation. AWA disclaims all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages and costs you may incur as a result of the use by you of the data on this AWA database and the information supplied by ABRI and AGBU being inaccurate or incomplete in any way for any reason.

Regarding EBVs and Index values, it is very important to appreciate, and you need to be aware that:

  • EBVs are derived using Wagyu Single Step BREEDPLAN technology developed independently by the Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU), using the information contained within the AWA database.
  • AGBU is a joint venture of NSW Department of Primary Industries and the University of New England, which receives funding for this purpose from Meat and Livestock Australia Limited.
  • AWA relies solely on advice provided by AGBU and ABRI in accepting Wagyu Single Step BREEDPLAN software.
  • EBVs published in Wagyu Single Step BREEDPLAN are estimates of genetic potential of individual animals and may not reflect the raw animal phenotype.
  • EBVs can only be directly compared to other EBVs calculated in the same monthly Wagyu Group BREEDPLAN analysis.

Regarding pedigree and DNA testing results submitted to the AWA, it is very important to appreciate, and you need to be aware that:

  • Pedigree and DNA data submitted and supplied to AWA may have errors in it which cannot be detected without further DNA testing.
  • Technology may have advanced since a particular test was undertaken so that previous inaccuracies which were not detectable are now able to be detected by current testing technology.
  • AWA estimates that less than 1% of the pedigree entries, ownership or breeding details in the AWA Herdbook may have errors or which may be misleading. For this reason, users ought to consider if they need to obtain independent testing of the relevant animal (if possible) to ensure that the data is accurate.

Regarding prefectural content, it is very important to appreciate, and you need to be aware that:

  • Prefectural content is based on the estimation of prefectural origin from Japanese breeding records of 201 foundation sires and 168 foundation dams.  As genotype-based parent verification is not used in Japan, and full Japanese registration certificates are not available for all foundation animals, exact prefectural composition for these sires and dams cannot be validated.
  • The calculation of prefectural content for Australian Herdbook animals relies on the accuracy of pedigree records and DNA samples provided by AWA members.
  • The reporting of prefectural content for animals within the AWA Herdbook relies on the calculation provided by ABRI.

If you consider that you do not understand or appreciate the nature and extent of the data provided on this website or the EBVs of a particular animal, then AWA strongly recommends that you seek independent expert advice.