Premium Australian Lamb
Quality and Consistency You Can Count On
With an annual processing capacity of 3.2 million head a year, we use innovative technology and state-of-the-art facilities to produce:
Grass-fed smallstock options
Chilled & Frozen
Primal Cuts
6-way cuts
Whole carcasses
Vacuumed packed individual cuts
Offal
As specialists in grass-fed lamb, we hand-pick only the best producers to work with. Our lamb is sourced from southern Australia where the high rainfall and lush green pastures make it an ideal environment to produce the best product.
Our processing plant, centrally located in Victoria and close to major air and seaports, ensures you get a premium, consistent product year round.
Our processing plant, centrally located in Victoria and close to major air and seaports, ensures you get a premium, consistent product year round.
Our Primal Cuts
With our processing plant on-site, we can tailor our product offering to suit your specifications and guarantee a quality supply of lamb year-round
Rack
Rack is prepared from a side by the removal of the forequarter (item 4970) by a straight cut along the contour of the specified rib and by a cut at ring angle through the thoracic vertebrae severing the backbone. The breast & flap cutting in is at a specified distance from the ventral edge of the loin eye muscle and cut parallel to the backbone measured at the cranial end.
Loin
Loin is prepared from a side and is removed by a cut through the 6th lumbar vertebra to the tip of the ilium continuing to the ventral portion of the flank. Another cut is made removing the forequarter between the specified ribs and severing the dorsal edge of the thoracic vertebrae and to the ventral portion of the breast.
Leg
Leg - Chump On is prepared from a side and is removed by a straight cut through the 6th lumbar vertebra to a point just clear of the tip of the ilium to the ventral portion of the flank. The lymph node gland (subiliac) and gland fats situated on the flank are removed.
Shank
Hindshank
Foreshank
Hindshank is prepared from a leg (item 4800) and consists of the tibia, tarsus and calcaneal tuber bones and associated muscles. The hindshank is removed from the leg by a cut through the heel muscle of the silverside, through the stifle joint separating the tibia and the femur. The shank is tipped at the caudal level of the shin meat on the tibia.
Foreshank is prepared from a forequarter (item 4972) and consists of the radius, ulna, carpus and distal portion of the humerus bone and associated muscles. The foreshank is removed from the forequarter by a cut following the breast and flap distal end of the humerus bone cutting line. The shank is tipped at the cranial level of the shin meat on the radius.
Shoulder
Banjo cut
Square cut
Oyster cut
Shoulder (Banjo Cut) is prepared from a Shoulder oyster cut (item 4980). The shoulder is shaped into an oval appearance by trimming the outer selvage along the ventral edge. The undercut is retained in situ when the blade bone is removed.
Square cut shoulder is prepared from a forequarter (item 4972) by removing the neck (item 5020) by a straight cut between the 3rd and 4th cervical vertebrae. The breast and fore shank are removed by a cut commencing at the junction of the 1st rib and first sternal segment continuing to the specified rib running parallel to the back bone.
Shoulder (Oyster Cut) is prepared from a forequarter (item 4972) and consists of the scapular, humerus and foreshank bones together with associated muscles. Shoulder is removed from a Forequarter by a cut following the seams between the overlying muscles and underlying muscles and ribs, leaving the undercut (M. subscapularis) attached.
6-Way Cuts
Leg
Loin
Forequarter
Our Smallstock Brand
Offering a true paddock-to-plate experience, Hardwicks has been supplying high-quality smallstock produce from local farms in southern Australia for nearly five decades.