Australian brand · Queensland
Senku Pure Wagyu
A purebred Australian herd carrying 99 percent or more Wagyu genetics, grain fed for 450 days in northern Queensland country once thought unsuited to premium cattle.
- Origin
- Australian brand
- Producer
- Paradigm Foods
- Raised in
- Queensland
- On U.S. menus
- 4 published venues
- Origin
- Queensland, Australia
- Breed status
- Fourth-cross, Australian purebred
- Marbling
- Mb6-7, Mb8-9, Mb9+
- Feeding
- 450 days on grain
One of the few that publishes both halves
Senku Pure Wagyu states a breed generation and a marbling band, which almost no brand in this category does together. It describes fourth-crossbred cattle, the result of more than three decades of breeding, and markets itself as Australian purebred Wagyu. A fourth cross is the point at which Wagyu content reaches the purebred threshold, so the two statements agree with each other.
It also names its marble scores rather than leaving them to the seller: Mb6-7, Mb8-9 and Mb9+ are the bands that carry the Senku name. Those are AUS-MEAT numbers, the external Australian scale, not a house tier. Between the generation and the score, a menu citing Senku with a band attached is carrying everything the Australian standard on this site asks for.
Cattle country that was not supposed to work
Senku makes a point of its geography, and it is a more interesting claim than the usual pastoral scenery. The herd is in northern Australia, principally Queensland, country long considered unsuitable for premium livestock. The brand frames its existence as the argument against that assumption.
Cattle are finished on a 450-day grain ration, which is long by Australian practice and moderate by Japanese, where 600 days and beyond is common. Long feeding is what builds the marbling the Mb9+ band describes.
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Common questions
- Is Senku Wagyu purebred or a cross?
- Senku describes fourth-crossbred cattle and markets the result as Australian purebred Wagyu. Those are consistent: a fourth cross is where Wagyu content reaches the purebred threshold. It is not fullblood, which would mean unmixed Japanese ancestry.
- What marble score is Senku Wagyu?
- The brand publishes three bands, Mb6-7, Mb8-9 and Mb9+, and states that only cattle meeting them carry the Senku name. Those are AUS-MEAT marbling numbers rather than a house scale, so they can be compared with other Australian beef.
- How long is Senku Wagyu grain fed?
- 450 days, per the brand's own description. That is a long finishing period by Australian standards and is what produces marbling in the upper bands.
Producer details verified against paradigmfoods.com.au, the brand's own site.
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