Better decisions. More beef.
Sapien turns accurate animal data into the decisions that drive herd performance, at the crush, across the season, and over years. Trusted by northern pastoralists for over 10 years.
The biggest effect with collecting the information has been a more fertile, younger herd, because now we know what they are. We needed to measure our performance if we were going to improve it.
Roxie Holzwart · Avago Station, NT
Quality of data is the priority. If it is not accurate there is no use for it and no point in collecting it. Working with Sapien has been about getting our data integrity right.
James Thompson · AAM Investment Group, QLD
The Sapien Enterpad has been an absolute game changer towards more accurate and efficient data collection throughout our enterprise. Since we started using it, we haven't looked back.
Steevylee Gow · Gulf Coast, QLD
Every handling event counts. You don't get a redo.
When cattle come through the yards, you've got one shot to capture the data, and if something fails halfway through, or a staff member doesn't record consistently, the gaps don't always show up immediately.
You might not discover the gap until it matters most. Picture a round 2 muster where you're ready to make culling decisions, and you realise the data from round 1 wasn't captured properly. The information you need to decide which animals stay and which go simply isn't there. By then, it's too late.
We've heard it straight from producers: if data collection is hard or unreliable, it simply won't happen. Staff skip steps, take shortcuts, or stop bothering when the process gets in the way of the actual job.
We've made it easy and reliable, so it does happen, and the data is there when you need it to make the call.
20+
Years building software that works in real farming conditions
Built for livestock decision-making, not just record keeping.
Three outcomes, delivered in the yards and over time.
Know exactly what's happening across your herd
Know what to keep, cull or move, without relying on memory or guesswork.
- Full animal data timeline at crush-side: pregnancy status, weight, history and performance instantly
- Custom rule-based drafting, automatically sort cattle based on your criteria
- In-the-moment progress reporting: adjust truck or paddock allocation during processing
- Profiles and checklists guide consistent data collection without holding up the next animal
- Custom alerts to flag animals needing action
Capture data faster than cattle can be processed
Designed for real operating conditions. Keeps yards moving, not stalling.
- Enterpad single-button data capture, fast, simple, no interruptions to yard flow
- Complete novices operational within seconds
- Works reliably in real conditions, offline, dusty, hot, fast-paced
- Automatic data backup, no Wi-Fi required
- Standardised language across multiple properties and devices
- Customisable to your exact recording needs
Back your decisions with data you can trust
Accurate data and animal-level insights help you stand behind every choice.
- Decisions backed by robust individual animal data, not approximates based on mob averages
- Multi-year fertility, weight and condition tracking
- BCS and pregnancy percentage trends across seasons
- Dashboards showing key herd performance data
- Individual animal data to support LPA audits
- Sapien reinforces your judgement, doesn't try to replace it
Want to see how this works in an operation like yours? We'll show you in a demo.
"A more fertile, younger herd, because now we know what they are."
Roxie Holzwart
Avago Station, Northern Territory
From yards to insight in three steps
Simple enough for a new station hand. Powerful enough for a multi-property corporate operation.
Capture in the yards
KoolCollect
KoolCollect integrates with your existing crush-side hardware, scales, panel readers, stick readers, so you're building on what you already have. The capture process is fast, simple and consistent: the same data collected the same way, every time, regardless of who's running the yards.
Decisions at the crush
KoolCollect
As each animal comes through, you see its data in context, weight graphs, timeline view, pregnancy history, condition scores. The right information, at the right moment, to make confident in-the-moment decisions: draft left or right, retain or cull, treat or move on.
Strategic decisions back in the office
KoolPerform
Back in the office, KoolPerform surfaces your data through dashboards and views that reveal trends across mobs and herds. These strategic insights, which breeds perform best on your country, when to cull your breeders, where to source trade cattle, shape how you collect data and what decisions you make next time cattle come through the yards.
One touch. Zero guesswork.
Without slowing you down in the yards is the absolute key. If the system shuts down, it's over. The Enterpad was designed so that doesn't happen.
- Single-button data entry, one touch per animal at the crush
- Complete novices use it within seconds, simple enough for any station hand
- Fully customisable to fit your exact recording needs and workflow
- Standardised language across multiple properties and devices
- Capture data faster than cattle can be processed, no interruptions to yard flow
From a block of dirt to 5,000 animals, Avago Station
Keith and Roxie Holzwart started with nothing but a block of country on the Sturt Plateau, Northern Territory. Today they run 5,000 animals, and they'll tell you that knowing their numbers has been central to that growth.
Before Sapien, they were flying blind on performance. They knew their cattle were breeding, but not how well, or why. With individual animal recording through Sapien, they could see which breeders were actually performing, which animals were costing them, and where condition score at preg-testing time was impacting their weaning rate.
"If you don't keep accurate computer records on your breeding herd, you have no clue what's going on. We tried without it, and we were very conscientious, but until you put it in a computer and keep records three or four years in a row, you've no idea."
Roxie Holzwart, Avago Station, Sturt Plateau NT
Hear the full story of how keeping accurate herd records helped Avago Station grow, and what they'd tell any pastoralist thinking about making the switch.
5,000
Animals managed on station
10+
Years using Sapien
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Weaning rate improvement through fertility tracking
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Reliance on guesswork for key retention decisions
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The calls that drive herd performance
Sapien is built around the decisions that actually determine fertility, productivity and profitability for extensive operations.
In-the-moment decisions
- Do I retain this animal or cull it?
- Does it draft left or right?
- Does it go to sale, a paddock or back to the mob?
- Is this animal's condition where it needs to be at this point in the season?
- What treatments does this animal need right now?
Performance decisions
- Which suppliers are giving me the best gross profit on trade cattle?
- Which breeds are growing best on my country?
- Which sire lines are delivering the best growth performance?
- At what age should I be culling out my breeders?
- Are fertility, weight and survival trending the right way across seasons?
Strategic decisions
- Should I change the breed composition of my herd?
- Where should I be directing feed and effort to maximise returns?
- What does my data tell me about the long-term performance of my breeding program?
- Which parts of my operation are most productive, and which need to change?
- What information do I need to be collecting now to make better decisions in five years?
Sapien's Paddock Book solution turns your muster count-outs into a mastery of numbers.
Built around the way extensive operations actually muster, Paddock Book gives you more from your data than any spreadsheet can, and works seamlessly alongside individual animal management as your operation grows. For many producers, it's where the Sapien journey starts.
Ready to make better livestock decisions?
Book a demo and we'll show you how Sapien works in conditions like yours.
We're available when you are, not just 9 to 5.