A massive Australian cow named Knickers has been spared the slaughterhouse and the dinner table due to its sheer size.

The behemoth bovine hails from a farm in the town of Myalup in Western Australia and was recently saved from the barbecue because of its size.

Its owner, Geoff Pearson told the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) that Knickers was too big to go into the export plant’s chain at the abattoir.

“We have a high turnover of cattle and he was lucky enough to stay behind. It was too heavy. I wouldn’t be able to put it through a processing facility. So I think it will just live happily ever after,” Pearson said.

According to Pearson, the animal stands 194 centimetres tall and weighs about 1,400 kilograms, double the weight of an average Holstein Friesian and about a 50 centimetres taller.

The farmer said the bovine has been put to work since being saved from the dinner table, leading and coaching other cattle in the herd.