Kirikau Coopworths Ram Catalogue 2022

TERMS & CONDITIONS

The New Zealand Stock & Station Agent’s Association Conditions of Sale and, to the extent deemed relevant by PGG Wrightson Limited (PGW), PGW’s Terms of Sale apply to this sale. When proceeds are credited or a purchase is debited to a PGW monthly credit account, then PGW’s Monthly Account Terms of Trade (as amended from time to time) apply to the extent deemed relevant by PGW. These terms can be inspected at the registration desk and on the wall in the auction room. The current versions of PGW’s Terms of Sale and Monthly Account Terms of Trade are also available online at: www.pggwrightson.co.nz\Our-Company\Terms-and-Conditions or in hardcopy on request.

REBATE WORDING

All intending purchasers must register at the sales office prior to the sale.

PGW will pay a purchasing rebate of 6% of the purchase price excluding GST, plus GST, to livestock companies & recognised independent livestock agents with a PGW account who have introduced buyers to PGW before the sale and/or accompanied buyers to the sale.

Welcome to our Te Kuiti Sale 2022.

We are a family based farming operation situated south west of Taumarunui in the King Country. We have a steep hill country farm of 333 ha in a sheltered valley just off the Whanganui river at Kirikau.

Our Coopworth recorded flock has been an integral part of our farming system since 1974 when started by Robert & Suzanne, with emphasis on being able to handle the constant challenges encountered on a steep hill country block.

We have a strong low input animal health strategy where we use genetics to help solve issues. Due to our location, FE is a significant constraint which prompted us to start FE testing. We have now been FE Gold for 9 years and slowly have been increasing our dosing rate to 0.63mg/kg. This has been in conjunction with an emphasis on reproduction, improving growth and meat yield. Significant focus has been towards external and internal parasites, enabling us to not drench any ewes for 20 years, or dip any sheep on the property for 5 years now.

For the future, our goal is to maintain the current traits of the flock while further improving worm resilience, growth and meat yield. Improving these traits have only been made possible by the cooperative culture of Coopworth Genetics.

In order to help future proof our industry, for the past 2 years we have also been collecting individual data on tail length/bareness. We feel tailing may become regulated in the future and want to make a head start. As well, methane testing has been undertaken with the AgResearch PAC trailer on all hoggets.

Overall our key strategy has been to produce a low-input, high-output flock that is able to thrive within the natural challenges of the environment.

The Carter Family

SIL Ratings

INDEX DESCRIPTION

New Zealand Maternal Worth + Meat

DP Capped Reproduction

NZMW+M An industry standard index for dual purpose sheep based on Reproduction, Lamb Survival, Lamb Growth + Adult Size, Wool Production + Meat

DPCR The economic value of more lambs per litter, per year, for 2-tooth and older ewes. Caped at optimum value at 2.13 lambs/ewe

DP Lamb Survival

DP Lamb Growth

DPS A function of 2 BVs (breeding values) - lamb vigour & ewe mothering ability

DPG A function of 3 BVs - pre-weaning growth, ewe milking ability & carcass weight

DP Adult Size DPA A function of the adult ewe live weight BV

DP Meat (Yield)

DPM A function of carcass lean yields in 3 carcass regions - shoulder, loin & hindquarter. Yields are deviation for kg of tissue at a standard carcass weight (18kg)

DP Wool Production

DPW A function of fleece weight BVs

DP Facial Eczema Tolerance DPX A rating of an animal’s ability to tolerate an FE challenge, based on the RamGuard system. The level of challenge can differ between farms so this index is most accurate for comparisons within farm & birth year

DP Internal Parasite Resistance

DPF Predicted from faecal egg counts (FEC) using the Worm FEC system. Based on 3 BVs - FEC 1 & FEC 2 for lambs & A FEC for ewes

Please note, SIL no longer includes DPW (wool) as part of the MW+M calculation. DPF and DPX are additional traits as per standard.

Nikau Coopworths

Marlow Coopworths

Coopworths

1542/18

Sire: 1466/16 Kirikau

Kirikau Coopworths

Dam: 5975/15

A Kirikau (Poplars) sire. He has been used in other flocks to great success. Solid numbers with efficient adult size and physical structure. He has excelled when wormFEC tested and has routinely produced high DPF ranking progeny

1396/18 (Beltex/Coopworth)

Sire: 18/17 Rangiatea Beltex

Kirikau Coopworths

Dam: 7285/12

A 50% Beltex/Coopworth crossed ram we used for the 2021 breeding season. Sired by a Rangiatea Beltex from Mt Somers. Selected as a breeding sire for exceptional growth and meat indexes while maintaining a compact adult size for efficiency.

* Please be advised none of our Beltex crosses have been RamGuard tested. However, they all have passed their natural challenge GGT blood testing in very challenging conditions and have been ranked against all other Coopworth FE Gold progeny.

* All Coopworth sires are tested at minimum 0.6mg/kg with nil rise results.

MW+M DPCR DPS DPG DPA DPM DPW DPX 2655 289 220 1287 799 59 52 12

MW+M DPCR DPS DPG DPA DPM DPW DPX 3125 -296 275 2391 -425 1179 -217 1159

Sire:

BR/RR

A

Sire:

BR/RR

Sire:

BR/RR

Sire:

BR/RR

2/2

RANK

A

Sire:

BR/RR

High

Sire:

BR/RR

2/2

RANK