Welcome
Welcome to our 20th Annual Ram Sale, a challenging year for both animals and humans alike. Be resilient they say, no choice but to get back on your bike. We pray for rain and better times and live in hope, soon we will cut hay and the sheep and cattle will be fat no doubt. We have choices, we can complain about everything or we can be positive about the future and enjoy what we do. Warrawindi is still very positive about the lamb industry going forward and the good times will come.
20 years of breeding Poll Dorset’s, we believe we have created the ideal ram with focusing on traits that will turn meat into money that goes straight in your pocket.
From the Galpin Family we would like to Thank You for your continued support and having confidence in what we are achieving.
Schedule
• Viewing from 11.00am (SA time).
• Sale starts at 1.00pm (SA time).
BUY 10 RAMS AND GET THE 11TH FREE
Deliveries
We encourage you to bring a ute or trailer or both! Local deliveries can be made by arrangement.
Brucellosis Free – Certificate no. 1177 Johnes Approved Vaccinated | Biosecurity Plan
Ram Care
Tips for longer ram life and improving lambing percentages:
• Try to prevent rams becoming fat. In Spring, keep rams in small holding paddocks or sheep yards as obese animals cannot perform to their maximum capacity.
• When shearing rams, inject with Glanvac to present Cheesy gland, affecting ram fertility.
• Feeding rams 4 – 6 weeks before mating with lupins or beans can increase their sperm count by up to 30%.
• Check feet before mating, treat any rams that have foot abscess with antibiotics and trim feet if necessary.
• Always buy your rams from Brucellosis free studs.
POLL DORSETS
POLL DORSET STUD SIRES
Terminal Carcase Production (TCP)
The TCP index is for a prime lamb production system where terminal sires are joined to ewes of a Merino/ maternal breed or cross. The TCP index focuses on increasing weight and muscle while reducing carcase fat. These are changes which contribute to higher lean meat yield. TCP also has emphasis on modest improvements in eating quality.
Typical trait changes for the TCP index include:
• increasing post weaning weight
• increasing carcase eye muscle depth
• decreasing carcase fat depth
• increasing dressing percentage
• increasing lean meat yield
• slightly improving eating quality
• improving lambing ease.
Sheep with better eating quality will have higher ASBVs for intramuscular fat (more marbling) and lower ASBVs for shear force (better tenderness).
Figure 1 illustrates which traits are in the index and how much they contribute to the overall balance of the index. The longer the bar, the greater the impact on the index, and the greater impact on the profitability of the production system.
Figure 1: The traits in the TCP index and how
Post-weaning weight
Carcass eye muscle
Carcass fat depth
Dressing %
Lean meat yield
Intramuscular fat
Shear force
Lambing ease
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