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2017 NEWSLETTER

PRIME LAMB IMPROVEMENT

COMPANY WORKING

BACKWARDS TO DETERMINE PROFIT

MARBLING - FAD OR

OPPORTUNITY

2017 SIRES

LAMBPRO 5 STAR RATING

LAUNCH

SPRING 2017

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IN THIS ISSUEWELCOME LETTER

WORKING BACKWARDS TO DETERMINE PROFITWHY MOBILITY IS KING IN EWE MANAGEMENT

THE PROFIT DIVIDELEAN HEALTHY EWES HELP DRIVE SCALE

WHAT ABOUT WOOL?WHY YOUNG FLOCKS PRODUCE LESS KILOGRAMS

2017 PRIMELINE MATERNAL SIRE TEAM

MARBLING, FAD OR OPPORTUNITY?LAMBPRO FIVE STAR SIRES LAUNCH

AVOIDING DISCOUNTS IN THE SHORT TERM PREMIUM IN LAMB MARKETINGWHY CARCASE WEIGHT ASBV IS KING

2017 POLL DOSET SIRES2017 TRADIE SIRES

RAM SALES PROGRAM 2016/2017

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Welcome to the 2017 LAMBPRO Newsletter. It’s extremely pleasing to witness yet another record breaking year for lamb prices nationally. The MLA National Livestock Reporting Service indicator was up 14% year on year, on the back of 0.4% increase in production.

Lamb as a product has never looked so good. The product is in demand worldwide, and the USA (a population of 320 million) is finally getting the taste for Australian lamb. Unlike many competing enterprises, lamb has only one main competitor, New Zealand, where the national flock is in long term decline on the back of a widespread move to dairying.

The other major advantage is our markets are diverse. Underpinned by a strong domestic market, lamb has a good spread of markets including the USA, Middle East and China. This is a major strength compared to other commodities like wool, where most goes to a single market (China).

In addition lamb still has significant improvement in profitability gains available on farm. Genetics will drive over 50% of productivity improvements and the Prime Lamb Improvement Company (PLIC) Progeny Test highlights the difference between high performing sires and low performing sires. The first crop of progeny test ewe lambs highlighted the impact genes have on cost of production. The top sires delivered twice the kilograms in the first year highlighting the opportunity.

Lambs main profit drivers aren’t new. However, the industry continually gets side tracked by per head production and high tech, high input management fads. Most clients have the opportunity to improve stocking rate, growth rate and labour efficiency in their lamb enterprises. A culture change is needed towards number of lambs per hectare not simply lambing percentage.

One of Lamb’s key consumer demographics worldwide is high earning young professionals. This is hardly surprising when you consider lamb’s price point worldwide. Lamb commonly retails at up to four times that of poultry on a cents per kilogram basis.

Recently at the LAMBPRO ‘Making Lamb Black & White’ Field Day, Lisa Sharp, General Manager of Communications, Marketing & Industry Insights for MLA, made reference to a quote indicating there is more similarity between the young professional demographics in many markets, than there is to the rest of their populations of working class contemporaries.

Lambs future in this high wage earner demographic, will be based on branding, and exceptional eating quality experience. The Achilles heel of the lamb industry has been

our inability to underpin brands with high level consumer satisfaction. Much has been reported about the prospect of meat processing plant measurement technologies and their ability to measure marbling. While not discounting the future role of these technologies, in the short term, the only way to control marbling is through the control of genes and nutrition.

After five years of selection for eating quality in the LAMBPRO Terminal flock, the 2017 Selection Day will offer many of the leading rams in the 2017 drop for marbling. The current LAMBPLAN data base has 6000 rams entered already. The top 25 rams (all breeds) for 2017 drop are LAMBPRO bred animals. In addition, 45 of the top 50 rams in the Poll Dorset 2017 drop are also LAMBPRO bred rams.

To assist those breeders wishing to target top end markets for their lamb, LAMBPRO will offer between 50-100 Trait Leaders for Marbling in their 400 spring ram offering. These will be branded as LAMBPRO Five Star Sires. These will be a combination of Dorset’s and Tradies.

Most of these LAMBPRO Five Star Sires are also trait leaders for muscle and many have high growth traits too. Consequently, these sires will offer significant value to the average lamb producer who wishes to position themselves for the future.

Our aim is to position our clients as producers of the world’s best lamb, at the lowest cost of production. With strategic use of terminal and maternal sires, we believe this dual focus is possible.

Regards,

Tom

WELCOME TO THE 2017 NEWSLETTER

IN THIS ISSUE

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WORKING BACKWARDS TO DETERMINE PROFIT

PRIME LAMB IMPROVEMENT COMPANY The Prime Lamb Improvement Company (PLIC) is the research division of LAMBPRO. This standalone business is responsible for delivering research to the LAMBPRO breeding program. The main form of research occurs through progeny testing. To date the PLIC research has been matched with funding from the MLA Donor Company; this has played a key part in enabling this research to occur.

The PLIC currently has three maternal progeny test sites and one terminal. The maternal progeny test aims to generate 15-20 daughters from 30 sires in three geographically different environments, and collect full production data on the ewes for two breeding seasons.

The final result is to gain precise clarity on what is driving profit, and in particular what is driving profit in different environments. Results to date:• As hoggets, the top sires weaned double the kilograms of the bottom sires• Lamb survival in hoggets is king• The difference between the daughters of the high fertility sires and low fertility sires was 50% at scanning (130-

180%) as two year olds.

Our aim is to find highly profitable and accurate sires, which we can multiply in our breeding program for clients.

In the Australian lamb industry there is plenty of theory on what drives profit, but there is very little hard core economic data on the profitability of self-replacing prime lamb dams. If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. LAMBPRO’s ability to clearly understand profit will greatly improve our ability to improve client profitability.

Page 4 – Progeny Test Ewes at Wallendbeen

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WHAT IS DRIVING KILOGRAMS WEANED?

One outcome from the ‘Making Lamb Black and White’ Field Day was Paul Douglas’s of Genetysis presentation on the analysis of dairy cows using percentiles for a range of traits and indexes. The simple process was splitting cows into equal quadrants based on a specific index or trait.

This process was used as a validation tool to see whether indexes and traits, correlated to profitability in dairy herds.

The same concept can be utilised on breeding ewes. To achieve this we selected the 2013 age group consisting of 447 ewes. These ewes were largely run in similar contemporaries last season. The results are analysed for actual kilograms weaned, and also kilograms weaned adjusted to 100 days (to remove age effect).

AV KG LWT AV KG LWT 100 DAYS Top 25% 53.2 61.7 25-50% 47.6 54.9 50-75% 49.4 57.1 75-100% 46.6 53.3

WEANING WEIGHT ASBV (GROWTH 100 DAYS)

MATERNAL WEANING WEIGHT (MILK) AV KG LWT AV KG LWT 100 DAYS Top 25% 54.8 62.1 25-50% 50 58 50-75% 46.3 53.6 75-100% 45.8 53.4

NUMBER OF LAMBS WEANED (NLW) AV KG LWT AV KG LWT 100 DAYS Top 25% 60.8 69 25-50% 53.7 61.4 50-75% 48.7 56.6 75-100% 33 39.2

ADULT EWE WEIGHT AV KG LWT AV KG LWT 100 DAYS Top 25% 49.7 57.6 25-50% 49.8 58.4 50-75% 47.4 54 75-100% 48.5 55.4

WHAT IS DRIVING KILOGRAMS WEANED?

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The aim of the analysis was a verification of which traits and indexes best describe profitability in self-replacing meat sheep, using kilograms weaned as a measure. The information endorsed our trait selection, and the creation of our own index which is closely aligned to maximum kilograms per ewe.

Milk, fertility, and early growth are paramount in designing LAMBPRO sheep. Growth appeared to have a weaker correlation, however it’s important to remember growth, unlike milk and fertility, will be impacted by the sire (the analysis looked at the traits of the dam). It’s also important to remember growth will be the only trait that will impact kilograms post weaning so still has a significant impact.

LAMBPRO MATERNAL INDEX AV KG LWT AV KG LWT 100 DAYS Top 25% 60.3 68 25-50% 54 61.4 50-75% 46 54 75-100% 36.1 43

WHAT DOES THIS ANALYSIS TELL US?

MCP+

LAMBPRO ram lambs October 2016

AV KG LWT AV KG LWT 100 DAYS Top 25% 58.9 66.3 25-50% 54.5 62.4 50-75% 42.5 50.0 75-100% 40.8 48.2

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WHAT DOES THIS ANALYSIS TELL US?

EWE SIZE – WHAT DOES THE ANALYSIS TELL US?Probably the most important learning was the lack of correlation between ewe size and kilograms weaned. As the ewes ASBV for AWT (ewe weight) increased the kilograms weaned didn’t increase. Another graph using actual body weight highlighted this is below:

The above graph highlights actual live weight versus kilograms weaned. There was no real correlation between the weight of the ewe and the kilograms weaned past 65 kilograms.

Continually looking at this data the impact of bent growth curves (high early growth, low mature ewe weight), is important in our breeding program. Particularly if you consider there appears to be a negative correlation between adult ewe weight and longevity.

LAMBPRO ram lambs October 2016

LAMBPRO Primeline Maternal ewes in the last trimester

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The emergence of Life Time Ewe Management focused on an awareness of ewes. Intake increases with growth rate. Managing this is key to the success of the LAMBPRO enterprise.

Looking at it simply, the emergence of the composite ewe in the Australian sheep industry represents a different genotype to those who have been run for the century prior. The biggest change which we have been at the forefront was the infusion of terminal sire genes in our maternal breeding programs. This has seen a significant number of benefits to carcase and growth as well as doing ability in dry times.

The downside of these trait’s, is that growth drives appetite, and this ability to store condition can be a negative, particularly during mid to late pregnancy where by over-weight ewes have a predisposition to a number of health and management issues. Composite ewes, if feed is in abundance, will keep consuming until obesity sets in.

WHY MOBILITY IS KING IN EWE MANAGEMENT

Over weight ewes from our experience see a dramatic increase in the following:• Lameness (greater weight on joints, and more chance of abscess gaining entry

points to the foot)• Pregnancy Toxaemia (reduced mobility decreases feed consumption, and

increased fat results in less calcium absorption). • Dystocia (driven often by poor muscle tone, as a consequence of the above points

in pregnancy toxaemia). • Cast Ewes• Prolapse• Mastitis All these factors reduce lamb survival and growth rate in poorly managed flocks.

At LAMBPRO we look at it simply. Our ewes can grow at above 300 grams a day during pregnancy if on high quality nutrition. For every month on good nutrition this can equate to nearly ten kilograms of weight gain. We typically see the starting point of the last trimester as a key determinant to ewe health at lambing.

In our LAMBPRO flock, we generally join our ewes above condition score 3.5 and then don’t feed during the first two trimesters. Dry residual phalaris in our operation will see a continual weight loss; this will take ewes to a health condition score of 2 -2.5 coming into the last trimester.

Good feed during both the last stages of pregnancy as well as lambing will see a healthier, more mobile ewe at lambing, as opposed to an obese, high labour maintenance ewe. If the autumn is better than expected, agist stock or buy trade cattle, don’t simply let your ewes get too fat.

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THE PROFIT DIVIDE The issue as covered in the previous article ‘Why mobility is king in ewe management’ highlights the production loss in over weight ewes. The main driver of obesity is often not enough mouths (low stocking rate) or too much grain.

Sandy McEachern of Holmes & Sackett gave some simple guidelines at LAMBPRO’s “Making Lamb Black and White Field Day’. A ewe per 100mls of rainfall per hectare is an excellent benchmark to finding the optimum stocking rate. In our environment at 28 inches of rain, 7 ewes per hectare is ideal.

Fit healthy ewes run at high stocking rates are continually delivering some of the highest production results in terms of lambing percentage and growth rate. This is in contrast to high cost nutrition, low stocking rate flocks who often lag behind in production but more importantly profit.

LEAN HEALTHY EWES HELP DRIVE SCALE

Another massive hidden benefit of high stocking rate and healthy lean ewes, is your ability to run more ewes per labour unit. Many of the ‘over weight’ issues such as lameness, pregnancy toxaemia and cast ewes are a major limitation to labour efficiency. By increasing stocking rate and reducing these issues, less labour units will be required.

Lamb needs to improve scale to compete with merino, beef and cropping enterprises. LAMBPRO’s focus is on easy care high production ewes. Managing these ewes appropriately is paramount to improving profitability in all enterprises.

Joining Feedlot constructed 2016 to join 5000 ewes annual in single sire pens

STOCKING RATE IS STILL KING

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WHAT ABOUT WOOL

The current state of the crossbred wool industry has driven more interest in the wool quality of the self-replacing industry. Consequently, in 2017 all retained 2016 Primeline Maternal ewe hoggets were fleece weighed and micron tested.

The 1036 maternal hoggets averaged 31 micron, with a 25-37 micron range. Most hoggets were between 28 and 32 micron. The infusion of New Zealand maternal sires over the past decade has driven up micron and our aim is to streamline our wool micron and cut in the future. We don’t want 2kg wool cut ewes from bare belly ewes, and similarly we don’t want 7kg of 38 micron reducing skin values and domestic presentation of lambs.

With variation comes opportunity, and we will include the wool data in our indexes and ram sale information moving forward. A number of the lower micron ewes had desirable production traits indicating inclusion of wool in the indexes could improve profitability in LAMBPRO’s Primeline Maternal sheep.

WHY YOUNG FLOCKS PRODUCE LESS

KILOGRAMS AND PROFITAt the ‘Making Lamb Black and White’ Field Day, Sandy McEachern from Holmes and Sackett, highlighted the impact flock structure has on kilograms produced per hectare. The science is simple. In any flock, the one and two year old ewes are the lowest producing age groups and typically require the highest cost to achieve conception, lamb survival etc.

That being said, flocks that have a high percentage of ewe lambs (>25-30%) produce less kilograms at a lower margin. The only way to minimise the percentage of ewe lambs in a flock, is to keep breeding ewes for longer. Excessive culling for a multitude of reasons can be detrimental.

One of the biggest opportunities is the development of longevity ASBVs in the industry. LAMBPRO has led the way by commencing

data collection to make this possible. Eliminating genetic reasons for culling such as fertility, lamb survival and structural breakdown will be a cornerstone trait in the LAMBPRO breeding program.

Clients need to consider the impact that culling has on flock structure. The increased use of cover joining of mature ewes has been effective to reduce ewes exiting the flock. This process involves re-joining ewes, typically mid-April to cover the 4-5% that might have not conceived in the main joining. This process, keeping lambed and lost ewes (unless udder issues), and not cosmetic culling will improve flock structure. The use of terminal sires over inferior ewes is common practice to ensure replacements aren’t kept from these ewes.

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LAMBPRO 152564

LAMBPRO 153479

LAMBPRO 163577

One of the highest muscled rams in Australia. Positive fat, excellent fertility and type. Sons broke the Australian records last year. Nearly 100 for sale in November Selection Day.

Wean Weight

Post Wean Fat

Post Wean Muscle

Yearling Lambs

Weaned

Lambs Weaned

Milk Lambpro$

Maternal Carcas

Plus

7.1 -0.1 1.5 25 19 -0.4 123.8 147.3

Moderate, highly fertile ram who keeps improving with daughter records. His dam has had a significant impact on our breeding program.

Wean Weight

Post Wean Fat

Post Wean Muscle

Yearling Lambs

Weaned

Lambs Weaned

Milk Lambpro$

Maternal Carcas

Plus

8.8 0.2 2.2 28 18 0.7 128.7 160.2

Ranked in the Top 10 rams out of 18,000 2016 drop maternal rams. Combines fertility, growth and muscle into the one package.

LAMBPRO 143677 Wean

WeightPost Wean Fat

Post Wean Muscle

Yearling Lambs

Weaned

Lambs Weaned

Milk Lambpro$

Maternal Carcas

Plus

8.7 0.1 2.0 31 14 -0.2 123.3 151.6

This sire has had a significant impact due to high growth, high muscled progeny. Daughters carry more condition and have plenty of lambs. His sisters scanned 195% for a June lambing.

Wean Weight

Post Wean Fat

Post Wean Muscle

Yearling Lambs

Weaned

Lambs Weaned

Milk Lambpro$

Maternal Carcas

Plus

5.9 0.9 3.5 24 12 0.6 124.8 151.4

2017 PRIMELINE MATERNAL SIRE TEAM

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Commercial lamb producers have heard more about marbling in lamb in the past two years, than they would have heard in the previous two decades. The reason for this is two-fold. Firstly, up until the past two years seedstock producers haven’t been able to measure marbling. The emergence of genomic markers for eating quality, combined with ongoing progeny tests has enabled ASBV’s for marbling, tenderness and lean meat yield to be enabled.

The second reason is the progression of the beef industry. It’s hard to ignore the trends in beef that have seen high marbling breeds dramatically increase market share in the beef industry. The past two decades the beef industry has seen the Australian herd, reposition itself towards high quality beef production, with Wagyu and Angus leading the charge.

The other issue to consider is MLA has stated the average intramuscular % in lamb is 4.2% nationally. This % of intramuscular fat has been in long term decline due to the negative correlations between muscle and marbling. MLA has also stated, that consumers overall likeness of lamb starts to decline at 4% intramuscular fat and below. Put quite simply, at the current trajectory the majority of Australian lamb would become undesirable over the next decade.

For the hard core farm economist, you don’t get paid for it so forget about it. This attitude is often held by someone who is ready to jump on the next enterprise when the lamb returns reduce, due to poor consumer demand. However, for some like myself, who has spent a life time in the industry, and sees significant potential for the role of lamb in the Australian economy, arresting the decline in eating quality needs to be a priority. Genes are a key driver of eating quality, so the role of the seedstock producer becomes paramount to arresting the downward spiral of eating quality of Australian lamb.

The second question lies with the prospect of premium branded markets. MLA was recently apart of a worldwide group of countries that amassed consumer data based on the link between meat quality and willingness to pay in lamb.

MARBLING, FAD OR OPPORTUNITY?

LAMBPRO 161618 – 2nd top genomic tested 2016 drop rams for marbling (all breeds)

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What it highlighted was that in nearly every market, consumers said they would pay double for five star MSA lamb than three star MSA lamb. A few key things to remember from this information are that not all cuts on a lamb will grade five star MSA (mainly just loin cuts), and not all the population can afford to pay double.

DO WE CURRENTLY HAVETHE GENES TO BREEDFIVE STAR LAMB?Test loins from the 2016 progeny of our top sires in the Prime Lamb Improvement Program rated five star MSA for consumer liking, with the remaining sires rating four star. This highlighted that our top genetics have the ability to rate with the best in the world. These lambs weren’t fed a special ration; they were simply grazed on Lucerne with a small grain assist at the end.

In 2017 28 sires will be progeny tested with the aim of finding several more sires that have the ability to consistently sire five star lambs. The testing of these sires, and the fact that 20 will have data back by our November selection day will greatly improve the accuracy of our eating quality data. This data will form the basis of the LAMBPRO Five Star Sires program.

WTP IN OTHER COUNTRIES

LAMBPRO 161618 – 2nd top genomic tested 2016 drop rams for marbling (all breeds) Tradie sired lamb

SOURCE : MLA

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Over the past two years we have had interest in clients purchasing hybrid White Suffolk rams. From 2002-2010 we offered White Suffolk/Poll Dorset sires in our sales. With the increased scrutiny of the domestic market on White Suffolk genetics, we dropped the program in 2010.

With the emergence of some high carcase sires we will have a selection of White Suffolk/Dorset sires in our sale. These are sired by two of the highest performing terminal sires in Australia.

We have numerous clients’ intent on focusing on premium lamb production. To assist this desire, in 2017 we will launch the LAMBPRO Five Star Sires program. To achieve a Five Star Sires rating, a sire must be in the top 10% for marbling. Importantly, these sires must have a minimum accuracy which will be greatly assisted with information derived from progeny testing and genomic testing.

What percent of each breeding program are LAMBPRO Five Star rated?• Tradie: 55% of the 2017 drop rams• Poll Dorset: 22% of the 2017 drop rams

This will see approximately a third of the 400 sires in our selection day carry a LAMBPRO Five Star Rating.No other breeding program will offer this level of accuracy and performance in eating quality. For those clients targeting high end markets, or those wishing to steer their flock towards these markets in the future, this is a unique opportunity.

Most of these sires are desirable for key profit driving traits so the compromise is minimal. These sires will be on the market from $800.

LAMBPRO FIVE STAR RATING LAUNCHED AT 2017 SELECTION DAY

LAMBPRO WHITE SUFFOLK/DORSET BREEDING

PROGRAM RETURNS

LAMBPRO 150513 (Tradie) – One of the top sires in Australia for marbling (all breeds)

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LAMBPRO WHITE SUFFOLK/DORSET BREEDING

PROGRAM RETURNS

AVOIDING DISCOUNTS IS THE SHORT TERM PREMIUM IN LAMB

MARKETINGOn paper breeding lambs with muscle, adequate fat cover and desirable skins can at times appear like there is little financial reward. The notion of value based marketing, is being touted by industry leaders, but is still years away from gaining momentum in lamb.

Discounts are alive and well in the current lamb market. There is already heavy discounting in some markets for lambs that don’t have the right muscle and fat. The domestic market over the past decade has been leading the way on a cents per kilogram basis. However, these markets are selective and accessing an additional price often means having the right article. At no point is this as obvious as during peak supply times (November/December).

Last season domestic works rejected tens of thousands of composite and in many cases terminal sired lambs due to inadequate carcase characteristics. These lean, leggy lambs were then forced into the yards, and often incurred a significant discount under the spot domestic prices.

The cost of production of turning lambs off cheap spring feed with little husbandry costs is often the lowest. The ability to gain access to kill space for these low cost lambs is the icing on the cake.

We are in touch with certain processors highlighting the benefits of our sheep, and hoping this assists the 700,000 LAMBPRO sired lambs find markets on an annual basis. Don’t under estimate the value of having lambs that are in demand.

LAMBPRO 162519 – Leading sire for muscle and fat cover

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The top ASBV for dressing percentage is 4.1% ASBV, the average is 1.7%, and the bottom ASBV is -2.8%. If the average crossbred lamb in Australia is 47% on a 48kg lamb the differences are significant:

WHY CARCASE WEIGHT ASBV IS KING

Growth rate has long been the holy grail of terminal sire production. Growth rate has been measured by either Weaning Weight (WWT) or Post Weaning Weight (PWWT) in LAMBPLAN since inception. Another product of the Sheep CRC was dressing percentage ASBV’s. This in turned allowed the development of a Carcase Weight breeding value.

Clients will often give positive feedback on the dressing percentage of LAMBPRO sired lambs versus other genes in the industry. A recent trial put the LAMBPRO Maternal sired lambs at 1.5% better dressing percentage than another source. The impact of dressing percentage is significant.

Dressing Percentage ASBV’s are expressed in % terms, with carcase weight expressed as a kilogram measure.

Dressing Percentage

Carcase Weight (using 48kg live weight)

Carcase Value ($6kg/dwt)

Top Industry Sire (4.1% ASBV)

49.4% 23.71 $142.26

Industry Average sire (1.7% ASBV)

47% 22.56 $135.36

Bottom Industry Sire (-2.8% ASBV)

42.5% 20.4 $122.4

Based on slaughtering the top sires for dressing percentage versus the bottom is a $20 difference in carcase value based on the differences in dressing percentage.

To benefit our clients, the simplest way is for us to provide carcase weight ASBV’s in all sale information as opposed to just liveweight ASBV’s. The outcome will be an ability to assess animals clearly for the carcase weight they provide.

FAIRBANK 150645

Terminal Progeny Lambs

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LAMBPRO 160247

Birth Weight

Wean Weight

Post Wean

Weight

Post Wean Fat

Post Wean

Muscle

Lean Meat Yield

Marbling Shear Force

EQ Index

0.34 9.2 13.9 -0.4 3.1 3.97 -0.54 0.1 143.2

Well balanced ram with outstanding carcase weight ASBV’s.

Top ranked ram in Australia for muscle out of 46,000 rams across all breeds. Used lightly as his growth lacks, however one of the best shaped rams in Australia. Top 2% for EQ index.

LAMBPRO 160271

Birth Weight

Wean Weight

Post Wean

Weight

Post Wean Fat

Post Wean

Muscle

Lean Meat Yield

Marbling Shear Force

EQ Index

0.20 7.3 11.5 0.8 5.0 3.33 -0.35 0.7 145.6

PROVEN SIRE TEAM

2017 POLL DORSET SIRES Birth

WeightWean

WeightPost Wean

Weight

Post Wean Fat

Post Wean

Muscle

Lean Meat Yield

Marbling Shear Force

EQ Index

0.55 8.8 12.4 0.4 4.6 3.65 -0.36 -0.4 148.0

Ranked 4th in Australia out of 46,000 2016 born rams for muscle. Outstanding ram with great carcase weight ASBVs. Top 1% for EQ index.

LAMBPRO 160299

Birth Weight

Wean Weight

Post Wean

Weight

Post Wean Fat

Post Wean

Muscle

Lean Meat Yield

Marbling Shear Force

EQ Index

0.65 10.3 15.6 0.2 3.6 3.77 -0.18 1.6 151.6

High growth, high muscled sire that was one of the highest in the drop for carcase weight ASBV. Top 1% for EQ Index.

LAMBPRO 160264

FAIRBANK 150645

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LAMBPRO 160092

PROVEN SIRE TEAM

LAMBPRO 161193

LAMBPRO 161808

92 is out of the best of the Hillcroft Farms Poll Dorset ewes. He is one of the top rams in Australia for marbling, and was the standout lamb for growth and shape.

Birth Weight

Wean Weight

Post Wean

Weight

Post Wean Fat

Post Wean

Muscle

Lean Meat Yield

Marbling Shear Force

EQ Index

0.49 9.8 14.9 -0.2 2.3 3.48 -0.15 1.5 144.2

Birth Weight

Wean Weight

Post Wean

Weight

Post Wean Fat

Post Wean

Muscle

Lean Meat Yield

Marbling Shear Force

EQ Index

0.5 10.5 15.1 -0.4 2.4 3.81 -0.10 1.8 146.8

Trait leader for marbling. Outstanding growth, hard black feet, and clean points. Top 1% for EQ Index

LAMBPRO 151250 Birth

WeightWean

WeightPost Wean

Weight

Post Wean Fat

Post Wean

Muscle

Lean Meat Yield

Marbling Shear Force

EQ Index

0.49 11.3 16.6 -0.1 2.5 3.55 -0.18 2.0 147.5

1250 has been used extensively in 2017. He is the highest growth rate sire, highest carcase weight sire, and has great eating quality. Will have 250+ progeny this year. Top 1% for EQ index

Birth Weight

Wean Weight

Post Wean

Weight

Post Wean Fat

Post Wean

Muscle

Lean Meat Yield

Marbling Shear Force

EQ Index

0.3 8.7 13.8 0.6 2.1 1.74 0.19 0.2 142.4

Leading ram for growth and marbling within the drop. Clean points, outstanding feet, and tight fine skin.

2017 TRADIE SIRES LAUNCH OF LAMBPRO FIVE

STAR SIRES

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POSITION YOUR BUSINESS AS A PREMIUM LAMB

PRODUCER

LAUNCH OF LAMBPRO FIVE

STAR SIRES

THURSDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 2017400 TRADIE AND POLL DORSET SIRES

INCLUDING UP TO 100 FIVE STAR RATED TRADIE AND POLL DORSET SIRES

AFTER FIVE YEARS OF RESEARCH AND SELECTIVE BREEDING, WE WILL LAUNCH LAMBPRO FIVE STAR SIRES

ON NOVEMBER 2ND 2017. FIVE STAR SIRES IS A PROGRAM FOR CLIENTS WHO ARE WISHING TO TARGET HIGH VALUE

LAMB MARKETS. THESE RAMS ARE TRAIT LEADERS FOR MARBLING, BUT MANY ARE ALSO TRAIT LEADERS

FOR MANY OTHER TRAITS.

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PROGRAM 2017/2018RAM SALES

HOLBROOK SELECTION DAYKINROSS 649 WAGGA ROAD HOLBROOK NSW

THURSDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2017200 POLL DORSET RAMS200 TRADIE RAMS40 DORSET/WHITE SUFFOLK RAMS

FRIDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2017600 PRIMELINE MATERNAL RAMS

NEW ENGLAND AUCTIONSPLUS SALEFEBRUARY 2018 (DATE TBA)40 PRIMELINE MATERNAL RAMS

TASMANIAN AUCTIONSPLUS SALEJANUARY 2018 (DATE TBA)70 PRIMELINE MATERNAL RAMS30 TRADIES

GUARANTEED LAMBPRO GENETICSEWE SALE

23RD NOVEMBER 2017ON AUCTIONSPLUSENTRIES WELCOME

HOLBROOK AUCTIONSPLUS SALEFEBRUARY 2018 (DATE TBA)50 PRIMELINE MATERNAL RAMS50 TRADIE RAMS