WELL GULLY 174573 (Body shop) |
SOLD $40,000 TO TOLAND POLL MERINO STUD
PURE POLL 14 MONTHS OLD
GENOMICS TESTED
This is a unique ram which is a Merino industry leading sire. This ram has outstanding early growth, conformation and body shape. He has huge square hind quarters with a deep twist and great all round muscle with a large scrotum. He has a bold, superbly soft, glossy and lustrously white safe wool on all points of the body (no suint). Has an odourless, dry clean white poll factor.
YEARLING MEASUREMENTS (10 MONTHS – 307 DAYS)
| Body Weight | 77 kg |
| Fat | 4 |
| EMD | 36 |
| Scrotal | 37 |
| Micron | 16 |
| Staple Length | 101 |
WELL GULLY 163816 |
GTENOMICS TESTED
WG163816 purchased by Calcaling Poll Merino Stud, Western Australia for $30,000. A quick maturing ram – correct body structure with a highly advanced soft, glossy and lustrously white wool, including his very long belly wool.
A beautiful stylish waxy wool of exceptional fibre length, high density bundles crimped to the tip to cope with bull dust, solar burn and our Northern Australian relentless heat and humidity.
| Body Weight | 134kg |
| Micron | 15.8 |
MT005 |
16 months old Poll Merino Ram
MT005
Wool from MT005 Progeny
RANKED NUMBER ONE FOR PRODUCTION TRAITS
HIGHEST PERFORMING SIRE (TRAIT LEADER) IN ALL FOUR AMSEA MEASURED INDEXES.
Number one in visual traits – highest number of progeny classed as TOPS and the least progeny as culls.
Carries the tropical genes for…
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Fly resistance
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Worm resistance (trait leader -53 ASBV)
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MEST gene for high lamb survival
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High feed conversion for quick early growth rates
DENSITY
| Mean Fibre diameter (microns) | 16.4 |
| Secondary follicle to primary ratio | 29.3 |
| Follicle density (per mm²) | 80.9 |
| Skin thickness (mm compressed) | 0.53 |
Diameter Distribution of Primary and
Secondary Fibres
| Primary Fibres | Secondary Fibres | |
| Mean (µm) | 14.3 | 16.5 |
TO900 |
16 months old Poll Merino Ram
A big square sire of exceptional early growth rate traits combined with staple length and staple strength attributes coupled to increased wool cut with a positive fat ASBV (Merino Select)
A sire whom has produced many low compression wool sheep. R to C kpa (resistance to compression, a measurement for softness. The lower the kpa, the softer the wool. e.g. world cashmere averages 5.5 kpa, Australia 18 micron wool falls between 10.6 and 12.2 on avg)
DENSITY
| Mean Fibre diameter (microns) | 19.2 |
| Secondary follicle to primary ratio | 27.5 |
| Follicle density (per mm²) | 77.7 |
| Skin thickness (mm compressed) | 0.66 |
Diameter Distribution of Primary and
Secondary Fibres
| Primary Fibres | Secondary Fibres | |
| Mean (µm) | 15.7 | 19.3 |
MT733 |
16 months old Poll Merino Ram
DENSITY
| Mean Fibre diameter (microns) | 15.6 |
| Secondary follicle to primary ratio | 26.8 |
| Follicle density (per mm²) | 97.2 |
| Skin thickness (mm compressed) | 0.66 |
Diameter Distribution of Primary and
Secondary Fibres
| Primary Fibres | Secondary Fibres | |
| Mean (µm) | 14.3 | 15.7 |
Sire with a massive vigour (tough constitution) and high libido (large testicles). He carries a glossy white, bold, deep crimping wool with a high density of fibre bundles. His follicle density is almost double the Australian average per mm².
WG766 |
16 months old Poll Merino Ram
OVERALL TOP PERFORMING SIRE AT THE EXTREME SIRE EVALUATION TRIAL, HELD AT ‘CASHEL VALE’, BOLLON, SOUTHERN QLD.
Here is a good example (Sire WG766), one of the many NAS (Northern Australian Sheep) sires. A low maintenance modern day merino, mules free (bare breech) ethically produced wool. Massive growth rate, in the top 1% in Australia for yearling weight, yearling fat,yearling eye muscle depth, number of lambs weaned and yearling staple strength.