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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…

  • Fly resistance
  • Worm resistance (trait leader -53 ASBV)
  • MEST gene for high lamb survival
  • 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

new_wool


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.