sheepwheat holy hell

[grassfarmer]

Really 45kg deadweight? were they elephant sheep? About the biggest we ever sold were 27kg deadweight and they were big lambs.

The best 45KG liveweight lambs in Scotland just now would bring about $170 your money.

[malleefarmer]

Really 45kg deadweight? were they elephant sheep? About the biggest we ever sold were 27kg deadweight and they were big lambs.

The best 45KG liveweight lambs in Scotland just now would bring about $170 your money.

https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/6275466/forbes-lambs-surge-to-a-record-355-a-head/?cs=61 https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/6275466/forbes-lambs-surge-to-a-record-355-a-head/?cs=61

Id say at a guess there merino crossed with borderliecster mothers then mated back to white suffolks so 1/4 merino 3/4 british breed another guess 13/14 months old.

Depends how you do your maths are you better to sell them at $230/50 and run more ewes hence more lambs or lower stocking rate to make space for growing out the lambs

[grassfarmer]

https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/6275466/forbes-lambs-surge-to-a-record-355-a-head/?cs=61 https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/6275466/forbes-lambs-surge-to-a-record-355-a-head/?cs=61

Id say at a guess there merino crossed with borderliecster mothers then mated back to white suffolks so 1/4 merino 3/4 british breed another guess 13/14 months old.

Depends how you do your maths are you better to sell them at $230/50 and run more ewes hence more lambs or lower stocking rate to make space for growing out the lambs

Ok so they were really hoggets not lambs - what's with the guess the weight thing? Do you not at least weigh them liveweight at the auction? and WTF are "white suffolks"?

[malleefarmer]

Nope not weighed at auction but most buyer producers are accurate within 2 kg

Hoggett v lamb new grading system as mentioned above if a lambs just cuts its teeth its still a lamb but i was gfuessing. Only gives you a extra month

Black face suffolk and white suffolk maybe you havent heard of them a i think "australia variation of black suffolk" to have better wool