Thank you for viewing our website. We like to share all the production numbers for you to consider. We have been enrolled in the National Sheep Improvement Program for 30 years and have done loineye scanning for 25 years.
Thank you to all those who purchased rams from us privately and at the Center of the Nation Sale in July. Those rams went to buyers in Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Montana and Wisconsin. At this time we have only one ram (MG005) left for sale. His details are below.
A little information about our animals:
Under "Type" if there are two birth types listed the first is the birth type, the second is how it was raised.
We rate each of our ewe's udders. That information is available upon request. Please feel free to call or email and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have. Having selected for good udders, all udders have excellent support and teats are 1.5 to 2.5 inches in lengeth. Easy for new lambs to start nursing.
LEA adj is the loin-eye adjusted to 135 pounds.
I reference a score - that is my visual appraisal of the hindquarters. 3 is common in the growth type sheep. 4 is very good and showing potential for a young developing ram. 5 is our best representing excellent rear quarter muscle mass.
For those of you familiar with the National Sheep Improvement Program we have included the NSIP numbers for each animal along with some of his most recent estimated breeding values (EBV's.) If you click on the resources tab you can access the searchable database where you will always find the most recent information. The EBV's may change whenever new data is entered by anyone on the program. Bwt (birthweight), Wwt (weaning weight) and Pwwt (post weaning weight) are in Kilograms Pfat (backfat) and PEMD (Predicted Loin eye muscle depth) are in millimeters. C+ is growth+fat+Pemd combined.
Ram lamb MG005 is still for sale. His twin brother MG006 brought $2000 at the Center of the Nation Sale. Comparing MG005 and MG006, MG005 is larger, with greater rear leg muscle, second in Average daily gain (1.48 lb/day) out of 40+ lambs in this year's lamb crop. MG005 has really grown and the loineye is only slightly less than his brother MG006. I offer this ram with great confidence.