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Semen Sires
140149 "Wombat"
Sheep Genetics ID: 500412-2014-140149
Semen Price: $60/straw
140149 is truly a ‘freak’ Merino sire – a 120175 son out of a top ‘Wool Productive’ ewe, whose daughters are recognisable for their outstanding body growth rates, length of body, condition score and barrel, and who cut huge fleece weights of deeply crimped, bright white fine wool, with enormous staple length. He is of a Frame Productive joining type.
140149 is a national trait leader for post-weaning, yearling, hogget and carcass weights, for clean fleece weight (post-weaning, yearling, hogget and adult), staple length, and scrotal circumference. He is the heaviest cutting Merino sire in MerinoSelect with CTSE data.
Incredibly, 140149 is in the Top 5% for all 6 MerinoSelect economic productivity indexes simultaneously.
140149 has 608 progeny over 13 flocks in MerinoSelect, has been used in MSS (Balmoral 2017), and has been selected for use in the MLA Resource Flock. He has full genomic test results (HH).
140149’s yearling wool test:
FD: 19.3 microns
SD of diam.: 3.8 microns
CVD: 19.6%
Comfort F.: 99.5%
| MerinoSelect run (2022) - click here to go to the MerinoSelect web | |||||||||||
| Body | Wool | $Indexes | |||||||||
| Trait | WWT | YWT | AWT | LMY | YFD | YCFW | ACFW | HSS | EBWR | MP+ | DP+ |
| ASBV | +7.2 | +11.5 | +7.7 | +1.3 | -1.1 | +49.7 | +41.4 | +4.3 | 0.36 | +205% | +195% |
| Rank | Top 5% | Top 5% | Top 20% | Top 20% | Top 50% | Top 5% | Top 5% | Top 20% | Top 90% | Top 1% | Top 5% |
| Accuracy | 99% | 98% | 98% | 94% | 98% | 96% | 92% | 94% | 97% | 84% | 80% |
| Nat. Avg. | +3.3 | +5.5 | +5.5 | +0.6 | -1.0 | +16.7 | +13.7 | +1.7 | -0.21 | 152 | 157 |
PB180142
Sheep Genetics ID: 600001-2018-180142
Semen Price: $50/straw
PB180142 has been a strategic addition to the Woodyarrup Poll breeding program, as an outstandingly productive young wool sire, yet with excellent bone, structure and correctness.
With a strong Wallaloo Park background on both sire and dam sides, Poll Boonoke 180142 was purchased in 2019 in partnership between Woodyarrup Poll Stud and Wiringa Park Poll Stud for the price of $26,000.
DNA tested, PB180142 is a national trait leader for weaning weight, post-weaning, yearling and adult clean fleece weight and also for the Merino Production Plus and Dual Purpose Plus economic value indexes.
| MerinoSelect run (6/9/20) - click here to go to the MerinoSelect web | |||||||||||
| Percentiles | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Top 30% | ||||||
| Body Growth | Wool | Carass | $Indexes | ||||||||
| Trait | WWT | YWT | YFD | YCFW | AFD | ACFW | CWT | LMY | FP+ | MP+ | DP+ |
| ASBV | +5.3 | +8.5 | -1.4 | +35.1 | -1.4 | +36.7 | +3.3 | +0.58 | +146% | +171% | +166% |
| Accuracy | 73% | 74% | 75% | 65% | 75% | 66% | 67% | 60% | 36% | 40% | 38% |
| 50th percentile | +2.9 | +5.2 | -1.0 | +17.1 | -1.0 | +15.0 | +2.3 | +0.55 | 137 | 146 | +147 |
120175 “Whoppa”
Sheep Genetics ID: 500412-2012-120175
Semen Price: POA
120175 was truly a freak Merino sire – stamping massive staple length and clean fleece weight on fast-growing dual-purpose frames, with great length of body. He threw deeply crimped gloss white, bundly fine wools with great length. He has had a massive impact at Woodyarrup and is having a lasting impact now among flocks around Australia.
120175 remains a national trait leader for Weaning, Post-weaning, Yearling and Hogget weights, Clean Fleece weight (yearling, hogget and adult), Scrotal Circumference, and Lean Meat Yield. Incredibly for a 2012-drop, he remains in the Top 1% of all Australian sires for 7 of the 8 MerinoSelect economic productivity indexes, and in Top 5% for the remaining index!
An August 2012 drop, 120175 has 2,950 progeny over 13 flocks in MerinoSelect. He has been used in across-flock sire evaluations (Balmoral 2016, Muresk 2016, 2017). He has been DNA tested (HH).
120175’s yearling wool test:
FD: 19.3 microns
CVD: 14.3%
Comfort F.: 99.7%
| MerinoSelect run (7/6/20) - click here to go to the MerinoSelect web | |||||||||||
| Percentiles | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Top 30% | ||||||
| Body Growth | Wool | Carass | $Indexes | ||||||||
| Trait | WWT | YWT | YFD | YCFW | AFD | ACFW | CWT | LMY | FP+ | MP+ | DP+ |
| ASBV | +5.9 | +10.1 | -1.1 | +39.4 | -0.7 | +38.7 | +3.5 | +2.0 | +166% | +189% | +183% |
| Accuracy | 99% | 99% | 99% | 97% | 98% | 97% | 96% | 95% | 90% | 89% | 87% |
| 50th percentile | +2.9 | +5.2 | -1.0 | +17.1 | -1.0 | +15.0 | +2.3 | +0.55 | 137 | 146 | +147 |
170313 "Wilfred"
Sheep Genetics ID: 500412-2017-170313
Semen Price: $50/straw
170313 is an exciting young Woodyarrup Merino sire of outstanding scale and structure, performance and breeding - a 120175 son and with 081832 and thus 252657 breeding on both dam and sire sides (252657 is still a national trait leader for weaning and post-weaning weight, staple strength (all ages), and lean meat yield).
170313’s maternal genetics give us great confidence – his dam was a truly outstanding ‘A-WOOL’ ewe out of an ‘A-WOOL’ ewe, and who consistently produced top tier progeny (including 2 stud sires, a top auction ram, and a top FRAME ewe).
170313 is of a Frame Productive joining type – and will have a huge positive impact over lighter cutting ewes.
170313 is a national trait leader for weaning weight, for post-weaning, yearling, hogget and adult clean fleece weights, lean meat yield, and doe 6 of the 8 Merino economic value indexes, including the fibre production, merino production, and dual-purpose economic indexes.
170313’s yearling wool test:
FD: 18.6 microns
SD of diam.: 3.0 microns
CVD: 16.1%
Comfort F.: 100%
| MerinoSelect run (7/6/20) - click here to go to the MerinoSelect web | |||||||||||
| Percentiles | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Top 30% | ||||||
| Body Growth | Wool | Carass | $Indexes | ||||||||
| Trait | WWT | YWT | YFD | YCFW | AFD | ACFW | CWT | LMY | FP+ | MP+ | DP+ |
| ASBV | +5.7 | +7.1 | -1.4 | +28.6 | -1.0 | +30.2 | +3.0 | +1.9 | +156% | +172% | +168% |
| Accuracy | 73% | 74% | 80% | 71% | 83% | 70% | 67% | 60% | 53% | 52% | 52% |
| 50th percentile | +2.9 | +5.2 | -1.0 | +17.1 | -1.0 | +15.0 | +2.3 | +0.55 | 137 | 146 | +147 |
