The Bower family has been producing Superfine wool for six generations on Stanley Vale. Stanley Vale Merino Stud is a leading Superfine Merino Stud producing elite wool, rams and semen for the Australian and overseas markets.
Whilst maintaining the traditional wool style and micron sought by the Italian Superfine market Stanley Vale aims to produce rams with higher fleece cuts and body weights that are resilient to harsh winters. Our ewe breeding flock had an average fleece weight in the main line of ~4.6kg and an average micron of 16.3um at 2015 shearing.
Our Merino rams are available for sale each year at auction or by private agreement and are recorded for a comprehensive range of wool, carcass and health traits and also have ASBVs. On-site inspection is always available by appointment.
Since the 1900s the Bower family has worked to produce Superfine Merino wool of the highest comfort and quality suitable for the Italian spinners market. We pride ourselves on our superior wool quality and have a number of rams who are trait leaders in the Sheep Genetics database for fibre diameter, fibre diameter coefficient of variation and staple strength. This commitment to wool quality and style has seen Stanley Vale receive numerous awards for their wool over several decades, including the Zegna Award and the New England Clip Preparations first winner of the trip to Italy.
This long standing commitment to quality sheep and wool is also evidenced by our many long term ram clients and the fact that they come back year on year to buy sheep at our annual on-property sale. At Stanley Vale Merino Stud we usually achieve high prices for our top rams. With our ram prices starting at ~$500 and approximately 150 rams available annually we have rams available at price points to suit most ram buyers. We supply rams through selected multi-vendor sales such as the Armidale Housed Ram Sale, our annual on-property sale and by private arrangement. In addition, around 700 ewes are also sold at our on-property sale.