Stanley Vale Merino Stud - News & Views

Stanley Vale in Numbers

​We've crunched the numbers and are proud to share with you our progress towards our breeding goals.

Our Breeding Goal

Our Breeding Goal is to maintain fibre diameter and increase wool cut and frame size whilst retaining our traditional Italian Spinners wool type.

We use a range of tools including visual classing, fleece testing and ASBVs to help us reach these goals.

Body Weight

At our 2017 sale the average current liveweight of our 2 tooth rams is 72.5kg. Our heaviest 2 tooth ram in the sale catalogue weighs 84kg​ at only 17 months of age (Rams were weighed on 19th Jan). Back at our 2014 Sale the average liveweight of our 2 tooth rams was 64kg.

Fleece Weights

Since we began measuring ram fleece weights in 2011, fleece weights recorded at 11 months of age, have increased by 26%.

Fibre Diameter

​Over the same time period fibre diameter from individual ram fleece test results at 12 months of age has remained consistent, averaging 15.6um in the stud.

Graph showing average micron on studs rams born between 2011 and 2015 inclusive

Over the same time frame our fibre diameter has also remained constant genetically. Genetically our rams are of similar diameter to other Ultra/Superfine rams in the Sheep Genetics Database.

Graph showing average yearling fibre diameter ASBV for rams born between 2011 and 2015 inclusive from 1)Stanley Vale, 2) All Ultra/Superfine sheep and 3) all Merino Sheep from the Sheep Genetics Database.

Staple Strength

Stanley Vale prides itself of the high staple strength of its wool, our main wool clip consistently averages 46N/ktex and greater. Our flock also has one of the best average yearling staple strengths, genetically in the Sheep Genetics Database

Graph showing average yearling staple strength ASBV for rams born between in 2015 from 1)Stanley Vale, 2) All Ultra/Superfine sheep and 3) all Merino Sheep from the Sheep Genetics Database.

Our 2016 drop rams are looking great and we look forward to capturing some measurements on them in the near future and updating you on their progress.

You can view our 2014 and 2015 rams for yourself at the Armidale Housed Show and Sale this week and at our on property sale on Friday 3rd February 2017. Inspection is also available by private arrangement.

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Stanley Vale 2017 On-Property Sale
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