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2005 Sheep Articles
27th October 2005
Annual Special Sheep Sale at Swan Hill
1000 Keri-Keri June/July 2004 drop surplus ewes made up to $151.00 a head at the sale.
Auctioneer Joe O'Reilly knocks down the first pen of 1 y/o surplus ewes June/July '04 drop August shorn for $151.00 a head
A pen of Keri-Keri sheep offered for sale
There was great interest at the sale to see how much the Keri-Keri ewes sold for - hard to get a look in because of the number of onlookers.
2005 - Keri-Keri Surplus Ewe Sale
One year old sale ewes below, prior to shearing in late August, and off-shears, six weeks later. The ewes were sold (August shorn) at the Annual Special Sheep Sale at Swan Hill on Thursday October 27th in unconditional runs. Several other breeders also selling Keri-Keri blood sheep had an excellent sale.
5th September 2005
Annual Keri-Keri Ram Sale
85 July 2004 drop rams were offered for sale, with the top-priced ram making $2300 and a sale average of $835.
Prospective buyers inspecting the Keri-Keri rams offered for sale
Top price Keri-Keri ram buyer Bruce Taylor, "Gunnergaldrie Merino Stud", Wellington, NSW with Elders Trevor Nicholson.29th August 2005
Shearing of the 1y/o ewes with 9 months wool.
Rain interrupted shearing, which was a good problem to have, lifting confidence in the district and ensuring a reasonable spring season ahead.
Their wool has exceptional style, softness and length
10th August 2005
Keri-Keri hosted a Breeders Information Day
Seven merino studs displayed their sheep at the information day and 150 people attended.
Andrew Michael from Leahcim Poll Merino Stud (SA.) demonstrated the cuts of meat on sheep, and later on, inside, Dr Jim Watts talked about the characteristics of wool for manafacturing.
Other studs taking part were Aloeburn Poll Merino Stud (NSW), Australian Meat Merino, Baderloo Poll Merino Stud (SA), Gowandale Merino Stud (Vic), and Wallaloo Poll Merino Stud (Vic).
This mob went 114% and some larger mobs went a lot higherJuly/August 2005
Lamb marking underway at Keri-Keri
At lamb marking there were some terriffic lambing percentages. Keri-Keri did not mules this year.
In the mob above, 862 ewes produced 1089 lambs (126%)
In the mob above, 539 ewes produced 716 lambs (133%)
In 2005 Keri-Keri begins using Allflex EID tags on ram lambs.
Keri-Keri began electronically tagging the ram lambs in 2005 using Allflex EID tags, to speed up and more accurately measure body weight, fat and eye muscle depth.
The Australian Sheep Genetics Database requires ram lambs to be weighed four times for growth rate every 100 days.
More information:
Radio Interview, Australian Wool Innovation Limited
Allflex Tags
2nd June 2005
Crutching of June/July 2004 ewe weaners.
There is no feeding of sheep on Keri-Keri, but the sheep maintain good condition in the native bush country. Below are the unclassed June/July 2004 ewe weaners brought in for crutching on June 2nd, 2005. The district once again was in severe drought.
5th April 2005
8 - 9 month old young sale rams are brought in for shearing
The Keri-Keri 8 - 9 month old sale rams are brought in for shearing to get them ready for the Annual Ram Sale. The rams have 5 months wool, and averaged 3.25 kg, some cutting up to 5kg kg of wool. Aproximate staple length averaged 60mm.
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Wool weights of each ram are individually recorded for later use as information provided to ram buyers. The shearers often comment on the plain bodied - free skins of the rams.
March 2005
Rams withdrawn from ewes
After several months of good feed, following late spring rain, the ewes are back in great shape again. These ewes below are stud ewes of mixed ages. However, late autumn has seen the district return to severe drought conditions. Rain was urgently needed across the entire western division of New South Wales.
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Likewise, the 2004 drop of young sale rams were looking very fit and healthy at nine months of age (below). Culling took place in mid-March, and many of the brothers of these future sires dressed out well in excess of 30kg.
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