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| Reference Reference information: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:-g82zb3... And has Ed achieved his aim of producing good quality prime lambs from his pedigree flock? The results speak for themselves. “We have always lambed in mid-February, and when we first started with the Lleyn in 1998, our first draw of lambs would be mid-August, with most finished by November or December. The use of performance recording has had a dramatic effect. In 2009 our first draw took place over two months earlier, at the end of June, and 89% of the lambs were sold, off grass, by the end of October.” All lambs are sent deadweight to St. Merryn Meats in Merthyr Tydfil, so carcase performance is also monitored. “Of the lambs sent in 2009 1% achieved E grades, 16% U, 68% R and 15% O. 95% of the lambs were in 2, 3L or 3H fat classification, averaging 20kg, and were exactly what the supermarket wanted. It shows that you don’t need a continental ram to finish lambs.” -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 24 mins (2010-09-21 16:50:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:oJ4ETyn... Lamb performance at slaughter Lamb performance, in terms of daily live weight gain from birth to slaughter and killing out percentage, was similar for both UK and NZ X UK Suffolk-sired lambs. However there was a notable effect of sire genotype on carcass conformation, when defined by the EUROP scale, with 39% of UK Suffolk-sired lambs achieving E or U grade carcasses compared with just 17% of NZ X UK Suffolk lambs. The proportion of carcasses achieving E, U and R grades was 98 and 90% for UK Suffolk- and NZ X UK Suffolk-sired lambs respectively. Carcass fat cover was similar for both sire genotypes, with more than 93% of carcasses from both UK and NZ X UK Suffolks achieving the target fat class 2 or 3. Assuming a base (R3) price of 230 p per kg carcass-weight, together with a 10 p per kg bonus for U grade carcasses and a 10 p perkg penalty for O grade carcasses, UK Suffolk-sired lambs were worth £0.61 per head more at slaughter than NZ X UK Suffolk-sired lambs. However the net effect of using NZ X UK Suffolk sires was an increased lamb output value of £7.43 per ewe lambed due to the greater number of lambs available for sale. |
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