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Average Breed Performance 2008

Author: Delma Kennedy - Sheep Specialist - Genetics, Reproduction and Performance Programs/OMAFRA
Creation Date: 2 June 2009
Last Reviewed: 8 July 2009

 

Table of Contents

  2. Annual Home Test Summary, by Breed, for 2008 Born Lambs
  3. Legend
  4. Breed Codes

2008 Average On-Farm Realtime Ultrasound Loin Depth and Fat Depth Measurements


Breed

Number of Lambs

Average Weight
(kg)

 Loin Depth (mm)
Average

 

 Loin Depth (mm) Average Adjusted Average Fat (mm)
Average

 

 Average Fat (mm) Average Adjusted

Charollais

97

42.3

27.2

25.9

4.1

3.8

Dorset-Polled

46

41.0

27.8

26.8

6.1

5.8

Hampshire

20

39.7

28.4

27.5

4.4

4.2

Newfoundland

27

21.5

19.0

22.8

2.6

3.1

Rambouillet

17

22.4

18.4

22.9

2.8

3.9

Rideau

82

30.0

23.0

23.4

3.9

4.1

Shropshire

4

41.3

27.5

22.1

3.9

3.6

Soay

1

7.0

8.0

20.9

2.1

3.8

Suffolk

117

45.0

26.6

23.6

4.6

3.9

Texel

152

31.8

24.3

25.1

3.3

3.6

Crossbred

90

39.2

25.7

24.4

3.7

3.6

Total/Average*

653

37.4

25.2

24.8

4.0

3.9

*Note: Weighted averages

 

Annual Home Test Summary, by Breed, for 2008 Born Lambs

Breeds

BL

CD

CO

CR

DH

DP

EF

HA

HY

KA

# Prod

1

1

3

1

2

15

1

3

13

2

# Ewes

30

15

79

9

34

729

60

37

197

58

# Rams

2

3

7

2

6

42

5

6

24

6

# Born

38

24

134

20

53

1217

124

59

362

109

# Lambings

30

15

79

15

35

794

60

37

200

66

Born per Lambing

1.27

1.60

1.70

1.33

1.51

1.53

2.07

1.59

1.81

1.65

% Single

57.9

25.0

24.6

55.0

32.1

31.8

9.7

25.4

19.9

24.8

% Twin

42.1

75.0

55.2

30.0

67.9

63.9

53.2

64.4

52.5

64.2

%Trip

 

 

20.1

15.0

 

3.9

33.9

10.2

24.3

11.0

% 4+

 

 

 

 

 

0.3

3.2

 

3.3

 

% Raised by Dam

97.4

100.0

88.1

100.0

98.1

98.8

94.4

96.6

97.8

97.2

# Weaned

36

15

123

20

49

1144

104

58

342

101

Ave Weaned Per Lambing

1.20

1.00

1.56

1.33

1.40

1.44

1.73

1.57

1.71

1.53

% Mum 5A

0.0

0.0

0.7

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.9

% Still Born 5B

0.0

16.7

6.0

0.0

1.9

3.3

12.9

0.0

1.4

3.7

% 0-10 5C 5.3 16.7 0.7   3.8 2.3 2.4 1.7 3.9 1.8

% 11-50 5D

 

4.2

2.2

 

3.8

1.3

0.8

8.5

0.3

1.8

% 51-100

 

 

0.7

 

 

0.5

 

 

2.5

2.8

# Birth Wt

38

24

111

20

6

441

0

0

189

58

Ave Birth Wt

4.5

4.8

5.0

49

3.8

2.6

 

 

4.7

3.9

# 50 Day Wt

21

15

120

20

47

1078

61

53

282

99
Ave Adj 50 Wt 22.5 20.8

25.6

28.0 22.5 25.0 23.8 28.6 25.1 21.1

# 100 Day Wt

0

15

102

19

19

964

60

53

227

70

Ave Adj 100 Wt

 

39.9

43.5

46.4

35.8

38.4

39.1

48.0

41.5

32.7

Ave ADG

 

0.38

0.36

0.37

0.27

0.26

0.30

0.39

0.33

0.22

Ave Kg Lambs Weaned/Ewe/Yr

1.20

1.00

1.56

2.22

1.44

1.57

1.73

1.57

1.74

1.74

Ave Kg Lamb Raised to 50/Ewe/Yr

15.7

20.8

38.8

62.4

31.1

37.0

24.2

41.0

36.2

36.2

*Note: Legend for this table can be found below.

 

#Prod. - The number of producers for each breed is the number of producers who have that breed. However, many producers have more than one breed but they are only counted once in the total number of producers.

HY - Hybrid is not a Breed. It is a contemporary grouping of F1 animals that is used on lamb reports.

 

Continued - Annual Home Test Summary, by Breed, for 2008 Born Lambs

Breeds

NC

NF

OX

RA

RI

SH

SU

SY

TX

XB

Total

# Prod

1

1

3

1

10

2

15

1

5

21

51

# Ewes

28

24

14

24

2297

14

407

2

142

1699

5831

# Rams

1

1

4

2

62

3

41

1

15

83

258

# Born

42

38

27

26

6235

24

641

3

204

3794

13176

# Lambings

29

24

14

24

2809

14

408

2

142

2019

6817

Born per Lambing

1.45

1.58

1.93

1.08

2.22

1.71

1.57

1.50

1.44

1.88

1.93

% Single

38.1

26.3

11.1

76.9

10.0

25.0

29.6

33.3

40.2

17.6

16.8

% Twin

61.9

73.7

66.7

23.1

38.6

50.0

61.9

66.7

56.9

51.4

47.5

%Trip

 

 

22.2

 

35.3

25.0

8.4

 

2.9

25.6

26.4

% 4+

 

 

 

 

16.1

 

 

 

 

5.5

9.3

% Raised by Dam

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

98.3

100.0

99.7

100.0

96.1

96.2

97.6

# Weaned

40

31

24

23

5385

23

576

2

187

3315

11600

Ave Weaned Per Lambing

1.38

1.29

1.71

0.96

1.92

1.64

1.41

1.00

1.32

1.64

1.70

% Mum 5A

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.2

0.0

1.5

0.3

0.3

% Still Born 5B

2.4

2.6

0.0

7.7

2.6

0.0

3.1

0.0

3.9

3.3

3.0
% 0-10 5C 2.4 15.8 11.1 3.8 6.5 4.2 6.2 33.3 2.9 7.6 6.2

% 11-50 5D

 

2.6

 

 

2.0

4.2

1.6

 

2.5

4.2

2.5

% 51-100 5E

 

 

3.7

 

1.4

 

1.2

 

2.0

2.2

1.6

# Birth Wt

0

38

0

25

3730

0

114

3

160

3244

8201

Ave Birth Wt

 

3.6

 

4.6

3.1

 

5.1

2.1

4.6

4.2

3.7

# 50 Day Wt

40

27

23

23

3355

20

551

1

158

2583

8577

Ave Adj 50 Wt 22.8 17.9 24.4 20.3 21.6 27.3 25.6 20.3 22.6 21.2 22.4

# 100 Day Wt

39

25

22

19

2746

17

487

1

123

903

5911

Ave Adj 100 Wt

40.9

24.5

46.1

25.3

39.1

41.1

44.5

19.6

35.5

31.8

38.4

Ave ADG

0.36

0.13

0.44

0.09

0.35

0.28

0.37

0.00

0.23

0.21

0.31

Ave Kg Lambs Weaned/Ewe/Yr

1.44

1.29

1.71

0.96

2.34

1.64

1.41

1.00

1.32

1.95

1.99

Ave Kg Lamb Raised to 50/Ewe/Yr

32.7

20.1

40.1

19.5

31.5

38.9

34.6

10.2

25.2

32.3

33.0

Note: Legend for this table can be found below.

 

% Mortality - data is only included for those lambs with mortality codes entered.

HY - Hybrid is not a Breed. It is a contemporary grouping of F1 animals that is used on lamb reports.

 

Legend

Symbol

Explanation

Breed

See breed codes

# Prod

# of producers

# Ewes

# of ewes who lambed during the year

# Rams

# of rams siring lambs born in the year

# Born

Total # born

# of Lambings

Total # of lambings

Born per Lambing

Total # born per lambing

% Sing

% of lambs born as singles

% Twin

% of lambs born as twins

% Trip

% of lambs born as triplets

% 4+

% of lambs born as quads or more

% Rsd by Dam

% of lambs raised by dam

# Weaned

# of lambs weaned

Ave # Weaned/Lambing

Average # of lambs weaned per lambing

% Mum - 5A

% mummified (lambs with 5A disposal code entered)

% StillB - 5B

% stillborn (lambs with 5B disposal code entered)

% 0-10 - 5C

% lamb mortality between 0-10 days of life (5C codes)

% 11-50 - 5D

% lamb mortality between 11-50 days of life (5D codes)

% 51-100 - 5E

% lamb mortality between 51-100 days of life (5E codes)

# Brth Wts

Total # of lambs weighed at birth

Ave Brth Wt

Average adjusted birth weight of all lambs weighed (kg)

# 50 day Wts

Total # of lambs weighed at 50 days

Ave Adj 50 Wt

Average 50 day adjusted weight of all lambs weighed (kg)

# 100 Day Wts

Total # of lambs weighed at 100 days

Ave Adj 100 Wt

Average 100 day adjusted weight of all lambs weighed (kg)

Ave ADG

Average ADG (average daily gain) of all lambs

Ave # lambings/ewe/yr

Average # of lambings per ewe per year

Ave kg. lamb raised to 50/ewe/yr

Average kg. of lamb raised to 50 days per ewe per year

 

Breed Codes

BL

Border Leicester

CD

Canadian

CO

Charollais

CR

Corriedale

DH

Dorset - Horned

DO

Dorper

DP

Dorset - Polled

EF

East Friesian

HA

Hampshire

HY

Hybrid

IF

Ile de France

KA

Katahdin

NC

North Country Cheviot

NF

Newfoundland

OX

Oxford

RA

Rambouillet

RI

Rideau

RY

Romney

SH

Shropshire

SO

Southdown

SU

Suffolk

SY

Soay

TX

Texel

XB

Crossbred

 

 

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