Annual Home Test Summary, by Breed, for 2007 Born Lambs

Breed	# Prod	# Ewes	# Rams	# Born	# of Lambings	Born per Lambing	% Sing	% Twin	% Trip	% 4+	% Rsd by Dam	# Weaned	Avg # Weaned/ Lambing
BL	2	51	6	79	51	1.55	29.1	70.9			100.0	74	1.45
CD	1	14	2	23	15	1.53	34.8	52.2	13.0		100.0	18	1.20
CO	2	68	6	106	68	1.56	31.1	60.4	8.5		88.7	91	1.34
CR	1	3	2	4	3	1.33	50.0	50.0			100.0	4	1.33
DH	2	39	5	57	39	1.46	36.8	57.9	5.3		100.0	51	1.31
DO	1	11	4	19	11	1.73	15.8	84.2			100.0	19	1.73
DP	16	802	51	1435	901	1.59	27.8	64.8	7.1	0.3	99.2	1319	1.46
EF	1	53	4	119	53	2.25	7.6	42.0	40.3	10.1	97.5	105	1.98
HA	3	34	5	60	34	1.76	11.7	68.3	20.0		100.0	52	1.53
HY	13	191	27	350	198	1.77	18.3	65.1	14.3	2.3	97.4	300	1.52
KA	1	26	2	50	26	1.92	6.0	88.0	6.0		96.0	48	1.85
NC	1	29	1	45	29	1.55	28.9	71.1			100.0	43	1.48
NF	1	21	1	33	23	1.43	39.4	51.5	9.1		93.9	23	1.00
OX	2	13	6	23	13	1.77	13.0	87.0			100.0	23	1.77
RA	1	21	1	34	24	1.42	38.2	52.9	8.8		100.0	24	1.00
RI	13	2177	52	5700	2589	2.20	10.7	38.8	33.8	16.7	97.6	4911	1.90
RY	1	5	1	6	5	1.20	66.7	33.3			100.0	6	1.20
SH	2	10	2	16	10	1.60	31.3	50.0	18.8		100.0	15	1.50
SU	15	467	52	733	469	1.56	30.3	61.1	8.6		99.2	68	1.42
SY	1	1	1	2	1	2.00		100.0			100.0	2	2.00
TX	4	113	8	160	113	1.42	41.9	56.3	1.9		96.9	148	1.31
XB	23	1637	79	3407	1935	1.76	22.3	52.4	21.2	4.1	95.1	3091	1.60
Total Weighted Average	52	5757	262	12461	6608	1.89	18.3	49.0	23.7	9.0	97.2	11035	1.67

^*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.

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Continued - Annual Home Test Summary, by Breed, for 2007 Born Lambs

Breed	% Mum 5A	% Still Born 5B	% 0-10 5C	% 11-50 5D	% 51-100 5E	# Birth Wts	Ave Birth Wt.	#50 Day Wt.	Avg Adj 50 Wts	#100 Day Wts	Ave Adj 100 Wt	Ave Adg	Ave # Lambing /ewe/yr	Ave kg lamb raised to 50/ ewe/yr
BL	0.0	3.8	1.3			48	4.7	73	23.2	26	50.5	0.47	1.45	33.14
CD	0.0	13.0	8.7			23	5.0	14	21.8	11	40.4	0.33	1.29	21.84
CO	0.0	8.5	5.7		1.9	101	4.7	91	25.6	87	42.3	0.33	1.34	34.23
CR	0.0	0.0				4	4.8	4	21.6	4	38.9	0.34	1.33	28.73
DH	0.0	0.0	8.8	3.5	1.8	46	4.9	48	21.2	12	37.0	0.30	1.31	26.08
DO	0.0	0.0			5.3	19	3.7	18	21.8	18	31.0	0.18	1.73	35.74
DP	0.1	3.6	3.0	1.5	1.1	590	2.2	1231	23.9	1032	36.5	0.25	1.64	36.62
EF	0.0	6.7	5.0	3.4	11.8	119	0.0	85	21.4	64	36.5	0.28	1.98	34.38
HA	0.0	6.7	5.0	1.7	1.7	0		52	25.4	45	43.9	0.38	1.53	38.79
HY	0.3	3.4	5.4	5.7	0.9	189	4.0	290	21.7	157	40.6	0.33	1.58	33.00
KA	0.0	0.0		4.0		50	4.1	48	21.9	48	34.3	0.25	1.85	40.45
NC	0.0	0.0	2.2		4.4	0		44	22.0	43	40.6	0.37	1.48	33.35
NF	0.0	6.1	15.2	3.0		33	3.4	20	20.0	11	29.7	0.20	1.10	19.07
OX	0.0	0.0				0		23	26.7	21	44.1	0.34	1.77	47.25
RA	0.0	11.8	11.8	5.9		32	4.1	23	18.2	18	30.6	0.23	1.14	19.91
RI	0.6	4.2	7.0	3.0	0.9	3557	3.3	3211	20.5	2772	38.1	0.35	2.26	30.18
RY	0.0	0.0				6	4.8	6	25.3	3	39.2	0.26	1.20	30.30
SH	0.0	6.3				1	1.8	15	23.5	15	41.0	0.35	1.50	34.27
SU	0.0	0.8	7.1	3.3	0.7	185	4.0	629	25.6	507	44.2	0.36	1.43	34.49
SY	0.0	0.0				2	3.2	0		0			2.00	0.00
TX	2.5	2.5	2.5		0.6	156	4.9	139	23.2	126	32.7	0.18	1.31	28.54
XB	0.1	2.9	4.9	1.6	2.1	3136	4.3	2575	21.5	1813	38.1	0.33	1.89	33.87
Total Weighted Average	0.4	3.6	5.8	2.4	1.4	8297	3.7	8639	21.9	6833	38.4	0.33	1.92	32.83

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