Ramming Home Value of EBVs
28/11/05

RECORDED rams are proving their worth as commercial buyers put them top of their lists says the manager of MLC's Signet Breeding Service Sam Boon.

Pedigree sales over the last few months have shown a marked and increasing trend toward higher demand for recorded rams. The proportion sold, commonly known as the "clearance rate", has been much higher for recorded animals compared with unrecorded entries with more than 25% more recorded rams finding new homes at some sales.

Sam said: "The Signet brand enables producers to invest with confidence and unrecorded flocks are clearly missing out if they don't have performance information to promote their stock.

"This data shows recorded flocks are selling one extra ram, for every five taken to market, and in a year when ram sales have not been easy - this will have a huge impact on pedigree flock profitability."

The Increase in clearance rate for Signet recorded rams is shown below.

English National Suffolk Sale + 24%

Scottish National Suffolk Sale + 18%

English National Charollais Sale + 13%

English National Texel Sale + 15%

Scottish National Texel Sale + 26%

Texel Genetics To South America
Suffolk sheep money invested in performance figures