2022 Blog

Annual Ram sale

Top priced O’Brien Poll Merino ram sold to Kurrabi Park Poll Merino Stud, Koppio for $9,000. Pictured L to R: Bill Sargent (Nutrien Ag Solutions), Mark Dennis, Darren O’Brien (O’Brien Poll Merino), Logan Dennis, Jodie Reseigh-O’Brien (O’Brien Poll Merino), and Gordon Wood (Nutrien Ag Solutions).

Top priced O’Brien Dohne Merino ram sold to Billyana Park, Kyancutta for $3,200. Pictured L to R: Bill Sargent (Nutrien Ag Solutions), Darren O’Brien (O’Brien Dohne Merino), Ben McKenna, Ty McKenna, Cooper McKenna (front), Jodie Reseigh-O’Brien (O’Brien Dohne Merino), and Gordon Wood (Nutrien Ag Solutions).

A few photos from our ram sale.

  • Bill Sargent, Damien ‘Hooker’ Mullan, and Jake Mullan
  • Ratta Hebberman
  • Ty and Ben McKenna
  • Grant and Jake Sampson
  • Tator Murphy
  • Jason Brace
  • Jack, Maddie and Bert Sampson
  • Wade, Brett, Craig and Darren O’Brien

Sire Evaluation

We entered O’Brien 190455 into the Sire Evaluation at Meningie. The results are nearly finalised, keep your eye out for them in the next few weeks, but here are some his results:

  • just below average for FD
  • top for CV, top 4 for Staple Strength
  • average for staple length, top for wwt (weaning weight)
  • top for PWT (post weaning weight)
  • top 3 for YWT (yearling weight) (some proven fast growth animals in the trial)
  • average for EMD and fat,

and looks like his progeny will somewhere near top 3 for wool cut, but disappointingly his classing results were only just above average for classed tops and just below average for classed culls.

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