The export lamb market climbs to new heights almost every week, now at a record $480.
Can it make $500?
Overall, the prime lamb market just keeps getting better with heavy crossbred lambs hitting new records over and over again.
Poll Dorset cross lambs are almost always in the mix.
Chris and Meryl Rubie from Sovereign Poll Dorsets in southern Queensland see their breeding objectives of targeting the heavy export lamb market as part of their commercial success.
With genetics built to provide finished lambs from the trade weights to heavy export lamb.
Chris quoted a recent private kill for their freezer of a lamb dressing 36.4 kilograms at 200 days – no grain, pasture only.
This lamb had fantastic eye muscle with just enough fat cover. The ewe lamb was randomly selected as not suitable to retain in the stud breeding flock.
For Queensland the market is probably a breeding ground for those store lambs capable of going on to finishing at heavy weights.
The Merino-cross lamb is ideal for that with Poll Dorset/Merino lambs commanding top prices from the feed on
market.
When seasons suit, taking these lambs on to heavy weights is easily done.
Additionally, Merino ewes pregnancy tested in lamb to Poll Dorset rams are much sought after.
Sovereign Poll Dorsets are very proud to have won the Queensland Champion of Champions meat sheep ram of the year five
years in a row.
Chris said Sovereign had rams available year-round.
For more information please contact Chris on 0497 094 179.
