In Australia, the predominant Sheep breed is the Merino. It was first introduced into Australia and has over the years developed for wool production. Usually, Australian Merino wool is the world's finest and softest wool in the world.
Merino: Merino sheep are renowned for their ability to produce lots of high-quality wool. Different breeds of sheep are used for different purposes, such as wool, meat or milk production. More than 70% of the sheep in Australia are Merinos — bred specifically for their high-quality wool fibre.
Merino. The ancestors of pretty much all fine wool breeds produce the finest and most valuable type of wool. Merino sheep have wool of fineness 17-22 microns.
Common dual-purpose breeds used in Australia include: Border Leicester, Corriedale, Coopworth, Texel and South African Meat Merino (SAMM). Breeds that tend to be used mostly for meat production include: Poll Dorset, Suffolk, White Suffolk and Dorper.
Dorper sheep are bred for meat, not wool, so they do not produce lanolin which gives wool lamb it's gamey flavor. Mild, prime tasting, delicate and delicious meat! Often called the Angus of Sheep, Dorper Lamb is a high-quality lean meat that's loaded with more good for you nutrients than any other meat.
Dorpers sheep are highly regarded as a prime lamb producing breed as they are fast maturing with the ability to produce a high-quality carcass with excellent conformation and fat distribution. Dorper thrive in climates similar to those found on our ranches in central Texas.
The Dorper carcass has good meat and fat distribution. The Dorper is one of the most fertile of all sheep breeds, with lambing intervals of only 8 months. Lambing percentages in excess of 150% (2.25 lambs per annum) are possible and well over 100% is readily achievable in most areas.
An Australian white ram broke records after selling for a whopping $240,000. Breeder Tattykeel sold the stud, smashing the meat sheep record set by the same sheep last year by $75,000.
A sheep sold for a record 350,000 guineas – or around $490,000 in American money – at an auction in Scotland this week. The lamb, named Double Diamond, had generated buzz before the Scottish National Texel sale in Lanark started, according to a news release from the Texel Sheep Society.
Born from a prestigious ewe and a £65,000 sire called Garngour Crossman, Double Diamond epitomises the creme de la creme of Texel sheep.
A Texel lamb has set a new world record price after being sold at auction for almost 368,000 pounds ($666,042) in Scotland.
Margra Lamb is bred specifically for chefs by the Gilmore family, third generation livestock breeders from Oberon, NSW. Together they have bred a quality of lamb seen only previously in Wagyu, with a micro-marbled finish and low fat melting point of 28-35°C.
Dorpers are known as a low maintenance, easy care breed which can adapt easily to a variety of conditions, are non-selective graziers and are one of the only breeds that thrive in harsh conditions.
Damaras are a self-shedding breed, and their wool is short and shed easily. Australian White | This is a breed developed in Australia. They have white, short and fine wool, and are known for their meat quality.
For the small farmer, Polypays are an excellent choice of sheep. They can breed year-round, throw two lamb crops per year, their wool is good enough to sell, and yearling ewes are able to breed and successfully produce twins or more. They're easy to obtain, easy to keep healthy, easy to breed, and easy to sell.
With their shaggy white wool and their black furry faces, it's pretty easy to see how the Valais Blacknose got the status as the world's cutest sheep breed. Hailing originally from the mountains of Switzerland, the Valais Blacknose have developed a big woolly coat that is perfect for that harsh Alpine weather.
The predominant breed of sheep in Australia is the Merino. The Merino was first introduced into Australia in 1797 and has over the years developed for wool production. It has also been used for cross breeding with British Long Wool & Short Wool Breeds for mutton and prime lamb production.
The majority of lamb carcasses quality grade Choice and Prime. Prime is the highest quality grade, followed by Choice. Each quality grade is further subdivided into thirds: Prime+, Prime, Prime-, Choice+, Choice, and Choice-, from highest to lowest in quality, respectively.
Merino, Rambouillet, Blue Faced Leicester, and Corriedale breeds are among the best-known wool sheep.
Fast maturing breed: White Dorpers are an excellent choice as they are a fast growing sheep breed, from one day old to six months. It adds an advantage to the breed when producing quality red meat for an increasing demand of protein across Australia and globally. With lambs ready for slaughter at 6 months of age.
Rams of different breeds have different levels of aggression. White Dorper sheep tend to lack aggression and because of it I always leave one of my many rams in with my ewes, just in case there is a ewe that had an abortion and comes back into season or a ewe lamb is finally ready to get bred.