ECHO COTTAGE MERINO RAM SALE

ECHO COTTAGE
3rd Annual
MERINO RAM SALE
Friday 6th February 2015
Sale: 12.30pm Inspections: from 10.30 am
On property at:
“Tervue” 423 Stonehouse Rd,
Lemont Tasmania
Enquiries: Stephen Caswell 0457 746 379
Damien Whiteley 0417 583 263
Livestock Consulting Tasmania Pty Ltd – Gordon Boon 0400 522 666
Principal: Allan Johnson 0408120363
Manager: Charles Knowles 03 62 555 161
Sheep Classer: Denis Crawford 0407 625 016
New Sires at Echo Cottage
Offering:
25 Selected
Merino Rams
600 1½YEAR
Merino Ewes
Tara Park
Merryville
Echo Cottage Merino Stud History
Flock No: MT5047
Micron:
18.5 (based on 5 year adult flock average)∙∙
The stud was founded in June 2006 and registered in February 2007, by Allan & Jenny Johnson, trading as Echo
Cottage Pty Ltd, by the purchase of 123 ewes from Buangor Park (Flock No. 3756 MG & JA Russell Pty Ltd) in lamb
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to Ringmaster 35 and Rockbank Bruno.
Subsequently rams have been purchased from Leintwardine sired by Merryville Brilliant ram, Wurrook, Merryville
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Brilliant Example 10 , and two Merryville Rams sired by Pemcaw the recent addition from Tara Park Ram.
An extensive A.I. program has been in place predominately using Merryville bloodlines.
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The rams selected are: paddock reared, no supplementary feeding,
the average micron for the 2013 drop ram lambs when side sampled was 16.5 micron
The Johnson family feel that with the assistance of Denis Crawford, their sheep classer and on property
management of Charles Knowles, the selective breeding program adopted they have reached a point where their
sheep are very even and they offer these rams for public auction with confidence and invite you to feel free to
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come and inspect the flock on the 6 February.
Top of the Drop 2013 Drop Merino Rams
LOT
TAG
SIRE
Y%
DIA
SD
CV
CF
CUR
1
040
EC111
73.1
18.6
3.5
18.8
99.6
65
2
119
Wurrook
74.2
19.2
3.1
16.1
99.8
60
3
124
Wurrook
73.0
18.8
3.9
20.7
98.7
55
4
145
Wurrook
75.7
20.2
3.5
17.3
99.3
55
5
148
Wurrook
68.4
16.4
3.3
20.1
99.8
61
$
Purchaser
2013 Drop Merino Rams
6
004
EC111
82.7
16.8
2.6
15.5
99.6
51
7
015
EC111
73.9
18.5
3.5
18.9
99.7
63
8
030
EC111
78.0
18.7
3.1
16.6
99.5
58
9
034
EC111
73.8
16.8
3.0
17.9
99.9
57
10
047
EC111
77.6
16.8
2.9
17.3
99.7
59
11
052
EC111
82.2
17.6
3.0
17.0
99.7
54
12
055
EC111
80.6
19.2
3.8
19.8
99.6
60
13
057
EC111
77.5
19.6
3.4
17.3
99.5
62
14
059
EC111
77.9
16.3
2.8
17.2
99.7
61
15
067
Pemcaw
76.9
20.7
3.5
16.9
99.4
62
16
071
Pemcaw
80.3
19.9
3.4
17.1
99.2
57
17
078
Pemcaw
80.5
20.0
3.3
16.5
99.5
62
18
125
Wurrook
63.1
17.9
3.8
21.2
99.4
71
19
130
Wurrook
68.2
16.6
3.6
21.7
99.6
62
20
131
Wurrook
75.6
19.9
3.1
15.6
99.5
65
21
138
Wurrook
81.4
19.2
3.7
19.3
99.7
55
22
151
Wurrook
75.8
19.8
3.9
19.7
99.3
61
23
162
Wurrook
68.7
18.8
3.6
19.1
99.6
58
24
163
Wurrook
70.6
20.0
3.8
19.0
98.9
66
Abbreviation:
Y% - Yield DIA – Diameter CF – Comfort Factor CUR – Curvature
Sires: Echo Cottage 111 (EC111) son of Leintwardine 568, Wurrook 65 sired by Merryville Brilliant and
Pemcaw 08236 out of a Merryville ewe sired by a Pemcaw ram.
600 1½YEAR Merino Ewes