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Sheep Notes

Sheep Notes. Mrs. Reeves Ms. Fleming. 2 types of sheep production:. purebred – concerned about breed improved commercial – produce meat and wool. Further classification:. fall – born before Dec 25th marketed in the spring early spring – born early Jan and Feb

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Sheep Notes

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  1. Sheep Notes Mrs. Reeves Ms. Fleming

  2. 2 types of sheep production: • purebred – concerned about breed improved • commercial – produce meat and wool

  3. Further classification: • fall – born before Dec 25th marketed in the spring • early spring – born early Jan and Feb • late spring – born March, April, May • accelerated lambing – produces 3 lamb crops in 2 years; use synchronized breeding

  4. Breeding: • Ewes are bred to lamb at 2 years of age • Gestation period: 5 months • When breeding on pasture, young ram can breed 15 ewes • Yearling ram can breed 25-35 ewes • Aged ram can breed 35-45 ewes

  5. Marketing and Grading Sheep: Sheep markets: • -terminal • -local pools • -sale barns • -direct to packer – largest • -electronic marketing – newest

  6. Producer’s choice of market depends on: • location • prices paid • # of lambs to be sold • transportation available

  7. Classification of sheep: • age • use • sex • weight

  8. Grades of Sheep: • Prime • Choice • Good • Utility • Cull

  9. Cuts • Cutability: the yield of closely trimmed, boneless retail cuts which come from the major wholesale cuts • Wholesale cuts: leg, loin, rib, shoulder • Yieldgrades:1-5 • Measure cutability at the thickness of the carcass. Cutability is the % of boneless and bone on carcass

  10. Cuts

  11. Wool markets: • local buyers • wool pools • cooperatives • warehouse operators • direct sale to wool mills

  12. Grade wool by: • fineness • staple length • color • cleanness

  13. Definitions • Grease: the presence of impurities in the fleece • Grease wool: fleece before it is cleaned • Shrinkage: amount of weight lost when the impurities are cleaned out of the fleece

  14. Wool grades: • diameter of the fiber • density (determine the weight of fleece) • Length

  15. Mohair Industry • Mohair: 95% in US is in Texas • graded on fineness

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