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Rockdale wins 2008-09 WAMMCO State Prime Lamb Carcase Competition

At the presentation of the WAMMCO International State Carcase Competition Cup
were WAMMCO supply development manager Rob Davidson (left), WAMMCO
livestock booking officer Fiona Clay, winners Mark and Haydn Edwards,
WAMMCO chairman Dawson Bradford and chief executive officer Des Griffiths.

A line of 112 purebred Prime SAMM ewe lambs from Rockdale won the 2008-09 WAMMCO carcase competition.


Month of lambing: May/June
Carcase weight: 26.04kg
Carcase fat score: 2.09
VIAscan carcase lean meat yield: 51.5%
VIAscan loin lean meat yield: 10.4%
VIAscan leg yield: 23pc
VIAscan shoulder yield: 18.1pc
Total points: 2866.05
$/kg return: $4.58


Second place went to Rockdale clients Enokurra Farms, Rob Campbell, Mingenew with a line of 114 lambs sired by Rockdale Prime SAMM lambs.

Running through all the data collected over the period of the competition from July 15, 2008, to February 26 this year, WAMMCO's supply development manager Rob Davidson said that among the highlights was the continual improvement in the quality of entries in meeting specifications, the diverseness of the genetics evaluated from 12 terminal sires and 11 maternal lines, and the extremes in lean meat loin and carcase yields.
Several records were set this year, the first being the fact that there were more than 100 entries, 102 from 87 producers, up by four from last year. They supplied 21, 127 lambs compared to 18, 361 for the 2007-08 competition.
Each carcase was assigned weight and grade points with a plus or minus VIAscan loin bonus points.



Rockdale wins 2006 WAMMCO State Prime Lamb Carcase Competition


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Month of lambing: May/June
Lambing %: 118%
Carcase weight: 25.41kg
Carcase fat score: 2.22
Carcase lean meat yield: 53.5%
Loin lean meat yield: 13.4%
Total points: 2625.2

 

 



 


 
 
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