Offered for sale as a proven herd sire $650
“Iowa” comes from John Bare’s Thistle Grove Farm breeding program in Iowa. He is a “maternal sire” meaning that his EBVs are focused most on prolificacy and milk, with some of the top scores in the nation. He merits the Certified NSIP Maternal Sire label. His growth scores are positive, but not super impressive. This guy’s genetic lineup is meant for producing replacement ewes that promise a high twinning/triplet rate, good milk, and really strong lamb survival, while still producing adequate butcher lambs for the short-term.
He is solid white, long-bodied, well proportioned with a meaty hind end and a moderate adult frame size (which is desirable from a maintenance standpoint for breeding stock). He is a curious, friendly, intelligent and interactive ram, but has also needed some reminding to keep him on good behavior. He has a small scur on one side that breaks off now and then, and thus a small percentage of his lambs will be scurred or horned. I have used this ram for three years and kept a lot of daughters out of him, as well as two sons, so it’s time for him to bring some Iowa NSIP genetics to a new place!
EBVs from up-to-date 2017 lamb crop sixty day weight data. Pictured here as a two year old.
| BWT | WWT | PWWT | NLB | NLW | MBWT | MWWT | MAT$ | HAIR |
| 0.497 | 1.193 | 1.262 | 15% | 13% | 0.272 | 0.673 | 107.71 | 106.45 |
| JRB14007 Twin birth DOB: 3/3/14 RR at Codon 171 |
MOF1107 | WJF0905 | WJF0743 |
| WJF0737 | |||
| MOF4001 | BC M 58-22 | ||
| MOF3015 | |||
| JRB1232 | GF9329 | PAS1K | |
| Y81 | |||
| JRB1034 | BUL9386 | ||
| JRB0917 |