Current and Past Stud Sires
PLG WILLOWS 211690
PLG WILLOWS 211690
211690 is our current leading terminal sire. He looked great as a ram lamb with figures to back it up so we gave him a lot of ewes. Once his progeny data entered the analysis, he proved himself as one of the best rams in the country, with top of the database production traits (growth/muscle) combined with industry leading eating quality (IMF/Shear Force).
He is a well balanced ram, with great legs and feet, clean points and good temperament. His ASBV’s speak for themselves - He is in the top 1% for EQ Index, Growth, Muscle, IMF and Shear Force. Combined with a low/moderate BWT and positive Fat, he is an excellent package for any enterprise. We have used him in our AI program for 2023 as well as our natural joining, and hope to get him collected once he has finished serving ewes. Several of his sons are in our 2023 sire team and sale team.
In 2024 he is still holding strong - figures back a little on growth but still top 1% on the EQ index and huge muscle. He will again be used in our AI and natural joinings, with 5 of his sons also in our sire team for 2024.
PLG WILLOWS 20M224
Pictured as a ram lamb, 20M224 is a maternal composite ram selected for his explosive growth and muscle along with excellent conformation and type. 20M224 gives us that fast early growth (top 1% in database) tapering off as he reached mature size, huge muscle (top 1%) while maintaining above average Weaning Rate figures. While driving up growth and fertility we also select for White Suffolk/Poll Dorset phenotype in our maternals which contributes to better sale prices for wether lambs, especially those that grow as well as 20M224’s progeny! One of his sons has been used in the 2023 sire team.
20M224 was utilized in the Sheep Genetics Resource Flock in 2022, contributing to ASBV accuracy, carcase data and linkage within the database.
PLG WILLOWS 20M224
PLG WILLOWS 201104
PLG WILLOWS 201104
201104 is a terminal ram we used extensively in his first two seasons. As a ram lamb he had excellent balanced figures, with fantastic growth and muscle balanced with low birthweight and positive fat. When the database was updated he dropped back a bit on his figures but remains a well balanced ram with excellent muscle, sitting in the top 10% for the TCP index, top 10% for muscle and top 20% on the EQ index. He has a number of excellent progeny, both rams and ewes, carrying on throughout the stud as well as three sons in the 2023 sire team.
201104 was used in the Sheep Genetics Resource Flock in 2022, contributing to ASBV accuracy, carcase data and linkage through the databse.