Richmond Merinos

Name: Richmond Merinos
Address: "Richmond", Quandialla, NSW, 2721, AU
Telephone: 0437153765

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A progressive and innovative stud providing productive, sustainable and ethically produced genetics to the merino industry.

03/09/2026

Some thoughts on the Harden field days and the presentation of rams regarding carcass, growth and do-ability.

31/08/2026

SOUTH WEST SLOPES MERINO FIELD DAYS AT HARDEN SHOWGROUNDS. TOMORROW SEP 1ST.
Picked out some young ram's this afternoon for display. Drop in for a chat and check out these blokes in their working clothes. No Shedding, no stud mix or self feeders, 100% paddock run.

09/08/2026

We recently put up a post showing extra long staple length in a client's ram's that attracted a lot of interest with a few comments implying that it wasn't possible to grow that length of wool without compromising carcass.
We've always had a strongly focused dual purpose flock with plenty of clients reporting terrific lamb sales each year.
The lambs in the video below were estimated at 27kg dressed after only 8.5 weeks on grain.
Some other clients results this year just to name a few include the following.
M & S Hunter, Bribbaree $335
T & S Rose, Cassilis $330
Holschier family, Deniliquin 27kg carcass at just 8 months old.
C & J Dixon Quandialla $316. The Dixon family also had the 3rd heaviest carcass and 2nd best yield across 70 teams in last years Australia merino production trial .

30/07/2026

Troy and Sara Rose of "Rotherwood" Cassilis run a large commercial flock of high quality modern merinos. They purchase top end sires at auction and join them in a nucleus flock of specially selected ewes to breed replacement ram's.
The first wool shot is from Richmond 230203 purchased for $5500 and the second photo is a home bred sire. Both rams retaining excellent fibre quality as they age and growing around 130mm staples for just 7 months growth straight out of the paddock.

22/07/2026

Saw this post from the Coota Park Blue E cattle page and thought it was very relatable to the Merino industry.
Every year as the role of carcass and fertility increases efficiency becomes more and more important yet still we see the biggest ram's on auction day or the largest framed ewes in the sale yards get the top price.
It's something we've been aware of for a while and as the post says " it's not easy" but it can be done.
We believe an animal that grows rapidly at a young age and plateaus to a moderate sized adult is a key driver of overall efficiency and profitability.

15/07/2026

At Richmond all stud sheep are run under the same conditions as the commercial flock on predominantly native grass country. We believe this approach develops a level of genetic resilience that adds $$$ to the bottom line in so many ways over the animals lifetime.

10/07/2026

Drafting ewes into their lambing mobs this week.
It's been a great season so far and nice to see the ewes in good order growing around 100 mm for just on 7 months wool growth.

16/06/2026

CRUTCHING FLOCK EWES
Shedding up the commercial ewes on our lease block for their pre lamb crutching.
These ewes are genetically a fair way behind the Richmond flock but they are still easily capable of living a productive life without mulesing.
They will have one pre lambing crutch and depending on the season may or may not get a clik treatment on the breech at marking in September. They will then be shorn in Early December.
It's really not a very difficult program and is quite achievable with the right sheep.

04/06/2026

Some great early results from Richmond 220339 in the yearling assessment of the SA 2025 drop sire evaluation.
Trait leader in flock breeding values for.
* Post weaning weight
* Eye muscle
* Fat depth
* Fibre diameter
* Multiple breech traits including Breech cover, Breech wrinkle, least dag & least urine stain
* Sustainable merino index
* Merino lamb index
* % Tops visually classed

220339 was purchased by Pepper Well merino stud at our on property auction for $14,000 and we retained semen for our own use.
Originally identified as a potential sire for his combination of balanced wool and meat production, stud quality fibre, great body shape and breech traits his first drop of lambs performed well at last years auction and we look forward to a similar result in this year's draft.

28/05/2026

Carl Holschier contacted us the other day to update me on his exceptional ewe lamb scanning results from his family's "Paringavale" flock. Joined in February at 8 months of age and scanning at 130% its quite possible they could wean at over 100% on joining numbers. It's not long ago that these sort of figures in merino lambs would be considered impossible. A brilliant result for the Holschier family and a credit to their excellent management.

Address

"Richmond"
Quandialla, NSW
2721

Telephone

0437153765

Website

http://www.richmondmerinos.com.au/

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