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WELCOME TO GROGANSWORTH MERINOS
The Grogansworth Merino Stud (Flock No. 4038) was founded in 1985 on Peppin bloodlines.
Grogansworth Merino Stud is a family-run business between the towns of Yass and Boorowa in the south-east of New
South Wales, Australia. With targeted classing and breeding a stable genetic base has been created which retains a large
frame, wool cut and fertility, combined with soft handling, white, water-resistant fine-medium wool of 19 microns. The
Grogansworth Merino Stud is run in conjunction with a self-replacing commercial Merino flock of approximately 10,000 head.
SOUTH WEST SLOPES MERINO FIELD DAY:
THURSDAY 1 SEPTEMBER
Grogansworth will have a display at the 2016 Field Day at Galong.
Come and view some exciting young sire prospects and rams that will be offered
at our on-property sale on 17th October. We have an exceptional grandson of One
Oak No. 2 BL104 as well as rams from the Henry, Graham and Tomahawk families.
These display rams were regulation March shorn by Australian Champion Blade
Shearer, John Dalla. See you on September 1st at Galong.
COMING SOON!
9TH ANNUAL GROGANSWORTH RAM SALE
The 9th Annual Grogansworth Ram Sale is on Monday 17th October, 3pm
The Henderson family look forward to
welcoming you. Inspections will be from
11.30 am. A light lunch will be available.
The moderate rains of 2015 cut out
in early November, necessitating the
feeding of lambs from mid-November.
Negligible rain fell during summer,
so after weaning feeding continued
through to late June. After such a hot,
dry summer and autumn we have now
had the other extreme. From May
to mid-August, Grogansworth has
recorded almost 350ml or 14 inches.
Rain was recorded on 17 days in June
and 22 days in July, with some locals
saying it has been as wet as 1974.
As we near spring, we have a full
moisture profile and over-flowing
dams.
9th Annual
Grogansworth
Ram Sale
Mark Taylor, from selling agent Schute Bell,
manager of the Goulburn branch
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AVAIL ABLE
PHONE: 02 6227 6085  GROGANSWORTH, 888 LACHLAN VALLEY WAY, BOWNING, 2582
Kim Henderson
0429 839 889
George Henderson
0427 434 343
Classer: Ian Marwedel
0429 151 419
Stud Rep: Michael Elmes
0429 847 552
Contact via email
[email protected]
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2015 ANNUAL RAM SALE
Story Courtesy THE LAND NEWSPAPER
by Stephen Burns, The Land.
All 89 rams offered were August/
September 2014 drop paddock
prepared, with 81 selling at auction
to average $1572, and 3 selling
afterwards.
Buyers Andrew Bodman, “Woongara”,
Skipton, Victoria and Kingslea
Partnership (Caroline Spittle and
her daughter, Rosemary Mitchell),
“Kingslea”, Bookham, NSW paid equal
top price of $3200. Mr Bodman has
been buying rams from Grogansworth
for 15 years and said they performed
well in his district. “I’m looking
for more size, which gives us the
opportunity to have big sheep to sell
off-shears. They have to be top wool
cutters with heavy long-stapled bright
and soft fleeces”, Mr Bodman said.
Purchasers commented on the well
presented, structurally correct rams,
growing heavy fleeces of fine-medium
wool.
Repeat and new buyers supported
the sale, with rams going to Coolac,
Jugiong, Bookham, Reid’s Flat, Bathurst,
Young, Millthorpe , Stockinbingal, Yass;
and Victorian districts of Balmoral and
Skipton.
With the equal top-priced ram at $3200,
purchased by Caroline Spittle and Rosie
Mitchell, “Kingslea”, Bookham, are Kim and
George Henderson, Grogansworth Merino
Stud, Bowning; Rosemary Mitchell, Ian
Marwedel, Sydney, and Rocky Henderson,
Grogansworth.
AUSTRALIAN SHEEP AND
WOOL SHOW, BENDIGO 2016
Grogansworth Merinos received the prize for Most Valuable
Commercial Fleece in the 17.6 – 18.5 micron class. The fleece
was off a grass fed stud ewe and weighed 9.8kg, 18.4m,
99.6CF, valued at $116.14. This is the largest fully measured
fleece competition in the world with 481 entries this year and
the second such award for Grogansworth in two years.
YASS SHOW 2016
We had a successful day at the Yass Show
coming away with the Supreme Exhibit with
an August shorn, 2 tooth, fine wool ewe.
Grogansworth also took out the Junior
Champion ram and Reserve, and the
Champion March shorn ram and Reserve.
PHONE: 02 6227 6085  GROGANSWORTH, 888 LACHLAN VALLEY WAY, BOWNING, 2582
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GENERAL SHEARING
This year’s clip was sold in late June/
early July and achieved outstanding
results. Due to the prem shearing
(moving shearing a month earlier),
the hot, dry summer and autumn,
the staple length averaged 88 mm
for grown sheep, which suited the
requirements of processors.
Italian interests purchased a number of
fleece lines. The entire clip, including
oddments, averaged $2001 per bale, or
1,052 c/kg greasy. Fleece lines brought
up to 80 c/kg above their respective
micron indicators, signifying their
excellent quality. The average micron
of the clip was down 1 to 1.3 microns
this year, due to seasonal conditions.
2016 FLEECE TEST RESULTS
Mic
CF
VM
Yield
SL
SS
Mob Description
Greasy Price
AUSFINE AAAAA
18.2
99.5
0.9
77.4
82
38
Adult Sheep
1227
AUSFINE AAAA
18.5
99.5
0.4
78.4
82
43
2 Yr Old Wethers
1220
AUSFINE AAAA
18.3
99.5
0.8
78.0
95
37
Stud and Flock Ewes
1188
AUSFINE AAAA
15.8
99.5
1.3
76.2
70
48
Wether Weaners
1230
AUSFINE MBKN
15.5
99.4
3.8
70.9
64
43
All Weaners
981
AUSFINE MBKN
17.7
99.3
4.3
64.9
85
37
Adult Sheep
895
MLKS
17.5
99.4
1.4
70.5
Adult Sheep
785
CLIENT NEWS
Geoff Redmond, Boigu, Berremangra,
near Jugiong, NSW
Andrew Bodman, Woongara,
Skipton, Victoria
Neil Gaussen, Melville Forest/Vasey
Road, Balmoral, Victoria
Geoff is delighted with the development
of his distinct Grogansworth type,
which meets his criteria of heavy fine/
medium wool cutting, combined with an
excellent carcass.
Andrew is extremely pleased with the
very consistent wool quality of his
sheep, combined with their extra body
length, and improved structure and
shape.
Neil is very much encouraged with
the constitution, conformation, bone
and great heads of his Grogansworth
bloodline.
Geoff Redmond at the press and his daughter,
Liesl, classing the 2015 clip.
Wool classer, Cassandra Greenback, with a
Woongara fleece.
Grogansworth rams in their working clothes at
Balmoral.
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GROGANSWORTH BREEDING POLL RAMS BOOKHAM EWE
COMPETITION 2016
2016 has seen the beginning of a Poll
his scale. His sire 080020 was a top
Merino Stud at Grogansworth.
In recent years we have been asked by
prospective clients, and some existing
clients, if we were breeding any poll
rams; and we would like to service this
market.
We plan to breed a poll sheep with the
same wool cut, fertility and frame that
our horned sheep are renowned for.
In February this year a poll sire was
purchased from One Oak Poll Stud at
Jerilderie. 140011 was selected for his
wool quality and cutting potential, and
performer in the North East Victoria
Sire Evaluation of 2011. 140011 tested
19.2m, 3.2 SD, 16.7 CV and 99.7 CF.
Semen was also purchased from One
Oak Poll 120014, with the AI taking
place in March. This sire has beautiful
soft handling, deep crimping wool of
a type that will stand any amount of
rain. 120014 has already bred show
champions.
Lambs by these sires started hitting
the ground in August and will be in our
on-property sale next year.
Grogansworth client of 30 years,
Kingslea Partnership, was the winner
of the Bookham Ewe Competition in
February 2016.
Grogansworth Merino Stud
congratulates mother and daughter
Caroline Spittle and Rosemary Mitchell
on their consistent success.
Both judges complimented Kingslea
Partnership on the presentation,
condition score and management of
these ewes.
Rick Baldwin said, “The doing ability
of the ewes is outstanding, as is their
capacity, which has so much to do with
fertility. They are very well grown and
look outstanding, a fantastic line of
ewes.”
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Caroline Spittle and Rosemary Mitchell,
Kingslea Partnership, Sheep Classer
Ian Marwedel, and George Henderson,
Grogansworth Merino Stud.
ANFD WETHER TRIAL
2013 - 2015 Wether Trial:
Ÿ Grogansworth Second Place
2015 - 2018 Wether Trial:
The Australian National Field Days Wether Trial 2015 - 2018 has two sections:
Ÿ Sheep will be shorn every 9 months
Ÿ Sheep will be shorn every 12 months
Grogansworth has 2 teams in this Trial, with a team in each section. At the first shearing
of the 9 months section, in June 2016, Grogansworth was placed 2nd for gross value
return. The full results for both sections will be published after the 12 month shearing
section’s shearing in September 2016.
Matthew Coddington said, “My first
impression is this is a really productive
and profitable mob of sheep; this
is what I’ve been talking about this
morning; it can be done.”
“This is the type of sheep which,
if you put in the genetics, and the
management, you can breed very
profitable sheep that are very
competitive and are way ahead of a
cross-bred lamb enterprise because you
are getting body weight, carcase yield
and a lot of wool. It’s the wool that’s
going to jump the Merino enterprise $30
- $40 per head in front of any cross-bred
lamb enterprise.
This is the potential of this flock, with
this sort of capacity and productivity.”
PHONE: 02 6227 6085  GROGANSWORTH, 888 LACHLAN VALLEY WAY, BOWNING, 2582
Kim Henderson
0429 839 889
George Henderson
0427 434 343
Classer: Ian Marwedel
0429 151 419
Stud Rep: Michael Elmes
0429 847 552
Contact via email
[email protected]