Vorn Aberystwyth: Cutting Edge of Genetics.
  • Vorn Aberystwyth is the highest ever indexing UK lamb at 599. 
  •  CT scanned showed longest ever-length of spine at 67cm
  • Eye muscle area of 43.3 cm2, the highest in the UK in 2017
  • Highest % of muscle in the loin at 11%. 
  • Lean weight estimated breeding values (EBV) +6.75kg - no other ram over 6.00kg.
  • Sired by Antur Wythaberyst, who was the number one UK indexing lamb in 2015 with an index of 489 and bred by the University of Wales at their Aberystwyth farm, which has been performance recording their Texel flock for 30 years. 
  • Aberystwyth is the first lamb of 1500727, a twin out of hog 1400629, who the next year produced Vorn Yardstick the number one UK lamb of 2016, 
  • His lambs in New Zealand are creating quite a stir for their ease of lambing, shape, and rapid growth, when compared to New Zealand’s best.
  • Vorn Aberystwyth comes from a line of good milking females  
Vorn Yardstick. 
The sire of all our ewes was an AI sire from Vorn Yardstick.
  • Vorn Yardstick, bred by the late Mr John Vaughan of Herefordshire, England was the top ranking British Texel ram hogget born in 2016 with a Terminal Sire Index of 575 where the top 1% of rams are over 395.
  • His British National Texel Breeding Values were exceptional with an 8 week weight BV of 9.64kg and an autumn weight BV of 20.8kg as well as high CT muscularity.
  • His first crop of progeny in the UK has produced the 2nd highest Terminal Sire Index ram hogget born in 2017.

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