Available either by private purchase or at various markets ie: Skipton, Bakewell and other ram sales.
Sires used for the 2009 Lambing crop are as follows:
EBV
Genotype
Tomcroft original
496
RR
Cockleby Washington MuscleMaster
365
RR
Midhope Supersire 05
344
RR
Cragroe Craftsman
158
RR
Midhope Bluechip
256
RR
Tomcroft Original was purchased in 2007 jointly with Charles Harding for 4000 Gns. 2009 has seen the first crop of his lambs at Midhope, which have excellent growth rates and muscularity.
List of Midhope Ram Lambs in Top 10% of all Recorded Suffolk Lambs 2009
ID
Sire
Scan Age
(Days)
Type
Actual Muscle
Actual
Fat
8Wk Wt
EBV
Scan Wt
EBV
Mus dp EBV
Fat dp
EBV
Index
L16
Tomcroft
Original
143
1:1
41.3
6.8
7.15
12.83
3.14
0.51
4.55
L34
Tomcroft
Original
141
2:2
43.9
6.8
6.62
10.41
5.16
0.92
4.43
L38
Tomcroft
Original
141
2:1
42.3
5.30
6.69
11.92
3.51
0.17
4.27
L18
Tomcroft
Original
142
1:1
36.9
7.7
7.85
14.34
1.74
1.02
3.88
L27
Tomcroft
Original
144
3:2
41.9
6.0
5.64
9.05
4.10
0.47
3.85
L110
Midhope
Supersire 05
125
3:3
37.5
3.7
6.46
10.84
3.63
0.68
3.84
L35
Tomcroft
Original
141
2:2
42.7
6.5
5.89
10.23
3.66
0.78
372
L14
Cockleby W.
Musclemaster
141
2:2
41.1
5.0
5.10
9.92
3.17
-0.01
3.57
L68
Tomcroft
Original
141
3:2
40.3
6.0
5.69
9.52
3.54
0.61
3.49
L9
Cockleby W.
Musclemaster
143
2:2
42.3
7.5
6.31
11.92
3.49
0.83
3.47
L87
Tomcroft
Original
140
2:2
38.5
4.0
5.72
11.30
2.17
0.03
3.41
L111
Midhope
Supersire 05
125
3:3
39.7
3.8
4.7
8.28
3.78
0.66
3.15
L61
Cragroe Craftsman
142
3:2
40.1
5.6
6.31
10.76
2.10
0.24
3.14
L71
Cockleby W. Musclemaster
141
3:2
41.1
6.5
5.16
9.18
3.01
0.61
3.13
L22
Tomcroft Original
144
2:1
40.5
6.0
5.11
8.55
2.88
0.22
3.12
L97
Tomcroft Original
137
2:1
37.6
5.6
5.12
9.00
1.97
0.37
3.05
L50
Tomcroft Original
140
2:2
39.7
5.5
5.24
9.39
1.73
0.40
3.03
There are available a further 20 lambs by the same sires with indexes ranging from 197 to 298 putting them in the top 25% of all lambs recorded.
There are also 26 well grown shearling rams for sale.
