Merino data quality
Good data isn't assumed. It's scored.
Sheep Genetics scores every Merino stud on quality and predictability. Trigger Vale ranks in the top 3% of studs.What you select is what you get.
A score out of 100 for how good your data is.
Every stud in Sheep Genetics is given a Data Quality Score — a rating out of 100 that assesses how accurate and complete its recording is. It is calculated independently by Sheep Genetics, not by the stud.
It matters because without accurate data, the data is worthless. ASBVs are only ever as good as the recording behind them — the score tells you how much that recording can be trusted.
- 90/100
- Trigger Vale Data Quality Score
- 10th
- Ranked out of 317 Merino studs
- Top 3%
- For recording quality nationally
- 5-Star
- Highest Sheep Genetics data quality band
Every Merino stud, scored and plotted.
The distribution of all 317 studs by Data Quality Score, banded one to five stars. Trigger Vale sits at 90 — 10th nationally.
DQS Distribution
Data Quality Score of every Merino stud · 317 studs
Star rating · studs in each band
Data quality is the speed limit on your gains.
The accuracy of what you select on drives your rate of change. Better accuracy means better production and faster gains. It's that direct.
High-quality data
Accurate predictions. Faster, more reliable genetic gain. You reach your goals sooner and more accurately — which means more profit, because you spend less time getting there.
Low-quality data
Less accurate predictions. Slower gains and highly variable results — you can't be sure the change you select for is the change you get, so progress stalls and outcomes scatter.
Four recording habits, assessed independently.
Sheep Genetics evaluates the recording behind each flock's annual submissions — done independently of the stud, on four measures.
Completeness
Are all relevant animals and traits measured? A full management group weighed and assessed — not a cherry-picked subset.
Timeliness
How promptly data is collected and submitted after key events — weaning, shearing — while it still reflects the animal.
Linkage
Does the flock compare genetic performance across environments and against other studs, so the numbers are truly comparable?
Pedigree recording
Are sires and dams accurately tracked, so the database can account for every genetic relationship?
Numbers you can back
Accurate data. Faster progress. More profit.
A 90/100 data quality score means every ASBV we publish is built on recording you can trust — so the gains you buy actually land in your flock.