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   The Rife flock was started the fall of 1961 with a few older bred ewes from Lowell Douce. Productivity has always been our foremost emphasis. Through those formative years, two Hartzell rams, 66-67 and 70-31, each from Emil's high indexing sets of twins their respective year, really exploded the productivity trait for us. Twenty-five top females from the Newcomer flock gave us a boost in the late 70's and early 80's. Five Grand, Mamuth, and Lucky Strike continued moving us forward through the 80's. The use of the phenomenal Barnes stud ram 3-K from '91 to '96 kicked us into orbit.

Over the past five years, three elite stud rams have redefined the image of Rife Shropshires and taken us to the next level. Cornerstone, Raspberry, and Flair gave us the "modern look" without sacrificing productivity. These rams cleaned up our front ends, squared up our hips, and gave us the size we needed to compete. The daughters of these rams make up the majority of our brood ewe flock and continue to produce fantastic lambs year after year!

Our flock has consistently produced National Champions and, above all, sheep that perform for our customers, not only in the show ring, but also, more importantly, in their flock. At Rife Shropshires, we continually strive to produce sheep with style, breed character and grow-ability. The genetic base that our flock now maintains gives buyers the confidence for the predictability they deserve.
Stud Rams
 

2012 Lamb Sires

Golden Ticket |Heavy Hitter | Impulse | Trailblazer |Jayhawk | Senior Trip | Wild Billy

2012 Shropshire Yearling Rams

Shown above is our 2012 Shropshire yearling ram pen. Most of these rams were used for spring lambs.


Golden Ticket, Rife 09-054 (RR NN)

Golden Ticket
Sired by Rhino, our top Winn Dixie son that placed 2nd as a lamb in the 2008 National Shropshire Open Show.

Golden Ticket's mother is the dam of Tim Robert's 2006 Supreme Champion Ewe at the Houston Livestock Expo.

Golden Ticket is stylish and sound. He combines muscle with pattern. He is square hipped and upfronted.

He was Champion Ram at the 2009 Ohio State Fair Shropshire Open Show. Golden Ticket placed second to the Reserve National Champion Ram in a tough early spring ram lamb class at the 2009 NAILE Shropshire Open Show.

Golden Ticket was used for fall and spring 2012 lambs.

    Sire: Winn Dixie, CLSF 0629
  Sire: Rife's Rhino  
    Dam: Rife 03-007

Golden Ticket
RRNN
Rife 09-054

   
    Sire: Rife's Flair
  Dam: Rife 02-086  
    Dam: Rife 99-093, Bro Daughter

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Heavy Hitter, Rife 09-178 (RR NN)

Heavy Hitter
Our pick of the HiDef sons. Heavy Hitter is smooth and stylish. He has good breed character and best of all he is out of one of our very best ewe families. His mother is also Screamer and Swagger's mother. Plus his grandmother is Knockout's mother.

Heavy Hitter was used last year by Jane Swizter and Steve Ford of IN.

Heavy Hitter was used for spring 2012 lambs.

    Sire: Rife's Diamond Cutter
  Sire: Rife's HiDef  
    Dam: Rife 02-072

Heavy Hitter
RRNN
Rife 09-178

   
    Sire: Rife's Stellar
  Dam: Rife 01-181  
    Dam: Rife 99-044, Cornerstone Daughter

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Impulse, Cabaniss (QR NN)

Impulse
Champion Shropshire Ram at the 2010 Midwest Stud Ram Sale for Cabaniss Club Lambs where he sold for $6,000.

Impulse is a rugged boned ram with natural thickness. He is square hipped and sound topped. We love his short ears and white wool. Impluse has outstanding Shropshire breed character.

Special Thanks to Jane Switzer and Steve Ford of IN for allowing us to use Impulse for fall lambs. The lambs look fantasic!

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Trailblazer, Hawkins 1105 (RR NN)

Trailblazer
Ideal Shropshire breed character and natural substance are the trademarks of Trailblazer. He is a real easy keeping type of sheep. We love the bone he brings to our breeding program.

Trailblazer was Reserve Jr. Champion Shropshire Ram at the 2011 Midwest Stud Ram Sale where we purchased him from Joy Hawkins of Oregon. His twin sister was 8th February ewe lamb for Joy at the 2011 NAILE in Louisville.

Trailblazer was used for spring 2012 lambs.

    Sire: Hawkins Barney 0602
  Sire: Hawkins
BAR-REL 0928
 
    Dam: Hawkins Cinderella 06028

Trailblazer
RRNN
Hawkins 1105

   
    Sire: Hawkins Sponge Bob 0703
  Dam: Hawkins
NO-ELLE 0823
 
    Dam: Hawkins Alexia 0723

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Jayhawk, Ebert 1047 (RR NN)

Jayhawk
Probably the most level hipped ram we've used in recent years, Jayhawk was purchased from Eberts of KS to add more thickness.

He was Champion Ram for Monica at the Midwest Preview Show last summer.

Jayhawk is sired by a top HiDef son that was purchased from us at the Shropshire Classic. On the dam side, he goes back to a very productive Cabaniss ewe.

Jayhawk was used for spring 2012 lambs.

    Sire: Rife's HiDef
  Sire: Rife's
Grandeur
 
    Dam: Rife 07-071

Jayhawk
RRNN
Ebert 1047

   
    Sire: Ebert 5129
  Dam: Ebert 7049  
    Dam: Cabaniss 02-L0313

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Senior Trip, Creamer Farms 11104 (RR NN)

Senior Trip
The most extreme ram we used this year, Senior Trip is big framed with loads of style. We purchased him from Creamer Farms of OH after the Ohio State Fair.

Senior Trip was 2nd place January ram lamb at the 2011 Ohio State Fair Open Shropshire Show. His twin sister placed high at both the 2011 Ohio State Fair and the 2011 NAILE Shropshire Shows for Jake Mingus.

Senior Trip was used for spring 2012 lambs.

    Sire: Brown 207 Moose
  Sire: Brown 210
Road Trip
 
    Dam: Brown 204

Senior Trip
RRNN
Creamer Farms 1104

   
    Sire: Rife's Off The Hook
  Dam: Creamer Farms 2920  
    Dam: Barnes Lady 5015

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Wild Billy, Bryant Shropshires 11-093

Wild Billy
Wild Billy was a smooth, thick Shropshire ram with good bone and excellent breed character. We purchased him in partnership with Sarah Nichols from Bryant Shropshires of OH at the Ohio State Fair.

Wild Billy was Supreme Champion Meat Ram at the 2011 Buckeye Youth Extravaganza.

Wild Billy was used for spring 2012 lambs.

    Sire: Melvin 6034
  Sire: Bryant Shropshires
Road Trip 09-01
 
    Dam: Bryant Shropshires 07-06

Wild Billy
Bryant Shropshires
11-093

   
    Sire: Bryant Shropshires
Gopher 04-47
  Dam: Bryant Shropshires 07-96  
    Dam: Bryant Shropshires 5-115

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Reference Sires

Duke, Rife 04-142 (RR NN) | Pedigree | Semen Available!

Duke
Sired by Breakthrough and out of a top Flair daughter, Duke is the most extreme patterned and largest framed of our Breakthrough sons. His genetics are at work in top flocks across the country.
 
Sired:

09 Iowa State Fair - Res. Champ. Ewe
09 Classic - Champion Ewe
09 Classic - Jr. Champion Ewe
08 Spectacular - High Selling Ram
07 NAILE - Res. Champion Ewe

07 NAILE Jr. Show - Res. Champ. Ewe
07 Ohio State Fair - Champion Ram

07 Spectacular - Champion Ram
06 Spectacular - Jr. Champion Ewe

Deceased.

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Mojo, Sweet 265 (RR NN) | Pedigree

Mojo
Raised by Oscar Sweet of Washington Court House, Ohio, Mojo is sired by a Breakthrough son and out an elite Flintstone daughter.
We leased for spring 2007 and fall 2008 lambs.

Mojo is now the lead stud ram for 3-D Sheep Farm.

Sired:

09 NAILE - Reserve National
Champion Ram - bred by 3-D Sheep Farm
09 Ohio State Fair - 1st Fall Ram Lamb, "Swagger"
09 Indiana State Fair - 1st Fall Ram Lamb, "Swagger"
08 NAILE - National Champion Ewe
08 KILE - Champion Ewe

08 Spectacular - High Selling Ewe

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Screamer, Rife 07-037 (RR NN) | Pedigree

Screamer
Sired by Off The Hook and out of a daughter of Knockout's mother, Screamer was Reserve Champion Ram at the 2007 Ohio State Fair. He is long bodied, correct on his feet and legs, and has a beautiful pattern. Screamer is a medium sized ram that's super complete.

Sired:

08 NAILE - Reserve National Champion Ram
08 Midwest Stud Ram Sale - Reserve Champion Ram
08 Great Lakes - Champion Ewe

Thanks to Bryan Miller of Maryland for purchasing Screamer.

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Winn Dixie, CLSF 0629 (RR NN) | Pedigree

Winn Dixie
Acquired from City Limits Sheep Farm, Winn Dixie was our pick of their Knockout son's out of one of their most powerful brood ewe lines. He brings us size at 39" x 39" and style. His daughters should make outstanding brood ewes.

Sired:

09 Big E - Supreme Shropshire | Champion Shropshire Ram, "Outrage"
09 Ohio State Fair - 1st Early Yrl Ewe
09 Ohio State Fair - 1st Fall Ewe
09 Ohio State Fair - 2nd Yrl Ram
09 Classic - 1st Fall Ram
08 NAILE - 2nd Early Ram Lamb
08 All American - 1st Jan. Ewe Lamb
08 Classic - Reserve Champion Ewe
08 Classic - Reserve Jr. Champion Ram

Thanks to Jim Kipp of Wisconsin for purchasing Winn Dixie.

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Rhino, Rife 08-069 (RR NN) | Pedigree

Rhino
Sired by Winn Dixie and out of a Cornerstone daughter whose mother is a Bro daughter. Cornerstone was the sire of Knockout's mother, one of the top ewe lines in our flock. Bro was the full brother to Barnes Farms' dynamic stud ram Future that produced many champions. We leased Bro for one breeding season and kept only a few daughters. Rhino was our most extreme patterned early spring ram lamb. He is long bodied, upfronted, and and has beautiful pattern.

Rhino was 2nd place in the early spring ram lamb class in the 2008 National Shropshire Open Show in Louisville. He then placed 2nd at the 2009 Ohio State Fair as a yearling.

Sired:

09 Ohio State Fair - Champion Shropshire Ram, "Golden Ticket"

Thanks to Rob & Ron Brown of Pennsylvaina for purchasing Rhino to follow up on their Foreplay daughters.

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HiDef, Rife 08-078 (RR NN) | Pedigree

HiDef
Sired by Diamond Cutter and out of a Stellar daughter. HiDef has tremendous substance and meat with a high level of masculinity. He is super hided and good patterned.

Sired:

09 Ohio State Fair - Res. Champ. Ewe
09 Classic - Res. Jr. Champion Ram
09 Classic - 1st Late Feb. Ewe Lamb

Deceased.

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Intense, Rife 09-070 (RR NN) | Pedigree

Intense
Intense is
sired by Screamer, who also sired Brimstone, the 2008 Reserve National Champion Shropshire Ram at NAILE. Intense's mother is an extreme Danny Boy daughter that goes back to a Flair daughter out of our elite 95-140 ewe.

He has extraordinary length and style. Genetically he should grow into a big, upfronted stud ram.

Deceased.

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Show Pony, Cole Farms 3071 (RR NN) | Pedigree

Show Pony
Reserve Champion Ram 2006 Midwest Stud Ram Sale.

Show Pony has sired 4 lamb crops for Switzer Shrops of Redkey, Indiana.

We are simply elated to have acquired him on September 18th from Jane and Steve. We immediately put him with a fabulous set of 25 spring ewe lambs.

Show Pony is extremely high headed, clean chested, and thick rumped. His short ears, color, and natural style are most impressive. While chasing ewes in the pasture he prances like a true Show Pony!

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