Handy tools
Marking & weaning %
Turn your yard counts into the numbers everyone asks about: scanning %, lamb marking or calf branding %, weaning % - and where the young were lost along the way.
Your mob’s numbers
128%scanning
112%marking
108%weaning
- Lost between scanning and marking
- 80 lambs (12.5%)
- Lost between marking and weaning
- 20 lambs (3.6%)
- Your target
- Enter your own target %
How we work it out
- Per female joined: each % = the count ÷ females joined × 100. So 560 lambs from 500 ewes is 112%.
- Losses: scanned − marked (as a % of scanned), and marked − weaned (as a % of marked).
- Target: target % × females joined − young marked = how many more you’d need.
Some people work percentages per female that gave birth, or per female scanned in young - we use females joined, the most common way, so compare like with like. It’s arithmetic on your own counts, not a benchmark. Your vet or livestock adviser can help if losses look high. Nothing you type is stored or sent anywhere.
Selling this year’s drop?
List weaners and store stock on the REALM Marketplace, or see what they’re worth at a c/kg price.