Lamb Finisher - Target Weight

SlingShot. The high performance supplementary feed for fast finishing.

If you want healthy lambs that reach their target weight sooner, then supplementary feed with Slingshot Lamb Finisher pellets. Nutritionally balanced to include the high protein and energy levels to meet the needs of growing lambs, plus vitamins, minerals and trace elements, Slingshot Lamb Finisher pellets are the highly effective feed solution to help you finish your lambs in less time.

Strategic supplementary feeding with SlingShot Lamb Finisher pellets offers sheep producers the opportunity to reach target weights sooner.

SlingShot Lamb Finisher is a high performance pellet that is formulated so your lambs can reach their full growth potential in the shortest time possible. This will allow you to minimise costs while meeting your target weight objectives.

Nutritionally balanced to meet the needs of lambs with a high level of protein to provide the building blocks required to grow, and the correct level of energy to fuel this growth, SlingShot Lamb Finisher pellets also contain added vitamins and trace elements to promote a healthy rumen, bone growth, optimal feed conversion and minimise the risk of health issues.

In addition, a pelleted feed also ensures your planned nutrition is the same with every mouthful, with no risk of undigested grain passing through the lamb’s system as SlingShot Lamb Finisher pellets are blended and milled so they are highly digestible.

The optimal nutritional balance provided by SlingShot Lamb Finisher means your lambs can be finished in less number of days, which means every day you don’t feed you’re saving money.

Key Features

  • Provide as a supplement to pasture fed lambs, or with roughage to lot fed lambs.
  • Nutritionally balanced with 17% crude protein and 12.5 MJ/KG metabolisable energy. (Dry Matter)#
  • Contains appropriate levels of calcium and phosphorus to support growth and development.
  • Contains added trace elements and vitamins to support growth.
  • Contains Lasalocid Sodium (Bovatec*) to optimise feed conversion, Acidbuf^ to minimise risk of grain poisoning and ammonium salts to minimise risk of urinary calculi.
  • Steam pelleted to minimise wastage, separation and better bioavailability of ingredients.


These graphs indicate that a lamb with a growth potential of 400g/day and a target weight objective of 45kg can be finished off in around 38 days with high quality supplementary nutrition such as SlingShot. However, if nutrition is of a medium quality and the growth rate drops to 250g/day it will take 60 days to reach the same target weight, a difference of 22 days.

For example, if you are feeding 1.5kg/day @ $0.35/kg for these additional 22 days, the extra cost per lamb is $12. A lower quality feed at a weight gain of 250g/day would have to be 35% cheaper to make up the difference, and at a gain of 150g/day would have to be 60% cheaper. Add extra labour and animal health costs and the figures would be even higher.1.5kg feeding rate is a figure used for this example. Consult your advisor for a more accurate feeding rate for your operation. The price of $350/tonne is used for the cost of feed. This is only indicative.

1.5kg feeding rate is a figure used for this example. Consult your advisor for a more accurate feeding rate for your operation. The price of $350/tonne is used for the cost of feed. This is only indicative.