Columbia Mist Armando's Ashley

You may buy Ashley for $3,900 (40% off market value) during our Retirement Sale!

Ashley is the product of great genetics! She ranks in the top EPDs for the National herd in 7 out the 9 traits. She has a balanced frame and is a tall girl. She has a very bright fleece that has high frequency crimp that is very soft to the touch.

Ashley has great genetics! Her father Valedar's Armando is the current holder of #11 ranking in Fineness for 2015, Victor, and Hemingway twice. Her mother's side includes Accoyo the Admiral, Caligula and Hemingway.

Her 2014 fiber sort showed Grade 1 Secondaries and Grade 2 Primaries, 9 out of 10 on brightness, 4 out of 5 for density, 7.5 out of 8 for uniformity of micron with moderate amplitude, medium 6-7 crimps per inch, 4 out of 5 for handle and 9 out of 10 for lack of guard hair. She had 44.5 oz. of WL 1-2 on her blanket and 17.8 oz. WL 1-2 of sorted fiber on her neck. Sorter commented that her fleece was so fine that it was cotting and felting and that she had a uniform S/P and a lovely hand.

Ashley's EPD Results - 2016 She is in the top 1% in lack of medullation and ranked 270 out of 35,933 females in the national herd. She is in the top 2% in curvature of fiber and ranked 546, top 3% and ranked 1078 in uniformity or SD. She is in the top 4% in fineness, in yet is in the top 22% for fleece weight which shows her density of fiber. She is in the top 11% for % of fibers over 30M.



Whether you are interested in purchasing high quality alpacas for breeding, show, fiber or selecting a herd sire to breed to, you should use Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) as your most important selection tool in addition to evaluating phenotype and genetics. Our herd has some of the highest EPD accuracy ratings due to breeding some of the best genetics and due to the shear number of these genetics in the EPD database. Consequently you can also increase the probability of creating ideal offspring with up to 95% accuracy. Contact us to learn more about using EPDs. We have been using them to improve our herd since 2008.