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Drafting (sorting) by weight using a 5000 indicator

You can draft animals by weight using a 5000 indicator

This article applies to:

  • XR5000, ID5000, JR5000 weigh scale indicators

You can separate animals into different groups as they are weighed using the drafting by weight feature.

📝 All 5000 indicator models have drafting by weight. The JR5000 and ID5000 models allow you to draft (sort) animals up to 5 ways and the XR5000 up to 10 ways.

💡 Before setting up your indicator for drafting, go to Settings then Favourites. View the easy-to-use preset drafting options - one of these may suit?

Setting up the 5000 indicator for drafting by weight

This example shows how to draft by weight in 3 directions with arrows displaying the draft direction. But many other scenarios are possible.

To set up drafting:

  1. From the Home screen, press Settings, Drafting then Change other draft settings OR Turn drafting ON and set drafting configuration.

  2. Follow the 6-step drafting setup wizard:
    Step 1 - Turn Drafting ON and Show draft direction on Weigh screen.
    Step 2 - Sort animals by Weight.
    Step 3 - Split animals 3 ways.
    Step 4 - Show draft direction as arrows.
    Step 5 - Draft by Weight when automatically when weight is stable (ID required, wait until an ID is received). See Top tips below for an explanation.
    Step 6 - Press Finish.

  3. Set up the drafting configuration so that animals are split into 3 groups:

    • Below 250 kg to the left

    • Between 250-300 kg to the right

    • Above 350 kg straight ahead
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    You are now ready to start drafting by weight.

Starting a drafting session

After setting up for drafting, you are ready to start weighing.

To start a new session:

  1. From the Home screen, press New Session.

  2. Name the session and press Start Session.

    The Weigh screen should look like this:

💡 To change the fields displayed on the Weigh screen, press Options, Information to display then tick items as required.

Viewing the drafting session

To view draft results for a completed session:

  1. From the Weigh screen, press Sessions.

  2. A summary is displayed on the main screen.
    📝 A graph is displayed on this screen for XR5000 and ID5000 models only.

  3. Press on Statistics or Session Animals to see more detail.

Top tips for drafting

💡 Choose when to record

Step 5 of the Drafting Setup wizard asks when to draft:

When to draft

When to use this option

REC key is pressed, so you can first enter other information

You want to check that the weight or other information is accurate OR you want to enter other information such as a condition score before drafting occurs.

Automatic, when weight is stable

  • ID optional, do not wait for ID.

You want to draft as quickly as possible. An ID will be recorded if available, but it will not wait.

  • ID required, wait for up to # seconds for ID, then draft to X

You want to draft out animals with missing or faulty tags. The indicator will wait a short time for an ID such as an EID and then if no ID is received, the animal will be drafted into a pen so that the ID can be checked, fixed and the animal re-weighed.

  • ID required, wait until ID is received

You want to ensure that an ID Is recorded and will wait until one is entered/received.

💡 Use short labels on the Weigh screen

In the Drafting configuration screen, use short labels for drafting groups (fewer than 5 characters) so that they fit on the Weigh screen:

💡 Save a drafting configuration as a Favourite setup

After you have set up your indicator, you can save the drafting configuration to use in the future.

  1. From the Home screen, go to Settings, Favourites, Save New.

  2. Give your favourite setup a meaningful name e.g. Draft 3 ways 0-250kg, 250-300kg, 300+.

💡 Recalculate results after weighing

After you have finished a weighing session, you can recalculate the draft results using new parameters. This allows you to test 'what-if' scenarios.

To recalculate results:

  1. From the Session screen, press Options, then Drafting settings.

  2. Change the drafting parameters and press Recalculate draft:

  3. The Statistics screen now displays the draft results AND the recalculated draft results:

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