Commercial Breeding Stock for Sale

Replacement Ewe Lambs and Ram Lambs: Both Hampshire/Suffolk and Dorset, born  January – March, for sale at the farm testing QR or better with no NS.  Roger Olsen, 3769 Little Wall Lake Road, Story City, IA, 515.450.2097, ssolsen@iastate.edu. (6/10)  

Registered Suffolk RR ram lambs - born January and February.  Lansing & Ruby Mountain breeding, large framed, fast growing, lots of loin length. Stewart Family Suffolk, Randy and Barb Stewart, 4009 Hwy F-36 W, Newton Iowa, (641) 521-7981 or rstewart@pcpartner.net.(6/10)

Registered  Bluefaced Leicester  Rams.  Their wool is a delight for home spinners and use the Rams for purebred or crossing sires.  Guard Llamas.  Reduce your predator death 100%.  We have many to choose from that are proven protectors.  All Llamas live with the sheep. Call 515-295-5719 at Ridge Road Farms.(6/10)

Suffolk Yearling and Ram Lambs - Good selection of Suffolk rams, all RR/NN, production tested with carcass scan data and NSIP info.  See Kimm Suffolks ad on the back page of this newsletter for contact information or call Bob at 319/476-3875 (home) or 319/290-8997 (cell). (6/10)

RR or QR Suffolk ram lambs.  Neilsen Family Suffolks.  712-476-5238. (6/10). 

To lease – Ten registered Polypay ewes and one Polypay ram.  For Sale – two registered Polypay yearling rams out of Wisconsin and West Cyclone bloodlines.  Jeff Dufoe,  319-849-9443. Leave message if necessary. (6/10).

Replacement ewe lambs - Polypay, Finn, Suffolk cross.  115 Suffolk/Polypay ewes/ewe lambs weaned 197% lamb crop this year.  Select using complete records for prolificacy and growth. Steve Bernhard, Algona, 515-679-4006. (5/10)

Rams – Four early December Dorsett Suffolk cross speckled ram lambs. $250 each or all for $900. Scott Jakel, 4197 Hwy 218, Osage IA. 641-220-1388 sjakel@myclearwave.net. (5/10)

Hampshire Yearling rams - out of our Held (SD) buck. Large framed thick made rams ready to go to work for you. Dorset yearling rams and ewes - available from our Riverwood ram & ''Highpower" daughters. Large growthy rams with plenty of muscle. QR or better. M.H.W. Farms Colfax, IA, Robert Maher, 515-674-3029 bnlmaher@aol.com, Monte Wilson 515-674-4217, mnkwilson@hotmail.com. (5/10)

Columbia Ram Lamb - Born 10/09. Tested QR.  Peg Gannon, 515-386-2027.  (4/10)

Rams - Dorper and White Dorper rams: registered and commercial, starting at $300.  Ile de France crossbred rams.  All rams hardy/easy care, well muscled, out of season breeding, excellent growth on forage only.  S A Mitcham, Crane Creek, 3061 160th St, Sumner, Iowa 50674, 563-578-5665, sam@netins.net. (4/10)

Want to buy – White faced commercial ewe lambs or yearlings for breeding.  Lyndon Sutcliff, 21318 260th St, Mason City, IA, 50401, 641-424-0965, 247@netconx.net. (4/10)

Working Livestock Guardians – Two five-month-old Komondorok pups started on sheep.  Melport Meadows Farm, Larry and Lisa Anderson, 7808 Nebraska Ave, Cashton, Wisconsin 54619, 608-654-7999, landerson7808@gmail.com.  More information at www.melportmeadows.com. (4/10)

Free to good sheep home: Four female guard dog pups - six months old.  1/2 Spanish Mastiff and 1/2 Maremma.  Have been with sheep whole life, including living in the lambing barn during early lambing season.  Showing great characteristics.  Todd Christians, Kanawha, Iowa, 641-762-3242, tdtj@comm1net.net.  (4/10) 

Free listing for ISIA members.  Ads must be limited to 50 words and will run in four issues (date in parenthesis indicates first issue).  Ads may be re-submitted for an additional four months at a time.  Send ad information along with name, address, phone and email to the ISIA office at 2704 130^th Ave., Burt, IA 50522, or info@iowasheep.com by the 25^th of the month for publication in the following month’s newsletter.  Newsletter is published 11 times/year with a July/August issue.