Please read this important information about the Sheep Auction:
Until further notice, sellers will DROP OFF their animals, and all checks will be mailed the next day. Only buyers will be allowed in the sale arena. ABSOLUTELY NO CHILDREN. MASKS ARE REQUIRED FOR EVERYONE AT THE SALE! SOCIAL DISTANCING PROTOCOLS WILL ALSO BE FOLLOWED. These rules are based on directives from K-State Research and Extension.
Woodson County Sheep Auction
The monthly Sale is the first Tuesday of the month.
The buying station (for fat lambs) is open on the same day from 8:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Animals to be sold may be brought in beginning at 8:00 a.m, and are sold in the order that they are received.
The auction starts at 6:00 p.m.
Woodson County Fairgrounds, 701 S. Fry, Yates Center
Phone day of sale: 620-625-3350
We do not sell donkeys or llamas.
Market Report from Current Sale Held
January 5, 2021
783 head
70 consignors
336 sheep
447 goats
Sheep:
Fats: 160 - 190 cwt
New crop fats: 185 - 220 cwt
New crop feeders: 280 - 347 cwt
Old crop feeders: 210 - 255 cwt
Lambs 70-90 lbs: 250 - 295 cwt
Ewes/Rams: 80 - 135 cwt
Replacement ewes: $310
Pairs (count heads): $65-85
Goats:
Kid goats (fat 40-65 lbs): 325 - 385 cwt
Kid goats (fat 70-95 lbs): 275 - 378 cwt
Feeder kids: 320 - 383 cwt
Pygmys/dairy cross: 270 - 320 cwt
Light billies: 210 - 295 cwt
Heavy billies: 190 - 220 cwt
Nannies: 165 - 215 cwt
Top selling nanny: $320
Pairs (count heads): $140
Extremely thin nannies: 90 - 130 cwt
These prices are for the majority of the animals. Prices are lower for some based on quality, age, condition, and fill.
Next sale will be February 4, 2021
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