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Offered for sale as a commercial Katahdin ram lamb $250

White ram lamb with two giant red spots. Lots of out-of-state diversity in this pedigree, Birch Cove Farm (David Coplen, MO), Lynn Fahrmeier (MO), Gibraltar Farm in New York and the USDA Research Station in Booneville, AR. Positive EBVs for growth, parasite resistance, and prolificacy, no data on maternal milk yet.

EBVs from 2026 lamb crop BWT data. Photo taken May 2026. This ram’s dam had severe mastitis, so he was early-weaned mid May. This guy can go as as weaned commercial grower lamb in June for $250. $100 additional for registration form paperwork (buyer pays to register). Price will go up in July.  He should be maintained on high protein creep feed ideally until August when he is  120 days old, after which he can grow out on grass.

Offered for sale as a record-able Katahdin ewe with ram lamb at side $520

Tall white yearling ewe with some tan freckling. Her dam bred early while she was still with a large group of ram lambs, not all of which had DNA in the system, and DNA did not come back with a match for her. Dam’s sire is from New York (Gibraltar Farm, Etienne and Isabelle Richards), and dam traces back to Birch Cove (David Coplen, MO) and Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko, Moses Lake, Now retired).

She has a white ram lamb at side and they can go together for this price before the end of June, after that the price will go up. Photo from May 2026.

Offered for sale as a commercial  Katahdin ewe with ewelamb at side $575

Pretty white yearling ewe. Solid EBVs across the board, though weaker on parasite resistance. Sire traces back to USDA ram from Booneville AR, Lynn Fahrmeier (MO), Aspen Mountain (Aileen Scott, M T) and Birch Cove (David Coplen, MO). Caveat: this ewe  had entropion (inverted eyelids) as a lamb, which is lowly heritable, so I’m selling her unregistered as a commercial ewe and discounted. When these crop up, they are easily fixed with a penicillin injection below the eyelid, but it’s an inconvenience to deal with this, so we try to breed away from it. She will make a fine productive ewe on a small farm, and bred to a diverse sire, this issue may never recur in her lambs

She has a white ewelamb at side and they can go together for this price before the end of June, after that the price will go up.

Photo from May 2026.

Offered for sale as a commercial  Katahdin ewe with ram lamb at side $520

Pretty white yearling ewe. Solid EBVs across the board. Sire traces back to USDA ram from Booneville AR, Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko, Moses Lake, now retired), Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare, DVM, Iowa) and Birch Cove (David Coplen, MO). Caveat: this ewe  had entropion (inverted eyelids) as a lamb, which is lowly heritable, so I’m selling her unregistered as a commercial ewe and discounted. When these crop up, they are easily fixed with a penicillin injection below the eyelid, but it’s an inconvenience to deal with this, so we try to breed away from it. She will make a fine productive ewe on a small farm, and bred to a diverse sire, this issue may never recur in her lambs.

She has a white ram lamb at side and they can go together for this price before the end of June, after that the price will go up.

Photo from May 2026.

Offered for sale as a commercial  Katahdin ewe $275

White 6-year-old ewe with brown freckles. She’s had trouble with lamb survival in recent years, and may have a partial PPT tear that would make her unsuitable for breeding again, but she is healthy and will make a good pet/lawnmower.

Photo from May 2026.

Offered for sale as a commercial non-breeding Katahdin ewe $275

White 2-year-old ewe in great shape. She did not lamb as a yearling (which is not uncommon) but is also open this year, confirmed by blood test in April (she did mark by a ram in November.) She is not likely to breed in the future, so selling at/below cull/ mutton price. She can go to a new home any time. She would make a nice pasture pet or herding flock matriarch.

Photo from May 2026.

Offered for sale as a commercial non-breeding Katahdin ewe $275

Really flashy, big-framed chocolate and white ewe with long white socks. Three years old. She had twins as a yearling, missed a pregnancy last ear, and then again this year; and has blood-tested open in April. So she is not likely to breed again. She can go to a new home any time. She would make a nice pasture pet or herding flock matriarch.

Photo from May 2026.

Offered for sale as a commercial/ retired Katahdin ewe $275

Gentle chocolate ewe, six years old. She has really strong EBVs and is a great mother, but both sides of her udder are completely blocked out due to past years’ mastitis. She had triplets this year and I tried just penning her with one, and she couldn’t even keep that one fed within the first few days when demand was low. I farmed out her lambs to other ewes and the teat bucket, and her udder is already dried up and she can go to a new home any time. She would make a nice pasture pet or herding flock matriarch. It would be fine to let her breed again, just be prepared to orphan rear all her progeny.

Photo from May 2026.

Offered for sale as a commercial Katahdin ram lamb $250

Dark mahogany lamb with blaze. Dam hearkens to local genetics plus Birch Cove Farm (David Coplen, MO) and Misty River Farm (Mark Bakko, Moses Lake, now retired). Sire is from local genetics and traces back to Birch Cove and Lynn Fahrmeier (MO). Strong EBVs across the board, this ram will make a really nice sire for grower lambs and replacement ewes.

EBVs from 2026 lamb crop BWT data. Photo taken April 2026. This ram’s dam died from hypocalc when he was a couple of days old, so he was orphan-reared on a teat bucket (so no concerns around tameness, he was not bottle/hand fed). This guy can go as as weaned commercial grower lamb in early June for $250. $100 additional for registration form paperwork (buyer pays to register). Price will go up in July.  He should be maintained on high protein creep feed ideally until August when he is  120 days old, after which he can grow out on grass.

Offered for sale as a commercial Katahdin ram lamb $200

Flashy chocolate roan ram. Dam hearkens to local genetics plus Birch Cove Farm (David Coplen, MO) and Lynn Fahrmeier (MO). Sire is From Karen Kenagy in OR with some background form the USDA Research Station in Booneville, AR. Really nice EBVs for growth, milk and parasite resistance, more moderate on prolificacy.

EBVs from 2026 lamb crop BWT data. Photo taken April 2026. This ram got lost in the shuffle of some birth mixups, his dam tried to reject, and I didn’t have enough stanchion room to get her to take him, so he became an orphan-rear. (He is bucket trained, not bottle fed, so there should be no risk of him being too tame/ familiar with people.) This guy can go as as weaned commercial grower lamb in early June for $200. $100 additional for registration form paperwork (buyer pays to register). Price will go up in July.  He should be maintained on high protein creep feed ideally until August when he is  120 days old, after which he can grow out on grass.