NC State University- Small Ruminant Educational Unit
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We currently manage a group of 225- 250 mature age animals. The ewe flocks lamb in the spring and fall of the year, while the doe herds kid during the early spring. NC State University is credited for the development of the first true Polled Dorset "NCSU 402", he was born Polled (Hornless),in 1954, due to a genetic mutation. In 1956, the Continental Dorset Club accepted the new breed and registere
04/18/2026
The sale is open! 12 Yearling Katahdin rams, 3 Fall Dorset rams, and 6 lots of semen on proven Dorset and Katahdin rams. Rams are on display at the Wolfpack Roundup Sale. Bid online and pick up today or a later date!
https://plauctions.live/auction/32525
04/18/2026
Tomorrow (4/18) is sale day! The auction opens at 8 am and extended bidding starts at 1 pm (the auction will close when no bid has been placed for 5 mins after 1 pm). The sheep will be on display at the Beef Education Unit in Raleigh all day tomorrow! Come check them out! If you can't be there, bid online and pick them up later! Delivery options available to Georgia, Virginia, Iowa and all places in between.
We are very excited about the offering. These Katahdin rams represent a year of data collection for traits related to parasite resistance in a forage-based environment. The Dorset rams are all twin born, twin reared fall-borns. Thank you to all of the farm and research station management that made this possible!
https://plauctions.live/auction/32525
02/23/2026
Looking forward to the opportunity to head to Texas! We will be marketing a group of yearling rams in San Angelo on March 14. All rams have NSIP EBVs with f***l egg count data, have been developed on pasture, and have withstood significant parasite challenge.
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2200 Trenton Road
Raleigh, NC
27607
