Kimm Suffolks - Home of Balanced Genetics

NSIP Records since 1984
A Program Built on Credibility

Sale Details
The Kimm's take a NO NON-SENSE approach in merchandising their flock

	$3000 of sale credit awarded to Jr’s - night of sale (doubled from ‘08’)
	Junior Rewards Program (show winners can translate into sale credit)
	Certiﬁed Scrapie Free status for Dysart & Tipton ﬂocks.
	Flock is a leader for annual USSA registration
	All sheep tested for & carry the resistant Gene at Codon 171 Location & Negative at 136
	All lambs sold have REA, BF and Growth Data Available
	Entire Flock has been Tested Clean for the Spider Gene
	All purebred sheep are registered and sold with papers
	With regard to "Bio-Security", Kimm Suffolks officially has closed their flock to outside females in order to give their customers greater "piece if mind" concerning health protocol
	All sheep are slick shorn so "What you see is what you get". This year lambs will be shown two week before and not washed, to help reduce stress when lambs make the long trip to their new home.
	Sale Sheep are presented loose in pens on barley straw and there are no ramps or racks, helping to eliminate the surprise when the newly purchased animals arrive home.
	Every sheep is fed the morning of the sale, which helps to reduce stress and allows the lambs to look natural.
	With every 1-2 lambs purchased buyers will receive a 50 lb bag of feed, which allows the lambs a healthier adjustment to their new location.
	The day of their sale the entire ewe base and ram battery is on display for prospective buyers to observe. They feel you should never buy a ram without seeing its mother.
	The day of their sale all prospective buyers will have in hand a sale catalog filled with volumes of information ranging from two generation pedigrees for dam and sire of each lamb to REA & BF scan data, codon test results, adjusted weaning weights plus much much more.
	All sheep offered for sale are started at a reasonable floor bid, and there will be no running of bids.
	Any lamb purchased may be left at their farm until June 1st. They stand full risk and expense should anything happen.
	Their guarantee is that should you have any problems with stock purchased from their offering, they would like to be the first to know. They have traditionally tried to share in buyer's losses that may be considered their responsibility. Repeat business is built on "standing behind your product".
	Every buyer receives a "Kimm Suffolks - Home of Balanced Genetics" baseball cap or t-shirt when they settle up after the sale.
	A complementary meal of brats, chips, brownies and soft drinks will be served from 4:30 - 6:00 pm prior to the sale.
	Three weeks before the sale they will put a preliminary catalog on line at this web site.
	They always welcome visitors prior to the sale to view the offering, however NO SHEEP will be sold before the sale. The lambs will be shorn one week in advance of the sale day.
	Approximately two weeks before the sale the entire sale consignment will be pictured on their web site.
	They will be glad to work with anyone concerning mail bids and promise to handle them just as if you were there in person.
	They will be happy to make deliveries to the Des Moines Sales or to Sedalia, MO, National Suffolk Show and Sale, OH at no cost, pending justifiable numbers are headed East.

Average Prices of Past Sales

The prices paid for sheep at the Kimm's sale are established by buyers bidding at their auction. This is the fairest way they know to establish the worth of an animal.

Here is a review of their past 12 production sales:

Year

Total
Number

Avg
Price

Total
Sales

All
Rams

Avg
Price

Total
Sales

Ewe
Lambs

Avg
Price

Total
Sales

Yrlg/Aged
Ewes

Avg
Price

Total
Sales

1998

$469.62

$42,735

670

$21,44

360

$17,280

365

$4,015

1999

$522.19

$50,130

650

$27,300

400

$17,600

523

$5,230

2000

103

$514.47

$52,990

554

$24,930

480

$23,040

502

$5,020

2001

102

$527.14

$53,768

619

$29,712

448

$20,608

431

$3,448

2002

114

$495.62

$56,501

735

$35,280

329

$16,121

300

$5,100

2003

111

$632.27

$70,182

906

$41,676

438

$20,586

440

$7,920

2004

145

$777.61

$112,753

1001

$73,073

504

$32,256

928

$7,424

2005

149

$784.80

$116,935

939

$68,547

643

$38,580

613

$9,808

2006

127

$811.65

$103,080

890

$55,180

682

$34,100

920

$13,800

2007

131

$698.29

$91,476

814

$42,328

606

$39,996

704

$9,152

2008

137

$588.66

$80,646

771

$47,802

434

$29,946

483

$2,898

2009

153

$617.98

$94,550

810

$53,500

443

$34,600

716

$6,450

12 Year Avg.

122

$620

77,146

$780

$43,397

$481

$27,059

$577

$6,689

Most buyers feel this is a sale where you receive excellent value for the money spent.