12.25.2011

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our friends.

12.5.11

Thank you to our buyers and all the kind comments on our ewes at the Virginia Bred Ewe Sale.

11.30.11

All fall lambs are sold. Thank you for your support. Be sure to get on our list early for next year.

11.1.11

Check out our entries to the Virginia Bred Ewe Sale on our sale page.

10.3.11

We had a great day at the Virginia State Fair. Auville 1430B was Champion Slickshered Ram, Auville 1992B was Reserve Champion Slicksheared Ewe and we were premier Slicksheared Breeder. Auville 0597B was 1st place commercial yearling ewe.

8.18.11

We had a great day at the West Virginia State Fair. Auville 1430B was Reserve Champion Suffolk Ram, Auville 1600 was Reserve Champion Suffolk Ewe and we were premier Suffolk Breeder.

8.17.11

We had a good day at the Rockingham County fair. Several of our lambs were top in their class in the market lamb show. Auville 1865 was Reserve Champion Suffolk Ram.

8.10.11

We had a great day at the Augusta County Fair. Auville 19711A was Champion Suffolk Ram, Auville 1701A was Reserve Champion Suffolk Ram, Auville 0682 was Champion Suffolk Ewe and Auville 1793 was Reserve Champion Suffolk Ewe.

7.10.11

We had an awesome day yesterday at our annual Lamb Camp. Approximately 18 youth participated in the show and over 40 folks were on hand to help and eat a delicious lamb barbeque lunch. Thanks to all who helped make this day fun and educational. A special thanks to Amanda See our judge for the day!

7.09.11

We are again hosting our annual lamb camp. We are excited about the show and the experience for all. Click flyer to view larger ==>

6.27.11

“Cool Deal” has made it to Virginia! We welcome our new McLaughlin/Griffin ram sired by Max (Hindman). A big THANK YOU to Willard McLaughlin for taking a day out of his busy schedule to show us his Suffolk program when we traveled to Colorado the end of May.

6.05.11

We had great day in Petersburg, WV. A big thank you to all our buyers and for all the nice comments on our sheep.

5.25.11

We had a fun trip to Craig, Colorado to visit McLaughlin/Griffin Suffolks. Look for pictures of “Cool Deal” when he arrives to Virginia.

5.16.11

Check out our sale page for pictures of our consignment to the WV Ram & Ewe sale in Petersburg, WV on June 3-4.

5.11.11

Congratulations to Aldyn Able on her Grand Champion Market Lamb and Caleb Durheim on his Reserve Champion Market lamb at the Fredericksburg Area Livestock show. Check out pictures on our show page.

5.09.11

Pictures added of spring rams for sale on our sale page.

4.18.11

Check out pictures of rams for sale on our sale page.

3.12.11

Check out our spring lambs on our sale page. More pictures to come.

2.28.11

We have a few fall Suffolks and Crossbred rams and ewe lambs for sale.

1.31.11

All fall club lambs sold! Talking orders for next year. . . Got lambs?

12.05.10

Check out our sale page for an example of our fall club lambs. Call soon, they are selling fast!

11.13.10

Congratulations to Samantha Raute on Grand Champion Market Lamb at NAILE sired byWise Guy. Check our Wise Guy son on our herd sire page. Look for his lambs this spring!

11.01.10

Fall lambs started arriving! Put your order in early for these lambs.

9.29.10

Another great day at the Virginia State Fair. Auville 06311 was Reserve Champion Commercial Ewe and Auville 964811B was Reserve champion Slicksheared ewe. This year we slicksheared our entire Suffolk show flock and were quite impressed was we saw under that wool. We might have to rethink that hand trimming thing!

8.19.10

Another great day in Lewisburg, WV at the WV State Fair. We had the reserve Champion Suffolk ram with Auville 0532 and we were Premiere Suffolk Breeder.

8.18.10

We had a great day at the Rockingham County Fair. Auville 07111 was Reserve Champion commercial Ram. Auville 0532 was Reserve Champion Suffolk ram and Auville 0597B was Reserve Champion Suffolk ewe. Our Market lambs also did awesome! Samantha Price had 2 class winners with her 128 pound & 134 pound wethers. Congratulations to Kevin Wanger on his second place lamb!

8.11.10

Very successful day at the Augusta County Fair. We had Reserve Champion Suffolk Ram with Auville 0600 and Champion Suffolk Ewe with Auville 96811B and Reserve Champion Suffolk Ewe with Auville 0682B. Auville 07111 was Reserve Champion Commercial Ram.

7.10.10

Hosted a very successful lamb camp again this year. A learning experience for all and a great day of fun! Congratulations to Chelsea Ellington on her champion showmanship and Samantha Price on her champion Market lamb and champion Commercial ewe. A BIG thank you to Rosalea Riley for judging our show, Daniel May for his top dressing presentation and Augusta Co-op for their sponsorship. Check out our pictures on our show page.

6.20.10

Getting ready for our annual Lamb camp. Each year we hold a lamb camp/show for all who purchased club lambs/commercial ewes or have Auville genetics in their program. See flyer on show page.

6.6.10

What a great day in Petersburg, WV. We had Reserve Champion Suffolk Ram, Reserve Champion Suffolk Wether Ram and Reserve Champion Crossbred Ram. Thank you West Virginia. You have been very good to us over the years!

4.10.10

Beginning shearing of weaned lambs. We are so impressed with these lambs out of the Meadows ewes and sired by the McLaughlin Griffin ram. Can’t wait to show off these lambs.

3.27.10

Off on a ram buying trip. Always a lot of fun with Martin, Kristin and me traveling. Whirlwind weekend stopping by several farms. Updates on our herd and reference sire page coming.

2.20.10

A hole in the snow here in Virginia! All fall club lambs sold. Whew!

2.10.10

Lambs coming left and right. Glad Martin retired to be full time Shepherd!

12.12.09

We are pleased to announce the addition of the Meadows Suffolk Flock. This flock of Kimm bred ewes closely matches our Suffolk program. Ewes are bred to a McLaughlin/Griffin ram which also resides on the Auville farm.

12.09.09

Our newest Shepard arrived. Adelaide Catherine Hall born to our daughter Jessica and her husband Brian. Can’t wait to take her to the barn!

9.29.09

We did well at the Virginia State fair. Auville 9404 was Reserve Champion Slicksheared Ram.

8.19.09

We had a great day at the Rockingham County Fair. Congratulations Dakota Rhodes on his Reserve Champion Mid-Heavy Weight Division. Auville 9470 was Reserve Champion Suffolk Ram and Auville 9606 was Champion Commercial Ram and Auville 9411A was Champion Commercial Ewe as well as Supreme Champion Ewe.

8.12.09

We had a super day at the Augusta county Fair. Auville 97311A was Champion Suffolk Ram, Auville 8621 was Champion Suffolk Ewe and Auville 9606 was Reserve Champion Commercial Ram and Reserve Supreme Champion Ram

7.11.09

We hosted another very successful lamb workshop this year. We had 15 participants who brought back their lambs (if they still had them & we provided lambs for those that had already shown and sold theirs) and showed them at the first annual Auville Club Lamb Show. A good time was had by all. A huge THANK YOU to Troy Lawson for being our judge for the day, Jim Baxter for bringing his sheep supplies and Troy Grimm for his instruction on club lamb nutrition.

6.13.09

Thank you to all our buys at the Virginia Ram & Ewe sale in Staunton, VA. We consigned both Suffolk and Crossbred Wether sheep.

5.30.09

Sheep sold very well at the West Virginia Purebred Sale. Thank you to all our buyers of our Suffolks and Crossbred sheep.

5.13.09

Our lambs did extremely well at the Fredericksburg Livestock show. Luke Barnum had Supreme Champion and Reserve Champion market lamb and Aldyn Able had Supreme Champion Pair of lambs.

5.6.09

Lambs did well at the Augusta Market Animal show. Congratulations to Derek Rubush on his 3rd place lambs, Autumn & Shannon Garber on their 3rd and 4th place lambs.

4.25.09

Summer weathers all picked up. Lambs will shown in Frederick, Shenandoah and Rockingham County in Virginia as well as in Pennsylvania.

2.21.09

Fall club lambs are picked up. Lambs will be shown in Augusta County and Fredericksburg.

11.20.08

Lambing has officially begun.

8.14.08

We had a great day at the West Virginia State Fair. Congratulations to the Thorpe Family with Auville 7404 who was Champion Suffolk Ram. Auville l7491 was Reserve Champion Ram and Auville 7491 was Champion Suffolk Ewe. Auville Suffolks were Premier Breeder.

8.13.08

Auville Suffolks did well at the Rockingham County Fair as well. Auville 8348 was Reserve Champion.

8.12.08

Auville club lambs did very well at Rockingham County Fair. We had over a dozen lambs in the show and all placed within the top three (one was 4th) and we had a division champion! Thanks to those youth who showed our lambs.

8.6.08

We had a great day at our county fair (Augusta). Auville 8348 was Champion Suffolk Ram and Supreme Champion Ram. Auville 8491 was Reserve Champion suffolk Ram and Reserve Supreme Ram. Auville 7491 was Champion Suffolk Ewe and Auville 7532B was Reserve Champion Ewe. OUr commercial ewes also faired well. Auville 7111A & 7111B were 1st & 2nd in their yearling class and Auville 8111B and Auville 8369B were 1st & 2nd in their fall calss and Auville 8550 and 8611 were 2nd & 3rd in their class. Auville club lambs also did very well. See show page.

7.31.08

Congratulations to Jennifer Friend on her success with Auville bloodlines at the Braxton County Fair. Jennifer had Champion Market Lamb, Champion Ewe and was Premier Exhibitor

7.21.08

We held our annual Auville Club Lamb Workshop. Participation was high and a good time was had by all. This year along with showmanship training, participants learned how to keep lambs healthy as well as formulating a good exercise program.

7.12.08

We conducted our annual Lamb workshop. Many of our kids were on vacation with their family but those that did attend had a FUN time. We went over selecting different types of lambs and how to manage them differently and of course showmanship techniques. Thanks to all to participated.

5.30.08

What a day in Petersburg, WV. Auville 7409 was Supreme Champion Ewe, Auville 7321A was Reserve Champion Suffolk Ram, and Auville 8369A was Champion Crossbred Ram Lamb and high selling sheep of the entire sale. See Sale page. We also won the Townsend Best Consignment Award!

5.3.08

We had a great day in Fredericksburg. Congratulation Aldyn Able on her Supreme Champion Market Lamb and Supreme Pair of Lambs. See Show Page.

4.19.08

Club lambs to fulfill orders have been picked up. We still have a few show lambs left. Call soon!

2.20.08

All fall club lambs have been picked up. Lambs will be showing in Augusta County and Fredericksburg.

01.15.08

Our spring lambs have started coming and we are very pleased. Stay tuned.

11.20.07

Our fall lambs started arriving and WOW! All fall club lambs are sold, so put your orders in early for fall 2008 lambs! We are anxiously awaiting our spring lambs. We have several orders for club lambs, rams and replacement ewes to date, please call early for your 2008 needs!

10.27.07

Auville ewes sold very well at the Virginia Bred Ewe Sale. We thank all our buyers at this sale and wish them well with their purchases.

10.03.07

We had a great couple of days at the Virginia State Fair. Auville 73711 FLASH DRIVE was Champion Suffolk Ram Auville 7369 was Champion Slickshorn Ram and Supreme Champion Ram over all breeds. We thank Steve Myers on his purchase. See pictures on our show page.

8.16.07

We had a super day at the West Virginia State Fair. Auville 7404 was Champion Suffolk Ram, Auville 7398A was Reserve Champion Ram, Auville 6321 was Champion Suffolk ewe, Auville 7491 was Reserve Champion and we were Premiere Breeder in the Suffolk division. See pictures on our show page.

8.14.07

Our club lambs did very well at the Rockingham County Fair. Auville 7472 was Reserve Champion Lightweight division and Auville 7306 was Reserve Champion Heavy Midweight division. See our show page for pictures.

8.08.07

We had a good day at the Augusta County Fair. Auville 7398A was Champion Ram, Auville 6321 was Champion Ewe, Auville 7491 was Reserve Champion Ewe and Auville 7111B was Reserve Champion Commercial Ewe. Check out our show page for pictures.

7.21.07

6.1.07

We had a great day at the West Virginia Purebred Sale. Thank you to all our buyers.

5.5.07

Stephanie graduated cum laude from Radford University with a Bachelors in Business Administration!! Congratulations Steph!

5.2.07

Augusta County Market Animal Show

4.18.07

4-H workshop on taking care of and showing club lambs put on for Rockingham County 4-H clubs.

4.14.07

Martin judged the sheep show at Virginia Tech's Little International.

4.1.07

4-H workshop on taking care of and showing club lambs put on for an Augusta County 4-H club.

2.17.07

4-H workshop on taking care of and showing club lambs put on for the King George County 4-H club.

1.20.07

Our first Power Point lambs have hit the ground. All we can say is WOW!!!

11.15.06

The first lambs have arrived. We have very few fall club lambs and they are all sold. Stay turned for our later club lambs.

10.28.06

The Virginia Bred Ewe held at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds was a big success. Auville 05-925 bred to Slack 5499 "Power Point" and Auville 6374B exposed to Slack 1168I "Megabyte" sold very well.

10.20-21.06

Robert took our sheep to South Carolina State fair where they also showed very well. Both our rams stood 3rd in their class. Auville 05-353 was 1st place early yearling ewe and Auville 05-025 was 2nd place late yearling ewe and they won the pair class. Auville 6321 was second in her class and our flock was 2nd.

10.17.06

Our sheep did very well under the care of Robert Wolford at the North Carolina State Fair. Auville 6409A was second in his class and Auville 6321 was also second in her class. We came in 2nd in the pair classes as well as the flock classes.

10.4-5.06

Our sheep did very well at the Virginia State Fair. Auville 63711B was Champion Suffolk Ram. Auville 05-353 was Champion Ewe and Auville 05-025 was Reserve Champion Suffolk Ewe. Our crossbreds did very well as well. Auville 6300A was Reserve Champion Ram and Auville 6306 was Champion Ewe. We were Premier Suffolk Exhibitor.

8.17.06

We had a superb day at West Virginia State Fair. Auville 05-353 was Champion Ewe, Auville 6321 was 1st (she is undefeated out of 3 shows) and we were Premiere Breeder.

8.16.06

Our Suffolks did well at Rockingham. Auville 63711B was Reserve Champion Ram.

8.15.06

Auville Club Lambs did well at the Rockingham County Fair. Check out pictures on our show page.

8.9.06

We had a great day at the Augusta County Fair. Auville 63711B was Champion Ram, Auville 6332 was Reserve Champion Ram, Auville 6306 was Champion Commercial Ewe.

7.22.06

We held our annual Auville Lamb workshop again this year. Youngsters came and learned how to get the most out of showing their lambs. Participants picked out a lamb (giving reasons why they picked that lamb) and then were given showmanship instruction. We then held a "show" and all were given the opportunity to be the judge. All enjoyed the individual instruction and then the lamb barbeque picnic that followed.

6.24.06

Thanks to Michael and Mathew Marston on their purchase of a Mayo 437 and a group of aged Suffolk ewes purchased off the farm. Good luck with your purchase.

6.10.06

Thanks to all our buyers at Eastern Stud Ram Sale.

6.3.06

We had a good day in Petersburg, WV. Our yearling ewe was Reserve Champion and our January ram lamb was first. Thanks to all our buyers.

5.20.06

We traveled again to North Manchester, Indiana to Tom Slack's farm. We brought back his #2 Sedalia bound ram. Check out pictures of "Power Point" on the sire page.

5.3.06

Congratulations to Ashley Rubush on her 3rd place lamb and Derek Rubush on his 4th place lamb at the Augusta Market Animal Show. Also, congratulations to Samantha Reynolds on her first time showing.

4.22.06

Getting consignments ready for Eastern Stud Ram Sale and West Virginia Purebred Sale.

4.15.06

Club lambs are sold! We took orders and after getting them filled, the rest went like hot cakes.

We do have many ewe lambs (could be used as club lambs) in our "Cream of the Crop Pen."