If you are planning on bringing stock let us know so we can advertise it on the web page as coming and maybe we can get some extra buyers for your livestock ...but we post everything on the web page by noon Fri. so get that info to us by then.  Help yourself by letting us advertise what you are bringing. This also lets us know how many people to have work for the sale.  Pictures are posted on Facebook after livestock is received Fri night or Sat morning.  We used to post items people were bringing then they didn’t show up and we had unhappy buyers there waiting to buy so now we only post pictures when the animal shows up.

Goat and Sheep magazine in a recent issue had a list of dates of ethnic holidays and the size animal needed.  You may be overproducing your animals for the weight needed for specific holidays. I get extra magazines and you are welcome to pick up the Goat and Sheep magazine or Ranch and Rural living or both - also had an article about abortions in goats and sheep and a new wormer coming out.  We lay these out on the tables and you can take one if you like.

They were blacktopping the north side of the bridge last Friday so we are hoping by April 27 it is all finished and open again. Keep checking and we’ll keep updating as necessary.  Below is a way to get around if you want to bypass the construction area.

Construction bypass map if you have a long trailer or want to go around the mess at Twin Bridges.

Ticks are already bad.  See issues pages if ticks are infesting your animals.

We are getting lots of new people every sale and we do appreciate everyone.  We thank you for spreading the word about our sale.  Thank you for marketing you animals with us and for buying  some of your replacement animals at our sale.

To those of you who come to the sale from a long distance and spend the night at the Econo Lodge and eat at B’s restaurant, I’m sorry to report B’s had a fire in Dec and B’s restaurant and Econo Lodge are currently closed.   If you want fine dining we suggest heading to Davenport 6 miles E on Rt 66 and dine at Dan’s BBQ, Tammy’s Route 66 or Scotty B’s.  We highly recommend all 3 of those restaurant.  Also we have Lincoln Motel for lodging.

They are working on HWY 18 at Twin Bridges.  Turn at the corner where all the construction equipment is on HWY 18. Road is open but it’s a mess at the corner.   Coming from the north you have a red/green light before you can proceed.  Once past the twin bridges the corner is right there and no sign post telling you it’s 840 Rd.  Turn right- back west of the dirt construction road is our blue sale sign. Coming from the south the road jogs a little less than 1/2 mile and you turn just before your red/green light. So come on!  Sign post at 840 is down so just look for the construction- new bridge and dirt work along side of road.  We are about 1.4 miles off Hiway 18 and if using your GPS it will take you to the next mile section so look for our sign at just over 1 1/4 miles north side of the road.  We think they are getting close to blacktoping the new road so hopefully that well be done by next sale.

Just before the last sale in March they cut the dirt road down and there was a big drop off at the corner. They did that on Thurs and Fri just before the sale.  We didn’t realize till Sat morning now steep it was.  But they have layered in a bunch of gravel and we hope in another week it will be blacktopped but keep watching our page.  If not we will tell you how to get around it.  You can always come in the 6 1/2 mile of dirt road from Carney if you are coming from the west.  From the south turn off on 860 and come to the first intersection to the west and turn north 2 miles then back west 1/2 mile and you are there.  From the north turn at 830 road, go one mile west and 1 mile south and 1/2 mile back west.  They have started blacktopping so hopefully by April 27 it will be finished.