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Florence, Mt. (406) 777-3131 e-mail: kelleher-suffolks@bridgemail.com
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WELCOME!
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SITE UPDATED: 1/14/10
A BRIEF HISTORY:
1981 KUNA,IDAHO: KELLEHER SUFFOLKS STARTED WITH TEN EWE LAMBS PURCHASED FROM COX SUFFOLKS OF CASTLEFORD,IDAHO. OVER THE YEARS, WE ADDED TO OUR BLOODLINES, USING STUDS FROM MANY RENOWND BREEDERS.
2005: WE SETTLED INTO THE BITTERROOT VALLEY NEAR FLORENCE, MONTANA. HERE WE CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO PRODUCE PRACTICAL & SOUND SUFFOLKS.
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OUR GOALS & OBJECTIVES:
WE WANT YOU TO SUCCEED "IN THE RING OR ON THE RANGE!"
THEREFORE,OUR BREEDING STOCK HAVE THE STRUCTURAL CORRECTNESS NEEDED TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE SHOW RING AND THE FRAME AND MUSCLE REQUIRED BY THE COMMERCIAL PRODUCER. THESE SUFFOLKS ARE GOOD, USEFUL SHEEP. ALL CARRY AT LEAST 1 SCRAPIE RESISTANT GENE AND CURRENTLY OUR FLOCK IS ABOUT 75% "RR". NO SHEEP ARE "SPIDER" GENE CARRIERS NOR POSITIVE FOR "O.P.P.". OUR FLOCK IS STATE CERTIFIED FREE OF B. OVIS(MT. FLOCK # B.O.-132).
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OUR PIT CREW WITH #0733A: THE NATIONAL SALE JUNIOR CHAMPION EWE IN RENO '07.
SPECIAL THANKS TO JOSH & KIRK TEWALT, MY SON SEAN, AND MY WIFE LE, FOR ALL OF THEIR HELP.
RECENT SHOW & SALE HIGHLIGHTS:
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KELLEHER 0839B: "GLACIER"
SUPREME CHAMPION MONTANA STATE FAIR, GREAT FALLS, 2009
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2007:
NATIONAL SALE (RENO) JUNE:
KELLEHER 0733A, FEB. EWE LAMB.
CROWNED THE JUNIOR CHAMPION EWE.
KELLEHER 0710B("MAGNUM"), JAN. TRIPLET.
THE SECOND HIGH SELLING JUNIOR RAM LAMB.
KELLEHER 0630B("RAMROD"), 5TH IN YEARLING CLASS 2.
TWO YEARLING EWES IN THE TOP HALF OF THE CLASSES.
NORTHWEST SHOW & SALE (COEUR d'ALENE,IDAHO):
OUR FEB. EWE LAMB STOOD SECOND IN THE SPRING CLASS.
MONTANA RAM SALE (MILES CITY, MT.):
OUR RANGE RAMS AVERAGED $575.
2008:
ALL AMERICAN SALE (RENO,NV.):
2 YEARLING RAMS STOOD IN THE TOP HALF OF THE CLASS. THANKS TO JOE OLSEN, OF UTAH, FOR PURCHASING BOTH STUDS.
OUR 6 YEARLING EWES STOOD WELL, WITH 3 SELLING TO ZACH MELLOW FARMS AND 3 TO SENDER SUFFOLKS OF CALIF.
NORHTHWEST SALE (CDA, IDAHO): FIRST SPRING EWE LAMB.
MONTANA RAM SALE (MILES CITY, MT.): SOLD 3 TOP STUD RAM LAMBS.
2009:
Reno All American:
"Foxy", our lead yearling ewe, stood 4th among a
great class of yearling ewes.
For the second straight year we entered the largest
consignment @ Reno. The QUALITY of entries, as
indicated by our PLACINGS, we think says alot about
our GENETICS.
SUPREME CHAMPION RAM @ THE MONTANA STATE FAIR!!!
SUPREME CHAMPION BREEDING EWE @ W. MONTANA FAIR!!!
MILES CITY: MT. RAM SALE:
Our Commercial Rams sold in the top half of the
Suffolks.
NEWELL S.D.:
Our 12 head consignment of Yearling Ewes, Ram & Ewe
lambs, sold into Neb.,Wyo., & S.D..
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