Sponaugle Suffolks began in the summer of 1977 with the purchase of 10 Suffolk ewe lambs from Ansel Luxford. Our first stud ram was Luxford 79-N240 and was purchased at the '79 Eastern Stud Ram Sale. John moved his small flock from 5 acres in Port Republic to the current farm outside Grottoes when he and Pam married in 1979. From this point, the flock grew to as many as 150 Suffolk ewes.
Our blood lines were primarily Luxford, Nichols, Buckeye Acres, and George Brothers. Emphasis was placed on structurely correct productive sheep. The flock was very competitive at the national level, selling high quality Suffolks off the farm, at the major sales in the eastern US and at the Midwest Stud Ram Sale. The pinnacle of our success with breeding sheep was the 1992 Midwest Stud Ram Sale where we exhibited the Reserve Grand Champion Suffolk Ram who sold for $11,000.
Over the past decade we have down-sized the frame size of our sheep and are aggressively pursueing the development of our "tweener" sheep. Our goal is to be competitive in the showring with the frame sheep, on the farm with the production sheep, and in the market lamb shows with the wether sheep. Our sheep are available off the farm at the West Virginia Stud Ram Sale, the Virginia Performance Test Sale, and the Virginia Bred Ewe Sale. Visitors are always welcome to visit and help us evaluate our progress.
Sponaugle Suffolks
John & Pam Sponaugle
Sarah, Jeff & Eli Ward
JT, Laura & Jack Begoon
8888 Leroy Road
Grottoes, VA 24441
John - 540.421.3468
SponaugleSuffolks@gmail.com
Our blood lines were primarily Luxford, Nichols, Buckeye Acres, and George Brothers. Emphasis was placed on structurely correct productive sheep. The flock was very competitive at the national level, selling high quality Suffolks off the farm, at the major sales in the eastern US and at the Midwest Stud Ram Sale. The pinnacle of our success with breeding sheep was the 1992 Midwest Stud Ram Sale where we exhibited the Reserve Grand Champion Suffolk Ram who sold for $11,000.
Over the past decade we have down-sized the frame size of our sheep and are aggressively pursueing the development of our "tweener" sheep. Our goal is to be competitive in the showring with the frame sheep, on the farm with the production sheep, and in the market lamb shows with the wether sheep. Our sheep are available off the farm at the West Virginia Stud Ram Sale, the Virginia Performance Test Sale, and the Virginia Bred Ewe Sale. Visitors are always welcome to visit and help us evaluate our progress.
Sponaugle Suffolks
John & Pam Sponaugle
Sarah, Jeff & Eli Ward
JT, Laura & Jack Begoon
8888 Leroy Road
Grottoes, VA 24441
John - 540.421.3468
SponaugleSuffolks@gmail.com
