Oregon Valais

09/03/2026

📣✨ EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! ✨📣

🍁🍂 Curly Cuties: The Stars of Fall Online Sale🍂🍁
⭐️ September 29, 2026 ⭐️
https://www.wlivestock.com/auction/34354

Valais Blacknose Sheep of Washington State and Oregon Valais are teaming up for one FANCY fall edition of Curly Cuties! ✨🍁🍂✨🤍🖤🤍✨🍁🍂✨

We’ll be offering an elite set of spring- and fall-born Curly Cuties from two of the PNW’s premier flocks—including Fullbloods, American Purebreds & High Percentages American Percentages

🔥 And YES… TWO Fullblood ram lambs will sell—including one of our elite fall-born stud prospects!

But we’re not stopping there…

🚛 Transportation is already confirmed for October & November with routes heading east.

✨🟩✨ AND HERE’S THE REALLY FUN PART… ✨🟩✨
Because this sale falls before the NAILE entry and ownership deadline, Karen and I are sweetening the deal!

Want your new Curly Cutie headed to NAILE and the National Valais Show on the GREEN SHAVINGS? We’ll have them washed, halter trained and show-ready for buyers wanting delivery during our NAILE run! 🤩

Buy ’em September 29 ➡️ Meet us on the green shavings in November. ✨🟩✨

Mark your calendars — September 29! 📆✨

08/06/2026

Congratulations Great Lakes Valais you are rocking it at State Fairs!

Introducing GLV Nugget

🥈 AOB Early Spring Ewe Lamb Ohio State Fair
🥈 AOB Best Fleece Ohio State Fair
🥈 AOB Feb Ewe Lamb Wisconsin State Fair

🧬 Oregon Valais Legend x VBSWA The-Bedazzl-Her (aka Popcorn)

We are excited to watch this stylish girl grow!

08/04/2026

Congratulations!!

OMG!!!!!! Magic, Kim's F4 Yearling Valais Blacknose ram, took Reserve Supreme Champion at the OC Fair.

Mitzie the Yearling F2 ewe took Valais Blacknose Champion breed ewe.

The judge had very very nice comments on our whole herd.

Thank you Karan from Oregon Valais for giving Kim the chance to get Magic. And for letting her get Mitzie in utero with her mom.

Can't wait to see lambs from these 2 next year. Mitzie will be going to our 100% ram and Magic will be going to our F1 ewes. 2027 here we come.

08/03/2026

When your favorite playmate won’t get up and play!! 😅❤️

07/08/2026

Fall babies from these girls. Bred to RRambler (Sire Balamber) Excited for lambs from this RR ram with stand out new genetics!!

05/07/2026

Check out Valais Blacknose Sheep of Washington State online sale May 12!

Introducing The RRamblin Man 🤩🤍🖤🤍🤩…Karen Roberson of Oregon Valais and us not only have decades of raising sheep, but have deep roots in the club lamb-wether sire/dams. This experience and knowledge has resulted in many discussions of the desire to breed better Valais from a structure, function, health/hardiness, and dual purpose standpoint that is expected in the USA sheep production—we want more than a cute face and swooshing fluffy fleece. Karen had fullblood ewes that not only structurally looked great, but had proven themselves as excellent mothers with milk and mothering ability. I had semen at RSG from some unique UK genetics that had proved themselves…RSG was doing haul-in AI in southern Oregon, so we partnered to create a new genetic line for our flocks. We got two exception lambs and have really liked how they are growing out. We will be using The RRamblin Man and Oregon Valais will be using The RRambler for fall lambs. In addition to strong structure, markings and wool, both these guys are showing great fertility at 7 months of age. Goal is to collect The RRamblin Man in June…if collection goes according to plan, anyone that purchases ewe lambs in our online sale or Reno will receive a complimentary straw of semen of rams we have stored at WSU or RSG…and if we have RRamblin Man in our tank, buyers are welcome to a straw of this new exciting new stud. Note—Ram was slick sheared first part of February…this is RRamblin in his working cloths.

05/04/2026

Lambing is definitely in full swing!!

04/25/2026

6 hour old Fullblood Valais lambs thriving with their natural dam.
At Oregon Valais our family has been raising sheep for more than 75 years. We are happy with our decision to focus on natural breeding for our Valais Blacknose flock, augmenting as needed with AI and purchase of ET breeding stock. Natural breeding has enabled us to choose top notch genetics and to also hand pick our rams and ewes for qualities that we value in our sheep.
We choose rams and ewes that display the structure, stance, breed characteristics and reproductive reliability that we value. We select our ewes for lambing ease, natural mothering ability and milk production. We select our rams for reliable reproduction and ease of handling.
We love shepherding our ewes through breeding, pregnancy, lambing and raising of their own lambs.
At Oregon Valais natural breeding and selection has proven to be a tried and true method of producing quality Valais Blacknose sheep.