James River Exotic Sale

01/06/2025

Hello All!! Happy New Year from the James River Exotic Sale Family!! It’s that time of the year again to announce the date of our Annual Spring Sale. Sunday, May 11, 2025 @ the Stutsman County Fairgrounds in Jamestown, ND. We will start accepting consignments on March 23!! So start thinking about what you would like to bring!! Looking forward to hearing from you all again. We appreciate your continued support!!

05/16/2024

Cute Sale Candid Contest!!
Drop your cute candid photos from the sale last Sunday in the comments of this post to win a James River Exotic Sale t-shirt!! The photo with the most likes by Saturday night at 10pm wins!! Good luck!!

09/26/2022

On behalf of Joel & Alisa Foerderer & family and Avery and Brenna Foerderer, we'd like to say that we have another successful sale in the books!! With the huge quantity of goats and sheep we had consigned along with rabbits, horses, cattle, and other hoofstock-we sold for 10 hours straight and with 2 rings running at times throughout the day. We appreciate every buyer and seller who consigned and attended!!

Thank you to the Stutsman County Fairgrounds for their great facility.

Thank you to Roger Foerderer for his countless hours of help in our preparation and clean-up!

Thank you to Dr. Dutton of Steele Vet Clinic for his veterinarian services and Tena Pulkrabek for her brand inspection services.

Thank you to all 4 of our auctioneers & auction clerking staff!

A HUGE SHOUT-OUT to our family and friends who show up every sale willing to work. We could not do it without you.

We truly appreciate all the support we receive at each of our sales. Please check out some pics below of just a FEW of our top sellers. Some pics were not available but prices are listed below. We will post a few videos as well. We look forward to seeing everyone again in the spring!!

3750 4 Yr Old QH Gelding
3700 2 Yr Old Spotted Jack
3000 18 Yr Old Registered Paint Mare
2970 Highlander Cow/Calf Pair
2400 Cow/Calf Pair
1435 Mini Jersey Cow
950 2 Yr Old Black Jack
885 Boer Doe
850 Boer Doe
1000 Dapple Boer Buck
650 Each for Several Boer Bucks
850 Each Female Llamas
2000 Pair of Alpacas
50 Each Potbelly Sows
950 3 Yr Old App Pony Mare
1850 Pair of Jenny Donkeys
700 Mini Weanling Jack
105 Mini Lop Doe
50 Mini Rex Doe
7900 Pair Lean-to Sheds

09/04/2022

A little Fun on Sunday! Looking forward to seeing everyone next weekend!!

05/31/2022

On behalf of the JREAS, my wife Alisa, my partner and son Avery and his wife Brenna, son's Roper & Jaeden, and my daughter Shania, we would like to thank everyone for their support of our Spring 2022 Sale!! Thank you to all the buyers and sellers whether from in state or out of state...without you...we would not have the success we have had.

A big THANK YOU goes out to the Stutsman County Fairgrounds for the great facility.

A special thank you goes out to my father Roger Foerderer for all his countless hours of help and to all my family members involved. Thanks to the many friends and people too numerous to mention for lending a helping hand.

Thank you to Dr. Joe of Steele Vet Clinic for his veterinary services and Blaine Northrup for his brand inspection services. Thank you to Reuer Auctions, Shawn Hanson, Jon Leadbetter, Christian Miller, and auction staff for their auctioneer services.

Thanks to our goat and sheep sellers and buyers as we sold a record number of 600 goats and sheep!! Thank you to Ryan for keeping the market strong all day. This was the best sale we've had soo far in my eyes, setting record prices for cattle, horses, llamas, alpacas, and hedgehogs. What a great sale!!

Last but not least, thank you to the sellers of the furry friends for bringing some great rabbits, hedgehogs, guinea pigs, ferrets, and other furrbies.

We appreciate the support we have received not only at this sale but over the years as well. Check out the pics below as they are just a few of our top sellers.

Have a great week!!
Sincerely,
Joel Foerderer

05/15/2022

05/12/2022

One of the many animals that can be found at the 2022 Exotic Animal Sale in Jamestown on May 15th. Photo: Jamestown Exotic Animal Sale JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – An enormous consignments of exotic poultry breeds, rabbits,

04/23/2022

Here's a little sunshine for our gloomy Saturday weather. Have a great weekend everyone!!

05/28/2021

JREAS would like to express our gratitude to everyone for your support at our Spring 2021 Sale. Thank you to all the buyers, sellers, and spectators for spending the day with us...without you our Sale would not be possible. When we started this in 2019, we didn't know what to expect and it has grown way beyond everyone's expectations. Again, thank you all for your support.

We had a record crowd of over 1400 people in attendance and gave out over 400 bidder numbers. The support from all over ND, our three surrounding states, and the Jamestown area is amazing.

A special thanks to our seller and buyer of our top selling animal...7 month old spotted jenny donkey for 4200.

Peacocks, Guinea hens, assorted chickens, rabbits, donkeys, goats, horses, and ponies were in high demand. The following are some top sellers of the day:

Peacock- 690
French Lop Doe- 260
Peahen- 400
Guineas- 50 each
Hedgehog- 190
7 Month Old Spotted Jenny- 4200
Registered Mini Stud- 2300
Registered Black Gelding- 3800
Registered Spotted Doe with Doelings- 2250
Miniature Jack Donkey- 2200
Highlander Bull- 2200
Yearling Spotted Jenny Donkey- 2050
Mini Pony Gelding- 1200
Spotted Does- 850 each
Llamas- 450-750

05/08/2021

Hear from Avery Foerderer as he talks about the next Exotic Animal Sale on May 16th in Jamestown. The sale features exotic animals and more for buyers and the public to see. For more, like the James

10/23/2019

Hope to see you all at the spring sale!!

05/08/2019

As manager of the James River Exotic Animal Sale, I would say our first sale was a great success!! I have lived around Jamestown, ND, most of my life and have not attended many auctions with a gate count of almost 1,000 people attending! Wow!! There were over 300 bidder numbers given out and we had great participation from the crowd. We had amazing support from all over North Dakota and the surrounding states. We also had 3 of the biggest goat buyers in the tri-state area. Not everything went perfect, but we gave it a good shot. The huge amount of people and animal consignments for a first sale was almost overwhelming for our staff. What people don't realize is that the help consisted of family and friends. Without my family's help, we could not have pulled it off. We definitely could not have done it without all the days and hours put in by my father, Roger Foerderer, my oldest son Avery Foerderer and his fiance Brenna Thoele. Avery did an excellent job promoting our sale. My wife, Alisa, and children Shania, Roper, Jaeden, and sister in law Tena Kramlich, put in lots of work and great support as well. I would also like to thank Lonny and Tammy Reuer of Reuer Auctions for all their hard work and time. They run a great Auction Service and went the extra mile. A big thank you to Jon Leadbetter for doing an excellent job auctioneering and all his help and promotion of the sale. In addition, thank you to Logan Hanson for his auctioneering and help as well.

A big thank you to my nephews, Jacob Sund-Abby Wolf, Josiah Sund- Becca Vis, Jonah Sund and niece Elizabeth Sund. Thank you to friends Aaron Baldwin and family, Tim Brehm, Annie Hancock, Yvonne Wegner, Cindi and Ron Schauer, Jeannie Bohl, Leah Keyes, Logan Reister, Brooke Reister, Kevin Thoele, Dean Harr, and my in laws, Clarence and Deb Marsolek.

We also appreciate all the help and advice from Randy Krueger who brought us some awesome birds to our sale. Thanks to our ringman Mike O' Connell and our brand inspector Blaine Northrop. Thank you to every buyer and seller for their support.

One more thing before I end this long post. We've had a lot of criticism for having kids working our sale. Some of them were even heckled by grown adults...almost bullied for helping. REALLY!! Let's remember these kids are our future. Why not teach them instead of put them down. Part of the reason I did this is for the kids as I remember my passion for animals growing up. Thank you once again everyone for coming out and making it a great day. See you next spring. 😊

God Bless,
Joel Foerderer

Sale report and highlights will be posted soon!!

04/02/2019

We appreciate all the support and help from our local businesses and community. I would also like to thank the Ericksons from the Rugby alternative livestock sale for lending a helping hand and helping us learn this process. P.s. Their sale is the weekend after ours up in Rugby. Its always a good time.

By Jacob Just JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – A different kind of animal fair is coming to Jamestown in May. The James River Exotic Animal Sale is the first of its kind to come to Jamestown. Alisa Foerderer