2025 Crane Trust Conservation Bison Auction

Welcome to the Crane Trust Conservation Bison Sale. This bison sale helps the Crane Trust maintain their bison population at a sustainable size per the carrying capacity of our bison range. The sale is intended to distribute valuable and genetically diverse bison to herds around the country to aid in the recovery of bison as a wild species. Proceeds from the sale will go back into the bison program and financially supplement research, herd maintenance, and range expansion.

Bison will be sold from the Crane Trust via silent bidding process at www.32auctions.com/ctbison2025. An account will need to be created for each potential bidder to be assigned a bidding number and be allowed access to the auction.  Yearling bison bulls and heifers will be auctioned in grouped lots of 5 or 6 that will be gate cut at the time of loadout. Two and three-year old breeding bulls will be sold in single lots. Bison lots will be gate-cut at the time of loadout. 

Bidding for the auction will open December 5th at 4:00pm (Central) and run through December 12 at 4:00pm (Central), plus extended time for bids that come in close to the close of the auction. We will update the auction website with weights next week. Invoices will be emailed via Quickbooks upon sale. Payments will be made through the Quickbooks link in the emailed invoice or via phone call to Crane Trust Finance Department, Wendy Bailey (402) 831-0550, paid in full no later than December 16 by 4:00pm (Central). See auction page for more details.Additional questions regarding the sale can be directed to Range Manager, Joshua Wiese (jwiese@cranetrust.org) at (308) 216-1066 or Timothy Smith (tsmith@cranetrust.org) at (308) 240-3322.