The Provincial Council of Badajoz auctions 42 La Cocosa merinos at the Trujillo fair

The Provincial Council of Badajoz will sell 42 head of white merino sheep from the La Cocosa estate at the livestock auction to be held in Trujillo between November 19 and 22, 2026, as part of the XLI Agro-Livestock Fair and IX Quality Meat Exhibition. The decree approving the file and the specifications is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Badajoz (BOP) No. 216, Wednesday, November 11, 2026, under announcement reference 4466/2026. The operation starts with a starting price of 1,800 euros for each lot of ten females and 400 euros for each male specimen.

A surplus of the provincial livestock herd

The file was initiated following the report from the manager of the La Cocosa estate, dated October 26, 2026, which confirms the availability of livestock for sale and the convenience of participating in the auction organized by the National Association of Merino Livestock Breeders. On the same day, the proposal report was issued by the acting director of the Functional Area of Rural Development, Demographic Challenge, and Tourism, Isidro Lázaro Santos, and the initiation of the file was ordered.

The decree is signed by the second vice-president and delegated deputy of the Functional Area of Sustainable Economy, Strategic Procurement, and Heritage, Carmen Yáñez Quirós, by virtue of the delegation approved by Decree BOP No. 206, supplement I, of October 29, 2025. The file includes favorable reports from the General Secretariat (October 30, 2026) and the Comptroller’s Office (November 5, 2026) and is based on Law 33/2003, of November 3, on the Heritage of Public Administrations, and its regulation, approved by Royal Decree 1373/2009, of August 28.

Participation is justified by the area’s function of promoting sustainable agro-livestock systems and livestock fairs, as well as collaboration in maintaining indigenous livestock and the genetic improvement of merino sheep and lampiño pig herds through the management of the provincial estate.

Four lots of females and two males, all ARR/ARR

Annex I of the specifications identifies the animals by their individual electronic identification and their genotype. All specimens, without exception, are listed as ARR/ARR, meaning they are resistant to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. The distribution by lots is as follows:

• Lots 1 to 4: ten females each, totaling 40 animals.
• Lot 5: one male.
• Lot 6: one male.
• Starting price: 1,800 euros per lot of ten females (180 euros per animal) and 400 euros for each male.

Open bidding with a minimum increase of 10 euros

The auction will be held before the board constituted by the National Association of Merino Livestock Breeders, which assumes organization and may move it to an online format for sanitary reasons. The system is based on “open bidding,” with offers equal to or higher than the starting price and minimum increments of 10.00 euros; bids below the base price of each lot will not be accepted.

The disposal is subject to, and not exempt from, VAT, in accordance with Article 7.8 of Law 37/1992 and the report of the General Directorate of Taxes dated May 5, 2009; therefore, the successful bidder will pay the hammer price increased by 10%. No provisional guarantee is required, in accordance with Article 106.1 of the LCSP.

Documentation, payment, and livestock removal

Interested parties must identify themselves to the board before the event and present their ID, passport, or CIF, Annex II (bidder data), Annex III (responsible declaration of not being subject to the prohibition of Article 95.2 of Royal Decree 1373/2009—including being up to date with tax and Social Security obligations—) and Annex IV (data protection).

Payment shall be made by bank card via the POS terminal enabled at the fairgrounds or by transfer to account ES03 3009 0001 2025 4550 4629 of Caja Rural de Extremadura. Those paying by card may remove the livestock directly from the facilities; if they opt for transfer, the livestock shall be collected at the La Cocosa farm (EX-310 Badajoz-Valverde de Leganés road, kilometer 14.500), with transport costs borne by the successful bidder.

The disposal is of interest to the sheep sector of the province because it allows livestock farmers to acquire replacement animals with sanitary guarantees and documented genetics—all resistant to scrapie—at appraised starting prices per animal, and it consolidates the presence of the Extremaduran merino in one of the reference events of the agricultural-livestock calendar.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Badajoz, No. 216, November 11, 2026, Section I (Local Administration), pp. 1-7 (official reference: announcement 4466/2026).