Sennett Livestock Sales
Just A Little Something About Us
Sennett Sales Commission Sale was started in the mid 1930's by C.L.Doan & Elwyn
Maxon and operated jointed until 1951 when Mr Doan bought out Mr Maxon. Doan with
the help of his sons operated Sennett Sales until January 1964 when he sold out to his son
Benjamin ( Bud) Doan and his wife Mary. The Doan's ran the sale until March of 1972 when
they sold to Robert Hicks & Kenneth Spingler ( Hicks & Spingler Livestock Inc.)
Later in 1973, part of the old barn was torn down and replaced with larger and more
modern facilities. In January 1974 scales were added to the operation and started selling
beef, hogs, calves, etc by the pound. Prior to this everything was sold by the head. In 1978
another large addition to the sale was added. In 1983, 2 more unloading docks were added
to speed up the loading and unloading of cattle.
In January 1982, Mark Kent was employed by Sennett Sales as an Auctioneer. In
October 1982, Mark became Sales Manager and Auctioneer and moved his family here to
reside in Sennett, NY. In January 1987 Mark and his family purchased the 50-year old sale
barn and auction business from its former owners, Hicks & Spingler changing the name to
Sennett Sales Inc. Mark grew up in the Southern Tier area working in the agriculture sale
business and attended auctioneer's school in Indiana. Continuing a tradition of a complete
livestock commission sale every Tuesday & Thursday, selling livestock such as sheep, goats,
hogs, beef animals, dairy replacements and calves. Besides continuing to serve the Livestock
Industry, the Kent's are responding to changes in the agriculture business by starting new
traditions. In addition to the livestock market we offer a complete farm auction service,
complete dairies bought & sold, specializing quality registered & high grade dairy heifers &
always have Percheron Geldings ready to go. In July 1990 the Kent's installed a computer
system to speed up the record keeping and efficiency. A fully electronic scale was installed in
October 1993. Mark has done basic upgrading on the barn facilities & restaurant remodeling
over the years. In 1996 Mark & the boys replaced a storage barn out back that burned
several years past, added a garage to the barn & added a horse barn that now shelters our
Percherons. Mark & his family remodeled the house and added a pool that was a great baby
sitter while the kids were growing up.
Our family has moved on to make memories of their own, Kim is living in Bluffton, South
Carolina. She works at the Weston as a manager of activities for the resort. Kara lives in
Suffolk, Va working as an athletic trainer part time and is working at a hospital in New Port
News,Va. taking x-rays. Kalan has recently purchased the sale barn from his Dad, taking
over the family business. Kalan has continued the Kent tradition learning the auctioneer
chant and running the sale barn. Mark & Sandy are enjoying the horses, showing them up
and down the Eastern coast from Maine to Florida, living at their place in Florida, as well as
helping the kids in anyway they can. They have changed the hitch name to Sen-Diron
Percherons (Sen for Sennett and Diron for the street Adirondack they live on in Florida) .
If you have time check us out sometime, our schedule is here on the web site. We may not hit
every show listed but we try to go to several different ones through out the year. Kalan will
be working here at the sale barn for a long time to come, he loves the business and the cattle.
He has changed the name to Double K Livestock Sales, Inc , check him out sometime he is
doing well. The Sennett Livestock Barn business and its customers have served us well over
the years and will continue to do so in the future.
Maxon and operated jointed until 1951 when Mr Doan bought out Mr Maxon. Doan with
the help of his sons operated Sennett Sales until January 1964 when he sold out to his son
Benjamin ( Bud) Doan and his wife Mary. The Doan's ran the sale until March of 1972 when
they sold to Robert Hicks & Kenneth Spingler ( Hicks & Spingler Livestock Inc.)
Later in 1973, part of the old barn was torn down and replaced with larger and more
modern facilities. In January 1974 scales were added to the operation and started selling
beef, hogs, calves, etc by the pound. Prior to this everything was sold by the head. In 1978
another large addition to the sale was added. In 1983, 2 more unloading docks were added
to speed up the loading and unloading of cattle.
In January 1982, Mark Kent was employed by Sennett Sales as an Auctioneer. In
October 1982, Mark became Sales Manager and Auctioneer and moved his family here to
reside in Sennett, NY. In January 1987 Mark and his family purchased the 50-year old sale
barn and auction business from its former owners, Hicks & Spingler changing the name to
Sennett Sales Inc. Mark grew up in the Southern Tier area working in the agriculture sale
business and attended auctioneer's school in Indiana. Continuing a tradition of a complete
livestock commission sale every Tuesday & Thursday, selling livestock such as sheep, goats,
hogs, beef animals, dairy replacements and calves. Besides continuing to serve the Livestock
Industry, the Kent's are responding to changes in the agriculture business by starting new
traditions. In addition to the livestock market we offer a complete farm auction service,
complete dairies bought & sold, specializing quality registered & high grade dairy heifers &
always have Percheron Geldings ready to go. In July 1990 the Kent's installed a computer
system to speed up the record keeping and efficiency. A fully electronic scale was installed in
October 1993. Mark has done basic upgrading on the barn facilities & restaurant remodeling
over the years. In 1996 Mark & the boys replaced a storage barn out back that burned
several years past, added a garage to the barn & added a horse barn that now shelters our
Percherons. Mark & his family remodeled the house and added a pool that was a great baby
sitter while the kids were growing up.
Our family has moved on to make memories of their own, Kim is living in Bluffton, South
Carolina. She works at the Weston as a manager of activities for the resort. Kara lives in
Suffolk, Va working as an athletic trainer part time and is working at a hospital in New Port
News,Va. taking x-rays. Kalan has recently purchased the sale barn from his Dad, taking
over the family business. Kalan has continued the Kent tradition learning the auctioneer
chant and running the sale barn. Mark & Sandy are enjoying the horses, showing them up
and down the Eastern coast from Maine to Florida, living at their place in Florida, as well as
helping the kids in anyway they can. They have changed the hitch name to Sen-Diron
Percherons (Sen for Sennett and Diron for the street Adirondack they live on in Florida) .
If you have time check us out sometime, our schedule is here on the web site. We may not hit
every show listed but we try to go to several different ones through out the year. Kalan will
be working here at the sale barn for a long time to come, he loves the business and the cattle.
He has changed the name to Double K Livestock Sales, Inc , check him out sometime he is
doing well. The Sennett Livestock Barn business and its customers have served us well over
the years and will continue to do so in the future.
Located 4 miles east of Auburn, NY,
20 miles West of Syracuse, NY on Rt 5 in Sennett, NY
20 miles West of Syracuse, NY on Rt 5 in Sennett, NY
