Our farm is in Oregon. We do not ship orders anywhere for any reason.
How it works
We have lamb shares available for order all year, but most of our processing/pickup dates are from approximately October through February.
We raise sheep specifically bred for meat, which thrive in our local climate. They shed their wool naturally each year without shearing.
Our price for whole lamb shares is $7.20 per pound of hanging weight with our growing families discount of ten percent for expectant parents or parents of minor children. $8.00 per pound at full price. Weights vary, but we expect hanging weights (this is the weight of the edible parts at the butcher) for each lamb of around 40 pounds. This normally yields about 30 pounds of meat, though that depends on how you ask the butcher to cut it. You can keep everything, though there will be some loss of weight due to moisture loss. You will pick up your lamb meat from a local Oregon butcher when it’s ready (about a month from processing) and you pay the butcher to cut the meat to your specifications. Butcher costs on a whole lamb depend on the weight, and for our lambs the cost is normally around $75.
Our lambs are born outdoors on pasture in the spring. We keep them with the ewes for several months (late weaning), we do not dock tails as there is no need with our kind of sheep. We don’t use chemicals or medications on the the flock or the field, though we will care for a sick or injured sheep as best we can, including using medications (something that happens rarely, every few years.)
Our sheep are a shedding polled Wiltshire breed and we have crossed in some Katahdin genetics. This means that our sheep shed their wool naturally and do not require shearing. This can make them look a bit goofy at times, but the sheep are fine.
Please note: we sell full grown lambs, approaching maturity. We do not sell or process “spring” or “baby” lambs. The baby lambs get to run and play in the grass. We do not sell half lamb shares.
To reserve your order fill out the form at the bottom of this page or send us an email.
Estimated total cost for a whole lamb share
For a hanging weight of 40 pounds at a price of $7.20 per pound, you would pay us $288 for a whole lamb. Assuming butcher costs of $75 the total cost to you is $363. You might decide to get a mix of boneless and bone-in cuts yielding 30 pounds and you can also choose to keep the organ meats (there are many excellent recipes for cooking these) as well as extra bones for making soup stock. This works out to about $9.08 per pound of hanging weight, or $12.10 per pound of meat.
Deposit
There is a $75 deposit to reserve a lamb share.