How We Market Our Lambs (SHIPPING DAY!): Vlog 139
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- How we market our lambs...
This week, like most weeks, I set aside time on Tuesday to weigh and sort through the finishing lambs to see who has reached target weight. I market my lambs heavy, even though the market currently is strong in each weight range thanks to Easter demand.
In this video, I will show you how I weigh, sort and load the lambs into the trailer.
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Interesting insight. A majority of the population have no idea how their food is grown and where it comes from. I'm glad to see the care you take with them, even if they are to be food.
Bill Rayvan not my puppy
Bill Rayvan
They weren’t created for food. It wasn’t until after the flood were they for food. In the Garden they were free to eat fruit and vegetables that just grew wildly. Then after the “sin” they were forced to till the ground and sweat to grow food. After the flood there would be no vegetation so animals like sheep there would be more than two that went on the ark to breed and be used for food/sacrifice till they could grow food again. In the garden we actually could communicate with them. That’s why the “snake” was talking to her. And I think in the 1,000 reign we will probably go back to eating from the earth. (I in no way have a problem with meat. I eat a lot of it but I do know this isn’t what we were intended to do. It’s just the way it is now. So I didn’t want that to seem like I’m anti meat because I’m not😊💜✝️)
stacyeandrew2 great story.
@@anatrampert1332 Korea eats dogs....
ImpsMyPimp my gosh I keep seeing this same comment from farmers. Truthfully most of us are not uninformed, we know where food comes, it’s basic information taught in school, also enforced by most parents. It’s funny how one utubber will make a comment and everyone copies him and runs with it.
I so enjoy watching your videos. My mom was born in Canada and told stories of her father herding sheep on the cold prairie. He always wore and old buffalo coat to keep warm. She was born in 1899. She's gone now of course and now I'm the old lady with the stories but I do love learning all the new ways of doing things. Thanks for the videos.
Lavon Cloward that’s a really nice story! If I could go back in time for one day I think I’d go for the 1890s,
Girl!!! You have got to be the hardest working woman ALIVE !!! Holy moly, just watching you makes me tired! I wish I had just a fraction of your energy...love watching your shows!!!!
Its remarkable how much of this you do alone. You are such a hard worker!!! Go girl!!!
I’m 46 yrs old and have had a lamb roast every single Sunday for lunch as I grew up. Fast forward 5 yrs and I’m now sitting my kids down to a Sunday roast lamb too. Some traditions are worth keeping close and holding on tight to it. 🇦🇺💕
It is nice to see birth to market. We have gotten sooo far from where our food, especially meat, comes from.
Hi Sandi! Senior Florida newbie here. Not sure why one of your videos landed on my YT page, but it did, and I started watching your channel. And I have a TON of comments, so here goes: I admire you so much for your basically one-person operation (I would be in the fetal position and crying softly on a daily basis) ~~ I love watching the combines during harvest (they remind me of years ago in my Louisiana home) ~~ your lamb babies are adorable ~~ your human babies are too ~~ I loved the cow who stamped her foot at you ~~ dear Amy, may you rest in peace and sing with the angels ~~ mental health is important and too often overlooked (just snap out of it, they say, while you feel like the San Andreas Fault has cracked open, spread to Ontario and swallowed you whole) ~~ I love the way you and your husband talk to each other ("You done?" "Yeah." "You ready?" "Yeah." "That's it?" "Yeah.") ~~ God bless McDonald's and their coffee ~~ I don't get the point of CIDRS and hormone shots (if the shots are designed to make the ewe ovulate, then why not the shot alone and then jumping the nearest ram?) ~~ I love the way you drive your farm vehicles (I would need State Farm and Progressive and Allstate and a St. Jude's medal) ~~ and last but not least, I love your attitude about life in general (NEXXXXXXXXT!). Two final comments about non-sheep things: (1) adopt a 10 minute a day cleaning routine for each general room in your house (living room, dining room, kitchen, you get the idea) ~~ you'll have a clean house in no time at all; and (2) I think the only song you haven't played is the most obvious song of all ~~ Barbara Ann (Bah Bah Bah Bah Barbara Ann)! Cheers and take good care !!
Thank you so much for this amazing message!!!
@@SandiBrock You're very welcome! I hope to be able to chime in occasionally with a comment or question ~~ and I hope I don't show how much I really don't know about sheep ranching and farming, etc. And I'm planning to watch the hormone shot/CIDRS videos again. And if I find something that might be of interest to you, I'll be sure to pass it along. Y'all take care ~~ farm on!
Thank you for the content you make, I'm a welder and it's nice to watch another hard working woman. Your a real inspiration to me😄 keep going girl, your amazing!!
Oh thanks Emma!! A welder?? Thats amazing!!!
Realy Sandi your work hard . Thank you share your experiences. BRAVOO.
Thanks!
Such a hard working lady & you are kind to the animals ❤️😊, enjoy your videos!
Thanks!
Great video sandi.. your sheep is always in great shape u do a fantastic job with your flock.. the love shows..... so happy your channel is growing u deserve it.
Thanks so much Rachel!
I actually love your videos, you film things that most people wouldn’t usually see, and it’s really cool
Thanks!
me even being a man i always admired your energy and effort you put into this business. You are just my hero!!! much love from Uzbekistan
Thanks!
My daughter and I raise dorper sheep in California, we usually sell them at about 5 months of age and weigh about 110 to 120 lbs. It is hard work but we enjoy it as much as you. Happy Holidays
I commend you for all your hard work and attention to detail. I don't think I could ever get over the fact that they're being sent off to be slaughtered and eaten though. You must be a lot tougher than I am ! Thanks for the informative videos (:
@Bill Rayvan Thanks for the input, Bill!
Hannah, I have noticed that she tries not to get involved with the sheep. For example there might be an adorable lamb on the ground and I can tell she wants to hug it so bad, but she knows she can’t. I would have a hard time not being able to cuddle those moms and babies. She is so much stronger than I am.
@@patshhi4620 interesting looking back at this comment now, Sandi seems to spend half her time giving new born lambs cuddles!
AMAZING how fast they grow in such a short time!!!! They hardly look like lambs anymore!! I highly applaud your gentle handling while loading them; you are a model lamb farmer. Gorgeous looking Merinos, and the few Suffolks. Toronto is indeed very diverse, hence the wide market. I understand it contains 80 different ethnic groups.
Thanks so much!
To watch what you do is truly amazing you love all your animals and that is fantastic to see you truly are an amazing person who takes so much care of your animals and its wonderful to see you should be so proud of what you do your truly are amazing x
Absolutely love your channel. Love your work. Complete inspiration
I binge watch your videos. I would love to have a setup like yours, on a much smaller scale. My daughter raises club lambs for FFA for show, such a fun project.
Thats great!!
Thanks Sandi! Love that smile! You really work hard to produce what you do! You deserve it!!! Well done!!!
Thanks Shelley!
Is it ever hard for you to ship off the lambs? I would have a hard time shipping off Lambs, idk I'm just a softy for cute baby animals
I eat meet and lamb is good but there is no way I could send anything off to be killed. Guess someone must it and thank you since I do enjoy eating it.
Completely obsessed with your channel! I've sat all day and watched your videos! So much for cleaning house today, there's sheep to tend too!!
HAHAHA!! Megan... thanks so much! (house cleaning sucks anyway... LOL!)
i like all the time lapses and angles in this video. very cool
Sandi!! Could you do another video like this one, talking more detail about market lambs???
Appreciate the scientific approach. Can't be profitable if no good record and larger weight.
I’ve been watching your channel a while now, and I’ve got to say, you and your entire family are very impressive. You with the Calf is adorable
When you make a video in the lamb market?
In the 70s I worked for a food wholesaler in SC. I remember the first time I ordered lamb. It was for a Greek wedding. Years later, a Greek restaurant opened so we ordered more only a few cases at a time. Not like beef where we ordered 60k boneless beef for ground beef at a time for burger restaurant s. I enjoy watching the babies. I like learning new things. As a caregiver to my 92yrs old daddy, watching videos opens my world.
Oh wow! I randomly came across your lambing vlogs and they are so informative and entertaining! New subscriber here! And to think your from Ontario too!
So great to see a look into Ontario Agricultural and animal husbandry!
Greetings from just outside Hamilton, Ontario!
i have to watch videos till i get my farm/ranch in the spring,, i have plans to raise both sheep and goats for the meat market sales, plus a few extra for my own freezer as well,, i do enjoy both goat and mutton/lamb... thank you for sharing this info and tips
I am very impressed with your equipment and facilities... Very nice... and nicely done how you handle them...
Thanks so much Herb.
I have full respect for the job you are doing. You need more helping hands . I wish i could visit your farm one day.
LOL...”Do u want me to get it?”😂😂😂😂
Doing wonderful job
Thank you!
Good info. Looks like you use a short homemade ramp up to the trailer. Currently we don’t have a ramp ... just block off under the trailer ... but it’s a challenge to get the first one to jump up. Sometimes we tie a tame ewe in the trailer to encourage them, then remove the ewe afterward. Think we’ll have to build a ramp. It looks easier :)
best 2 hours we ever spent building that thing!!
very smartly done !! Thats how animal -farming has to be done --> Owner-Farmer-Worker-Tech MODE , keep the expenses in check and target productivity , Indian Farm-owners, should learn and ADAPT !!
Hi I was in Ontario Hamilton for over 13 years recently I moved back to home country in Europe :)
Gordon Ramsay like this video, he never out of Lamb Sauce ;)
Man that's one high tech system you got running for them! I'd imagine the start up costs with those gates and panels are pretty high :( But they are soooo handy to have and you are a pro putting them to use!
I was lucky to get some of my gates and panels with the purchase of the sheep (it was a dispersal) and I also applied for some grant money when I first got into sheep farming. That program helped with the initial Gallagher system and the handling system.
Tow ball is loose, when you were unhooking the trailer at the end of the video. Great video. Very informative.
You're right! We changed it after this video... thanks!
Hello from Florida. Great videos, I have been binge watching the past few days. I am trying to decide between meat goats and/or sheep for personal use and sale, on a MUCH smaller scale. Thanks for all the info, have a blessed day.
Thanks for watching!! Both markets have great potential! Good Luck!
Thank you @@SandiBrock
Great video sandi very interesting... thanks for posting.
Thanks William!
I m from sabah malaysia..great works
Great video I really enjoy the content
Awesome! Thanks Myles!
i am so thankful I've seen you and other women being successful at farming.I grew up during a time when there was jobs for men and jobs for women i can tell you some sad stories about what happened to women that did what they wanted and the discrimination they had to put up with .Thankfully they did it and now you can see women being accepted things have come a long ways from when a woman was et ux
I'm trying to figure out how I can get some sheep shipped to Hawaii. That's why I clicked this... But I saw a video of yours before when you were shearing.. I'm subscribing.. love the bit about the cows..and I'm learning a lot!
Hey I’m going to link this video for an online class on lamb marketing for the sheep production class at Lakeland College in Vermilion, AB. These videos are great :)
People do eat more lamb at Easter. It's also in the grocery ads. You like what you do, thanks for sharing.
There's no purer, whiter white than that of a new born calf. Cheers...
I have been a sheep-farmer-wannabe all my life but the opportunity never gelled. Love watching your videos. I'm wondering why you chose these breeds as opposed to others. In my armchair study of breeds and helping farmer friends who have them, have you ever considered trying Icelandic sheep - one of the primative breeds? They excell in all 3 categories (4 if you count hides) particularly meat. But specifically I understand they are known for rarely if ever needing help with lambing. Makes me think of it every time I see you needing to pull lambs which seems quite frequent. Hardly a video goes by where you don't exclaim how utterly tired you are. I feel for your work-load!
nice to see Ontario grown lamb , and Ontario UA-cam !
Nevermind question has been answered. I commented on another post what you do with them lol...thank you
Let us know too!
It's probably in another video...but do they live in the barns their entire life or do they go out to pasture at some point?
Homestead Odyssey she said in another vlog can’t remember which one sorry. They live indoors there entire lives
I respect her an her business but I can’t help but feel like their lives would be much better if they were able to live outside. To me it’s kinda sad if they live their whole lives like this.
I think I saw her make a comment that in their area, they can't have them outside due to the extreme rate of coyotes.
@@KS-md2fk that would make sense since she seems to care about their welfare.
@@tmaxim2651 concerned about their welfare because it concerns how much money they can make
Hi Sandi, love your videos! Would it be an improvement if the wooden loading ramp was on the outside of the blue chase instead of fitting on the inside of the chase? You've talked a bit about how they sometimes think they won't fit and was wondering if they didn't see the wooden ramp getting narrower if they would load just a bit easier. Keep up the hard work! :)
I am wondering Sandi, if the lambs stopped coughing after you added the ceiling air flow units?
In the UK we condition score our lambs on a code that goes EUROP. We aim for E U and R grades and no one wants a thin or fat lamb regardless of weight. R is a good average and U and E have extra muscling in the gigots. The mart grades the lambs and sort accordingly, so you get a good idea of how you are doing. Sent straight to the abattoir we get a grade sheet but it doesn’t always reflect what you know the grades to be as they pay more for top grades. A lot of dishonesty in the trade. I found by and large the mart served me better.
Love the Hereford's
Thanks!
another great video👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks!
Ship them "Woolies", get that Moola (2200 live weight) , offer the "old man" a home cooked dinner or $20 for the front of his barn. His choice....LOL Congrats on getting rid of 20 of those "Screamers"....LOL
I’m sure you have answered my question in a previous video but I’m a fairly new subscriber (2 weeks) and haven’t gotten around to watching all the back videos. This is really interesting to me because there were no sheep farms where I grew up in central Ky. We were Hog farmers. And grew our own feed for them. This was in the early 70’s we were shipping around 20-25 per week to market. Just a small family farm.
I was wondering how large of operation You all have. And if any other family members are included. From the equipment and grain storage I’ve seen in the videos it seems substantial. Just how many acres are there under your all’s tillage
So the overall grain operation is now 1800 acres, (mostly all rented from family) and just my husband and I run the sheep and grain operation. He runs the grain, me the sheep. We have two kids, Jack is in college but helps in the summer, Jess is in high school but works for a neighbouring dairy farm (she loves cows). I did a video a few weeks back explaining the sheep farm a bit more...ua-cam.com/video/AkUOnKgx6B8/v-deo.html
Aw man, I didn't know you were in Ontario! That got me so happy, then you said you were stationed far on the other side of Toronto.
I'm an hour east of Toronto, and I've worked with on an organic farm with sheep before, but not on this professional and organised of a scale. Man, I'd love to come work for you!
The market in Saskatchewan prefers roughly 70 lb lambs
Wow you're in Ontario! I wonder if I've ever passed you on the 401 from Guelph 😮 (not an Aggie but I love your vids!)
Awesome! I'm only in Guelph about every 6 weeks... but maybe!
@@SandiBrock You're so amazing and such a great inspiration for strong women to be themselves!
Greetings from Chatham, On. 👋🏼
Hey!
Loved the vid keep up the content
Thanks!
On the chart you showed us, why do you lighter lambs sell for more?
All prices are shown per hundred weight, so not as high as they are shown... But the Easter market does have a strong light lamb demand and increased prices.
It is obvious you love babies.
Do you keep any of the lambs and how do you decide who goes and who stays
In later videos she keeps some ewes as replacement stock so that she can have newer sheep to produce lambs. She buys the boys as a ratio to have 1 boy per 5ish girls. Really cool videos.
Those blue gate panels are quite nice, with all of the compatible chutes and round and such! What brand are they? Or where’d you get them from ?
Thank out for the detailed video
New subscriber and love this setup!!
That is sure a nice set up to work your lambs.
The bottle babies have grown a lot since your week of lambing series.
📌📌📌📌Have you considered setting up a finishing barn for some of your lambs?
This is the finishing barn for the lambs. I bring the lambs over here after I wean them.
What do you think your feed conversation ratio is? Also of those 20 lambs what is your average lifelong daily gain?
I'll have to check and get back to you!
Excellent
It's always so interesting to hear about other meat markets rather than just beef and pigs. I usually never think lamb that often. Must be a very good meat :)
I love lamb, and really never grew up eating it... Some really great recipes available now!
Are these sheep for food, wool, pets, what are they shiped for?
Seriously? While sheep @100+ lbs are known to make great pets and sheep for wool aren't sold but sheared every so often . These are for food.
Food
😬 yikes
So, you think there is enough demand for pet sheep that a 500 ewe flock could sustain itself?? Wow
Excuse me for wanting a pet sheep from a lady who I can see takes good care of the breeding animals
Will u do some more of your cows calfing videos please 🐑🐑🐮🐮
Sorry Mick! Cows are all done! But I'll show the calves in some videos!
Yes please
That subtle flex of AirPods at 2:05 😏
I see you gurl
LOL.
Dear management this us repeat of new content, but very ending helps understand why you lamb all year.
Very quiet sheep. You work very hard to get them to market/target weight.
WoW how much time do you spend everyday to take care of your lamps how many you have all in all.
What brand do you use for ear tagging? Love to hear more on tagging.. I've been watching your vidwos all day long! Thank you.
The ear tags are Canadian RFID tags that are required by law when the animal leaves the farm. I put them in at birth to collect data...
Looks like your ball was loose on your hitch when you pulled away from the trailer !
Good catch! I have a new one waiting for me in the shop!
Good job. I thank you
Hello Sandi, I have started to watch your videos and they are very professional and full of info! Do you always sell 100% of your males? Or do you keep some? Or the gender does not matter to you? Thanks!
I sell all the ram lambs, and any female that doesn't meet the criteria...
@@SandiBrock Thanks Sandi! You have an awesome operation going. Thanks for taking your time to reply to all of our questions and comments! You might not have an idea of how much we learn from you. Best wishes!
Did it take long once you decided to flock to recover your initial investment.
YAY I love your vids
I like the content of the videos you create. Fyi I know nothing on farming but find this fascinating. Thank you.
Thank you!!!
What do you do with the lambs that didn’t make your preferred weight of 105? Could you hold them off until the next group and have a mix of larger and smaller weights?
They just go back into their pen until they are 5-6 months of age... Then, I ship them at the weight they are at so I can get the barn emptied out for the next group of weaned lambs,
Our family farm we have 30 head of Hereford cattle all grass fed great tempered animals love seeing the process of the lambs as well!
awesome!
Can you make a video of your initial investment on your operation and give us some insight on how you started or how someone could get started?
Maybe break it down into numbers
I can try!
@@SandiBrock thank you i appreciate it greatly i think people would be interested in it as well i watch all your videos by the way!(:
I saw a previous video where you had a few sheep bloat and end up dying. Can I ask, what do you do with the deceased animals? How do you manage the carcass?
Hey Melissa, We currently compost all the deceased animals.
@@SandiBrock Thank you! My husband and I are about to purchase our first 47 acre farm. I am a spinner and knitter, hopping to own a spinners flock and really enjoy learning from your sheep experience. Thank you for the honest and straightforward approach to explaining the pros and cons of sheep care.
Awesome!!
What happens to the wool from market lambs?
Kelly Vaughn She did a video on shearing. Very cool to watch. The black wool is separated from the white because it cannot be dyed. She said how much it is sold per pound, it wasn’t very much. She had said she’d likes to have them sheared once a year because it makes lambing cleaner. I believe the two guys that did the shearing were paid five dollars per sheep. They were super professionals, fast, efficient without stress to the sheep.
Do you only raise sheep for market or do you raise them for wool as well
Hey for the lamb tail do you put band on them or cut and burn them?
I put a band on it when they are 24 hours old.
Great video madam
How sheep rearing is a loss and profitable? plz tell.And what is the market price of per market lamb.
Prices will fluctuate throughout the year based on supply and demand. Easter remains the higher prices for lamb. Last week 100lb lambs saw around $320/lamb. However, that is not the norm.
@@SandiBrock Actually i was asking to u the sheep rearing management ,What should be the stock size for more profitable to rearing a sheep.The whole system has based on the management ,wheather how the management be posses.Supply and demand is good in the market,but the factors which determine it,Costs of production to producing a sheep.How costs of production equals the market price of sheep which ur ready to sell,or how prices will be more than costs of production.If necessary loss then how?
Another great video sandi! You make it look so easy. I was just on the app/websit you were talking about. So much great information there. They also have a really good excel spreadsheet for figure out cost and profit. Do you use that too. Thanks again.
Its a great resource! I think we were on that website for an entire year before getting into sheep, and I continued to use it that first year after I got into it!
All that equipment must be expensive. Is it purchased or leased?
It was purchased. But a lot of my handling equipment I've bought used, or new with some program funding I applied for when I first started sheep farming.
Hello Sandy, according to the price table, the ideal would be to sell the lambs weighing less than 50 lbs, which have the highest price. I guess your weaning easily goes over 50 lbs. Here in Mexico, all the animals (most of them) are sold heavy and each kilo has a price according to the weight of the animal. Your farm is impressive, many times I have thought to sell everything here and go to Canada and buy a farm, to raise sheep or goats, or bulls.
I come from a family of cattle farmers (cows) and I separated and got to have 2000 sheep.
On some occasion I will upload photos to the network.
Congratulations. I keep following you.
Regards