Prairie Rose Suffolks

04/05/2026

Wishing You Easter Blessings From Our Barn to Yours!

04/04/2026

"The Old Ram Cometh". Our senior stud ram, "Western Underground" pictured here at 5+ years of age. Still looks good & is still making great lambs. He's still the kingpin around here, or so he thinks. Occasionally, we have to remind him who the top dogs really are. 😉 All kidding aside, this guy does a great job for us, siring high quality, growthy well made lambs that thrive in a variety of management systems and environments.

04/03/2026

"Codigo" is one of our SALE yearling rams that's just hanging out waiting for the snow and rain to stop so that he can get his spring haircut. He's a big buck with mass, size & scale and pounds to share. He also stands on pretty dang good bone and on top of that he's handsome and fun to look at to boot. He's sired by "Western Underground" going back to "Mother Lode" of old Luxford breeding and is dammed by Prairie Rose 2221, a stud caliber ewe out of the Dombek stud buck, "Cogburn". The Cogburn daughters have been impressive and have continually been putting high quality lambs on the ground for us.

We should have this guy ready for further inspection in about a week after he sees his barber. Stay tuned!

03/14/2026

Just for fun … because we can all use a little fun here and again. Arguably my favorite photo ever taken at the Nugget All American - Reno show a few years ago while hanging out in the barn after the show. Cooper Perkins, son of Matt and Andrea Perkins, was making friends with our Reserve Grand Champion Ram, who was a really cool, easy going ram. Kids and sheep just seem to naturally attract to one another. Photo credit to my sis-n-law, Lisa.

Pictures coming soon of our 2026 lambs….there’s some dandies….stay tuned.

02/02/2026

The Boss, otherwise known to her friends and family as “Opal”, Prairie Rose 1702, has entered the drop pen in the barn. These type of ewes are worth their weight in gold. She’s a large capacity, dimensional, long lived, productive female that has earned her status and our admiration here on the ranch. She pops out top end lambs every time she lambs, has a 200% lambing and weaning rate and earns a living on grass from spring until fall when the snow flies. She is also the dam to “Hickok”, one of our stud rams. Oh, and did we mention that she is 9 years old? We think this grand ol’ dam looks pretty good for being 9 years old. And by the looks of it, she’s got another set of multiple lambs on the way. Will it be twins or triplets? Stay tuned.

01/25/2026

Woo-hoo!!! The lamb cam is up and running again and the 1st bunch of the 2026 lambing ewes due at any time are on deck. More ewes will find their way to the barn soon. Let the games begin ...

01/24/2026

When we match stud bucks up with ewes for breeding, much thought and intention goes into each pairing. Many factors, both intrinsic and extrinsic, are considered before the final decisions are put down on paper and then put into play. Barn and progeny records are useful in making the final decisions. We matched this stud, ""Hickok RR", our own ranch raised stud, up with some of our top ewes last fall. He was sired by the Dombek stud, "Cogburn" who put some outstanding ewes back into the flock for us. His dam, "Opal", has definitely left her mark in the flock. She's currently 9 years old and has maintained her body condition and vigor well over the years. She is the current flock matriarch. She has a 200% lambing and weaning rate and puts lambs on the ground that are always in the top end. She is bred to Western Underground, for February 2nd lambs.
Hickok's lambs will be the first lambs on the ground here and are due in the next couple of days. We're looking forward to seeing the lambs out of this guy.

01/20/2026

What better way to start the lambing season off than with the Northern Lights dancing overhead? The Lamb Cam will be turned on soon after we fix the glitch. Stay tuned, stay warm & may your barn be dry and filled with great lambs and good mama ewes.

12/21/2025

Merry Christmas from some of the lads! 🎄🎄🎄

11/27/2025

08/22/2025

You never forget your first love … “Tai”

Flashback Friday! She roamed the ranch nearly 40 years ago. She embodied the essence of what a Suffolk ewe is. Prolific, productive and impactful. She lived until she was 12 years old, raising and weaning fast growing lambs into that 12th year. She raised triplets unassisted at age 10. She had size and scale, bone, structural correctness, volume, capacity, breed character, and a docile disposition not to mention an elegance about her. She milked like a Holstein, put her all into her lambs and bounced backed in good flesh on grass after weaning. We had a farm to table business then and her lambs always graded a prime leg with LE’s in the mid to high 3’s. They were excellent at converting feed into pounds of lean, quality meat. Her lifetime lambing and weaning rate was 230%. We still have females in the flock that trace back to her. Her genetics worked for us, not the other way around. She was relevant then and still would be today. We’re pleased to still have working females in the flock decades later that go back to this grand old dam! Long live great Suffolk ewes!

07/13/2025

Shearing the ewe lambs will have to wait for awhile this summer as my better half is healing up from a medical issue, but I still couldn't help admiring this mid-February born ewe lamb while doing chores this morning. She will be in the keeper pen this fall. She's a big volumed, eye appealing young lady with a bright future in front of her. Sired by "Western Underground" of old Luxford and Prairie Rose breeding and our favorite Martiny Livestock ewe, this girl has decades of production and performance behind her. She's the twin sister to an impressive ram lamb that's at the top of the heap here. She, for sure, will look good when the wool comes off but in the meantime, she'll still catch your eye.