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After we sold most of our fall lambs yesterday at the livestock Easter sale, I went out and purchased a $6.00 50lb fish weight scale, hung it over the stall door and weighed the three remaining lambs we thought were too small.  Turns out all 3 of them topped the 50lb max, so we loaded the remaining three lambs up and took them to the sale barn.

It only took dog crates to transport them which was far easier then the livestock box, plus I had the hubs to help.  Two of the lambs were not tagged so Farm Girl got the chance to tag their ears for the first time.

Today's sale barn was not the same one we went to yesterday as that sale is done and over with there, but instead we drove to the bigger sales barn an hour north of us.  This sales barn has more producers and more buyers.  We are hoping to get a better dollar for our lambs, but it is all a learning curve for us as we are trying to figure out which sales barn is the better market and which one will give us a better return on our stock.

This barn did a better job of convincing us they were the better choice.  The owner came out and pitched what they could offer us, provided some helpful tips in lamb weights and markets, and will even host conferences now and then.  They even gave us a free hat and key chain.

The only down side of course is the hour's drive.  Hauling only dog crates today was not a huge expense, but certainly hauling a trailer full of lambs will burn threw gas quickly.  But if the dollar is right, then it may be worth the drive.  Besides, it also gives us some valuable family time.

Me and my business partners, aka my amazing family.