I started with zero sheep and zero acres. Now I run thousands.
Thomas — Founder, LXIX Ranch. First-generation rancher. Former Wall Street. The guy who picks up the phone.
I worked four jobs to put myself through college. Then I found something Wall Street couldn't beat.
I grew up obsessed with two things: finance and working land. I put myself through Michigan State working four jobs. No family connections. No safety net. Just a kid who decided he was going to outwork everyone in the room.
That got me to Wall Street. Investment banking. Private equity. 100-hour weeks analyzing and modeling some of the largest companies in the world — Uber, DoorDash, you name it.
But the whole time, I was ranching on the side. And the numbers I was running at night — on sheep, on pasture, on land — kept beating the numbers I was running during the day.
I quit Wall Street because I found what no other enterprise in agriculture can match: the profitability of hair sheep under intensive grazing.
I spent years in investment banking analyzing investments across every industry. I know what good returns look like. Properly managed hair sheep under intensive grazing are the most undervalued enterprise in agriculture.
When I went to buy hair sheep, I couldn't find what I needed.
Every breeder claimed "parasite resistant." But when I dug in, the story fell apart. Their sheep were raised in barns. Fed grain. Dewormed on schedule. Put on clean pastures their whole lives. Remove the safety net and those sheep collapse.
Operations in Ohio and Wyoming called themselves regenerative but were selling low-quality sale-barn stock. I talk to ranchers every week who bought from places like that and got burned — sheep that had never been tested by anything, sold as "parasite resistant."
Good stock simply didn't exist. So I built it.
I didn't breed for show rings or sale barns. I bred for ranchers who need sheep that work for a living — on grass, in weather, without drugs.
Years of heavy culling. So you don't have to.
We exposed our flock to the worst conditions we could find — heavy clay soil, 40+ inches of annual rainfall, extreme parasite loads — and we culled ruthlessly. Not 5% per year. Not "the bottom of the class." If a ewe needed help, she was gone. If a lamb didn't gain, gone. If she couldn't handle parasites on her own, gone.
No chemical wormers. No grain. No barns. No assisted lambing. Unassisted pasture lambing in every condition Wyoming throws at us.
The result is a composite that delivers Dorper growth rates with St. Croix parasite resistance in a smaller frame that lets you run 7-10 sheep per cow on the same acre. That's the bloodline you're buying.
Our sheep don't survive these conditions. They thrive in them.
Fescue and clover pastures. 40+ inches of rainfall on heavy clay — one of the highest parasite-load environments in the country. -30°F winters. 105°F summers. 60+ mph winds. No shade. No shelter. No grain. No excuses.
When you buy from LXIX, you're buying genetics that have already been through the worst. Everything after our place is easier.
You don't need to spend years culling. We already did.
I talk to ranchers every week who spent good money on "parasite resistant" sheep that fell apart the first season. Every dollar they lost, every ewe that didn't make it — that's the cost of buying genetics that were never actually tested.
You get the finished product. Genetics that have been tested across years, thousands of head, and the hardest conditions we could throw at them. Sheep that will add profitability to your operation within the first year.
And if our sheep aren't right for your land, your climate, or your operation — I'll tell you that before you spend a dollar.
Somebody is making money in agriculture.
Why not you?
Never bought breeding stock? Here's how it works.
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You inquire or call. Thomas reviews every inquiry personally. |
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Tell us about your operation. Acreage, forage, climate, goals. We need the full picture. |
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We tell you what we think — even if it's not what you want to hear. If our sheep are right for you, we talk numbers. If they're not, we tell you that too. |
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After you buy, we stay in touch. Our job doesn't end at the trailer gate. |
We sell out every fall. If you're thinking about next season, now is the time to reach out.
Let's see if our sheep are right for your land.
Thomas personally reviews every inquiry. Usually responds within 24 hours.
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