06/09/2026
Every year this business reminds me how much perception drives reality.
Being located down here in South Texas, we don't get a ton of random foot traffic through the barn. Most of the semen we sell is based on word of mouth, pictures, videos, and whatever reputation a buck manages to build for himself.
After doing this for a while, you get pretty good at predicting which bucks will be popular and which ones won't. Most of the time you're close.
But every now and then one surprises you.
Some bucks sell way more semen than you ever expected. Others sell less. When that happens, I usually end up with a tank full of inventory that eventually gets discounted just to move it.
To this day, Lyft is one that still puzzles me.
I don't think I ever got a mature picture that truly represents what this buck is in person.
When visitors came through the set of Backseat Driver lambs last year, there were two sheep that almost everyone found. One eventually went on to be 2nd at Houston this year. The other one was Lyft.
As far as genuine muscle shape, dimension, and power are concerned, I'm not sure we've used many bucks that rival him.
Maybe he was never the flashiest picture sheep. All white faced, cute and fuzzy eared. Maybe I didn’t pay him the attention I did to Wallen or MacGyver. I don't know.
What I do know is that if you're searching for a buck that can inject real muscle and genuine shape into a set of lambs, Lyft deserves a harder look than he's gotten.
First sheep off the farm this year was a Lyft wether that sold to a very good home.
If you're digging through semen options looking for muscle, you might want to find a few straws of Lyft the next time we have a sale. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed.
