DS Family Farms Livestock

10/20/2026

DSFFL fall kids....practice THURSDAY 10/22/26 at 5:45...Gotta keep at the grind!
22 days until we haul in to NAILE!!

10/20/2026

10/20/2026

Incredible experience.... and NO RAMP!!

Those numbers speak for themselves! 👀

The American Royal brought some B-I-G classes, tough competition, and a whole lot of talented kids to Kansas City!

Congratulations to EVERY exhibitor who stepped into that ring! Whether you brought home a banner, made the final drive, placed in your class, or simply walked out knowing you gave it your best, there’s something to be proud of.

Success looks a little different for everyone, and that’s what makes this industry so special.

Big stage. Big competition. Big accomplishments. Congratulations to you ALL! 👏

10/19/2026

Head over to the original post at Molly's Custom Silver and like Elise Honeycutt and Micah Bittaker 's KISS costumes at the The Mark Banbury Memorial & Monster Mash Lamb Bash so they can win a fabulous belt buckle!!!

Free Buckle Costume Contest 👻
Elise H.- We went to a sheep show with a costume contest and ROCKED the competition! KISS

10/14/2026

"Bad days in the barn will show up on show day.

Keep your head right and use Ded Hed and Attitude Adjustment to keep your animals centered as well."

Signed,
Collin Osbourn
Texas & Louisiana Representative

10/13/2026

Elise and “Karlee” keep tearing it up! Can’t wait to see what she does down the road!

🏆RESERVE GRAND EWE 🏆
📍 Keystone International Expo (PA)
🧬 Ghost Rider x “Stacy” Donor
🤝 Placed & Retained by DS Family Farms

10/06/2026

10/05/2026

Elise Honeycutt had a fabulous day at Keystone International Livestock Exposition! Her farewell tour of sheep showing is winding down, but she's not letting off the gas quite yet!

"Popcorn"
💥Reserve Champion Market Lamb💥
🔥Champion Hampshire Market Lamb🔥
Raised by DS Family Farms Livestock
All Natty x "Tater" (Saban x Black Betty)
(It always hits harder when your tag is in it's ear 😊)

"Karlee"
💥Reserve Overall Commercial Ewe💥
Raised by Stagecoach Livestock
Ghost Rider x "Stacy" donor
Placed/retained by us

"Dilly"
🔥Champion Dorset Market Lamb 🔥
Raised by Bessler Club Lambs
Dirty Laundry x Butterbean
Placed with Clay Elliott

10/04/2026

🗣️ “I’m working so hard, but I’m still not winning. What am I doing wrong?”

Maybe nothing.

That might be one of the hardest lessons in this industry: effort and outcome do not always arrive at the same time.

You can feed right. Buy the “right” one. Perfect your daily routine. Continue to take advice. Spend extra hours in the barn. You can do everything you know how to do, and still watch somebody else get their hand shaken.

Because here’s the humbling part: Everyone works hard.

You are not the only one getting up early. You are not the only one staying late. You are not the only one making sacrifices, spending money, missing important events, practicing showmanship, or wanting it so badly it hurts.

At a certain level, hard work isn’t what separates you. It’s what gets you there. Then some days, it really does come down to a look.

Who got the best looks at the right time. Whose animal fit that judge’s priorities the closest. Who got their animal closest to 12 o’clock. Who got the right class break.

A different judge, a different day, a slightly different look, and the outcome might change entirely. Call it timing. Call it circumstance. Call it luck.

Whatever you call it, you can’t control all of it. But what you can control is whether you’ve worked hard enough to be standing there when it finally falls your way.

See, hard work simply puts you where good luck can find you.

It doesn’t guarantee the outcome. It keeps putting you in position for the right judge, the right look, the right break, and the right day to eventually meet all the work you’ve already done.

So absolutely, evaluate yourself when you lose. Stay coachable. Find the holes. Get better. Just don’t let every loss convince you there must be something fundamentally wrong with what you’re doing.

Sometimes you need to get better. Sometimes someone else was simply better. And sometimes, when everyone in the ring has done the work, it’s just about whose day it is.

Hard work doesn’t make you entitled to the outcome, it prepares you for when the opportunity finally arrives.

09/24/2026

Help us wish our very own Grace Kiko the happiest of birthdays today!! 🎂

And, what will she be doing on her special day you might ask??? Doing what she loves, coaching kids at practice tonight ❤️