Sell your lambs direct to buyers who want lamb from a local farm
Our customers keep asking where they can buy a whole lamb straight from a farm near them. List your lambs on the OMF Producer Marketplace, let buyers reserve ahead and pay you directly, and we'll book the processing for you.
- Weaning to finished
- You set the price
- Buyers pay you direct
- Processing booked for you
The process
From pasture to buyer in five steps
You raise the lambs and set the price. We bring the buyers and line up the processing.
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Sign up
Who: YouCreate your login, add your farm details and sign the producer agreement. New producers who sign up get their first 3 months of posting free. We usually review new accounts within one business day.
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List your lambs
Who: YouPost each animal at any stage, from lamb to finished weight. Add your price, estimated weight, expected finish date and a few photos. You're listing a live animal, so describe the animal, not pounds of meat.
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A buyer reserves
Who: BuyerA buyer near you finds your listing and pays you directly through the Square link on it. The money goes to you, not through us. Selling ahead of finish means you're paid before the feed bill comes due.
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We book processing
Who: OMFIf your farm is within 200 miles of Fulton, MO, OMF processes your lambs. Farther out, we book an OMF Verified Processor in your state. The buyer gives their cut list and pays the processing fee at the processor.
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Drop off & done
Who: YouBring your lambs on your confirmed drop-off date. Several lambs can come in on the same trip. The 10¢/lb program fee on hanging weight is paid at processing, before the buyer picks up their meat.
Why lamb sells here
Buyers are looking. Let's send them to you.
Buyers want whole lambs
A whole lamb fits in a home freezer, so families buy the whole animal. That makes for an easy, one-buyer sale.
Holiday demand
Easter, Christmas and other holidays and family gatherings send buyers looking for whole lambs. List early and catch them.
We process lamb
OMF processes lamb at our plant in Fulton, MO, and books farther-out farms with an OMF Verified Processor in their state.
Your farm, your name
Every listing carries your farm name, photos and story, so buyers come back to you next season.
How to list
Sell more, haul less
One lamb, one buyer
List each lamb as a whole animal. A whole lamb is a size most households can handle, so one buyer takes it all and you're done.
Ways to sell
Start local. Grow from there.
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Direct to local buyersStart here
Buyers near you reserve a live animal and pay you. Processed under the custom exemption for their household.
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Your farm brand, USDA-inspected
Sell packaged meat under your own farm name, online and in store, processed at a USDA-inspected plant.
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Sell to OMF
Opt in and OMF can buy your animals to supply restaurants, retailers, grocers and meat suppliers.
Need your own lamb processed?
OMF does custom lamb and sheep processing in Fulton, MO. Call us to set a drop-off date and we'll walk you through the cut list.
What it costs
Straight numbers
$0
First 3 months
Posting is free for new producers who fill out the sign-up form.
$100
One-time posting fee
After your free months. One time, not monthly. No monthly fees.
10¢/lb
Hanging weight
Program fee only when an animal sells through the marketplace. Paid at processing.
Send us your farm video
Shoot 30–60 seconds of your lambs and your place on your phone. We'll feature your farm on OMF's social media to help your animals move.
Questions
Straight answers for lamb producers
When do I get paid?
When the buyer reserves your animal. They pay you directly through the Square link on your listing. OMF never holds your money.
Who processes my animals?
OMF processes lambs at our plant at 5009 Pendergras Rd in Fulton, MO for farms within 200 miles. Farther out, we book an OMF Verified Processor in your state, so you're not hauling across the country.
Can I list lambs before they're finished?
Yes. List from weaning to finished weight. Put the expected finish date and estimated weight on the listing so the buyer knows when it'll be ready, which helps a lot with holiday orders.
Do I have to sell the whole animal?
We recommend it. Whole-animal listings move faster and you never get stuck with an unsold half. Buyers who want less often split a whole with family or friends.
Can the buyer resell the meat?
No. Marketplace animals are sold live and processed under the USDA custom exemption, so the meat is for the buyer's own household and is marked Not for Sale. If you want to sell packaged meat under your own farm label, ask us about USDA-inspected processing.
What does it cost me?
New producers get their first 3 months of posting free. After that it's a one-time $100 posting fee. When an animal sells through the marketplace, there's a 10¢/lb program fee on hanging weight, paid at processing. No monthly fees.
I'm not in Missouri. Can I still join?
Yes. We're starting in Missouri and adding Verified Processors state by state. Sign up and list your animals, and we'll match you with a processor in your state.
Raise more than one?
Ready to list your lambs?
Sign up today and your first 3 months of posting are free.
Ozarks Meat Factory · 5009 Pendergras Rd, Fulton, MO