Dorper sheep, raised
the way a family raises things

Cosmic Family Farms is a family-owned farm raising Dorper sheep — a breed prized for tender, mild lamb. From our pastures to your table, we handle every step with care. And we run the business on our own software: CashSheet.

Why Dorper?

Every sheep on our farm is a Dorper — a deliberate choice. Here's why this South African breed has become one of the most respected meat sheep in the world.

Bred for the pasture

Developed in South Africa from the Dorset Horn and Blackhead Persian, Dorpers are hardy, adaptable sheep that thrive on pasture in nearly any climate.

Lamb people actually love

Dorper lamb is mild, tender, and fine-grained — without the gamey edge people expect. It's the lamb that changes minds at the dinner table.

No shearing, less stress

Dorpers are a hair breed — they shed naturally each year. Calm, easy-keeping animals raised without hurry make better lamb.

Strong mothers, strong lambs

Dorper ewes are famously good mothers with strong lambing rates. A healthy flock starts with good genetics and good mothering — we select for both.

One lamb, many cuts

We speak the same language as your butcher

Every lamb breaks down into primals the industry has standardized for decades — USDA IMPS Series 200, the spec sheet for fresh lamb. When you order from us, these are the cuts we're talking about.

207Shoulder204Rack231Loin233Leg209Breast210Foreshank

Primal cuts per USDA IMPS 200 — codes are the industry-standard item numbers.

The primals, by the book

207

Shoulder, Square-Cut

Roasts, stew, ground lamb

204

Rack

Rib chops, frenched racks

231

Loin

Loin chops — the porterhouse of lamb

233

Leg

Leg of lamb, bone-in or boneless

209

Breast

Ribs, rolled roasts

210

Foreshank

Braising favorite

Read the full USDA IMPS 200 spec
Lamb skeletal chart — location, structure, and names of bones
Lamb skeletal chart — the bone structure behind every cut. Courtesy of the American Meat Science Association.

Why the bones matter

Every cut on the order sheet is defined by where it sits against the skeleton. The rack is ribs 5 through 12; the loin runs from the last rib to the hip; break joints and stifle joints mark where the shanks separate. That's why the IMPS spec reads like an anatomy lesson — it is one.

When you order a frenched rack or a steamship leg, your processor is cutting to these landmarks. Knowing them means you get exactly the cut you asked for — and it's why our order sheet speaks IMPS instead of guesswork.

Retail cuts — where they come from, how to cook them

The cuts you'll actually see on an order sheet, grouped by primal.

233

Leg

Whole leg roast (bone-in or boneless), sirloin chops, center slices, hind shank

Roast · grill · braise the shank

231

Loin

Loin roast, loin chops, double loin chops, tenderloin

Roast · broil · grill

204

Rack (Rib)

Rib roast, rib chops, frenched rack, crown roast

Roast · grill

207

Shoulder

Square-cut shoulder roast, blade & arm chops, boneless shoulder roast, neck slices

Braise · slow roast

209/210

Foreshank & Breast

Lamb shanks, spareribs, riblets, rolled breast

Braise · slow cook

Other cuts

Stew lamb, kabob cubes, ground lamb

Stew · grill · everything

How the farm runs

A family farm on professional software

We build the software our farm runs on: CashSheet is a product of Cosmic Family Farms LLC. That means the flock is both our livelihood and our proving ground.

Availability you can trust — CutSheet

Here's the problem every small producer knows: one lamb is many cuts. When a restaurant books the racks, the loins and legs from those same animals need homes too — and when a family orders a whole lamb for the freezer, those racks aren't available anymore, even if the animal is still on pasture.

Most farms track this in memory and a notebook — right up until two buyers want the same lambs. We run it through CutSheet, the same Available-to-Promise engine used by commercial protein processors. Every commitment is checked against what's genuinely uncommitted before we say yes.

So when we tell you it's available, it is. And when we say "not until spring," you hear it up front — not in an apology later.

Operations in order — CashSheet

The unglamorous half of farming is the paperwork: feed invoices, processing costs, customer orders, payments. Farms don't usually fail at raising animals — they drown in the back office.

Our operation runs on CashSheet double-entry accounting: every sale, every expense, every payment posts a proper journal entry the day it happens. Our books are current every month — not reconstructed at tax time from a shoebox of receipts.

Orderly books make a dependable farm: we quote clearly, invoice promptly, and keep our commitments because we can see them.

From our farm

Availability changes with the season — get in touch and we'll tell you exactly what we have.

Dorper Lamb

Premium lamb from our flock, raised on our family farm. Contact us about current availability and how to order.

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Breeding Stock

Building your own flock? Ask about our Dorper rams and ewes — selected for hardiness, mothering, and growth.

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From our pasture to your table.

Dorper lamb and breeding stock from a real family farm.

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