ROEDER RANCH

Roeder Ranch was founded in 1895 just west of Fredericksburg on the banks of the White Oak Creek. The ranch is now in its sixth generation of caretakers and over the years the ranch has exhibited many different species of livestock including Herford cattle, Delaine sheep, and Hampshire hogs just to name a few. Our family has always taken pride in exhibiting the high-quality animals raised on the ranch at local fairs and major state shows.

About 20 years ago, we noticed Barbados and their crosses brought as much at the auction as wool sheep. So with limited labor, we invested $25 a head in some older ewes that turned out to be possibly Katahdin, St Croix, and Wiltshire horned ewes. Quickly seeing the promise of this new endeavor, we promptly started adding Dorpers as our pocketbooks allowed us. With rams for River Wood and Texas-born ewes from 3C, Powel Ranch, and Wilson Ranch, our herd grew along with our circle of friends in the Dorper world. With two kids hitting the show ring, we started concentrating heavily on strictly raising show whethers for the market shows. Over the last several years, we have realized that sheep could be dual-purpose and compete in both rings and still be functional in the pasture.

The only thing we usually sell off the ranch is show whethers starting in April with fall borns and June and July for spring borns. Show quality ewes and rams sell either at Duncan or at the Texas Hill Country Sale in Fredericksburg. We also run a production sale in early August through CCI.Live selling over 30 lots of ewe lambs, mature ewes, stud rams, and breedings. If doing a pedigree search, our herd prefix is “Icon” and you can find us on Facebook under Roeder Ranch or Brad Roeder.

We have been unbelievably blessed in the show ring, having multiple champions each year in both the breeding and market rings. We not only take pride in seeing our sheep hit the show ring with power and class but love seeing our Dorper queens be productive on the ranch. We would like to thank all the buyers who have allowed us to continue to grow in the Dorper world. We strive to raise and sell animals that we would be proud of and use in our own breeding program. To all of the friends and family we have gained over the last several years, we will see you at the next show.