Leventini Club Lambs started as a 4H project in 1974. Through the 1970's and 1980's, we built a flock or registered Hampshire sheep based upon bloodlines from such breeders as Ronald Hogg, Jack Matthews and Leonard Bianchi. We also had a few Suffolk ewes which were based upon Heupel and Fairview Farms breeding programs. We built our breeding program by keeping a select number of females each year, generally mid-sized ewes that excelled in structural correctness, femininity and muscle.

In the late 80's and early 90's, we started to really focus on club lambs. On the Hampshire side, we purchased "Smokey" at the 1991, Top of the Rockies. This Cabaniss bred ram (a 420 son) is the basis for our ewe flock through the mid 90's. His females are stout, big topped and excellent mothers. Although "Smokey" sired his share of champion show lambs, his legacy is his females. In 1996, we purchased, in partnership with Leonard Bianchi, another Cabaniss ram at the 1996 Midwest Stud Ram Sale. "Big Time" (a "2" son on a "Time" daughter) was the second high selling ram at the sale at $5,100. We immediately bred "Big Time" to all our "Smokey" daughters and the results have been tremendous. His females are feminine and extremely straight with plenty of muscle. However, his sons have excelled as well. At the 1998 Top of the Rockies, "Big Time" sired the high selling ram at $5000. Then again in 1999, "Big Time" sons were the Champion and Reserve Champion Hampshire rams at the Top of the Rockies. "Big Time" also sired the high selling Hampshire Yearling ram at Sedalia for Leonard Bianchi in 1999. "Big Time" has also had his share of success in the show ring.

Heading into the year 2004, Leventini-bred rams are leading the way. "TR" is our lead stud ram. He is a "Big Time" son on a "Smokey" daughter. He is RR NN, strikingly high-headed and surprisingly thick topped. His lambs have been extremely competitive on the jackpot circuit. Sharing the starting line-up with "TR" is our Cabaniss 118 son "Armani". His daughters are "keepers". Armani lambs have a great rack and level hip. Armani puts a great rib shape and plenty of muscle in his lambs when bred to our broad ewes. All of our rams in our battery have been genetically tested and are "spider free".

In 2000 we showed and sold at the Midwest Stud Ram Show and Sale for the first time. A "Big Time" ram lamb was National Champion Hampshire Wether Sire and went on to become Reserve Supreme Champion Ram.