Overview

• The 2025 pageant concluded in late June in Dakar, with judges awarding titles across adult male, adult female and junior divisions based on size, horns and coat quality.
• Prive, a one-year-seven-month-old ram, was named Best Male Adult and is estimated by breeder Isaiah Cisse to be worth over $100,000.
• Video highlights of the event have gone viral online, drawing fresh demand from international livestock buyers.
• Ladoum sheep often reach 400 pounds and stand four feet tall, commanding prices up to $100,000 compared to roughly $250 for standard sheep.
• The competition underscores Senegal’s longstanding sheep-rearing traditions that sustain rural communities and confer social prestige.