The study was conducted to assess Analysis of buyer-prepared traits of indigenous sheep in Dambatta livestock market, Dambatta Local Government, Kano State Nigeria. A multistage sampling procedure was used to select 83 sheep buyers, and a structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from the sampled population. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics to identify the socio-economic characteristics of the sheep buyers and identify the existing traits of sheep preferred by sheep buyers in the study area. The result reveals that the majority (77.10%) of the sheep buyers were male and married (71.10%), within the mean age of 38 years, with an average household size of 6 members. The study shows that most (45.80%) of the sheep buyers have attended tertiary institutions, and 39.80% were farmers and traders, while the average monthly income of the sheep buyers was ₦48,651.00 per month. The study depicts that the average purchasing experience of the buyers was 9 years, and the average number of sheep purchased at a time was 8 sheep, while 43.40% of the sheep buyers were fattener. The existing traits of indigenous sheep considered by the buyers was breed of sheep which were ranked 1st, body condition ranked 2nd, size of the sheep and healthy condition, while age of the sheep were ranked 5th with coat color which were ranked 6th. The study concluded that there are existing traits of indigenous sheep that sheep buyers considered when purchasing a sheep in Dambatta livestock market. The study recommends that the research institutions, livestock offices/departments, livestock marketers, fatteners, and stakeholders should focus on the improvement of these identified attributes that affect mostly the price of sheep at the market level.