The beef goat activity has been developed and expanded in the last years, attracting lots of business men to invest in the activity potentials. The aim of this study was to evaluate the body weight gain in lambs of Santa Inês breed,in the periparturition, proceeding from Brazilian Central tableland. The data used were provided from three different livestock (livestock 01; livestock 02 and livestock 03). In the livestock 01 was to evaluated the weight and weight gains until the 60 days of age in pasture system compared topost-birthfeedlot system. In the livestock 02 was considered two year seasons (dry and water station) evaluating theirs effects upon the kind of birth (simple and twin) andweight gain. In the livestock 03 was evaluated the influence of two year season (dry and water station) upon the male and female of simple birth. The statistical analyses were carried out by the SAS statistical program and the means were compared by the t test (p