Re: [Alpacasite] Re: $205,000 Female

Hello all,
Extreme high prices is a reflection of marketing as much as it is quality of
animal. It takes place in most immature industries. Great for those
involved but of little consequence for those of us who have been around for
a while (it does however, give us all something to talk about). It is an
indicator of an industry's growth & maturation bringing it to a cross roads
where branching off will begin to occur. Those who can most afford to will
become breeding farms, putting dollars into research, using genetic
selection and strict culling and record keeping. Others will become fiber
production farms using cost reduction methods maintaining large herds. They
will use the breeding farm's expertise and top breeding animals. Still
other's will want to remain pet and hobby farms while working outside of the
farm. Those that choose a less defined farm (trying to do it all) will have
a difficult road ahead. Keep a good business plan in hand, reevaluate and
adjust every few years. I see no reason why we won't all still be hear
talking ,all things alpaca, 25 plus years from now.

Take care,
Patricia Houde
Alpaca Fields, Inc.
York, Me
alpacafields@earthlink.net
www.alpacanation.com/alpacafields.asp

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeanne Byington" <pikapaca@yahoo.com>
To: <Alpacasite@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 7:25 AM
Subject: [Alpacasite] Re: $205,000 Female

> I have been keeping track of the average selling price (not taking
> into account the crazy over 100k ones) at alot of auctions, and it
> looks like the selling average is about 27-32k. This seems to match
> what I have from 2 years ago, when I started in alpacas. The mean
> average is going to drop, but very slowly, as more alpacas are born
> each year, slowly infusing the market with more animals to buy. Farms
> are going to realize that if they want to bring in more NEW
> cumstomers, they are going to have to compete with the farm "down the
> street". If I have a 1/2 Peruvian, 1/2 Chilian true black female for
> sale and so does farm "X", and the fleece characteristics are very
> similar, who is the newbie to buy from?! The farm with the slightly
> lower price, better financing and other purchasing incentives. If show
> judges have a hard time telling 3rd place from 4th place in a bunch of
> yearling black females, then Joe Shmoe newbie sure as heck won't be
> able to tell. So Mr. Joe will most likely take the best deal.
> What the future holds in the way of prices, fleece markets and
> other aspects is all what we make of it. What we do now will affect
> what happens later. As the old saying goes "What goes around, comes
> around". Let's just hope that when it does come around, we don't get
> bit on the butt!
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> Jeanne
> Chaffee, NY
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> > I'm not sure I agree with these record sales indicating that the
> > industry is stong. More like, as someone already mentioned, the
> > American Way. But I don't think its a bad thing, and don't forsee a
> > crash in the market.
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