Re: [Alpacasite] Re: Llama in car...

Your last paragraph is of interest to me about sheep. You have a use for the
end product in the way of pelts and meat. What becomes of an alpaca? I
have tried to ask this question delicately and have not got the answer I
have been looking for except " thats why there are so many geldings in
rescue" Where are we going with these animals? I am new and maybe this is
a really dumb as well as delicate question. Cathy
StephenOakes Farms
Chester, SC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Watt" <alpacaconsult@earthlink.net>
To: <Alpacasite@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Alpacasite] Re: Llama in car...

Susan,
I think Gary may have overlooked the context in which you referred to
the $50 per wether (gelding).
This is a sum that I had been quoting for many years when I was the
National President of the Australian Alpaca Association and it is a
figure I still stick with today.
It is not really rocket science to work the figures backward to
understand why $50 is a fair, average price for a fair, average
quality fibre producing wether/gelding.
And, for the record, merino wethers do not sell in the $200 bracket
but they are worth more because they have a meat, pelt and byproduct
value when their productive wool producing life is ended at about 6
years of age.
Cheers,
Ian Watt

On Dec 6, 2005, at 11:17 AM, Susan Gawarecki wrote:

> Gary Epp asked:
>
> <<Where did you get that figure of $50 for a fleece
> grade alpaca in
> Australia? Even Marino sheep cost $200 and up
> worldwide.
>
> Are you trying to say a fleece alpaca is worth 1/4
> what a Marino
> sheep is?>>
>
> That was published in Llama Life II in a report on the
> Australian alpaca industry. It was a GOAL for a
> mature national alpaca herd--obviously the reality is
> currently far different.
>
> Susan Gawarecki
> Pathfinder Farm
> Andersonville, TN
>
>
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