[Jacob-list] Lamb Processing Prices

[Kathryn Shirley]

$2.25 a pound is for slaughtered weight, not live animals.  I sell live
cull animals for $50 to get them gone quickly ( to the ethnic market for
eating).  No transportation costs, no slaughter costs, etc.  I also get
between $50 and $75 at the sales for unpapered animals.  I sell
"problem" animals either direct to the ethnic market or to the sales,
whichever is most convenient at the time.  These are animals that are
not breeding quality, have iffy wool, or just are hard to manage.  Of
course, the best animals are kept for breeding here or are offered for
sale.

Kate Shirley
Humbug Farm

maria timmerman wrote:

>
>
> 2.25 per pound???? Yet when I posted the 3 ewes from the Puddleduck
> lines I got misers Jewing me down on the 250.00 I asked...Strange how
> people are....HMMM>From: "dave & katrina"
> >To: "Jim Spahr" , "Jacob List Members"
> >Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Lamb Processing Prices
> >Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 21:58:09 -0400
> >
> >Sounds steep... Around here we are charged a flat $35/sheep plus
> wrapping and freezing. We keep the skin, bones, or whatever else we
> ask for without charge. Interesting there is so much of a price
> difference.
> >
> >For those of you selling retail or wholesale meat lamb, what kind of
> prices are you asking? We have been selling whole lamb for $2.25/lb
> hanging weight or $4/lb wrapped & frozen.
> >Katrina
> >Chicory Lane
> >Hanover, PA
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jim Spahr
> > To: Jacob List Members
> > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 8:35 PM
> > Subject: [Jacob-list] Lamb Processing Prices
> >
> >
> > We are scheduled to have 3 lambs processed in Nov. The cost is $54
> ea. plus a $50 fee for someone to come to the butcher shop to dispose
> of the remains. The $50 will be split among 5 customers, for a total
> of $64 per lamb. This is why we will be taking our crossbred lambs
> that weigh more. These kinds of prices do not make it economical for
> us to take smaller lambs such as our Jacobs.
> >
> > Mary Spahr
>
>
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