Carol, This is true. I have made improvents in my market. I bought my first ewe's for $25 four years ago. I raised my prices last lambing from $35 to $50 for mixed lambs. My neighbor was selling for $40 and saw I was getting $50, so now she is asking $50.
Again, it is the market. I have sold all my breeding quality lambs to all four corners of the state. They get a better price than the mixed meat lambs. But locally, right now, I am having a hard time moving whats left. They are now 10 weeks old, been advertised in the Phoenix paper (costly ad, I might add) twice and I still have 9 lambs left. With alfalfa running $6/bale...wholesale, I may have to lower my price so I am not "into" my lambs for a feed bill. If I lower the price $10, I still will have enough to buy a squeeze of alfalfa for the breeding stock which will last until next lambing. So I make some profit, fill my freezer (4 lambs) and feed for free. Bobbie http://www.rams-head-ranch.net =============================================== This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
