4H Lamb prices

[huntandjeep]

Daughters show was canceled and now we need to sell her lambs . Its only her second year doing them so not sure what a reasonable price is for them . Will most likely go on CL so I know she's not getting the price per pound she got last year . What's a good selling price for the guys that are into selling Lambs ?

[throwingsticks]

I just paid $10 a pound cut and wrapped but the seller is usda certified

[huntandjeep]

I just paid $10 a pound cut and wrapped but the seller is usda certified

Really $10 a pound . Didn't know lamb was that expensive. 

[throwingsticks]

I just paid $10 a pound cut and wrapped but the seller is usda certified

Really $10 a pound . Didn't know lamb was that expensive.

Maybe, it is speciality sheep, usda, happy critter, and vacuum packed. I hope your daughters sale goes well

[jackelope]

There was a bunch of online sales going on. Nobody did one by you guys?

[KFhunter]

Another kink is butchers are backlogged really bad, so if you can I'd suggest asking if there are buyers or something being done.

My girl's show pigs are going to an auction put on by stevens co cattlemen association, they're going to have the fat stock sale as normal,  but all the showing and fair itself is canceled.

FFA and 4H aren't involved with the auction

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[huntandjeep]

There was a bunch of online sales going on. Nobody did one by you guys?

Unfortunately no , the Fair ground owners were going to try and line something up , but not able to .

[jackelope]

Are they ewes? Keep them and breed them and make your own for future!!


(I'm an enabler, )

[huntandjeep]

Are they ewes? Keep them and breed them and make your own for future!!


(I'm an enabler, )

No ewes , and no on the keeping them .  Wife and kids would love that , just hard to find people that want to feed / water animals while we are Camping
Etc . 

[huntandjeep]

I would say that you should probably take a look at your sale results from last year, and get a good average.  Our little county fair averages about 4.25 a pound for lambs, away from the auction, especially on Craigs List I wouldn't expect more than about 75% of your fair average. 

You could try to sale halves for a bit better percentage.  Get a butcher date and deliver it yourself to the cutter, that will help your sale a lot.

I thought about averaging it out to last year's price ( a little over 1200 for two lambs )  but finding buyers at that price on CL here is going to be near impossible.  If she could get close to  the original purchase price and feed cost up till now Wife and I would be happy .

[jackelope]

Are they ewes? Keep them and breed them and make your own for future!!


(I'm an enabler, )

No ewes , and no on the keeping them .  Wife and kids would love that , just hard to find people that want to feed / water animals while we are Camping
Etc . 

Tell me about it. You should try a couple dozen rabbits

[jackelope]

@buglebuster

Any sales that you know of coming up or online?

[buglebuster]

@jackalope unfortunately it’s the same fair that my daughter was raising market goats for and there is no online auction for our local kids. What I did was set a date at the local meat shop and have them all sold as packaged meat. I’m hauling them down on Saturday. I’ve got the burger sold for $10/lb and the prime cuts for $15

[huntandjeep]

Are they ewes? Keep them and breed them and make your own for future!!


(I'm an enabler, )

No ewes , and no on the keeping them .  Wife and kids would love that , just hard to find people that want to feed / water animals while we are Camping
Etc . 

Tell me about it. You should try a couple dozen rabbits

Been there , done that . Still have one  running around the place wild , after it got free and couldn't catch it .

[huntandjeep]

What county fair is this for?  There is a buyer in Bonney Lake that purchases lambs regularly.  He isn't paying fair prices as he is a commercial packer, but he does buy lambs 365 days a year.  PM me and I will pass you his info.

West Valley fair in Yakima . Appreciate that Pm coming later today

[curtdiesel]

Huntandjeep,

Have you checked what prices people are getting at the Toppenish Livestock Saturday sale?  I am taking my daughter down tomorrow to drop off her two West Valley Fair Goats.  I am hoping she gets close to half of what she would have gotten if the fair wasn't canceled.  She has two more that are going in August because of the Yakima Fair getting canceled.  At least that fair setup a special date and is still allowing the kids to receive add ons.

Curt

[huntandjeep]

Huntandjeep,

Have you checked what prices people are getting at the Toppenish Livestock Saturday sale?  I am taking my daughter down tomorrow to drop off her two West Valley Fair Goats.  I am hoping she gets close to half of what she would have gotten if the fair wasn't canceled.  She has two more that are going in August because of the Yakima Fair getting canceled.  At least that fair setup a special date and is still allowing the kids to receive add ons.

Curt

I haven't , actually forgot about the Toppenish sale . Supposedly a guy is buying them tomorrow for what she has into them so far . If that falls through I will have to look into that .

[ne kid]

Throwing sticks curious what breed of lamb it was that you bought? If you don't mind.

[throwingsticks]

Throwing sticks curious what breed of lamb it was that you bought? If you don't mind.

Sure, I had to look it up, and also I paid hanging weight not hoof weight, so it was around 55#. Not cheap, but also not what we eat every day. I was / is a Katahdin hair sheep.
They are less gamey from what I understand, it is good stuff, pretty mild.

[buglebuster]

Here are my daughters market goats on the rail at the butcher shop, so sad they didn’t get to show.

[nwwanderer]

Vast differences around the state in support for show animals.  You might check out what Grant county is doing and many fairs have simply ran away leaving all those projects hanging. Help where you can. 
That middle carcass has some leg and loin, not so much on the other two.

[Jason]

Clark County fair is doing online auction for the youth around here. Hopefully everyone was aware and got signed up before the deadline.

[jackelope]

Vast differences around the state in support for show animals.  You might check out what Grant county is doing and many fairs have simply ran away leaving all those projects hanging. Help where you can. 
That middle carcass has some leg and loin, not so much on the other two.

I hate to say but we’ve heard nothing from Snohomish county or the Evergreen Youth Livestock show about trying to do something for the kids who raised animals this year. Fair is cancelled. See ya next year. Sorry, kids! That’s about it.

[jackelope]

And just like that, this pops up on the Facebook today.

[jackelope]

[huntandjeep]

Wish they would do things like that here for the kids . Might see if my daughter could get in it .