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4H Lamb prices
« on: July 05, 2020, 03:40:54 PM »
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 ?
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Re: 4H Lamb prices
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2020, 05:03:59 PM »
I just paid $10 a pound cut and wrapped but the seller is usda certified

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Re: 4H Lamb prices
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2020, 05:15:27 PM »
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. 
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Re: 4H Lamb prices
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2020, 08:38:05 PM »
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

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Re: 4H Lamb prices
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2020, 10:45:53 PM »
There was a bunch of online sales going on. Nobody did one by you guys?
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Re: 4H Lamb prices
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2020, 11:12:04 PM »
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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Re: 4H Lamb prices
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2020, 05:53:36 AM »
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 .
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Re: 4H Lamb prices
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2020, 01:35:48 PM »
Are they ewes? Keep them and breed them and make your own for future!!


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Re: 4H Lamb prices
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2020, 02:26:22 PM »
Are they ewes? Keep them and breed them and make your own for future!!


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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 . 
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Re: 4H Lamb prices
« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2020, 03:44:07 PM »
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 .
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Re: 4H Lamb prices
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2020, 05:12:19 PM »
Are they ewes? Keep them and breed them and make your own for future!!


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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 :chuckle:
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Re: 4H Lamb prices
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2020, 05:13:16 PM »
@buglebuster

Any sales that you know of coming up or online?

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Re: 4H Lamb prices
« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2020, 05:21:46 PM »
@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

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Re: 4H Lamb prices
« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2020, 06:11:37 PM »
Are they ewes? Keep them and breed them and make your own for future!!


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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 :chuckle:
Been there , done that . Still have one  running around the place wild , after it got free and couldn't catch it .
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Re: 4H Lamb prices
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2020, 09:33:10 AM »
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
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