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December Newsletter

Subject: Why is their such a difference in the Pricing of Female Alpacas?

In today's market it is a great time to buy Alpaca's especially Females. Alpaca Breeders have had to adjust their prices to keep moving their stock. It is up to that new breeder who has done his or her homework on Alpacas to start visiting Alpaca farms and look at what is for sale and make a decision that is best for them. We firmly belief as a small breeder that the price adjustments will help to bring  more breeders into the business with the end results moving the Alpaca business closer to a fiber market. I just read an alpaca auction result and their were many  alpaca's selling 20,000 to 30,000, and males selling in the 100,000 range.

I just return from an alpaca fiber class in Nov 2008 that was put on by one of the most respected judges in the US. She is also an Alpaca Breeder. One of the questions she was ask was, should I buy a female alpaca that sells for 5000 to 10000 or a female for 12000 on up.

Her answer was two fold. (1) People have low prices on their animals for a reason. That lower price female may take two or three generation to get the end results that you could have gotten from that higher price female in the first breeding. You may be getting a healthy alpaca at a lower price but have to breed it to a more expensive male to get to the results you want.

The higher price female should be a lot higher qualities Alpaca. Just by looking at her you should be able to tell the difference. If the higher quality female dam is on the farm you can get an even better idea on what she will produce. In other words that higher price female will get the end result faster for you.

The 2nd part of the answer was that you have to buy what you can afford to have. Their are a lot of breeders who have two business plans. One for the higher quality females and one for lower price females with less quality to them.

The same process can be said when buying a Male Breeder but with the knowledge that only 5% of the males for sale will make a good stud.

As a new breeder we strive to have the best cria born by matching the dam to what we feel is the best male we have or we buy an outside breeding to another male. I do not want to miss lead someone by telling them every breeding to an outside male or if you have a great male yourself, that every cria born by that more expensive dam is going to be great, but you % will be higher and you results will happen faster.

You strive to improve on the Dam ever time you bred someone to her and I believe we at Alpaca Rose Ranch have done that at a higher percent with great Dams. 

Today is Dec 1st and CBS just had a new section of a new female breeder who has lost half of her saving in the stock market, so she bought 6 alpacas in 2007 and just had her 1st cria female that she sold for 15,000. Not a bad investment for one year.

If you have any questions be sure to e-mail us and we will answer them.

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Peggy Parks, a 49-year-old auditor in Johnstown, Pa., turned to an unusual farm animal. "I've lost a fortune in stocks, and my 401(k) is falling through the floor. I feel comfortable in alpacas," she says. She invested $56,000 in a small herd that she believes has a better outlook than most mutual funds because of the animals' breeding potential.

The national Alpaca Registry Inc., in Lincoln, Neb., says registrations are on pace to rise 7% this year and currently stand at 140,297. Ms. Parks says a female of "medium quality" can fetch $10,000 and that prices have been rising, supporting her hopes that she'll see a profit on her alpaca portfolio in five years.

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