5/6/2023 0 Comments Running sheep with cattleAt R150/lamb, this would realise R15 000 in income. If you were to buy 100 at a live weight of 25kg each, they would cost you about R100 000.Īs they would have their wool, you could shear them immediately. These are quite hardy and would probably have been vaccinated and dosed by the breeder before sale. If breeding lambs is proving difficult in your area, consider buying male ‘store lambs’ from a breeder. This vast difference in income shows how important it is to have a good lamb weaning rate if you’re a sheep breeder. Add the income from wool at R350/ewe, and your total gross income would be R50 000. At R1 000/lamb, your gross income from lamb sales would be only R15 000. However, if you’re farming under difficult circumstances and your weaning rate is only 15%, you would have produced 15 lambs. Your total gross income (before subtracting costs) for all these sheep would therefore be R110 000 (that is, R75 000 + R35 000). SEE ALSO What butchers and abattoirs look for Shearing the ewes would bring in, say, R350/ewe if the wool is of good quality, so your income from wool would be R35 000. In addition, you’d probably need to sell the lambs before shearing them as most buyers request this you’d therefore get no money for their wool. Remember that input costs such as labour, medication and extra feed must be subtracted from this. If you sell them all, you’d therefore make R75 000. Each could be worth about R1 000 at four to five months old when they weigh about 25kg. If you’re successful and can breed at a weaning rate of 75%, the ewes will produce 75 lambs. ![]() These could cost R1 800 each to buy, a total of R180 000. Let’s say you have a small-scale livestock operation with 100 wool-producing ewes.
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