U S A: SHEEP INDUSTRY. Revive it or just let it slowly die?

[The Old Ram-Australia]

I now have 9 ewes and a ram. Yeah, a real small producer. So far, I have had no problem selling slaughtered lamb for $10 a pound. I did sell 3 live lambs at weaning this time for $350 for the 3 of them. The next lambing will be interesting because I will have more lambs to sell.

G'day BM,after processing what was the weight of salable meat?...T.O.R.

 

[Baymule]

I don’t know. A man bought them, stuffed them in the back of his brand new van and left. A brand new van! He paid us, he could be as stupid as he wanted to be.

 

[Bruce]

Cattle at the same time was going for $1.07 a pound. The $1.80 is what we got per animal on average there is no slaughter or processing fee. That is a completely different sale.

Ah, price on the hoof. I thought you were talking packaged meat.

 

[Baymule]

Here is a link to a meat company north of us about 2-3 hours. He sells grass fed meat, and he buys his lamb and goat meat from where??? AUSTRALIA! Just thought I'd post this, interesting. He used to buy from local producers, not sure when he switched.

https://www.texasgrassfedbeef.com/meat-store/products/category/grass-fed-lamb

 

[greybeard]

Here is a link to a meat company north of us about 2-3 hours. He sells grass fed meat, and he buys his lamb and goat meat from where??? AUSTRALIA! Just thought I'd post this, interesting. He used to buy from local producers, not sure when he switched.

invisible link?

 

[Baymule]

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invisible link?

Not any more!

 

[greybeard]

Not any more!

I almost wish you had not included the link.
One of their re-occurring themes from the 'education' menu that's on the left of the home page:

Grain-fed lambs, just like grain-fed people, are anemic.

Substitute the words beef, goats, dairy and you're now in tune with the rest of his ideology, which by the way does NOT include drinking milk.
A disciple of Loren Cordain, he is a big proponent of The Real Diet of Man, he had this to say:



As for dairy, modern man is the only beast on earth that figures he needs milk after weaning. Dairy is one of man's most recent agricultural inventions. And all of this nonsense about drinking mil for strong bones and teeth is mythology. It really does not matter if milk is raw or not. It is flat out unnecessary post weaning. To make matters worse, nearly all diary products available today are from grain fed cows and goats

Always interesting to note, that virtually all our grasses reproduce by seeds and seedheads, which of course is what grain is as well and there is little doubt among the reasonably educated people of the world, that our livestock, including cows, goats, poultry and swine all eat seeds along with the leafy parts.

Slanker's meat market is the marketing arm of his own Polled Hereford Ranch up in Powderly on 271 less than 10 miles before you cross in Oklahoma.

 

[Latestarter]

I like dairy...

 

[greybeard]

I like dairy...

Is that a relatively recent agricultural development for you.....say, within the 7,500 years?

 

[Bruce]

In @Latestarter's case, probably in the last 60 years!