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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Valais blacknose sheep (Switzerland)
« Reply #30 on: April 27, 2014, 07:34:21 am »
Hmmm, maybe when I win the lottery .......
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john and helen

  • Joined Mar 2013
  • Devon
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Re: Valais blacknose sheep (Switzerland)
« Reply #31 on: April 28, 2014, 07:26:24 am »
looks like they are very close to our new place ……  i think they look nice, but far too expensive for me  ;D
mind you, i watched a video on poll dorset sheep the other day, and a ram fetched 6k at market

moony

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Dent
Re: Valais blacknose sheep (Switzerland)
« Reply #32 on: April 28, 2014, 10:51:55 am »
We go to quite a few of the Swaledale tup sales in the Autumn. Some of those make ridiculous money. £65k was the highest I have seen in person at Hawes last year but I believe 1 has broken the 100k barrier at some point.. Although you do have to take into account some of those sales you get farmer friends working together to bump their rams prices up to boost their profiles and stock prices for those sired by said tups. Farmer A will buy from B, B from C and C from A up to a preset price or they all chip in to buy a ram off one of their own and then share its use. Things sell better if you say its sired by a 65k tup.   

madcat

  • Joined Mar 2014
Re: Valais blacknose sheep (Switzerland)
« Reply #33 on: April 29, 2014, 01:59:45 pm »
The fleece looks interesting but otherwise I can think of prettier sheep.

 

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