Price per pound or head?

[mawalla]

I was wondering what folks are getting for their lambs this year? I sold some in Missouri the other day and they ranged from .93 per pound to 1.10 per pound. I do know that my no banding experiment cost me quite a few bucks over all so my next batch of ram lambs will get banded. It's cheap and ez to do and not worth the loss per pound.

[Sprout]

Hell I'm coming over to your state to sell. Average price here in California is less than .8 cents a pound. You average out at about 80 on all your lambs. That's at th auctions though. Through private sells I do per head at $150 a lamb. It's more than at the auction but it ususally entails more labor on my part as I will drive their lamb to the local butcher if they want me to. They also know where the lamb is coming from, I think that is worth the extra bucks.

[livestockmom]

I'm in Northern California and we get $1.05-$1.20 a pound on average at the sale barn. $175 for suffolk and hamp lambs at the ranch.

[Bearfootfarm]

Ive never sold any at an auction. I sell by the head for $130 for lambs that are usually 80-100 lbs, and they do their own processing so Im just handing them a live lamb. Ive also sold 3 breeders this year for $250 each ( 62% Registered Dorpers) With corn price going up because of the popularity of Ethanol, Ill probably be asking $140 for the next batch that should start arriving in January. I imagine auction prices would be lower here in Eastern NC