[blackdog]

And BTW the Muslims want ram lambs left intact with their pronouns still attached. I always left a dozen or so ram lambs for them. They DO NOT want wethers. The restaurant trade markets fine you heavily or won't bid at all on any lambs with their pronouns still intact.

Going rate for farm lamb was $250 for the whole lamb and they insist on killing and cutting it up. They waste nothing.

The best price I ever got on wholesale lots was $1.35 per hundred weight. Usually around 20,000 pound lots.

I never broke even. It was a good environment to raise a hard working family though. That's paid back a thousand times.

[lee martell]

That sounds like a lot of hard work that must be done without regard for the weather. I suppose trained dogs help with herding the flock from barn to pasture.

Did you have facilties for the Muslims to slaughter their sheep right there on site, or is that never done.
The livestock is carted away by the owner?