How much is an alpaca? (Alpaca price)

Young people are probably familiar with alpacas nowadays, because their names sound like swear words, but how much do you know about their prices?

The price of alpacas

Alpacas can be said to be the representative of funny animals that have become popular on the Internet in the past two years. Their cute and silly faces have given people various text introductions and made them famous. Many people have developed a strong interest in alpacas, and the price of an alpaca is also a hot topic of concern. In the future, the value of alpacas will no longer be limited to its fur.

It is understood that alpaca wool is famous for its unique quality and color. Its toughness is twice that of sheep wool, it has no grease, few impurities, and a net cashmere rate of 90%. Fashion made of alpaca wool is light and soft, comfortable to wear, has a good drape, does not wrinkle, and does not deform, and is deeply favored by consumers in Europe, the United States, and Japan.

Alpacas have great breeding prospects, and many breeders are eager to know how much an alpaca costs. Each alpaca costs 50,000 to 60,000 yuan, and it is common sense that an alpaca costs 100,000 yuan, so the price of alpacas is still relatively expensive. Each alpaca can produce 3-5 kilograms of wool a year and is sheared once a year. The price of wool is 64-256 US dollars per kilogram. The price of each breeding alpaca is as high as 30,000 US dollars. At present, the demand for alpaca wool in the international market has increased. Japan is the world's largest consumer of alpaca wool, and its import volume has exceeded the traditional European market, and it pays the highest purchase price; South Korea and Hong Kong are also large consumer markets. Therefore, many breeders are optimistic about the development prospects of alpacas.

Economic value of alpacas

1. Alpaca wool Each alpaca is sheared once a year, and each alpaca can shear 1 to 4 kilograms of wool per year, which is equivalent to 4 to 5 times the price of wool. It is regarded as a high-grade wool spinning raw material. The average shearing amount of adult alpacas is 3 kilograms, and the annual wool production of high-yield individuals can reach 10 kilograms. The wool production is related to body weight. Alpaca wool is mostly white, but there are other colors. The toughness of alpaca wool is twice that of sheep wool. There are few coarse hairs in the coat, the net wool rate is 90%, it is non-sticky, the fiber is extremely fine, and the wool quality is excellent. Fashion made of alpaca wool is soft and warm, comfortable to wear, has a good drape, does not pleat, does not wrinkle, and does not deform. It is not only lighter, warmer, and more durable than wool, but also easy to dye. It is deeply favored by consumers in Europe, the United States, and Japan.

2. Alpaca meat Alpaca meat has high protein content, low cholesterol content, less fat, and more lean meat. An adult alpaca weighs 75 kilograms, and the slaughter rate is 55% to 60%. Each adult alpaca can produce 35 to 40 kilograms of net meat. Alpaca meat under 1 year old tastes delicious, and alpaca meat after sexual maturity has a strong smell of mutton.

3. Alpaca skin Alpaca lamb skin under 3 years old can be made into carpets, quilts and various handicrafts.

4. Alpaca milk Alpaca milk can be eaten. When grazing on good pasture, the daily milk production can reach 0.5 kg.

5. Alpacas are world-famous cute animals with high ornamental value!

Features of alpaca breeding

1. Easy to raise and care for, not easy to be infected with plague diseases that sheep are prone to, and have good environmental adaptability.

2. Alpacas have the ability to resist foot rot and have the ability to adjust to humid environments.

3. Alpacas do not suffer from lice parasitic diseases and are not afraid of green-headed flies.

4. Alpacas have good hygiene habits and are used to defecating in fixed places, so they are not prone to infectious diseases; feces are easy to compost and can be used as fertilizer for growing flowers, fruits and vegetables; no need to cut sheep tails or trim feet.

5. Adult sheep weighing 65 kg can be sheared, once a year, about 4 kg; an ordinary alpaca can provide alpaca wool for making 4 to 6 sweaters each time it is sheared.

6. The breeding and wool-producing period of alpacas can basically reach 20 years. Female alpacas can reproduce after 14 months, and male alpacas can reproduce at 1.5 to 2 years old. They can have one litter a year, and artificial insemination breeding has a very low mortality rate of lambs; lambs can jump around within 1 hour of birth.

7. Alpacas are docile and easy to concentrate. They are herd animals and do not need to be accompanied by sheepdogs for grazing and feeding.

8. Alpacas are beautiful, cute and clean in appearance. They have a wonderful curiosity and are human-friendly ornamental pets.

9. They mainly eat roughage (hay and fresh grass), which is the same as the grass eaten by ordinary sheep; they can also eat processed feed; they can digest various plants containing fiber.

10. They do not eat trees, and will not destroy the most delicate vegetation.

11. Alpacas can be grazed in semi-desert dry areas.

12. Alpacas can adapt to various climates, including semi-desert areas with large temperature differences between day and night, such as the cold zone with ice and snow, the temperate zone with four seasons like spring, and the tropical zone with scorching sun.

13. When raising alpacas, you can use iron wire, wood, bamboo poles, etc. to make a one-person-high fence to enclose the mountains, hillsides, or woodlands.

14. Hay powder is 300 yuan/ton. The local car dealer’s delivery price is supplied by the Ministry of Agriculture’s Inner Mongolia Grass Storage Station.

15. The grass consumption of a horse is about 10 kilograms per day, and alpacas consume much less than horses.

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