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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 6618997" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>The key is to not make everyone else's living out of your sheep, on your land.</p><p> Roughly:</p><p></p><p>30 ewe lambs per year @ $107.50, x103% (stock losses) $110.75 </p><p>Feed @4c/kg x 450kg year (ewe) + 250kg (her lambs) = $30, being generous and accounting for "the passenger period" before they lamb as a gimmer. </p><p>Grass cost based on my total pasture crop÷ what it costs to pay the loan on the land</p><p>6 in one vax booster, not sure, $.50/hd we'll say</p><p>Hour of my time, $50</p><p>Ewe costs $190 × 30</p><p></p><p>Tups, homebred and reared on bottle $200</p><p></p><p>Lambs sold, 30 hoggets 1.05 × $159avg $166.95 =$5008 </p><p>Lambs sold, 30 2tooth ewes 2.1 ×$162 avg$338.10</p><p>=$10044</p><p>Wool sold, $350</p><p>Ewes sold after weaning for $190 (just prior to tupping)</p><p></p><p>No silage</p><p>No fert</p><p>No minerals</p><p>No wormers</p><p>No vet costs</p><p>No disposal costs </p><p>And no depreciation, as per above we only kept young sheep and sold them well</p><p></p><p>Profit is what you make of it, I don't pay myself for the sheepwork as it's my hobby, instead the enterprise gross profit is largely reinvested in silage and bedding for grazing cattle, (which we run at around a 60% return) and I draw my pay from the cattle fund which is the only way I can work the cashflow from a hobby farm without using funds from elsewhere</p><p></p><p>To the OP it would take about 150 ewes on this farm if the profits can be multiplied through another enterprise (like our dairy B&B) and there is a third income stream for lean months - or solely sheep I could probably retire with 450-470 ewes on here.</p><p></p><p>Lambing percentage, performance and survival are the 3 main things I focus on</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 6618997, member: 63856"] The key is to not make everyone else's living out of your sheep, on your land. Roughly: 30 ewe lambs per year @ $107.50, x103% (stock losses) $110.75 Feed @4c/kg x 450kg year (ewe) + 250kg (her lambs) = $30, being generous and accounting for "the passenger period" before they lamb as a gimmer. Grass cost based on my total pasture crop÷ what it costs to pay the loan on the land 6 in one vax booster, not sure, $.50/hd we'll say Hour of my time, $50 Ewe costs $190 × 30 Tups, homebred and reared on bottle $200 Lambs sold, 30 hoggets 1.05 × $159avg $166.95 =$5008 Lambs sold, 30 2tooth ewes 2.1 ×$162 avg$338.10 =$10044 Wool sold, $350 Ewes sold after weaning for $190 (just prior to tupping) No silage No fert No minerals No wormers No vet costs No disposal costs And no depreciation, as per above we only kept young sheep and sold them well Profit is what you make of it, I don't pay myself for the sheepwork as it's my hobby, instead the enterprise gross profit is largely reinvested in silage and bedding for grazing cattle, (which we run at around a 60% return) and I draw my pay from the cattle fund which is the only way I can work the cashflow from a hobby farm without using funds from elsewhere To the OP it would take about 150 ewes on this farm if the profits can be multiplied through another enterprise (like our dairy B&B) and there is a third income stream for lean months - or solely sheep I could probably retire with 450-470 ewes on here. Lambing percentage, performance and survival are the 3 main things I focus on [/QUOTE]
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