Following the exceptional prices paid for karakul skins during the Copenhagen fur auctions recently, local farmers last week paid record prices to supplement their karakul herds.
An average price of N$6 515 per ram on offer was paid during the Elite ram auction in Keetmanshoop last week.
The highest price recorded was N$17 000 for a black karakul ram sold by Lovedale Farming cc and purchased by Hartebeesloop Farming from Stampriet.
The highest bid for a white karakul ram was N$12 000, again offered by local breeder Hartebeesloop Farming.
The prices for rams are amongst the highest ever paid for breeding material in the karakul industry, and follow the exceptional prices obtained at the pelt auctions in Copenhagen.
Pieter Hugo of Agra says breeders at the auction were prepared to pay the equivalent of 15 pelts per breeding ram, expressed in prices obtained at the latest pelt auction. In the past, an acceptable norm was to calculate the price per ram at 20 pelts, when prices per pelt obtained at the auction were markedly lower.
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