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This ram, #108 was also born in 4/02. His fleece is uniformly curly from front to back, top to bottom. He clipped a little over 4 lbs. of wool a 4 months old. He has a good, flat back, with good width. Experienced shepherds know flat backs generally make big lamb chops. Speaking of lamb chops, take a look at this ram's length. Extra length means more chops. Right now in the U.S. rack of lamb sells for between $10 to $18 per lb. Super-mild Cotswold lamb and mutton has commanded a premium to special buyers wanting gourmet meat. One little 100-lb. lamb (little for a Cotswold) can have a rack worth up to over $140 retail. Add the legs-o-lamb, shoulder chops & other cuts, and it doesn't take long for this ram's offspring to pay for himself and start making you a tidy profit. Without special feeding or treatment, this young ram weighed 195 lbs. at one year. If you have another breed to cross him to, his lambs will taste milder than most of the common breeds. Cotswold sheep have been purebred for so many hundreds of years that their genes are concentrated (prepotent), leaving his unmistakable imprint on his lambs. We butchered one of this ram's half-brothers, uncastrated, after a year old--at close to 200 lbs., and the meat was way milder than ordinary breeds' wethers (!) when harvested at "normal" ages of between 5 to 9 months. If you want faithful, REPEAT customers paying way better than even the best slaughter markets, GET THIS RAM. His father and grandfather both clipped over 21 lbs. of wool on numerous occasions. Many Cotswold breeders are receiving over 20x the common "wool pool" price for this rare, ultra-lustrous fleece. This ram's daughters should raise good lambs and give plenty of milk--all our ewes do, including his mother. We sell out of lambs every year--he was a top pick from breeding stock saved last year. Late in the game we decided to sell him; he's never been bred. Price:
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