Karoo Lamb Prices

At Karoo Lambs we have a transparent pricing policy, which means we want you to know exactly how our prices are made up.

Lamb weight

An average lamb is slaughtered at 48Kg, and the slaughter out percentage is roughly 45%.

Once a lamb is slaughtered it is hung for 4 days and it loses on average 1.8% of the 'slaughtered out' body mass.

Cutting up a lamb causes another 5% loss from the 'hung' mass (roughly 1 Kg per lamb).

This leaves approximately 20Kg of meat per lamb that can be sold.

Pricing

On the Open Market, Karoo Lambs can get R691.20 per 48Kg lamb. So to sell 20Kg directly to you, the consumer, our price is made up as follows:

Open Market Price = R691.20
Cost to Abattoir = R15.00
Slaughter Cost = R37.50 (minus R20 for offal and skin) = R17.50
Cutting and Packing = R30.00
Packaging Material = R7.50 per box = R15.00
Transport to PE = R30.00

Sub-total = R798.70
VAT = R111.82
TOTAL = R910.52 (for 20Kg)

Cost per Kg = R910.52 divided by 20Kg = R46.00