Winter is the peak season for mutton consumption, and most of the mutton on the table comes from Tang County, Hebei Province. This is the largest mutton sheep breeding base in North China. More than 7 million mutton sheep are produced every year, and they have certain pricing power.
How about the price of mutton sheep this year?
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Tang County, Hebei: The price of mutton sheep continues to be high
The average profit of a single sheep is about 300 yuan
In Xiwangzhuang Village, Luozhuang Township, Tang County, Bai Chunpo, a meat sheep purchase broker from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, is inspecting the two trucks of meat sheep that have just been purchased. Fourteen hours later, these meat sheep will arrive in Chifeng along with the transportation convoy.
Bai Chunpo, a purchasing broker for mutton sheep in Inner Mongolia: Two carts of sheep were installed today, more than 560 were installed, and the price was 16.7 yuan per catty.
I have come to Tang County to buy sheep since April. The price in Tang County was RMB 12.7 and RMB 12.8 per catty at the time. Anyway, it was less than RMB 13. The price of wool sheep has risen considerably.
Li Xianwei is the person in charge of a mutton sheep farm in Zhongdayang Village, Haishui Township, Tang County. He came to the sheep farm early in the morning to clean the sheep pen and feed the feed. He raised more than 2,000 mutton sheep into fat and strong bodies. .
Li Xianwei, a farmer in Zhongdayang Village, Haishui Township, Tangxian County, Hebei: It takes about 30 days to sell. If the market is good, a sheep can earn more than 200 yuan, and if it grows well, it can earn 300 yuan.
In the past two years, the mutton market has continued to prosper, especially since this year, the rising price of mutton has made farmers taste the sweetness.
Cui Jingliang, general manager of a Hebei Agricultural Development Co., Ltd.: It has been maintained at a high level. In the past two months, the price of mutton has risen to about 17 yuan per catty. A sheep earns more than 100 yuan, and a sheep can earn about 300 or 400. yuan.
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Tang County, Hebei: Intensive sheep breeding industry, high efficiency and low cost
The annual output value of mutton sheep in Tang County, Hebei is about 15 billion. In such a big sheep-raising county, most of the mutton sheep young come from Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Northeast China. In Tang County, the sheep are fattened and entered into the market. The farming model of real estate cubs and fattening in Tang County breaks the seasonal restrictions and realizes that there are sheep every day and every season.
In Xiwangzhuang Village, Luozhuang Township, Tang County, Lu Jun, the driver of the live sheep transport truck, is checking the condition of the car. Six months ago, he transported the young mutton sheep from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, to Tang County. After a few months of short-term fattening, Chifeng’s The owner bought the sheep again.
Lu Jun, the driver of the live sheep transporter in Xiwangzhuang Village, Tang County, Hebei: Generally, most shippers call us to pull the fattening sheep in Tang County to Chifeng, and after unloading the sheep, find some sheep cubs and take them to Tang County. There are more than 30 cars in our village.
Outside, the fattening of the cubs in Tang County adds a transportation cost, which sounds uneconomical.
However, after years of development, Tang County has formed a complete social service organization system such as shearing, feed distribution, epidemic prevention, and sales, which greatly reduces breeding costs and realizes fast and efficient mutton sheep breeding.
Cui Jingliang, general manager of a Hebei Agricultural Development Co., Ltd.: We can fatten all year round. The transportation cost of a sheep is about 10 yuan on average. It takes five to six months to fatten the sheep and then pull it back.
A sheep can earn 300 or 400 yuan, and the transportation cost of 10 yuan is negligible.
In recent years, the mutton sheep industry has become a pillar industry in Tang County. There are more than 50 specialized sheep-raising villages in the county. There are also three leading enterprises integrating mutton sheep breeding, slaughtering, and meat finishing. The industrial chain of processing and breeding mutton sheep facilitates employment at the doorstep of local people.