Alpaca Barber
Rates and Services
Rates and Services
Alpaca Barber provides a variety of services throughout the year for your animal's needs.
As of 2-19-2022, we are unable to accept new farms for this year as our limited schedule is nearly full. We advise new farms to seek spring shearing services from one of the many other Michigan shearers. Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for understanding.
Alpaca and Llama Shearing
April, May, and June 2022
Rates
Full Shear $32
Show Fleece/Shear $35
Barrel Shear $20
Belly Shear $12
Hand Shear $40
Toenail Trim $5-10
Teeth Trim $10
Cria Tip/Shear $25
Base Farm Call $55 (for diesel prices up to $2.49/gal, see below for more details),
subject to change
Large Herd Rates for 25+ Alpacas/Llamas
Full Shear $27
Barrel Shear $15
Show Fleece/Shear $30
All other rates remain the same
Herd count applies to alpacas and llamas only
Small Flock Sheep Shearing
Spring 2022
Rates
Sheep Shear $12
Toenail Trim $5-10
Base Farm Call $55, subject to change
Sheep Shearing Services are limited to small flocks of 10 sheep/goats or fewer per day.
Farms with larger flocks will be asked to find a professional sheep shearer as we will be unable to accommodate you. Thank you for your understanding!
Herd Maintenance and Cria Shearing
July 2022 through March 2023
Rates
Alpaca/Llama Toenail Trim $10
Sheep/Goat Toenail Trim $5-10
Alpaca/Llama Teeth Trim $10
Cria Tip/Shear $28
Base Farm Call $65, subject to change
Farm Call rates are based on diesel prices up to $2.49/gal. We adjust this rate up and down based on fuel costs and certain trips as needed. Please use the following for an estimate based on DIESEL prices for shearing day:
Up to $2.49/gal, $55
$2.50-$2.99/gal, $60
$3.00-$3.49/gal, $65
$3.50-$3.99/gal, $70
$4.00-$4.24/gal, $75
$4.25-$4.49/gal, $80
Over $4.50/gal, for goodness sake lets all hope it doesn't come to this!
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Certain long distance drives and out-of-state rates will be calculated differently and are usually around $10 more than the current local Farm Call rate. You will be notified if the long distance/out-of-state rate applies to you along with a quote upon request. Please feel free to contact us with your questions.
Alpaca Barber will no longer be providing Goat shearing services. Sorry for the inconvenience.
We will continue to provide nail trimming services for goats
(rates same as sheep nail trimming services)
Alpaca Barber services our home state of Michigan and the Michigan/Ohio and Michigan/Indiana boarders. If you are outside of this region we apologize that we will not be able to help you.