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Cashmere Prices 2021

Grade Price/Kg

W0 $150

W1 $125

W2 $110

The Fibre

Cashmere is one the world’s premium textile fibres. Cashmere goats shed their cashmere in spring, however this is a valuable fibre that should be harvested to get maximum returns from your stock (EDIT). With minor adjustments to existing sheep shearing facilities, goats can be shorn standing up.

Dependent on genetics, cashmere goats will produce between 200 - 400gms of cashmere each year. Foundation goats will also produce a small amount of cashmere that can be shorn.

New Zealand Cashmere is set up to help farmers get to shear their goats, from on-farm advice to classing.

Grading Cashmere

Classing Lines Micron

00 Under 14.5 micron

0 14.5 – 15.9 micron

1 16 – 16.7 micron

2 16.8 – 18 micron

Color Grades

WW – White Cashmere/White guard hair

GY – White Cashmere / Dark colored guard hair

BR – Brown cashmere / Dark brown or black guard hair (white and grey guard hair falls into GY lines)

Yield

Yield = Total Cashmere Down content / Total fleece weight (TDW / TFW)

Yield is an indication of cashmere content in raw fleece, graded as either 2 or 4.

2 – more than 20% but less than 40% cashmere down

4 – more than 40% cashmere down

Payments are made on down recovery.

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