The top ten most expensive sheep in the world
1. Waggill sheep
Waggill sheep is also one of the most expensive sheep breeds in the world, the McGheti knife sheep is more than 100 years ago by the merchants introduced from Afghanistan waggier sheep, and the local native sheep crossed to form an excellent meat breed, strong and tall, fine and soft coat color, delicious meat. In addition, the characteristics of the Waggill sheep are similar to those of the Daolang sheep, but the ears are larger, the price of the purebred breeding sheep of the Waggill sheep is extremely high, after the breeding of this sheep, the value of the offspring can be increased from thousands of yuan to 200,000 or 300,000 yuan, in April 2012, a sheep with Afghan ancestry in Xinjiang was offered a sky-high price of 16 million yuan, and the usual breeding sheep can also be sold for hundreds of thousands of yuan, which is also a symbol of wealth and status in the local family.
2. Daolang sheep
Daolang sheep breeds are scarce, the price is expensive, even if the ordinary Daolang sheep are more than 100,000 US dollars a piece, a bite of meat will be several thousand yuan, in the domestic and international market sales potential, dominating the animal husbandry industry in Xinjiang, the market has also appeared to hype daolang sheep phenomenon, once the most expensive one reached 14 million, became the world's most expensive sheep, many rich people will buy them back as pets, it is worth mentioning that the meat quality of Daolang sheep is very good, and the meat taste of mutton is very small, the meat is compact, It's high in fat, but few people can afford to eat it.
3. Texel sheep
Texel sheep is selected from the crossbreeding of Lincoln and Lycester sheep with local sheep, with multiple births, fast lamb growth, large body, good meat production and hair production performance, etc., is one of the famous breeds of foreign meat and fat sheep. It was also the most expensive sheep at auction, and on 27 August 2020, at a livestock auction in Scotland, England, a sheep sold for a record £365,000 (about 3.32 million yuan), and the sheep breed was reported to be the Texel sheep, called "double diamonds", with a starting price of £10,500, and after a fierce bidding, it was finally bought by three farmers in partnership.
4. Bohr goats
Boer goat is a world-famous goat breed, native to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, with a white coat, a reddish-brown neck and a white band from the forehead to the end of the lip. Boer goat is the world's famous production of high-quality lean goats, slaughter rate of more than 52%, thick meat but not fat, fine meat, less fat in the muscle, pure color, juicy and tender, known as the world's "king of meat goats". Boer goat has strong fertility, generally two years can produce three births, lamb growth and development is fast, has a good growth rate and high meat production ability, strong feeding power, is currently the world's most popular meat goat breed.
5. Damascus sheep
Asking what the most expensive sheep breed is, there may be different answers over time, but to ask what the ugliest sheep breed is, the Damascus sheep must be well-deserved, of course, it is ugly but also quite expensive. Damascus sheep is a rare breed in the Middle East, the strange appearance is not a genetic mutation, they originally had long ears, big eyes, beautiful face when they were young, but as they grew older, they gradually grew biased, and their appearance became less and less like the goats that people usually saw. If you don't know in advance that it is a sheep, you can't guess what kind of animal they are, and unlike sheep, purebred Damascus goats can sell for four or five hundred thousand yuan in the international market.
6. Angolan goats
The Angolan goat is an ancient woolly goat breed that shares the common feature of being surrounded by cute and thick hairs, native to the Turkish steppe and most fertile on the Angolan plateau, hence the name. It was gradually valued for its production of mohair with good luster and high value, and was exported to some countries from the 16th to the 20th century. It has a high yield, long and shiny hair, elasticity, and strong, called mohair in the international market, for high-grade combed spinning, is the most expensive kind of wool.
7. Hornless Towsett sheep
Hornless Towsett sheep is one of the best sheep breeds in the world, produced in Australia and New Zealand, Oceania, male and female sheep are hornless, the neck is thick and short, the body is long, the chest is wide and deep, the back and waist are straight, the body is barrel-shaped, the limbs are thick and short, the hind body is well developed, and the whole body is covered with white hair. This breed of sheep has the characteristics of early maturation, fast growth and development, year-round estrus and heat resistance and adaptation to dry climates, and is one of the best meat sheep breeds in the world. This breed is hereditary and is the ideal terminal father of meat sheep production.
8. Dubo sheep
Dubo sheep originated in South Africa, is the world-famous meat sheep breed, according to the color of its head and neck, divided into white-headed Dubo and black-headed Dupo two kinds, adult rams and ewes weigh about 120 kg and 85 kg respectively, although Dubo sheep individual medium, but the body is full, large weight. Dubo sheep is particularly known for producing fat lamb meat, good carcass quality after slaughter, carcass meat is tender, juicy, fresh color, high lean meat rate, crowned "diamond-grade" sheep meat, has a high economic value. It is highly adaptable, has fast early growth and development, and its growth rate and meat yield are better than other varieties in China.
9. Small-tailed cold sheep
The small-tailed sheep is the best breed of sheep breeds in the mainland, is the mainland and even the world's famous meat and fur combined sheep breed, with early maturation, multiple births, multiple lambs, fast growth, large physique, meat production, good fur, hereditary stability and strong adaptability and other advantages, by domestic and foreign sheep experts as "universal type", by the state as a famous breed of livestock, known as China's "national treasure", the world's "super sheep" and "high-legged sheep". The small tail cold lamb is delicate and tender, the intermuscular fat is marbled, the fat is moderate, delicious and juicy, fat but not greasy, fresh but not fat. And rich in nutrients, high protein content, low cholesterol content, rich in essential amino acids, vitamins, mineral elements and so on.
10. Sanen milk goats
Produced in Switzerland, Sanen Dairy Goat is one of the best dairy goat breeds in the world and is a representative of dairy goats. In addition to the climate is very hot or very cold areas, almost all countries in the world have this breed, almost half of the existing dairy goat breeds have different degrees of blood containing Saone dairy goats, with typical dairy livestock body shape characteristics, the back of the body is developed, the hair is white, occasionally the hair tip is yellowish, there are four long appearance characteristics, that is, head length, neck length, trunk length, limb length, Sanone dairy goat milk production varies greatly with the distribution area and feeding management conditions, to the United Kingdom, Sanen goats in France and the United States produce the best milk performance [Tooth gnash]