While overall alpaca costs can range between $250 – $50,000 per animal, the cost of most alpacas will fall between $3,000 – $10,000 per alpaca. You will find these costs vary based on age, conformation, fiber quality, lineage, facial appearance, and personality.

Alpaca are valued for the exceptional fiber they produce. Generally speaking it is in the same class as cashmere but shares many of the properties of sheep's wool, without any of the lanolin and itch. Alpaca fiber is truly in a class by itself.

Alpaca farming for profit depends a lot on the breeding process. You can purchase a pregnant female for $20,000 and sell the baby for $10,000 to upcoming businessmen. If you count this as 15 productive years, female alpacas have a potential return of $157,000. The maintenance expenses in raising alpacas are quite low.

Exotic Meat Market® offers farm-raised Alpaca Meat in the USA. Exotic Meat Market offers fresh and frozen Alpaca Meat. Alpaca meat was once considered a delicacy by Andean inhabitants. Alpaca meat is one of the healthiest and most flavorful meats in the world.