Fiber Sorting

Fiber Sorting and Grading Services - Live Sort or Out of the Bag

Why pay someone to sort your fiber?

1. Yearly harvest of fiber sorted into grades by color and length
2. An individual sort record for each alpaca -- useful for marketing, breeding and general management decisions
3. A "Sort Summary" for the entire clip, allowing fiber producers to track their farms' productivity
4. Increase in usable fiber (typical waste per alpaca is less than 8 oz. as long as the alpacas are clean & dry on shearing day, and there is a minimum, if any, 2nd cuts)
5. Increase in potential profit due to:
a) less waste per fleece
b) superior products created from sorted fiber command higher prices and repeat customers
c) sorted fiber has less loss during production -- some mills have commented that the loss from processing is about 10-15% less than usual
d) the opportunity to become a North American Alpaca Fiber Producers Co-op member, which ONLY accepts Certified Sorted (TM) fiber.

Does your garage look like this?
Let me help you get that car back where it belongs and put some money in your pocket.

This is your harvest. Put it to work for you.

Pricing and Terms
$15.00 per fleece live sort, i.e. on shearing day or $10 per fleece out of the bag.

$0.55/mile travel expenses or plane fare. If you are more than 3 hours from Orange,TX you also agree to provide meals and overnight accommodations.

If you prefer, you may mail your fiber to me at 5864 Hidden Meadows Drive; Orange, TX 77632. It costs about $1.00/lb to ship fiber, and I will forward the sorted fiber directly to the mill or coop. Shipping will be added to your invoice.