Females for Sale

It's the 2012 sale, starting in 2011!

We've sold eight alpacas this year and we're motivated to sell a package of three more! Select any combination of females and males and make us an offer! 
                                       

We group our sales animals into alpha categories - A, B, and C.  None of our animals are of poor quality, and all have shown an ability to produce improved offspring when bred to quality males.  Our standards are high at Salt River Alpacas, and when we say that it will take a couple of generations to get a show winning animal, we are talking about winners at large, impact shows. 

It is important to note that our standards are also set high for our fiber animals (non-breeders).  We strive to produce fiber animals that can produce high quality fiber year after year - very few males will be herdsire potential, but we want to know that when we sell an alpaca into a fiber home, that the new owner will get many years of high quality fleece production!

Category A - these are females that experienced breeders would typically be interested in.  We know they can produce award winning offspring and they will have an immediate impact on your herd.

Category B - these are females that breeders with 3-6 years of breeding background would have the most interest in.  These females will produce show ribbon winners but we think may need a little closer attention paid to their breeding partners to ensure the best outcome.

Category C - these are females who would be ideal for new breeders or those thinking of getting into the alpaca business.  These girls have produced good quality offspring or have the ability to do so, but it will most likely take two generations to reach a point of producing impact Suris for your herd. 

CATEGORY A:




            Courtnie

Name:  Ameripaca's Courtnie
ARI:  30566897
Color:  White
DOB: 05/09/2006
Sire:  HCLA Master Locks
Dam:  CMR Shania

Fiber Stats:
Density - 44; S/P 12.1:1; Glands - 2 of 4; Medullation - 90%; Micron spread - 11:1; 2009 MFD - 27.8; CV - 19.1

Offspring:
2008 - Salt River's Moonshine
2009 - Salt River's Shining Armor
2010 - Salt River's Karina

Description: Courtnie exhibits a wonderfully dense, silky handle with tightly twisted locks and great uniformity of micron across her blanket. Courtnie's sire is the famed HCLA Master Locks who won 1st place at the 2003 MaPaca Jubilee and 1st place in the composite class at the 2003 AOBA National Show. Courtnie's dam, CMR Shania, placed 2nd at the 2004 MaPaca Jubilee and 3rd at the 2004 All American Futurity. So it is no wonder that Courtnie brings such a great package to our breeding program.

Courtnie's first offspring was sold into a fiber home, but her second offspring will move into our breeding program given his extremely fine fiber!  Additionally, we bred Courtnie to our Crown Royale son - SBS Solstice - and have gotten a beautiful little girl out of that breeding that we will also be keeping.  As such, we are now ready to place Courtnie on our sales list, as we are hopeful that her gentics will continue on in our herd through her two offspring.

Based on what we've seen of her second and third cria, Courtnie has been placed in the A category.  Courtnie is now confirmed bred to Accoyo Montoyo - one the most highly sought after accoyo herdsires in the industry.  He is know for producing high luster, fine  micron offspring.  This is going to be a dynamite cria - male or female - and with that in mind, we have placed Courtnie in the A list category.

Price:  $9000

What we do with the fiber:  Courtnie's fiber is Grade 4 blanket, and as such, we will be spinning it into yarn for weaving outer garments.





Name:  HCLA Trixie
ARI:  1090956
Color:  White
DOB:  06/29/04

Fiber stats:  Density - 48; S/P - 10.25:1; Glands - 2 of 4; Medullation - 40%; Micron spread - 10.2; MFD - 22 (5 yrs)

Description:  Trixie has produced one ribbon winner after the next for us.  We just got her skin biopsy results back, and now we know why!  Nice density of 48 follicles/sq mm, S/P ratio of 10.25:1, MFD of 22 microns as a breeding female, and only 40% medullated fibers.  Trixie has had five boys - three of which we have sold (one just started his breeding career in 2011!) - and two have been blue ribbon winners.  Quite a good track record.  Trixie's offspring all have great luster, wonderfully uniform locks across the whole blanket, and a beautiful head, which always helps in the show ring!  We have now bred Trixie to our herdsire LCA Boots - we have had two offspring by him and both have been awesome.  We are really excited about this combination, and look forward to a Spring 2012 cria!

Price:  $8,000

What we do with the fiber:  We always turn Trixie's fiber into yarn and it is just beautiful!  Check our fiber page in the Fall and we should have it up and ready to sell.

 
                Bella                                                2011 cria

Name:  Salt River's Bella Donna
ARI: 30004656
Color: Light Fawn
DOB:  07/09/05

Fiber Stats:  Density - 42; S/P Ratio - 10.1:1; Glands - 2 of 4; Medullation - 100%; Micron Spread - 6.0; MFD 28 (4 yrs) 

Description:  Bella was the first born on our farm and is a real beauty (but we're not partial!).  Her skin biopsy results have come in, and appear to backup our suspiscions - she is a very nice girl.  Bella has had three boys - the first won multiple awards (including winning the Reserve Color Championship at the 2010 Suri Network Fleece Show!) and will be used as a breeding male at his new farm.  The second - Salt River's Heatwave - is listed on our site as a prospective jr. herdsire - check out his fiber stats, just lovely!  We showed him at the Northern IL show and got a very respectable 3rd place behind a Crown Royal male and a USA Jaguar male.  The judge said the top 3 Suris were very close in quality and each represented the ideal Suri alpaca!  Heatwave went on to take a 2nd place at the Topeka show ahead of one of the best Suri farms in the U.S. - Wilkins Livestock.  Bella's third boy is from 2011 and out of Ravada's Kuma and it appears he will be in our 2012 show string - he is arguably our favorite of the whole 2011 "crop".  And lastly, Bella had a girl for us in 2010, and her fiber stats indicate she will be a great breeding female with a histogram of 20 microns at one year of age. So we are now placing Bella on the sales list.  We have bred Bella to LCA Boots for a Fall, 2012 cria and think he will add density, luster, and lock definition.

Price:  $7,000

What we do with the fiber:  Bella still has Grade 4 fiber - around 28 microns - so we will use her fiber for a Suri/Wool blended yarn.



CATEGORY B:


Name: White Knight's Pearl
ARI: 31915090
Color: White
DOB: 10/09/09
Sire:  4Peruvian White Knight
Dam:  Buttercup (on our "sold" page)

Fiber Stats:  Density - 41; S/P - 8.1; Glands 2 of 4; Micron Spread 6.4; MFD - 26 at 18 mos.

Description: Pearl is another girl out of White Knight.  Given that her sire was able to retain a micron count of 21 for 14 years, we know that Pearl will be able to pass this trait on when bred to a sire that holds the same trait. Pearl is a big girl who will have no troubles birthing.  We have bred Pearl to LCA Boots to continue improving density, uniformity, and fineness.  (Also note that Pearl's dam was bred to Boots and produced Cafe au Lait!  With the added genetics from White Knight, this ought to be an outstanding offspring!)  We have Pearl in our "B" category because of her strong genetics, her solid density number, and her narrow micron spread.

Price:  $5,000

What we do with the fiber: Pearl's fiber grades out in the "3" category, so we will be using it for yarn this year.


 
Name:  Salt River's Brownie
ARI:  31167604
Color:  Light Brown
DOB:  10/23/2010
Sire:  SBS Solstice
Dam:  Hannah Gale (see the "sold" page)

Fiber Stats:  Too young to test, but our experience tells us she is below 20 microns.

Description:  Brownie is one of our favorites.  She is incredibly cute AND she has lovely fiber and lovely conformation.  Brownie was entered in only two shows in 2011 and she took a Championship and a Reserve Championship, so we think that pretty well sums up what your getting with this girl.  Her dam has produced some of our finest girls, and her sire, Solstice, has consistently passed on fineness and a narrow micron spread.  Brownie has wonderul independence of lock and great luster to close it all out.  We have her in the "B" category because of her age.  Brownie comes with a breeding to any one of our great herdsires when she is ready.  We would recommend Bronze or Kuma for her first breeding!

Price:  $5,000

What we do with the fiber:  Brownie's fiber is soft enough to turn into yarn and knitted into something that can be worn close to the skin - it's just wonderful!
       
CATEGORY C



Name:  Salt River's Lola
ARI:  31167611
Color: Light Fawn
DOB:  9/16/09  
Sire:  NGG Cortez
Dam:  Hannah Gale

Fiber Stats:  Density - 40.75; S/P - 10.3; Glands - 3 of 4; Medullation - 60%; Micron spread - 8.5; 22 MFD at one year of age.

Description:  Lola is a beauty and 3/4 related to Salt River's Miley Ray (check out Miley on our foundation herd page).  We just sheared Lola, and got to really examine her fleece in full.  Soft, silky, and lustrous.  She just micron tested at a very respectable 22 microns, and with that silky hand, she feels even finer.  She is in the 'C' category because she is a bit "fluffy".  We have bred her to LCA Boots for her first cria in Spring, 2012.  Lola got pregnant on the first try and we think she will be and outstanding mother to her offspring.  We think this breeding is going to result in great lock structure, great luster, and improved density.

Price:  $2,500

What we do with the fiber:  Lola's fiber now falls into the Grade 4 category, so we spin it into yarn for weaving!



Name:  Salt River's Lisa Marie
ARI:  31915083
Color: White
DOB:  6/15/10  
Sire:  SHS Elvarez (aka "Elvis)
Dam:  Salt River's Bella Donna

Fiber Stats:  Too young for biopsy info but her histogram at one year of age was very respectable - MFD - 20.9; SD - 4.4; CV - 21.2%

Description:  Lisa Marie is a really solid, well put together girl who already has her dam's instinct to care for the crias younger than herself.  She is going to be a great production female.  Her fiber is unbelievably silky - a feature she gets from both her sire and her dam.  We have placed Lisa in the "C" category as we feel her density and luster could use improving.  However, with fiber stats like she has, a breeding to any of our herdsires will certainly put her offspring into the A or B categories!  If you are a new breeder looking to add some additional females to the herd, this girl will be great!

Price:  $2,500

What we do with the fiber:  Lisa's fiber falls into the Grade 2 category, and as such, will be spun into yarn.