Sheep farming can earn from meat, wool, or both depending on the breed and market you're selling into. This calculator totals revenue from lamb sales and wool clips, then subtracts feed, health, shearing, and labor costs across the full flock — ewes, rams, and lambs together — to show your net seasonal profit.
Meat Revenue = Number of Ewes × Lambs per Ewe per Year × (1 − Mortality Rate) × Average Sale Weight × Meat Price. Wool Revenue = Total Sheep × Wool per Sheep per Year × Wool Price. Total cost includes feed, vaccination/medicine, shearing, and labor/housing.
| Metric | Typical Range |
|---|---|
| Lambing rate | 1.0-1.5 lambs/ewe/year |
| Lamb mortality | 8-12% |
| Wool yield per sheep | 1.5-3 kg/year (breed dependent) |
| Sale weight (meat) | 30-40 kg live weight |
For a flock of 40 ewes producing 1.2 lambs/ewe/year at 10% mortality, sale weight 32 kg, meat price PKR 700/kg, plus 2 kg wool/sheep at PKR 150/kg across 45 total sheep: Meat revenue = 40 × 1.2 × 0.9 × 32 × 700 ≈ PKR 967,700. Wool revenue = 45 × 2 × 150 = PKR 13,500. Against annual feed and health costs of roughly PKR 600,000, net profit lands near PKR 380,000 for the flock.
In most local markets, wool contributes only 1-3% of total flock revenue compared to meat sales, since raw wool prices are relatively low. It's worth collecting and selling, but shouldn't drive breed or flock-size decisions on its own.
Most traditional flocks average 1.0-1.3 lambs per ewe per year with single births dominating. Prolific breeds and twice-yearly lambing systems under intensive management can push this to 1.5-1.8.
Feed dominates, typically 55-65% of total cost, similar to goats and cattle. Because sheep can utilize lower-quality grazing and crop residues better than cattle, well-managed grazing can meaningfully cut this share compared to fully stall-fed systems.
Yes — shearing is a welfare and health necessity regardless of wool price, since unshorn sheep are prone to heat stress, skin problems, and parasite buildup. Treat shearing cost as a required expense, not an optional revenue decision.