Hello Hello,
The recent APG sales clearly demonstrate that a colt will always outsell a filly of the same breeding.When times are tough having lots of fillies to sell makes things so much harder.
If you Studs want to help the breeder who sells their yearlings at auction, knowing that a colt will outsell a filly every time adjust the stud fee accordingly.
For an example: stallion stud fee of
$ 10,000. I think it would be fairer to charge $ 12,000 if you get a colt and
$ 8,000 for a filly. This would mean that if you got a colt you would owe the stud $2,000 and if you got a filly they would owe you $2,000. Because of this it becomes more complicated making it harder to initiate. Give people the option of paying $ 10,000 for the stallion fee regrdless of gender, or charge the service fee at $12,000 upfront and if you get a colt all is even, and if you get a filly the stud gives you a refund of $4,000. As you would assume that studs would be against giving you money back directly how about a $4,000 credit off of the next years service fee. Assuming 50% colts & 50% fillies the studs would receive the same revenue and the breeder recives some help if they have less income from the sale of a filly.
Food for thought !
Regards,
Sue