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well, the global commodity price for fine wool right now is about $0.15 per 100 Kg [edit: i was off by 100x, see below], and the biggest/thickest sweater will require less than 2 lbs. also, that price is up 50% over last year, so lol, the shepherd is not getting $2 on the $15 sweater even in this "high price" market.
the shepherd are making 10-15 cents on the $190-$250 designer label 100% merino wool sweater that is made in a sweatshop where workers make $1.30/hr to flip out 50 of them in an hour.
you're right, i was doing some conversions because it's listed in cents (1,538.70 cents per kilo) and fucked myself up. to be fair, tons of ag commodities are crazy cheap.
federal reserve says $15.38/Kg. so $15 for a 100% fine wool thick, designer sweater goes to the shepherd. last year at this time it would be ~$9.84 for the same. wool is weird. makes me want to look up cotton, because i bet its fucked.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PWOOLFUSDM