How much do you pay for a farrier?

Question

i charge $55 for new shoes all around

and $50 for resets all around, $35 for new fronts and $30 for front resets. $20 for trims. im just curious if this is about average. what do your farriers charge? also how far will your farrier travel to shoe horses? thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Wow, I wish I lived in these other peoples area. I'm from Northern Indiana, and pay my farrier 45.00 for a trim, and 95.00 for shoes. He travels about  60-65 miles to the barn were I board. There are 3 other horses on our schedule, so we split the trip charge.

Good luck in your new practice! And watch that back!

Answer 2

Hi.  I am in central MN and we would love to see your prices here.  There are a lot of horses in the area and until recently it was hard to find a farrier, still hard to find a good one.   The farrier I have had for years still gives me a bit of a discount too but I know that he charges new clients $35.00 for a trim and $95.00 (last time I checked, haven't gotten out yet so haven't needed the shoes this year but... that's what it was around last August or so) for a full set.  I would say he travels a good 35-40 mile area.

Answer 3

On the Palos Verdes penninsula here in Southern California, if you can find a good farrier who charges less than $100 for new shoes all around, less than $85 for resets and less than $45 for a trim, you're doing good.  We've got one guy out here who has a virtual monopoly on the show stables on "the hill," as it's called.  He's good, but he's also picky about who he'll work for.  He won't, as a rule, travel farther than 8-10 miles from his home to shoe horses.  He doesn't have to.  By my calculations, this guy is pulling in something on the order of over $125K per year gross.  As I said, he's good, but he can be a pain to work with.

Answer 4

I pay at least double that in Ocala,  Florida, but I also board at a English equestrian facility and have my farrier on 24/7 call.

I prefer the vet type farriers that not only provide blacksmith services, but can diagnose and treat any leg & foot problems.

Answer 5

We are in rural South GA.  Our farrier charges $25 for a trim, $35 for fronts, and $50 for shoes all around.  If the horse throws a shoe before the four week mark, he resets it free if he is in the area.  If the horse needs special shoes, like heart bars, or pads he might charge more depending on if he had to make a special trip to get the shoes/pads.  Our farrier drives from an hour away to do our horses (we have 9), and tries to schedule everyone in the area for the same day.  Your prices are very reasonable compared to some of the other farriers in our area, who charge a lot more than you do and than my guy does.  

If my guy charged more though, I would still use him.  He is the only one I have ever used who could keep a shoe on my horses, besides our original farrier who retired at the age of 76.  We have used more expensive farriers whose shoes wouldn't stay on for jack... my horses would throw them in a week, one after the other.  The farrier was out every week resetting them.  We dumped him really quick in favor of the guy we used for the year.

I don't envy you your job :-)  Most people don't realize what hard work farriery is!  Especially if you are tall.  Our farrier is a short guy (5.4 ft), and he still says he has horrible backaches every night.  The guy we used before him was fresh out of school, and a 6 footer, and he only lasted a year in the biz.

Here's a pat on the back for you!!!!!

Answer 6

My farrier comes about 30 miles to do my two horses. I try to schedule when he is doing another client in our area to save him on the gas.

He charges $30 for a trim and I am not sure what for shoes. He does hot shoeing and custom stuff for any sized horses. He does quite a few drafts and carriage horses with special shoes.

I would pay what ever he wanted as he is good and treats the horses well. Their feet look great and they are very balanced and well trimmed.

Answer 7

I have had the same farrier for nearly 30 years...he charges about the same as your have quoted.  He travels probably 25 miles I guess...to do my horses.  I think that I am the furthest away of his current clients.  Of course this is a very rural area, one would pay much more in the larger city stables, and equestrian and dressage barns I suspect.

Answer 8

I live in Canada and so I have to get a local farrier. The price is $20 for the trimming of the hooves. $33 for the trimming and $20 the shoes put on. I pay $20 with everything as I am a good friend of the farrier and a student. It depends on the type of person you use for your Horse and where you live