What Is the Value of the Wool of the Alpaca?

Alpaca is a long-haired, domesticated South American mammal related to llama. The value of something is only as far as people are willing to pay for it. All wool-producing animals are periodically sheared and this frees them from all sorts of insects that are trapped in the wool. I'm wondering if we have to re-examine our beliefs from time to time and shear them away,. If necessary. Let new ones grow in the place.