Quote Originally Posted by kc261 View Post
When a morph is very new and very rare, a male will cost more. The male can be used to breed lots of females, thus creating large numbers of the new morph. Also, he'll (usually) breed sooner. Thus, when there are only say 10 animals of the new morph available to be purchased this year, when you are lucky enough to be able to purchase one of those 10, you will want it to be a male. Supply of both is very limited, but the demand for the males is higher.

Once a morph becomes more common, the females become worth more than males, for the very same reason. A single male can be paired with lots of females, so you only need one male. However, multiple females of the same morph are useful. The supply of males and females will be about equal (or there may actually be fewer females available, because breeders are more likely to hold back females), yet the demand for females is greater.
How dare you beat BG to this post. Death to KC261.