Pricing
How Much Does a Ragdoll Kitten Cost?
The typical price range in 2026, what our own price covers, and how to tell whether any breeder's price is fair.
Pricing
The typical price range in 2026, what our own price covers, and how to tell whether any breeder's price is fair.
A pet-quality Ragdoll kitten from a breeder usually costs about $1,500 to $3,000 in 2026. Show and breeding cats start around $3,000, and a retired adult from a breeder is usually $350 to $1,500. Every Lapdolls kitten is $2,700, spayed or neutered and microchipped before pick-up.
Lapdolls price current as of October 1, 2026.
Three price guides updated this year give similar ranges for a pet-quality Ragdoll kitten from a breeder. Floppycats puts it at $1,500 to $3,000. Petful says $1,000 to $2,800, with most kittens between $1,500 and $2,500. Catster gives $1,500 to $2,500 and up.
| Type of Ragdoll | Typical price | What the guides say |
|---|---|---|
| Pet-quality kitten from a breeder | $1,500 to $3,000 | Floppycats $1,500 to $3,000. Petful $1,000 to $2,800. Catster $1,500 to $2,500 and up |
| Show or breeding quality | $3,000 and up | Petful $3,000 to $5,000 or more. Floppycats $3,500 to $7,500 or more when breeding rights are included |
| Retired adult from a breeder | $350 to $1,500 | Floppycats $350 to $1,500. Petful $400 to $900 |
| Rescue or shelter | $75 to $1,000 | Petful $75 to $600. Catster $400 to $1,000 |
These figures come from the guides' own research and breeder contacts. None of them is a formal survey, and prices tend to run higher near big East Coast cities. Our $2,700 sits in the upper half of the pet-quality range, and it already covers the spay or neuter surgery and microchip, which not every breeder includes.
Want to adopt an adult instead? We place our own retired cats for a small fee, and sometimes for none. See our adult cats and our guide to adopting a retired Ragdoll.
Every Lapdolls Ragdoll kitten is $2,700. That is the same price for every kitten regardless of color, pattern, or sex, and it includes spay or neuter surgery and a microchip before pick-up. A $500 deposit reserves one and comes off the total. Kittens go home between 13 and 15 weeks old.
Pattern-based pricing is normal in this breed. Bicolors often carry a premium, and a rare color costs whatever the market will bear. We do not do it that way.
Flat pricing means nobody pays extra for whatever pattern happens to be fashionable this year, and nobody gets quietly nudged toward a kitten because it is the cheaper one. You choose the kitten whose temperament suits your household. The price is already settled.
Two things, and we would rather be plain about them now than have you find out later.
| Item | In the $2,700? | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| TICA or CFA registration | Included | Your choice of registry. Papers go home with the kitten |
| Age-appropriate vaccinations | Included | Given before the kitten goes home, with the written record |
| Three-year genetic guarantee | Included | Replacement if the kitten passes from a genetic disease in that time |
| FIV and FeLV testing | Included | Both parents test negative |
| Parent DNA testing | Included | Both parents tested and clear. Kittens are not separately tested |
| Socialization and litter training | Included | Raised around children, dogs and ordinary family noise |
| Veterinary exam | Not included | You book and pay for your own, within 72 hours of pickup |
| Spay or neuter | Included | Done here before pick-up |
| Microchip | Included | Placed at the same time as the surgery |
| Travel outside the area | Not included | Local pickup and PDX cost nothing. Out-of-state travel is costed separately |
| Insurance | Not included | Optional, and worth pricing before you collect |
Our FAQ covers the policy detail behind each of these, including the vet visit, spay and neuter, and what the health guarantee actually pays out on.
Price follows what a breeder actually does, not what the kitten looks like. DNA testing both parents costs money. So does registration, decent food, and keeping kittens until 13 to 15 weeks, spayed or neutered and microchipped, rather than sending them out at eight.
If a price sits far below what you see elsewhere, ask what was skipped. If it sits far above, ask what the extra buys. The useful question is never the number on its own. It is what the number pays for, and any breeder worth adopting from will answer that without getting defensive.
The purchase price is the smaller half of year one. Setup, food, litter, vet care and insurance all add up, and people underestimate them. We have written an honest breakdown of what a Ragdoll kitten really costs in the first twelve months.
Ask us anything about pricing, timing, or which kitten might suit your household.
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