Post by copperkid3 on Jun 9, 2015 18:28:50 GMT
The reason I ask is that despite having kept goats from around 1999 onward and having to cull them occasionally; either by butchering
them ourselves or sending them off to the wholesale auction or someone else who bought them low and sold them high to the ethnic market....
I've just let them live as pets and buried those who died from old age or illness. However, within the last couple months, I've had a few people
come by and ask to buy a goat; either to use for cleaning up brush & breeding or for consumption. The first one was a young male Boer mix of 2 yrs
and who weighed probably 60-75 lbs. and the buyer was quite happy to only have to pay $100.00. Claimed that the sale barns were wanting $150 and up
for something of similar size. I haven't been going to the auction barns, but have been keeping track of their on-line sales and this seems to be too high, so
I'm not sure whether he's just saying that or if he was just happy to get one fresh off the farm, so to speak and save him having to make the trip and risk getting
a sick one..... Just this morning, after the hard rains we've been having, I was checking the perimeter fencing to make sure that they were secure and limbs/trees
hadn't come down on them and as I was coming along the roadside of the property, a car slowed down and stopped and the man asked me if I was the one who kept
goats. I acknowledged I was (and immediately thought..."Oh no, they got out on the OTHER side of the property!"), but he instead inquired if I had any to sell for meat.
Told him I did and we exchanged the formalities of what he was looking for and what I had and the price(s). He wanted the biggest I was willing to let go and told him that
there was one in particular, that I was thinking about along those lines and that I'd probably let him go for $150.00. He didn't seem too surprised by the figure, but later inquired
if this price was firm. I assured him that it was and that he weighed every bit of 150 lbs; if not more. We then discussed butchering and if I allowed it on the property, as he lived
in the city and would have to make other arrangements. Told him that I didn't want the liability factor, but that there was a state-licensed butchering facility less than 3 miles away
and that they were fairly reasonable. He also mentioned that he would want the butcher to leave the skin on the carcass and to burn the hair off, as it produced the best flavor in the meat.
I should mention here, that the gentleman in question, had a slight African accent, while speaking perfect English and I can only assume, that it was a cultural thing from his past.
Does anyone know which culture practices such in the preparation of their meat goats? And more importantly, am I pricing my livestock too low or too high?
How much are meat goats in your area?
them ourselves or sending them off to the wholesale auction or someone else who bought them low and sold them high to the ethnic market....
I've just let them live as pets and buried those who died from old age or illness. However, within the last couple months, I've had a few people
come by and ask to buy a goat; either to use for cleaning up brush & breeding or for consumption. The first one was a young male Boer mix of 2 yrs
and who weighed probably 60-75 lbs. and the buyer was quite happy to only have to pay $100.00. Claimed that the sale barns were wanting $150 and up
for something of similar size. I haven't been going to the auction barns, but have been keeping track of their on-line sales and this seems to be too high, so
I'm not sure whether he's just saying that or if he was just happy to get one fresh off the farm, so to speak and save him having to make the trip and risk getting
a sick one..... Just this morning, after the hard rains we've been having, I was checking the perimeter fencing to make sure that they were secure and limbs/trees
hadn't come down on them and as I was coming along the roadside of the property, a car slowed down and stopped and the man asked me if I was the one who kept
goats. I acknowledged I was (and immediately thought..."Oh no, they got out on the OTHER side of the property!"), but he instead inquired if I had any to sell for meat.
Told him I did and we exchanged the formalities of what he was looking for and what I had and the price(s). He wanted the biggest I was willing to let go and told him that
there was one in particular, that I was thinking about along those lines and that I'd probably let him go for $150.00. He didn't seem too surprised by the figure, but later inquired
if this price was firm. I assured him that it was and that he weighed every bit of 150 lbs; if not more. We then discussed butchering and if I allowed it on the property, as he lived
in the city and would have to make other arrangements. Told him that I didn't want the liability factor, but that there was a state-licensed butchering facility less than 3 miles away
and that they were fairly reasonable. He also mentioned that he would want the butcher to leave the skin on the carcass and to burn the hair off, as it produced the best flavor in the meat.
I should mention here, that the gentleman in question, had a slight African accent, while speaking perfect English and I can only assume, that it was a cultural thing from his past.
Does anyone know which culture practices such in the preparation of their meat goats? And more importantly, am I pricing my livestock too low or too high?
How much are meat goats in your area?
