Posted by Deborah on October 04, 2002 at 08:44:34:
In Reply to: Selling goats for market?????????????? posted by Gloria on October 03, 2002 at 16:48:08:
I take about 10 bucks to the sale twice a year. I get about .92 a lb. for them. Now I'm just the opposite as to when I take them to the sale barn. I don't sell them for meat (although I'm sure some of them are sold for it) so I take them after the major holidays. I know that's somewhat naive of me. The rest of the goats I sell are done by individual sales for pets, or brush goats. There I'll sell the nannies. I tend to do better money-wise when I sell them that way. I also sale 6 mo. olds to the local fair and rodeo for goat scrambles. Anyway, I don't come out ahead...but I'm not in it for the money anyway. I have 45 goats now and I would say I've sold about 30 or 35 this year, so far. I live outside of Houston.