Brood doe’s value climbs as
butcher goat prices hit all time highs By Derek Beane
As we have all noticed, meat goat prices have been at all-time highs in many regions of the nation. With that it has brought new- comers to the industry and others wanting to add numbers to their herd — even some cattle farmers looking to diversify. D and J Goat Farms in North Carolina falls into the expansion category and fielded several contacts from folks looking for does to use as recips.
“I have told folks what I have and then the price of the adult does
and either I didn’t have exactly “what they were looking” for or I was just too high,” he said. “I am certainly not trying to be arrogant thinking our does are the best and command prime prices but it just broke down to the math — where D and J Goat Farms is currently with expansion, we needed the goat worse than we needed the cash.” Beane said that in January he sold Kiko buck kids at his local livestock market and averaged $6 a pound.
“January and February has always been the best time for us lo- cally to sell here in central North Carolina,” Beane said. “Supply is very low and demand is still solid.” “We were blown away by the prices,” he said. “We would have been happy and blessed at $4. After that we seriously started looking at a major expansion of our herd. A few months later we sold some heavier weights and got $5.40 and knew then we had made the right decision for our family and farm to start expanding.” So, potentially, what is a good brood doe worth? Well, maybe
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