Is this a fair price?

CountryWannabe · #21 08/19/12, 09:55 PM

The 4 year old wether we butchered was just fine - but we cook goat long and slow, make curries, stews, slow roasts, BBQ, etc

Mary

||Downhome|| · #22 08/19/12, 11:32 PM

I'm lucky to get 70lbs from a good sized deer here.
I debone so its all meat, bit of sinew and tendon.
thats a big deer!
I have yet to see a goat to rival one!

that said, yes put a value on it, its all dollars and cents wether (hehe) its being exchanged for such. In a trade though someone comes out ahead.its just too hard to nail it down to a on the barrel head type of thing.
be it a little or a lot.
that is why you should nail it down prior to. you know the haggling part of a trade.
if both party's are in agree,should be no hard feelings either way.
Some times you get the better end of it and some times not.
Some folks though always feel the need to always come out ahead.
in a regular barter though,I would point out that they got the better end time before
or take into account they got the short end. of coarse many would only point out the first, but I try to be fair.
If they regularly expected the lions share they can trade else where.

Whisperwindkat · #23 08/20/12, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by sidepasser

Would a goat that is 4 years old be kind of tough? Never ate one that age before so am curious, the oldest I've ever slaughtered was a yearling wether.

Glad it worked out good for both of you.

We have never noticed a difference in the meat because of the age of the goat. We butchered a 12 year old doe last year and she tasted just as good as the yearling we did as well. But like others we cook our goat for a long time at low temperatures. Blessings, Kat

big rockpile · #24 08/20/12, 08:24 AM

Ok I asked my wife about this yesterday and she said you weren't too far out of Line on Price because around here a Older Dairy Doe runs $100-$150 then cost of Butchering $75-$100.

This is why I never Butcherd any of my Goats I could get way more selling them.

big rockpile

farmgal · #25 08/20/12, 09:01 AM

My sister insisted I take this ladies goats, (2) off her hands and keep them as pets. No way, I do not like goats. so she dumped them off anyway. I took them later that week to an auction. They were 2 large male goats neutered. I went home and 2 days later got a check for $250! I couldnt believe what they brought on the hoof after the auction took their cut. I didnt even stick around, I just dumped them off. I think it is a fair price all processed. You even delivered. Gas isnt cheap.

sidepasser · #26 08/20/12, 09:14 AM

Thanks everyone for responding to my question about the age of the goat vs. the toughness of the meat. I used to raise goats for meat and most of the people who bought my wethered goats wanted them less than a year old. That was pretty much the "normal" age for me to butcher my own wethers so wasn't sure if the meat would be tougher as the goat got older.

When I was selling goats on the hoof, I normally would get 75-100.00 for wether depending on age and size, but the "cheapest" ones went for 75.00. Now I sold dairy goats at age 4 months to ethnic groups for their religious holidays and those always went for 50. each on the hoof. Those were dairy wethers. I never butchered at my farm for other people but would deliver to the local processor for a 10.00 fee and the buyer would pick up their meat when called. Never had a problem. The local processor charged a 20.00 kill fee, then 20 cents a pound to cut and wrap.

That has been more than 10 years ago and I am sure that prices have increased since then.

Lamb is very expensive, if I raised lambs and charged what the grocery stores do, I could quit my day job - lol..12.99 a lb. indeed for lamb chops..sheesh. One always has to consider what it costs to raise and process their meat and include that in the price per lb. Otherwise you are working for free or do not consider your labor to be worth anything.

I know that is hard for Homesteaders to wrap their minds around, but in any venture, your labor must be worth something. What I have found is that those selling off their farm usually don't consider labor, just feed/hay/vet, etc. inputs. that is why I find eggs for 1.50 a dozen that are "fresh off the farm" vs. the grocery store that charges 2.50 and up for the same "cage free, antibiotic free, free-range" type eggs. Something to think about when pricing "farm fresh" eggs (and any other "farm fresh" food stuff.

Tracy Rimmer · #27 08/20/12, 10:10 AM

I think I want to sell my goats where Whisperwind lives.

Whisperwindkat · #28 08/20/12, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Tracy Rimmer

I think I want to sell my goats where Whisperwind lives.

We don't have that many farms in the state that sell meat off the farm so right now it is getting premium prices. For example here are the prices for several farms in the state: Lamb on the hoof (these are her cull lambs)150.00-200.00 dollars, lamb processed(meat lambs) 450.00, chevon processed (they approx. 50 lbs. of meat) 500.00. Like I said soup bones from that last farm are 4.50 a lb. So yeah, off farm prices right now are high around here.

mary,tx · #29 08/20/12, 11:16 AM

Then again, you can always find ads for people trying to sell their stuff for way more than most of us would pay for it.

I think if you want to deal with a person more than once, you need to agree on everything ahead of time so that both sides know they are getting a deal they can feel good about.

CarolT · #30 08/21/12, 12:07 PM

Not so high in this part of the state

Not much moving around here at any price

ONG2 · #31 08/22/12, 09:04 AM

This at the Mt Hope auction in Ohio this week
Head Goats__249__ Kid Goats – $155.00 & Down
Billies - $205.00 & Down Nannies - $170.00 & Down
Weathers - $285.00 & Down