How much for registered Nubian?

[farm mom]

I have been taking care of my neighbors registered Nubian doe for two weeks while they were in England. They have decided to move to England and are selling this doe. I would like to buy her but am not sure what to offer her (she isn't sure what to sell her for so she asked me to make an offer). She is a nice doe between 1-2 years (I'll find out when I see her papers) and has never been bred. Nubians are the easiest goat to find in my area. Any ideas on what you would sell for? Thanks!

Tiffany

[BlueHeronFarm]

Around here, papered, they go for between 300 and 400 (400 if bred or in milk). Since she has never been bred and you are not 100% sure if she is fertile, it's hard to suggest an offering price. ...She should really just tell you what she wants for her.

[southerngurl]

Might post where you are at.

[DocM]

Never bred, never proven, it would depend on her bloodlines, but in order to make a determination, you need to be familiar with the bloodlines, milk records, linear appraisals. You should be familiar with goat typing, be able to look at her legs, body, and rear area and make some kind of judgment on her from that.

Without knowing any of those things, and since the owners have said "make an offer" (which makes me believe they have no idea what she's worth), I'd offer her $75. People get that much for brush wethers (pets basically) around here, so that's what she'd be worth. If nothing else, she could be bred and made into someone's nice home milkgoat.

Papers don't mean anything unless you're familiar with the entire breeding history, you show, and you're looking to improve or continue a particular breed line. Papers don't make a good goat, they just tell you the goat's parentage.

[farm mom]

Thanks DocM.

I am in Oregon.

I think I'll just ask her to set a price and we will go from there. My husband always says "whoever mentions price first loses." I would just be using her for a home milker.

Tiffany

[tiergarten-CO]

around here papered milkers start at 125 and up...

[hoofinitnorth]

DocM has it right on. Don't forget about health & testing status!!!

[HazyDay]

With papers a kid doeling around here is worth $250.00, a dry yearling 350.00-450.00, and a milking/milker doe is worth from 400.00-750.oo

(These are only for Nubians, around hear they are cheap, but if I was to go 12 hours away I would be paying well over 500.00 for a papered Nubian.)

[Freeholder]

It depends on who her parents are. Do they have show records with wins? Do the females in her line have good milk records? If yes to both, then the higher prices that have been mentioned wouldn't be out of line. If no, then DocM is right on target. The only value of the papers is that they allow you to find out about her parents and evaluate them, which helps in knowing what her potential is.

When you get a look at her papers, post her parents on here, with their registration numbers, and someone can look them up on the ADGA site for you and tell you if they were good animals or not.

Kathleen

[wildhorse]

Around here good healthy milkers with papers runs 350 per doe.

[goatkid]

It depends on the goat's ancestry and the animal, herself. I sell registered Nubians starting at $150. If I start getting finished champions in my herd, their doelings would go for more.