Do you want to know when the best time to place your boer goats
for sale? How about planning your breedings around known holidays?
I recommend you find out what the popular goat-eating holidays
are in your area. I did a little bit of research, and this was
the information I was able to find about holiday dates at which
meat goats may be sold. Different areas of the country have
different events that are celebrated by different groups of
peoples. At some of those events, the size issue comes into
play. So, you have to know what size animals are desired for
the different occasions. (Some want very young kids still nursing;
some want old bucks - without blemishes; some want that 40 to
60 pound wether). Learning what size/type animal is wanted by
your buyers is as important as knowing the holidays/events.
It requires a little bit of work on your part if you want to
maximize your income.
In doing my homework we learned Easter is a great time for
us to sell. We have to consult a calendar; find out when Easter
is going to be; back off two weeks or to the nearest sale-barn
selling date roughly two weeks before Easter; back off 3 months
for a kidding date; then back off another 5 months for a breeding
date.So if Easter is on April 8, 2 weeks prior to that is 25
March. 3 Months before that is 25 December, and 5 months prior
to that is August 25. Therefore, to have our "best"
product for an Easter sell, we should ensure we are breeding
in the last 2 weeks of August.
Of course, your breeding results may vary. Here is what you
have to do:
Once you know birth weights and growing time,
then you can calculate approximately how long it's going to take
your goats to reach the optimum sell size.
