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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: mattjen on April 06, 2012, 09:50:22 pm

Title: boar price
Post by: mattjen on April 06, 2012, 09:50:22 pm

Hi all,could anyone give me a rough guide to a price for a GOS gerald boar please?he is meant to have won shows when he was younger but he is 7 years old now,he is still making my girls happy but the trouble is he isnt actually mine and now the woman who owns him is on about selling him,she offered him to me for £300 but just wondering what you all think?many thanks in advance for advice MATT and JENN

Title: Re: boar price
Post by: robert waddell on April 06, 2012, 10:31:36 pm

it is a bit long in the tooth at 7 years old
i doubt she will get it sold at the asking price given the price of pigs cast boars are 90pence to £1 a kilo dead weight so that could be your starting offer
why not get a young boar it has all its life ahead of it :farmer:

Title: Re: boar price
Post by: Berkshire Boy on April 06, 2012, 11:21:49 pm

No way is he worth that. One of my boars is 7 and has just started firing blanks so I would say yours won't be far behind.
£300 would buy you a very good boar with 7 years in front of him not behind. ;)

Title: Re: boar price
Post by: HappyHippy on April 07, 2012, 10:21:06 am

I'm with BB and Robert on this, at 7 (harsh as it sounds) he's not worth investing £300 in  :-\
You could go back with a counter (lower) offer but I'd be tempted to buy a youngester and start afresh  :thumbsup:
HTH
Karen x

Title: Re: boar price
Post by: lill on April 07, 2012, 10:46:32 am

Don't be tempted to buy this boar, quite frankly at 7 years old he is very nearly passed it, invest in a young boar proably get a young boar cheaper than the £300 and all his working life in front of him.

Title: Re: boar price
Post by: Blinkers on April 07, 2012, 11:06:26 am

Agree with everything said above.   There are some very good young boars out there and £300 is megga expensive for a 7y.o.  :wave:

Title: Re: boar price
Post by: Berkshire Boy on April 07, 2012, 03:16:44 pm

there is a Gerald boar for sale on the Farmingads site he is 6 months old and £100. :wave:

Title: Re: boar price
Post by: hughesy on April 08, 2012, 11:24:51 am

We have just bought a proven two year old pedigree saddleback boar for 150 quid. Came from a very well looked after herd and very experienced breeders. Obviously you cannot produce a two year old pig for 150 quid but there are market forces at work.

Title: Re: boar price
Post by: kilvington family on April 09, 2012, 11:05:22 am

thanks to mel we have a lovely boar he has settled in nicely we are very happy with him from keith