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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: cuckoo on October 06, 2014, 09:46:14 am

Title: Pence per kg dead weight?
Post by: cuckoo on October 06, 2014, 09:46:14 am
What is average pence per kg dead weight for goat? That is 18mth old or less
Thanks
Title: Re: Pence per kg dead weight?
Post by: sokel on October 06, 2014, 10:57:22 am
The Last 2 we had done where 18 month old 75% Boer wethers  and they Killed out at 25.5 kg and 26kg . we kept one ourselves and sold the other one to a friend for £120
Title: Re: Pence per kg dead weight?
Post by: Anke on October 06, 2014, 12:21:30 pm
My last batch of BT male wethers went at 10 months and two killed out at just over 25kgs and the other one (which was one of triplets) was a little less at 21kgs.

As we don't officially sell  :innocent:, haven't got any prices per kg, but would start with joints at 10 - 12 pounds per kg (bone in for leg), and slightly less for cubed and mince. We now do our own butchery on our dining room table...

Title: Re: Pence per kg dead weight?
Post by: Roxy on October 06, 2014, 11:16:53 pm
A local butcher killed some and had a sign outside saying goat meat was £12.99 per kg.  Another butcher charges a lot less.  He was bemoaning the fact that goats are a lot smaller than lambs - he said 20kg was good.
Title: Re: Pence per kg dead weight?
Post by: Lesley Silvester on October 06, 2014, 11:34:07 pm
I was allowing £120 for a whole butchered goat. It is expensive meat, largely because it has very little fat, I think.
Title: Re: Pence per kg dead weight?
Post by: fsmnutter on October 07, 2014, 08:23:51 am
The Scottish goat meat company are online, cant keep up with demand at £23/kg for diced and £31 per leg etc.
Our nearly 6m old kids just came back at 17, 19 and 20kg and we were very pleased. We had one at R3L and 2 O3L, and the smallest was a triplet.