Roll Farms - Herdstock is over, and I'm feeling hung over, lol

[Roll farms]

Part of it is because spots are hot, part of it is because of her breeding, and part is just where she's coming from....the breeder is one of 'the' premier boer breeders and has been in boers since the 90's. I paid $850.00 for a black buck there before....so his pricing's higher than normal anyway.
He shows his goats, they get the best feed / care, etc.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Wow - That is a hard decision. You want to sell the best, you need to breed the best. I would assume that her babies, WHEN you get her, may cost more than others? Will your customers be willing to pay more for her babies?

 

[Sunny & the 5 egg layers]

Wow - That is a hard decision. You want to sell the best, you need to breed the best. I would assume that her babies, WHEN you get her, may cost more than others? Will your customers be willing to pay more for her babies?

x2 The upfront cost may be more for her but when you sell her offspring if they are a lot of money like she is, the cost will even out in the end. She is stunning!

 

[Roll farms]

Trying to work out the logistics...It's a 13 hr round trip....we both have bottle babies...trying to meet in the middle.

 

[Queen Mum]

Edited as a double post

 

[Queen Mum]

Personally, I think someone charging $1500 for a baby that young is price gouging. That baby isn't proven. She may have the blood lines, but her udder isn't developed, her topline isn't definite yet, her backside could be any number of problems, and all sorts of things could go wrong. Just because she has spots does NOT make her worth the money. NO way would I pay that for a kid that young!

Price doesn't determine the real value of a goat. It's just window dressing. A show quality goat is a waste of money if they don't produce good healthy babies and the offspring don't sell in the long run or prove out in the end. Of course, if you are going to show your goats and demand a huge price, then you need paper to back them up somewhere along the line. But the real value is in the actual health and overall conformation of the animal. Does $300 or $400 higher price make a difference with the majority of your your other stock in the long run? Which does give you the best babies, produce the best meat goats, or milk does. Which ones consistently produce doelings and have healthy deliveries. Which buck consistently passes on good genes?

 

[redtailgal]

Hmm. I could see paying 1500$ for well bred stock. Often it takes years of selective breeding to get the bloodlines just right, and the ancestry foundation stock doesnt come cheap! If the critter comes from a healthy line of good producing stock, well, it would be worth it to me. That 1500$ is for the effort and hardwork that goes into an outstanding pedigree.

Granted, there are alot of folks that gouge prices on any type of stock, but if you will research the pedigree, it's easy to tell who has done their ancestry work. Esp if its a show line.......with horses, showing and getting that lovely CH on the paperwork takes alot of time, hard work and $$$. I cant imagine it would be any different with goats.

I would definately pay 1500$ for a well papered animal than pay 800$ for one with so-so papers, if I was in the market for this type of animal. And I know, that if I worked hard to show and title my herd, the offspring would have prices to match.

 

[Roll farms]

I dunno where the $1500.00 came from...she's $1000.00.

RTG, you're pretty much spot on...this man knows more about Boers and how to produce winners than I can ever hope to learn. He sells all his culls for meat (regardless of the fact that some people would buy / use them, because of their colors) and only keeps / offers the best as breeding stock. His black/paint/red doelings are $800.00 - $1200.00 depending on who their parents are / if they're ennobled, etc. He's not gouging her price b/c of her spots, she's 'fair' as far as his pricing goes.

And yes, hauling goats to shows all over the US isn't cheap...and that's why his prices aren't either...He sells healthy, quality stock, from PROVEN winners, who consistently produce winners. He puts money into them, why should he sell them cheap?

In fact, he's doing me a favor....He generally sells his goats at the Splash of Color sale and other 'big' sales, where they go for $2000.00 and up....the fact that he's willing to meet me part way, when he's busy...and not 'making' me pay more for her, when he could probably take her to the auction and triple the price.
And he's going to disbud her / start her on the bottle b/c he knows that's what I want.

So, QM, she may not be "proven", but he's NOT price gouging.

 

[elevan]

I think that knowing what Roll knows about the breeder and the lines that he breeds that the price could be considered fair. But it's an important point to make to new goat owners to do their homework because price does not always equal quality.

She's a beauty, that's for sure.

 

[Roll farms]

He also offered me my 'choice' on 3 does....there was one who was 'flashier', but she's 4 teated....I went w/ the 2 teater.