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Sat. was hot but had a 266 head of mostly average goats and sheep, 4 registered goats, quiet a few chickens, some waterers for poultry, some cages and a hog feeder, some more misc stuff and wall hay bunk. We didn’t know we were going to have hay and we had some weedy grass hay show up about 2 for sale. I had people ask about it but didn’t know we had any coming. We had a pretty big crowd but if everyone would have stayed who left animals we’d had a really big crowd. And we had lots of new people,  some checking us out, and some brought stuff to sell, and some were buying. We had 4 registered goats 2 were Nubians and 2 were Boer.  We had 2 pups.

The average price takes ALL into account not just the best ones.  Weight, amount of meat on the frame, health, looks, market demand, age, and color even makes a difference. A nanny’s bag makes a difference.  It is an auction and what ever someone will give is what it sells for.

Goat and hair sheep are sold by head.  Wool sheep sold by the pound converted to CWT or hundred weight. CWT 192= 1.92 a pound.  Pairs can be one nanny or ewe and 1 or several kids or lambs.  Pygmy listing is for the small goat breeds including Nigerian Dwarf breed.

Market Report on 2 pages

Market Transaction averages below.  This is an average/ by species/ by sex/ no head/ ave weight/ average price per CWT/ ave price by head/ best price at weight.- this page

Market summery by species/by sex/weight range/ hi - low- average, no of head -on next page.

Market report for July 13, 2019

It’s summer time for sure.  Prices were up and down.  Billy kids went down  20 cents, big bills were steady, compared to 9 hd last time with 28 head this time and weights pretty close.  Nanny kids went down 34 cents, nannys went up 12 cents.  With breeding stock it’s all in what they look like and the good ones bring a better price, others go to market.  Pygmies were up 16 cents, we had 3 registered nannies and they went up 16 cents but again it’s age, looks, breeding for registered stock and we don’t get enough for a good test of the market on registered animals.  Goat wethers were up 15 cents.  Hair ewes were down 13 cents, ewe lambs took the biggest jump going up .83 cents but we only had 2, hair ram lambs went up 48 cents with 9 last sale and 13 this sale and these a little heavier, and we didn’t have any hair sheep wethers last sale so no comparison.  Wool sheep ewe lambs went up 20 cents, ram lambs went up 6 cents and wool sheep wethers were steady although we didn’t have many wool sheep this sale.

Occasionally we have someone who wants to sell a Llama or Pyrenees or Anatolia or crossed Pyr/Ana guard dogs and we will sell them.  We do not sell other mixed breeds of dogs. The other common used guard animal is a donkey and we do not sell those.

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