THE first Yass goat sale was held at the South Eastern Livestock Exchange (SELX), Yass, on Monday with 84 rangeland and well-bred goats offered.
The complex had been adjusted to allow for the goat sales, following the large price hike for goats across the state in recent months.
While main interest came from four major buyers, there was a large enough run of goats to sell to every buyer that was looking.
Prices for bucks ranged from $112 to $128, while wethers ranged from $88 to $143.
Does were in abundance and sold from $74 to $155.
The top price was offered for a pen of 12 Boer does in kid that sold for $155 a head.
A small pen of rangeland does made $101 and went to the export market, while another pen of smaller rangeland does made $80 and went to the same buyer.
A small run of Angora goats sold in three different lots made $94 for five does, $114 for 19 larger does and $108 for a 11 of the lighter run of the breed.
Rangeland goats were sold in smaller lots with a top of $128, for a pen of three bucks.
Ray White agents Gary Apps, Boorowa, and David Smith, Binalong, conducted the first sale.
“For the first sale, numbers were low but the market was very strong,” Mr Smith said.
“The market was so strong we topped at about 850c/kg to 900c/kg and that was for light Boer goats.”
Mr Smith said the next goat sale will be held in Yass in two in two months time forming a new tradition for the yards.
“We hope to see more people and more goats at the next sale,” Mr Apps said.
“The market held strong throughout the sale, we hope it continues to do so.”
Buyer interest came from Camden, Wodonga, Griffith, Sydney and Melbourne.
Ascot Prime Meats, Wodonga, were the main buyers, with keen interest to larger grown goats, they took home a number of the prime goats available.
For the first sale, numbers were low but the market was very strong.
- Ray White agent David Smith, Binalong
With the large commercial meat buyers showing strong interest at the sale in order to keep up with the customer demand, the offered the high prices to do so.
While the sale was the first for the complex, agents said it held its own against other goat sales across the state.
The prices remain in trend with other sales and are continuing to grow with consumer demand from overseas and local markets.
