Standard Boer goat prices have risen to levels not seen since they were first introduced some 30 years ago after another successful sale in Allora at Queensland on Saturday.
New South Wales stud breeders are fast becoming leaders in the goat industry after breaking yet another record for their top stock during the Lazy Acres Invitiaonal Boer Goat Sale.
In September last year Valley Boers/Youlden Valley stud at Cargo achieved what was believed to be a new national auction record the breed at the time when a red Boer made $5000.
But fast forward to the same sale on Saturday and the standard Boer goats had attracted interest from across the country with buyers registering on AuctionsPlus from every state and territory in Australia.
As a result prices reached new heights when a nine-month-old red buck called Youlden Valley Barricade sold for $6400 to Susan Law and Ben Stanford from Best Reds Boer Goat stud at Peak Hill.
Even more impressive to the Youlden family was the fact a 17-month-old standard buck called Viktor matched the price when sold to Brian and Keeleigh Allport, Inverclyde Cattle Company, Moonie, Qld.
The growth in standard prices also saw Bengara Boer Goats, Peak Hill, top the standard doe prices with Bengara 119 making $6200 to Ian and Sharon Machin, Chambers Flat, Qld.
Valley Boers/Youlden Valley stud principal Thomas Youlden said the prices were not a shock.
"The standard Boer goat results seen here today reflect the growing domestic market where both standard and colour Boer goats are of significant value to buyers," he said.
Mr Allport bought from the sale in September and returned for another eight bucks and eight does this time around, including the top standard buck.
They will now form part of a top breeding mob, including a mob of 500 elite does, and control join to produce their own bucks in the future.
The Allports now run about 8000 goats, crossbred from Rangeland genetics, having diversified their cattle operation about two years ago.
Mr Allport said he knew the sale would be strong but took the approach of chasing quality genetics.
"We are not buying second quality Boer goats just to make numbers, we are chasing genetics and quality for our carcase weight and yields," he said.
"We were chasing the colour and we had been buying a lot of red billys and Boers but just the quality of those (standard) fellas, I couldn't let them go.
"They were meat machines and the yield on them. They were a fantastic line up of goats."
NSW vendors stole the show with Valley Boers and Youlden Valley averaging $4554 for their run of boer goats and Bengara Boer Goats averaging $3575 for their offering.
Overall the sale had a clearance rate of 92.5 per cent.