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So, I've been in the goat business for a few months now and here is what I've experienced in terms of goat pricing...
I bought two groups of criollo goats so far for a total of 26 goats. The first time I paid 125/kg of live weight and the second time I didn't bother weighing them but rather paid around RD$3,100 per goat on average.
They were mostly adult females in each case and there were some younger kids and males in the mix. In both groups several of the females were already pregnant. So since buying I've had about 8 kids born with more on their way in the coming weeks and months!
I would have had 34 now, but I had to sacrifice one of the females who's uterus came out after birthing. I figured it was better to sell it for meat instead of paying to have it operated on and most likely having future complications or death anyways.
I sold 1/2 the goat meat to some friends for around 155 pesos per pound (currently ranges around 150-165 around here). The other half was sold by the butcher (whom went to the farm to sacrifice the goat) to locals.
The total meat sale price minus the butchers fees/commission just about covered my original purchase price of that goat. The good thing is that she birthed a male kid for me, so I'll have additional gain on that in about 6 months if all goes well.
We are currently feeding the orphaned kid some goat milk by tying up two other mothers who are currently giving milk to their kids and letting him suckle from them.
I just attended the 2014 national agropecuaria fair in Santo Domingo where I saw some good looking male Boer meat goats for sale. They were asking US$2,000 per male (pure blood, registered) with ages ranging between 1-3 years old I believe!