Raising Meat Goats - Marketing (Selling) Meat Goats

Having started in the meat goat production, should be a way to sell skin products. Slaughter goats and breeding stock usually take care of the cattle sold at auction sales. Sheep and goats are usually sold together at the same sale, because they can be handled, transported and slaughtered together. Customers love that they are both available. Sales of both, get more customers and get better prices. Sales stalls selling goats and sheep in its weekly livestock sales would not get as many customers as a goat or a good price as well as those who have a separate monthly sales of sheep and goats.

Many producers of goat meat sold directly to consumers. To sell meat directly to the consumer the animals must be slaughtered in the United Sates Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspected plant. Federal inspectors (veterinarians) must be present, and the animals are slaughtered and the meat while obrađuje.Trošak these inspectors paid for processing. This makes the slaughter of sheep or goats in a small USDA inspected plant is very expensive (about $ 2.00 per pound of meat.) Small meat processing plants that have not been reviewed USDA can handle animals for individuals if the meat is not sold after processing. It is legal to sell live animals to customers and deliver those animals noninspected facilities for customers, if customers pick up and pay for meat processing. This is done by many producers of meat goats.

There are a number of sheep producers in northern Arkansas with lambs slaughtered in a USDA inspected plant in Batesville, Arkansas, and Morrilton, Arkansas, and then sell frozen meat at farmers markets.

There are also markets for certified organic goat meat and grass fed goat meat. These products are sold in health food stores, restaurants, and directly to consumers. Often sold over the Internet.

Not only is the internet used to sell goat meat is also used to sell registered breeding stock. More and more people are getting into the habit of using the Internet as an information source and as a place to shop. Many goat breeders have registered their own websites. Having a website can be very inexpensive if you build and maintain themselves. Registered meat goats also are sold by networking with other producers of meat goats and those who are interested to become producers of meat goats. This was done at events such as shows, seminars and meat goat association meetings.