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24 4-H Market Goat Project
http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/
LN_LS142.txt. If you have access to previous
years' average sale prices for market goats (not
including champions) from your junior livestock
sale, you could use that as a basis for estimating
income.
Words You Should Know
Budget: An estimation of the expenses, receipts,
and profitability of raising market goats.
Conformation: A general term describing the
way the external parts of a goat are put together.
Feeding Period: The time from when you buy
your goat until the show—generally 100 to 180
days
Finished: Market-weight goats with adequate
back fat.
Suggested Activities
• Label the parts of a goat on a diagram or point
them out on a live goat.
• Have members of your club answer roll call at
a meeting with the name of a market goat part.
• Participate in a goat judging practice session,
workshop, or contest.
• Select a goat kid using your knowledge of parts
and desirable type.
• Visit a fair or show and listen to the goat judge
give reasons for placing the market goats the way
he or she did.
• Calculate how big your goat kid should be
based on the dates of your show.
Extra Activities to Try
• Visit a goat auction.
• Look up the local market price of goats each
week in a farm newspaper or other source of
price information. Make a graph of market goat
prices each week for several months before the
fair or roundup.
• Check feed prices with a local feed supplier.
Ideas for Presentations and Talks
• Identifying the parts of goats
• What to look for when selecting goat kids
• What it costs to buy and raise a market goat
• When can you justify paying a little more for
your market goat, why?
Things to Talk About
• What are the main parts of a goat's body?
• What factors should you look for when choos
ing kid goats for market projects?
• What is the normal weight of market goats
when they are sold for slaughter?
• What factors influence how much weight your
market goat will gain per day?
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