Goat prices have dropped significantly in the past six months. Graph: MLA
LARGE numbers of goats are expected to come out of Western Queensland and New South Wales this year, despite the price dropping to less than half in the space of six months.
According to Meat & Livestock Australia’s Over The Hooks report, goat prices peaked in June last year at 920c/kg carcase weight – with this month’s price sitting at 325c.
Several factors have been blamed for the drop in prices, including the US drought increasing the supply of meat and numbers of goats building up quickly in Australia…
