Sheep & Goats
Sheep and goats get their own tools.
Almost nobody builds tools for lamb and goat producers, and we stream one of the biggest sheep and goat sales in the country. This week's lamb and goat auction prices are here, by weight, with the holiday demand calendar, freezer lamb and goat and net price comparison built for lambs and kids. The everyday calculators work for both.
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Markets
Lamb & goat prices
This week's lamb and goat auction averages from USDA by weight, with the move on last week.
Lamb vs goat spread
What goat kids bring over lambs of the same weight this week.
Holiday demand calendar
The holidays that move lamb and goat demand, the weights buyers want, and the date to breed by to have them ready.
Buy/Sell Decisions
Cost of gain
Feed, grass, vet, interest and death loss over the days on feed, to what each pound of gain really costs.
Freezer lamb & goat
Live weight to hanging weight and take-home meat, and what each pound in the freezer really cost.
Net price comparison
Sale barn, direct or freezer sale, each with its own shrink, commission and hauling: the highest net, not the highest price.
Sheep & goat square coming
The sell/buy square for lambs and kids.
Feed & Grazing
Breeding
Gestation & due date
Breeding date or bull-in to bull-out, to due date and calving, lambing, kidding, farrowing or foaling window.
Lambing & kidding economics coming
Lambing rate, twins and weaning weight to what a ewe or doe earns.