1. Meat Goat Market Outlook
JJ Jones, Area Agricultural Economics Specialist

2. Total Goat Population - 0.76 % Data Source: USDA-NASS
Livestock Marketing Information Center

3. Total Angora Goat Population%
Data Source: USDA-NASS
Livestock Marketing Information Center

4. Total Dairy Goat Population
+ 1.87%
Data Source: USDA-NASS
Livestock Marketing Information Center

5. Total Meat Goat Population
-0.8%
Data Source: USDA-NASS
Livestock Marketing Information Center

6. 2018 Meat Goat Inventory Thousand Head 21 24 29 15.5 35 38 44 19 36 23
Ranking
Texas (1)
Tennessee (2)
Oklahoma (3)
California (4)
Missouri (5)
Georgia (6)
Kentucky (7)
North Carolina (8)
Alabama (9)
Florida/Ohio (NR)
15.5 35 38 44 19 36 23 80
21.5 41 41
71.5 57 47
104 27 82 33
33.5 19 47 70
795 16
Other States 182
US Total 2.12 million
< 25
25 to 50
50 to 70
70 to 100
100 and up
No data 44

7. 2017 – 2018 % Change
5.0
9.1
7.4
-8.8
9.4
2.7
5.6
9.1
4.8
-8.0
2.4
-8.1
-10.9
-8.9
-4.7
1.8
-6.0
-4.5
-10.9
-8.3
4.7
4.4
4.5
0.6
-11.1
+ Growth
No Growth
- Growth
2.3

8. 2017 Inspected Slaughter U.S. Total: 488,792 head
2. Indiana
42,860
8.7%
9. New York
25,268
5.2%
5. New England
32,803
6.7%
3. Illinois
36,383
7.4%
6. Pennsylvania
31,404
6.4%
1.New Jersey
120,740
24.6%
4. DE/MD
35,080
7.2%
7. California
29,815
6.1%
8. North Carolina
25,559
5.2%
2017 Kid Crop 1,637,000
2017 Slaughter % 29.9%
10. Florida
24,149
4.9%

9. Disappearance
2017 Kid Crop 1,637,000
10% Death Loss 163,700
20% Replacement 327,400
2017 Slaughter 488,792
Difference 657,108

10. Goat Imports

11. San Angelo, TX
$275.76
$234.81

12. San Angelo, TX
$262.55

13. San Angelo, TX vs. Perry, OK
$249.54

14. San Angelo, TX vs. Perry, OK
$278.04

15. San Angelo, TX vs. Perry, OK

16. San Angelo, TX vs. Perry, OK
$293.23
$257.54