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Boer Goat Commercial Seedstock Operation - $29,999 (San Angelo)
4745 Rockwood Dr
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We breed for commercially valuable traits (parasite resistance, rapid weight gain, mothering ability, small mature size/high production, ability to thrive on pasture with little/no care, etc.) none of which are observable by looking at a photo or even the goat in person.
These are not show stock, nor marketed as such. If that is what you want, these aren't what you are looking for. If you want a commercial herd that will gain weight on pasture at twice the rate of Spanish or Boer X goats and thrive with little of your attention assuming you have adequate range or pasture to support them, then you have found what you are looking for.
Mature does from this herd produce nearly a 200% kid crop that weans off pasture with no supplement at 90 days weighing 60-70 pounds. You could buy less expensive does, but you're going to wean a much smaller kid crop in terms of both weight and number of kids. You get what you pay for.
Last year 45 does, some of which were young first time kidders that only had a single, produced 78 kids (173%). 35 bucks that I sell for $750 each, and 43 does which I sell for $500 each. That averages out to $1,060 per doe! If you can achieve the same production from these does your $32,999 investment would return $56,180 minus expenses the first year.
Talking with big producers out here many are going with straight Spanish goats because "the Boers aren't good mothers." Talking with the order buyers, they have little interest in Spanish goat kids and prefer Boer x kids.
The problem with Boer goats isn't that they aren't good mothers. That is one of the traits they were specifically bred for originally. The problem is these producers buying their sires from show goat breeders who were selling every goat that hit the ground for so much money that it was a tragedy if even one died. Consequently they put every doe that was about to kid in a tiny pen with video and audio surveillance, so they could run out there and assist with every birth so they didn't lose a single kid they could sell for $10K+. It's a mystery why those Boer goats are in general terrible mothers (sarcasm).
My Boers have always kidded out on pasture without my assistance, and the ones that didn't wean kids got culled. We don't have Boers who are lousy mothers in my herd because the ones who aren't good mothers get culled and they didn't produce any kids.
The solution to the problem is buying Boers bred for commercially valuable traits, not to look pretty in the show ring. I just happen to have a bunch of them. Buy this herd and when all these commercial producers figure out Spanish goats aren't the answer to their problems either, guess who they are going to have to call for seed stock. Nobody else has spent 30 years breeding Boers for commercial traits, so it's going to be you.
Pictures taken May 31, 2024 and October 23, 2025.