Prices of cuts and percentage or carcass

 

Home Up Goat Anatomy Priority-List USDA Classify Carcass Cuts Meat to Bone Measuring Balance Prices/ Percentages

This section describes some example prices and then some reports on carcass percentages per cut. The point of the example prices is not to say these are correct prices or even what year they were in effect. The point is to look at the relative prices between different cuts to understand which cuts are more valuable than others from a relative term. In Example 3, Loin chops are $16 per lb. and whole upper leg is $10 per lb. That indicates that the price/lb. of the loin chop is around 1.6 times more valuable than the price/lbs of the whole upper leg. The percentage of carcass charts are to better understand the volume of each cut that can get that price. In the first percentage example, it shows the leg to be 31% of the carcass and the loin only 11%.

For ease of math, say the carcass weighs 100 lbs. That would mean the loin at $16 per lb with 11 lbs in a carcass would give you $176. The whole leg at $10 per lb. and 31 lbs, would give you $310. This would mean that, although the loin is the more expensive cut, there is more money to be made from the whole leg. I would believe it may be easier to increase the meat in the leg than in the loin area but I don't know that.  This doesn't mean that the prices will stay the same as the weight of the carcass increases, It probably would decrease because the older the animal, the less tender the meat. These are just some of the tools you could use if the industry did a better job of collecting the appropriate info.

Example 1 Example 2 Example 3
  • Chevon Goat Tenderloin   ~ $17.95 per pound
  • Chevon goat OSSO BUCCO Leg Shanks ~ $10.95 per pound 
  • Chevon Goat Whole Boneless Loin ~  $10.95 per pound 
  • Bone-In Chevon Loin Roast ~ $9.95 per pound 
  • Chevon Boneless Goat Chuck Roast ~ $9.95 per pound
  • Chevon Goat Loin Chops  or Leg Steaks~ Bone In ~ ~ $8.25 per pound 
  • Chevon Whole Upper Leg  Roast~ Bone In ~ $ 7.95 per pound 
  • Chevon Leg Roast ~ $7.95 per pound
  •  Chevon Goat Shoulder Roast  ~ $7.95 per pound  
  • Whole  or Half Cabrito or Chevon Carcass  skinned and bone-in ~ $5.75 per pound
  •  Chevon Trimmed Boneless Goat Stew Meat ~$5.75 per pound  
  • Ground Chevon ~  $5.50 per package 
  • Chevon Bone-In Goat Stew Meat $5.50 per pound 
  • Chevon Goat Back Ribs ~ Bone In ~ $5.25 per pound 
  • Chevon Goat Short Ribs ~ Bone In ~ $5.25 per pound 

 

 

  • Loin Chops - The premium cut of meat ~ $14.50/lb
  • Rib Chops -  $14.50/lb
  • Leg Steaks -  ~ $10.50 lb
  • Boneless Rolled Shoulder Roast  ~  $9.50/lb
  • Leg Roast -  bone out  ~  $9.50/lb
  •  Stew Meat -  Chunks of meat ~  $8.50/lb
  • Ground Goat -  Tacos, Chili, Burgers ~  $6.95/lb

 

Frozen Goat Meat

  • Chevon Goat Tenderloin ~ $32 per lb.
  • Chevon Goat Loin Chops ~ $16 per lb.
  • Chevon Goat Whole Boneless Loin ~ $15 per lb.
  • Chevon Bone-in Loin Frenched Rib Rack ~ $15 per lb.
  • Chevon Whole Upper Leg ~ $10 per lb.
  • Chevon trimmed Stew Meat ~ $9 per lb.
  • Chevon Boneless Chuck Roast ~ $7 per lb.
  • Chevon whole (7 to 12 month) ~ $6.80 per lb.
  • Cabrito whole <6 month caracass ~ $5.80 per lb.
  • Chevon Bone-in Stew Meat ~ $5. 50 per lb.
  • Chevon OSSO BUCCO shank (lower leg) steaks ~ $4.50 per lb.
  • Chevon Shank (lower leg) ~ $3.50 per lb.
  • Chevon Ground Meat ~ $5 per lb.
  • Chevon Ribs ~ $3.50 per lb.
  • Chevon Soup bones ~ $2.50 per lb.

 

The table below are average weights and weight ranges for the USDA Styles
A study done on the effect of sex on the proportion of a carcass in different  carcass components of Australia feral goats
Carcass Component Buck
% of Carcass in each component
Doe
% of Carcass in each component
Leg 31.3 29.8
Loin 11.5 10.2
Ribs 9.0 8.7
Shoulder 20.6 20.8
Neck 7.3 9.7

Dr. Rick Machen - Associate Professor & Extension Livestock Specialist
Research on Boer influenced Meat Goats

 

 Carcass Fabrication Results

Overall

 

Average

Live Weight, lb

Chilled Carcass Weight, lb

Dressing Percent, %

69.5

35.2

51.0

Product

% of Chilled Carcass

Leg, bone in

Leg, boneless

Loin, bone in

French Rack

Saddle

Ribs

Shoulder, bone in

Shoulder, boneless

Shoulder, square cut

Kidney & Pelvic Fat

23

16

14

8

23

11

32

23

20

4

 

Research Butchered the carcass in two different ways to see the difference in cuts.

 Fabrication Protocol

A
Boneless Leg
Loin, Bone In
10 Rib French Rack
Boneless Shoulder
Ribs w/ breast
Trim

B

Boneless leg
Saddle
Square cut shoulder
Ribs w/ breast
Trim

Retail Product Yield

% of chilled carcass

 

Protocol A

Protocol B

Leg, boneless

16

16

Loin, bone in

14

-

10 rib French rack

8

-

Saddle

-

23

Ribs, w/breast

10

11

Shoulder, square cut

-

20

Shoulder, boneless

23

-

Trim*

7

12

Waste**

22

16

*Suitable for sausage.

**Bone, fat trim, etc.