Tassie buyer secures in-demand genetics from Pinnacle Boer Goat Sale
A buyer from Tasmania made a notable impact on the 2025 Pinnacle Boer Goat Sale at the St George showgrounds on Monday, March 10.
Overall, 43 of 74 head sold at the auction for a clearance of 58 per cent, $1344 average, $4000 top and gross of $57,800.
In 2024, prices peaked at $2800 for a doe, with the entire sale seeing 53 of 82 lots selling (64pc) to average $1039.
The sale result was impressive considering the current goat market, according to sale organiser, Thomas Youlden.
The top-price animal, a $4000 doe from Micathel Boer Goats, Cudal, NSW, was secured by Amanda McHugh of Four Winds Boer Goats, Wesley Vale, Tasmania.
The 65kg, 18-month-old doe named Micathel Pennie was sired by Micathel Bilzarian and out of Micathel Oleaph, classed at a type four (out of five) and sold joined.
Ms McHugh, buying through AuctionsPlus, said the Pinnacle sale was an opportunity to purchase new genetics.
"We specifically went to buy Micathel [goats]," Ms McHugh said.
"We ended up picking the doe that we wanted purely because she is in kid to a sire that we don't have any of the genetics to in Tasmania, so I want to bring those genetics into our stud.
"It was a little bit of a surprise [purchasing the top price animal], but the animals have been in fairly high demand, and it's the first lot of animals that she's offered at a public auction so that created a lot of interest."
Ms McHugh also purchased a buck, Micathel Scott, sired by Micathel Bilzarian and out of Micathel Keilly, for $1300.
"We're hoping they will bring a fair bit of carcase tractability to our program," Ms McHugh said.
"Micathel pedigree tends to specialise in a lot in the carcase traits that we're trying to bring into our commercial herd.
"We're breeding a seedstock operation for the commercial meat industry in Tasmania, which is a fledgling industry, and we've identified that there's a demand here for better quality seedstock."
For Ms Barnes of Micathel Boer Goats, the sale marked the first offering of her animals at the Queensland auction, normally trading through on-farm or international sales.
"We are a very established stud with a long history of competing and selling animals at a pretty high level," she said.
"I think [the sale result] speaks well for the quality of the animals within the stud.
"The event is an opportunity for people to purchase those high quality animals, and I think it also speaks to the fact that there is strong support in the industry for those quality animals to achieve those prices.
"I'm confident that the purchasers will have a good result with what they have purchased."
The top price buck, Micathel Clockwork, sired by Micathel Father Time and out of Micathel Midelie, fetched $3700 and was purchased by the Blanch family, Kooringal Valley Boer stud, Ellangowan.
The buck weighed in at 92kg and was also 18 months.
Mr Blanch said the animal would fit in well with the family's goat showing program.
Based at Ellangowan, 65km south west of Toowoomba, the family primarily trade cattle and grain, with goats being a smaller hobby operation of 200 Boer goats.
Micathel Clockwork's lineage and genetics stood out to the family, and the buck will be sent into their stud herd.
There were 22 registered bidders at the auction, with buyers on Auctions Plus bidding from as far afield as NSW, Vic, and Tas.
Sale organiser Mr Youlden said buyers were looking for quality over colour at this year's sale, which attracted both new and repeat buyers.
- Selling agent: Nutrien
