Freestone County Goat Breeders Association will hold the Spring Open Pen Sale Saturday, February 27th from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. at the Ike Carden Arena in Fairfield, and invite any breeders who wish to market their stock to participate.

The open pen sale is for anyone to buy, sell, or trade. There will be a special meat goat pen to sell healthy meat goats for an average market price. Pens can be rented for $10 each. There is a limit of five goats or one buck per pen.

The meat goat pen will be $2 per meat goat. Meat goats will be numbered and will be weighed upon sale and sold for an average market price to be determined. This will be a private treaty sale with prices agreed upon by the buyer and seller. The average market price for meat goats will be agreed to by the seller on the day of the sale unless the price is renegotiated by the buyer and seller.

FCGBA and its members will provide the facilities and livestock scales for the sale but will not be held responsible or liable for the condition or sale of any animal sold.

Meat goats, show wethers and doelings, breeding nannies, and breeding bucks will be available. Sellers should call ahead or e-mail with numbers so pens can be built.

Concessions will be provided by Dew 4-H. On a side note, last year’s Freestone county grand and reserve grand show wethers were sold by Jennifer Newton of Figbar Farms at this sale.