Meat
Spanish
B tier
Spanish goats in North America descend from animals brought during colonial eras and later naturalised on southern rangelands—brush-clearing, heat-tolerant meat goats of mixed Iberian ancestry rather than a single European show standard. They are athletic, often horned, and thrifty on browse. Meat is lean with a classic goat flavour slightly stronger than young Boer—ideal for cabrito when killed light and for mature stews when older. Spanish does remain important maternal stock under Boer sires for Texas and Southwest commercial herds.
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History
Iberian goats entered the American South and Southwest with Spanish colonial settlement.
Feral and ranch Spanish-type goats cleared brush and supplied local meat.
Breeders began selecting Spanish goats more systematically for meat traits.
Spanish × Boer programmes defined much of US commercial chevon genetics.