JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SALE

PRESIDENT

 Eric Denton

 SECRETARY

Jacque Williams

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

Chris Flanagan, Dusty Johnson, Kyle Cain, Lance Sumrall, Luther Dunlap, Michelle Denton, Ryan Willoughby and Walon Jones

****There will be an exhibitor meeting on Monday evening at 6:30pm at the showring.****

 1. The Junior Livestock Sale will be held at the Curry County Events Center, Friday, August 17 at 6:30 p.m. The meal will begin at 6:00 p.m.

2. Each exhibitor who has an animal qualified for the Junior Livestock Sale must notify their intentions to the department superintendent at a meeting Friday, August 16 at 9:30 a.m. in the Curry County Events Center.

*** All exhibitors are REQUIRED to turn in a W-9 prior to the Junior Livestock Sale. W-9s will be included in the packet at check-in.****

3. The number of animals to sell from each species (Swine, Sheep, Goats, Beef Cattle and Dairy Heifers) will be determined on a percentage (70%) based on the number of exhibitors per species/per barn, capped at 102 sale slots total.  The meat rabbit and broiler pen will be sold through the Junior Livestock Sale and will be allotted 1 sale slot each. There must be a minimum of (7) 4-H/FFA Meat Pens in order to guarantee one sale slot and there must be a minimum of (7) 4-H/FFA Broiler Pens in order to guarantee one sale slot.   All Sale slots will be rounded to the nearest whole number rounding down if the number is between a zero and 0.4 and rounding the whole number up if it is between 0.5 and 0.9. Each exhibitor may sell only one animal if more than one is eligible for the sale.  

4. Animals not qualifying for the sale can be bought by the packer at the packer’s bid; however, the Curry County Fair will not be responsible in any way for animals sold to the packer or otherwise.

 5. All sales for animals not going through the Junior Livestock Sale must be handled by the sellers in direct negotiation with the packer or other purchaser, and the seller is wholly responsible for delivering such animals from the Fair Grounds.

6. All animals will be weighed at the Fair Grounds and these weights recorded and filed by an official in charge of scales.  These weights will be the official weights of animals going through the sale, however, all other animals privately delivered and sold will be paid for on weights taken at the packing plant or otherwise.

7. Market Livestock will be sold in the following order: Grand Champion Steer, Grand Champion Dairy Heifer, Grand Champion Lamb, Grand Champion Swine, Grand Champion Goat, Grand Champion Broiler pen, Grand Champion Rabbit Pen, Reserve Grand Champion Steer, Reserve Grand Champion Dairy Heifer, Reserve Grand Champion Lamb, Reserve Grand Champion Swine, etc.

8. Exhibitors are responsible for the care and safe delivery of all sold animals after the sale.

9. Terms of sale are cash, and buyers will be expected to settle with the Sale Manager immediately after the sale. Direct transactions with the seller are not permissible.

10. In the event a buyer resells to a packer or processor, it will be the original buyer’s responsibility to collect directly from the packer or processor, however, the Sale Manager will supply packer or processor with complete lists of prices and purchasers to facilitate settlement.

11. Any Junior exhibitor having an animal or animals entered in the sale is prohibited from seeking special privileges from buyers, such as asking permission to re-purchase the animal from the buyer or packer to be shown again or to be used for other purposes. Any exhibitor who seeks privileges will be subject to such disciplinary action as deemed necessary by the Management, including withholding of sale price.

12. Owners of sale animals must bring their own animal to the sale ring at the proper time in the sale program, unless arrangements have been made with the Jr Livestock Sale Committee prior to the start of the sale, or sale rights are forfeited.

13. Packer bids will be secured and posted by 9:00 a.m. on Friday, August 16 at the Junior Livestock meeting.

14. All livestock must be in barns by 6:00 a.m. Saturday, August 17 and must remain in place until released.

15. All livestock will be sold by the head through the sale.

16. The Curry County Junior Livestock Sale Committee LLC reserves the right to make changes as needed.