junior fair animal sale

Sponsored by: First-Knox National Banks

SALE COMMITTEE:
Jim Ruhl (President), Mike Smith (Vice-President), Byron Rock (Secretary), Cale Grubb (Treasurer), Rochelle Adam (Junior Fair Coordinator), Devani Adam, Dennis Bartley, Jim Blanchard, Sydney Bland, Brian Breece, Todd Carpenter, Jim Daniels, Andrea Daubenmier, Bernie Douglas, Tara Durbin, Pat Forshey, Dani Graumlich, Bruce Gregg, Larry Hall, Christine Hohman, Jim Hughes, Dave Humphrey, Dave Iverson, Heath Kempton, Brad Kyle, Jerry Lamb, Don Love, Crystal McElhaney, Marsha Meyers, Heath Reynolds, Rick Reynolds, Debby Rudolph, Gavin Rundell, Sabrina Schirtzinger, Jim Shipley, Monica Shira

1. Marketing Charges:
Market Beef, Beef Pool & Market Dairy Steers - $15.00
Market Lambs - $15.00
Market Hogs - $15.00
Market Goats - $15.00
Dairy Market Feeders - $15.00
Market Fryers - $15.00
Broilers - $15.00
Tom Turkeys - $15.00
Dairy Product - 4.0%
Champions - 3.5%, plus regular charges
Reserve Champions - 2.5%, plus regular charges

2. Marketing charges go to pay for advertising and sale costs.

3. Exhibitors will draw their sale order number during entries in June.

4. Pictures of all sale animals will be required; photos will be taken before animal enters the sale ring. The cost of the picture and plaques is included in the marketing charge that is taken from the seller’s check.

5. Pre-weighing Weight Gain and/or Loss
a) Gain - The only acceptable weight gain method is natural consumption of fluid and/or feed.
b) Loss - The only acceptable method of weight loss is exercise conducted in a humane manner.
c) Soaking - Only dry animals will be weighed
d) Halters - Haltered animals may weigh with one halter which must be of acceptable size and style for that species.

6. Order of Sale - Thursday, July 28
8:00 a.m. -- Sale Building Opens
9:00 a.m. -- Sale Announcements, Hall of Fame Presentation & Special Awards
9:30 a.m. -- Sale of Champions -- Multipurpose Arena

Sale of Champions Order
Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Broilers
Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Dairy Market Feeders
Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Market Lambs
Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Market Goats
Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Market Hogs
Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Pen of 3 Lambs
Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Market Dairy Steers
Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Turkeys
Dairy Product
Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Fryers
Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Market Beef

12:00 Noon -- (Approx.) -- Multipurpose Arena
Sale Order
Broilers
Turkeys
Fryers
Dairy Market Feeders
Market Lambs
Market Dairy Steers
Beef Pool
Market Beef

12:00 Noon -- (Approx.) -- Swine Arena
Market Goats
Market Hogs

7. Each specie must be ready to sell 30 minutes prior to scheduled sale time. All exhibitors must sell their own market project with three exceptions:
a. Medical reason approved by the Junior Fair Coordinator.
b. Showing in another Knox County Junior Fair Show.
c. Showing in an Ohio State Junior Fair Show.
If a replacement is necessary, a current Knox County Junior Fair Exhibitor may sell the animal, if approved by the start of the sale.

8. An exhibitor may sell only ONE (1) lot through the sale ring. This includes Dairy Product.

9. The following Champions MUST be sold through the sale ring:
a. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb
b. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Pen of Three Market Lambs
c. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Market Goats
d. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Broilers
e. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Tom Turkeys
f. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Market Fryers
g. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Market Beef
h. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Market Dairy Steers
i. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Dairy Market Feeders
j. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Market Hogs

10. An exhibitor may sell two or more lots through the ring if, and only if, all lots are on the list of Champions that must sell, listed in rule #9, otherwise rule #8 applies.

11. These animals and/or any other market animals in the sale may be selected by the Ohio Department of Agriculture for Tests before or after processing/harvest. (The terms slaughter, processing and harvest are synonymous and will hereafter be referred to as processing.)

12. Animals being tested will remain the property of the exhibitor until the carcass passes all tests.

13. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Market Beef, Market Hogs and Market Lambs will be trucked directly from the sale ring to a Knox County processing facility for harvesting as directed by Ohio Department of Agriculture.

14. All animals, after being sold, are ineligible for all other Junior Fair Shows (county, independent or state).

15. A sold animal may not be returned to the exhibitor in the sale ring.

16. The following top ten live animals (Market Beef, Market Dairy Steers, Market Lambs, Market Hogs, Dairy Market Feeders) will sell in the first half of the sale. The following top five live animals (Broilers, Tom Turkeys, Market Fryers, Market Goats) will sell in the first half of the sale

17. No animal receiving a show ring C grade will be permitted to sell.

18. No animal with viable testicular tissue will be permitted to sell.

19. No animal with unhealed scars or swelling in the scrotum area will be permitted to sell.

20. Appropriate attire shall be worn by exhibitors during the sale of animals at the fair. Examples of inappropriate attire include:
a. Dirty clothing
b. Hats
c. Unsafe footwear
d. Clothing or hats that exhibit graphics or words that may be offensive.
Violators will be asked to change their attire or will be ineligible to sell.

21. All buy bids for livestock from the Knox County Junior Fair Sale will be directed through the Mount Vernon United Producers. All re-sale animals will be loaded and transported to the Mount Vernon United Producers livestock facility.

22. Broilers, Turkeys and Market Fryers will be transported for processing by the Knox County Junior Fair Sales Committee.

23. Participants in the Dairy Product Sale must be present during the sale and have their picture taken with the buyer(s) to receive their sale proceeds. The Supreme Champion Dairy animal will represent the industry in the Dairy Product Sale.

24. Market Beef, Market Dairy Steers, Dairy Market Feeders, Market Lambs, Market Hogs and Market Goats will be sold by the pound. Broilers and Market Fryers will be sold by the pen and Tom Turkeys will be sold by the head.

25. Any official statement announced by a Sales Committee member on sale day will take precedence over any published rules.

26. The decisions of the Knox County Junior Fair Sales Committee are final.