LIVESTOCK AUCTION

Junior Livestock Auction

Sunday, August 8 • 2:30 p.m.

This terminal auction is open to Sumner County youth (or youth who attended a Sumner County school (ages 6-19). NO animal that goes through this auction is eligible for further competition. Sale bill and tag numbers of animals sold in this auction will be forwarded to the state fair and junior livestock show. The animal must be shown in the Sumner County Fair to be eligible to sell in the sale. Animals must be tagged with the official Kansas 4-H/FFA tag.

The youth must indicate NO LATER THAN ONE (1) HOUR AFTER THE LAST LIVESTOCK SHOW ON SATURDAY the animals to be sold in the auction. If not indicated by this time, the SCJLA Committee will make the decision. Destination cards will be given to each exhibitor at the last show they participate in to make this indication. Sheep, swine, beef and goats that do not make the minimum weights will NOT be sold at the sale but may be sold to the base bid at Base Bidder’s discretion.

MINIMUM WEIGHTS ARE: Beef – 1000 lbs., Sheep – 100 lbs., Swine – 220 lbs. minimum and 290 lbs. maximum, and Meat Goats – 50 lbs. Sheep, swine and meat goats will be subject to discounts on the schedule of the base buyer’s bid.

The auction will be a video auction gtaking place in the Communituy Building with online options at the 2021 auction. The sale order for 2021 will be the grand and reserve champions of each species in the order of goat, sheep, beef and swine. The grand champion and reserve champion of each division MUST be sold. Following the sale of champions, the rest of the livestock will be sold in rotations of approximately 1/3 of each species selling per rotation in the order beef, swine, goats and sheep.

No exhibitor can sell more than two (2) animals in the sale. If an exhibitor has more than two county champions, remaining champions will sell to the base bidder at base price. Seller must be present when called for sale lineup; if not present, seller may be skipped and ineligible to sell.

A charge of 2% of the base price or $5, whichever is greater, will be assessed to pay junior livestock auction expenses. Any excess over necessary sale expense will go to the Sumner County Fair Association Livestock Building Improvement Fund.

At the Junior Livestock Auction, the base for each type of animal will be sold in $$ per hundredweight. The premium on each animal will be auctioned in total dollars per head.

An exhibitor letter that will highlight any additional rules or changes to the rules will be sent before the auction date. Rules in the exhibitor letter will supercede rules printed in this announcement.

Good luck to all participants in the Sumner County Fair!

Conway Springs Star and The Argonia Argosy

Look for coverage of the Sumner County Fair in upcoming editions of TSnews, the official newspaper for Sumner County! Our Fair Results special section will be published in August.