JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SALE RULES & REGULATIONS

    1. All market animals must be tagged at a place and time designated each year by the Junior Livestock Sale Committee in order to be eligible for showing and sale.  In the event your market animal loses an ear tag provided by the St. Clair County 4-H Fair, it is the exhibitors responsibility to contact their Superintendent.  It is the Superintendent's responsibility to ensure that no market animal enters the county park at fair time without proper St. Clair County 4-H Fair identification.

    2. All market livestock are to be shown and sold only by the registered owner.

    3. At weigh-in time, the individual must identify their individual hog or lamb from their pen.

    4. Exhibitors with pens of market hogs or lambs must sell all of the animals in the pen or none of them.

    5. Champion individual and champion pens of hogs and lambs must be sold.

    6. Livestock sold at the Jr. Livestock Sale will be released Sunday at 6 a.m. or at Fair Boards discretion. Livestock not selling must stay at the county park until hour of release for all livestock.

    7. It shall be the responsibility of all project exhibitors to get their animals to the sale area.

    8. Exhibitors must be present to sell their animals.

    9. Exhibitors with animals properly consigned who later refuse to sell their animal will be prohibited from participation for the present and ensuing years sale. Project credits and premium awards will also be forfeited.

    10. Exhibitors selling by private treaty after 2 p.m. of their judging day will be considered the same as members consigned and refusing to sell as far as the rules are concerned.

    11. The exhibitors of the animals sold at the county fair will turn over to the Committee 6 % of the sale price of their animal or animals. The funds of the Committee thus collected will be used to pay for Committee events.

    12. Animals not shown on show day cannot be sold in the sale unless approved by the Committee.

    13. Any animal not placing Grand Champion or Reserve Champion of the entire show will be placed in the sale order according to the placing. The sale placing will be determined by the Committee.

    14. Animals entered in market class will be weighed as they are unloaded. This will be their sale weight.

    15. Market animals excluded from the livestock sale are discouraged from soliciting and advertising their animals until the conclusion of the sale.

    16. All livestock projects must be pre-registered by a date set by the Fair Board. Animals not pre-registered will not be allowed to show.

    17. All beef animals must be tied with suitable rope halter and neck rope. A suitable rope halter must be left on each steer that is sold at the Livestock Sale.

    18. The Livestock Sale Committee shall have the market animals evaluated for marketability for the sale. Those exhibitors determined to have no-sale animals will be notified by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday of the fair.

    19. The Committee will do everything possible to ensure an honest sale. Settlement for all purchases can be made to the Committee Secretary the night of the sale. Purchasers should check with the sale officials before leaving the county park or removing the animals. Payment for all animals should be made to the Junior Livestock Sale Committee.

    20. Each buyer will receive a Buyers' Ribbon or Plaque. Purchasers of Grand Champion animals will be awarded a trophy at the sale. Pictures will be taken of all owners, animals and their buyers. Expense of the picture will be borne by the owner/seller.

    21. Payment is expected the night of the sale unless previous arrangements have been made with the Junior Livestock Sale Committee.

    22. Buyers should register for a buyers' number.

    23. All resales become property of the Jr. Livestock Sale Committee to be resold for market. Proceeds will go to the Jr. Livestock Sale Fund unless otherwise specified.  No animal is to be sold through the 4-H Livestock Auction twice. 
    24. All sales are final.

STEERS

    1. Exhibitors must own project animal by Jan. 1st.

    2. Exhibition will be limited to selling and exhibiting one steer at the sale.

    3. All steers must be tagged on the mandatory tagging date and site set by the committee with an ear tag provided by the Junior Livestock Sale Committee.

    4. No steers with horns over two inches can be shown.

    5. Those animals that are judged to be unfit will not be eligible for sale.

    6. Those desiring not to sell must notify the fair office in writing by the conclusion of their judging day that they wish to withdraw from the sale. No animals may be withdrawn after this date and hour.

    7. Dairy steers for first year exhibitors in the beef project will be allowed.

SHEEP, SWINE AND GOATS

    1. Sheep, swine and goats accepted for sale must be sold unless the owners notify, in writing, the fair office by the conclusion of their department judging. No animals may be withdrawn after this date & hour.

    2. Exhibitors must be with their animals and have them ready one-half hour ahead of sale time.

    3. Exhibitors must own animals by May 1st.

    4. Sheep, swine and goat exhibitors must have project animal(s) tagged on the mandatory tagging date and site set by the Committee with an ear tag provided by the Junior Livestock Sale Committee.

    5. Dairy goats with horns may not be shown.

    6. A dairy goat may be shown by only 1 exhibitor.

    7. Goats must be owned by May 1st of current year with exception of kids born after that date.

    8. Swine: All feeding pans or troughs used at home are prohibited for sanitary reasons.

WHOLESOME MEAT ASSURANCE PROGRAM

   1. Prohibited are the uses of any non-approved chemicals or the improper use of any approved chemicals.

   2. Any animal is subject to examination or tests to
determine if a substance has been administered to alter its conformation and/or temper.

    3. Exhibitors of all market animals must certify their compliance with manufacturer's pre-market withdrawal periods specified for any medication, drug, pesticide, or feed additives administered.

    4. If any carcass is deemed unacceptable and therefore condemned for any reason by the USDA meat inspection standards, the exhibitor will not receive payment and if applicable, sale monies will be returned to the buyer. Further, if any animal tests positive for or is condemned because of a violative residue, the following actions will be taken:

        a. All awards will be forfeited. However, the rankings of animals in the show ring will remain unchanged.

        b. A violative residue finding will result in permanent disqualification from exhibiting at the fair.

    5. All tests will be conducted at the time of show.

    6. Drug related protests:

        a. The St. Clair County Agricultural Society/Livestock Sale Committee will accept protests as a means of initiating a drug testing procedure. Forms are available in the fair office. Those making the protest will assume all initial costs for the test.

    7. "The Livestock Drug Testing Authorization" must be completed and turned in to each species superintendent prior to the show for all exhibitors in the market livestock project.

    8. Each market livestock exhibitor will be required to read and sign the Livestock Drug Testing Authorization Form found in the center of this book and on the web site.