1. Flock Tags and Scrapie Tags MUST be in the ear of every sheep consigned. Registration papers are optional for all entries. Transfers of all papered animals are private treaty between buyer and seller.


2. Entry fees ($20 per head) along with a sale entry form must be sent in postmarked no later than March 1st. Entries sent in after the entry deadline could be charged double entry fees.


3. All entries must be slick sheared above the knees and hocks.


4. Non Sale entered sheep are not allowed in the barns.


5. Health Regulations: All sheep must have an individual health certificate upon arrival at the fairgrounds – no exceptions! Health papers must include: “Premises Free of Foot Rot” as attested by your local veterinarian. Health Certificate must have been issued within 30 days of the sale and all Scrapie Identification must be noted on certificate.


6. Elisa Tests are required for Yearling Rams and September/October Born Ram Lambs: Must have evidence of a negative test for an individual Elisa tests attached to the health papers of all rams that are six months or older the day of the sale. The test must be administered within 30 days prior to the sale date.


7. Penning assignments will be made prior to the sale; all consignors must use the designated pens. Any special penning requests must accompany your sale entries. Requests will be honored if at all possible.


8. Sale Guarantee:

• All guarantees shall constitute a contract between the buyer and seller only, and no other parties assume any liability, legal or otherwise, expressed or implied.
  
  
• Every sheep (Ram or Ewe) sold will be guaranteed as a breeder if properly handled. It shall be the responsibility of the buyer to return a non-breeder to the seller in acceptable breeding condition. The seller, after a fair trial and the animal is found to be a non-breeder, shall have the privilege of replacing the animal with one of equal value to the satisfaction of the buyer and seller, or refunding the purchase price. This guarantee shall not apply to any sheep that are shown subsequent to the date of the sale. Any consignor failing to comply with this rule will automatically be barred from consigning any sheep to the following Black and White Club Lamb Country sale.
  
  
• Notification of non-breeder rams must be made to the seller prior to January 1 following the sale; notification of non-breeder ewes must be made to the seller prior to April 1 following the sale.
  
  
• Any lambs that drop their lambs teeth prior to the 12 months of age as determined by their registration paper or sellers declared birthdates, shall be replaced with a lamb of equal quality to the satisfaction of the buyer and seller within a reasonable amount of time; or the consignor shall refund the purchase price of the lambs promptly with all fees and percentages levied against such a lamb retained by the sale. It shall be the responsibility of the buyer to notify the consignor, and then the sale manager(s) if such a problem occurs. Any consignor failing to comply with this rule will automatically be barred from consigning any sheep to the following Black and White Club Lamb Country sale.

• Neither the Sale Managers nor the Sale Committee can or will assume any responsibility as to the authenticity of the pedigrees, bloodline or DNA information provided by the consignor, or otherwise, and the subsequent genetic performance of any sheep purchased. All such information must be accepted at face value. Any special guarantees or claims offered by individual consignors is strictly between the consignor and buyer, and will not be enforced by the sale management or committee.
• Online buyers will be responsible for contacting the consignor(s) of sheep they purchase and make arrangements for their delivery after they have purchased them.

9. The number of sheep selling will be limited only by soundness and quality as determined by the judge and/or sale committee. Entry fees will not be refunded for animals that are sifted and fail to make the sale. There is no limit to the number of sale entries per consignor.


10. In each the class the top 10 to 15 animals will be placed and all other animals in the class will be random drawn for sale order.


11. Wethers: All wethers must have their testicles and scrotum removed.


12. Rams, Ewes and Wethers are allowed to show from the following breeds: Dorset, Shropshire, Southdown, Suffolk, Speckle-faced, Natural Colored, Hampshire and Crossbred. All Lambs will be divided by weight (January 1 born and after). Fall classes will be divided by age September 1 to December 31 of previous year – with Dorset and Southdowns divided into an early fall (Sept.-October) and late fall (November-December) classes. Yearlings are any sheep born after January 1 to August 31 of previous year.


13. Sale order will be by breed selling Rams then Ewes then Wethers.


14. The sale order will follow this order:
Grands & Res. Grands and Champions & Reserve Champions will sell within their breed at the beginning of their sex group. The breeds will sell (Rams, Ewes then Wethers within each breed) in the following order:

2012 -- Suffolk, Shropshire, Dorset, Natural Colored, Speckle-faced, Cross, Southdown, Hampshire
2013 – Natural Colored, Dorset, Speckle-faced, Cross, Southdown, Hampshire, Shropshire, Suffolk
2014 – Cross, Speckle-faced, Hampshire, Southdown, Suffolk, Shropshire, Dorset, Natural Colored
2015 – Hampshire, Southdown, Suffolk, Shropshire, Dorset, Natural Colored, Speckle-faced, Cross

15. Parking: Trucks and trailers are to use specified parking areas as determined by Grady Co. Fairgrounds Staff


16. The Black and White Sale Committee and Management reserve the right to refuse any entries for failure to comply with any of the rules of the sale.