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Rules &
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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 will 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 Elisha 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 20
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:
a. 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.
b. 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.
c. 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.
d. 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.
e. 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.
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 (Jan.
1st born and after). Fall classes will be divided by age
Sept. 1st to Dec. 31st of previous year - with Dorset
and Southdowns divided into an early fall (Sept. -
Oct.) and late fall (Nov. - Dec.) classes. Yearlings
are any sheep born after Jan. 1st to Aug. 31st 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:
1. 2010 - Cross, Speckle-faced, Hampshire, Southdown,
Suffolk, Shropshire, Dorset, Natural Colored
2. 2011 - Hampshires, Southdowns, Suffolk Shropshires,
Dorsets, Natural Colored, Speckle-faced, Cross
3. 2012 - Suffolk, Shropshire, Dorsets, Natural
Colored, Speckle-faced, Cross, Southdown, Hampshires
4. 2013 - Natural Colored, Dorsets, Speckle-faced,
Cross, Southdown, Hampshire, Shropshires, Suffolk
5. Repeat the cycle.
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.
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