MONTGOMERY COUNTY JUNIOR
MARKET
SHOW & SALE
Wednesday, July 16 - 6:30 P.M.
Entry Fee $2.50 per animal
1. Refer to the rules governing
livestock entries before proceeding.
2. This class will be open to any
in-county resident age 8-18 and who is enrolled in 4-H or FFA or is an
out-of-county resident enrolled in a Montgomery County 4-H club or FFA.
3. All animals must be owned and shown by the exhibitor and must have
been fed, cared for and developed by said exhibitor.
4. All exhibitors will volunteer 4 hours of work time to be completed at
the fairgrounds to be eligible to sell their livestock. A completed work
certificate must be on file with the Fair Office.
5. All exhibitors will purchase a season ticket – one season ticket per
exhibitor – season tickets will be purchased using the livestock exhibitor
forms found in the fair book or on the web site. Season Tickets will be
$30. Please DO NOT purchase the season tickets ahead of time.
6. The Fair Society will retaina 5% commission from each exhibitors auction funds.
7. Market Sheep & Market Goats must have official ID/ tattoo, Health Papers
and a Scrapie Tag..
8. ALL Market Hogs, Sheep, and Steers in the market show will
participate in rate of gain. An exhibitor may have two animals, per species
(hogs, sheep, or steers), weighed for rate of gain.
9. At the time of weigh-in, July 14, all market animals must possess the
proper ear tag with the corresponding tattoo assigned at the individual
weigh-in.
10. All animals will be weighed before showing and will be broken into
weight classes. Only one animal per species per exhibitor will be weighed.
11. Weight ranges: Cattle minimum 1000 lbs.; Hogs 230 lbs. minimum and
Lambs 90 lbs. minimum.
12. Exhibitors may show one animal in every species, however only one
species may be sold at the auction. Exception – if an exhibitor has a
Grand Champion or Reserve Champion in more than one species.
13. Exhibitor must be capable of showing and selling their own
animal.
14. If an animal gets away from an exhibitor at least two times
during the fair, the exhibitor will not be allowed to show and the exhibitor
will be asked to take the animal home.
15. Animals will be exhibited according to the following schedule:
Market Hogs - Tuesday, 8:00 a.m.; Market
Steers - Tuesday following Hog Show; Market Sheep Tuesday, 1:00 p.m.;
Market Goats, following Sheep Show; Poultry on Wednesday at 8:00 a.m.;
and Rabbits following the Poultry Show.
16. Steers must be calved from January
1 to September 1, 2007.
17. All hogs will be
judged 40% on the live placing in the show ring; 20% on the rate of gain and
40% on the percent
muscle. Exhibitor will be responsible for cost of sonray for their animal.
There will be NO Champion On-Foot named.
18. No visible sign of testicles in steers.
No sign of warts in steers.
19. The sale order will be the same as the placings
20. Animals not being sold at auction
must be removed from the Fairgrounds by Tuesday, 10:00
pmafter the market show.
21. Market Steers will have sale pictures
taken prior to the auction at 4:00 p.m.
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