add ons

Buyers can add on money to any junior fair market exhibitor that participated in the Jr. Fair Livestock Sale.

Buyers should complete the add-on sheet linked below with the Exhibitor's Name and Species and Entry Number, found on the lists above, and the amount of the add-on.

This sheet can be turned in with payment on sale day or can be mailed to the fair office.

Pre-Fair Add Ons
Please note that exhibitors may only sell one entry in each species and some exhibitors will scratch their entries and will not particiapte in the sale.  
We can only process add-ons for entries actually included in the sale.
For this reason, it is best to wait until the official sale sheets are posted above to complete your add on sheet to ensure you are adding onto the correct entries.If you have a conflict and want to provide add ons before the sale, you may use the pre-fair entry list below and the sale committee will do their best to match your add on to the correct entry.If you provide an add-on for an exhibitor that does not perticiapte in the sale, we will contact you for your re-direction of those funds to another exhibitor or the Jr. Fair.
Forms should be turned in the day of the sale.  If you are unable to make it to the sale, please deliver or mail to the fair office.

buyer registration form add on form

General Rules

For an animal to be eligible to sell, the exhibitor must show in showmanship and the animal must be shown in its market class, unless a veterinarian excuses the animal from the show. 
Exhibitors may sell one animal per species for a premium bid.  All animals that are eligible for a packer bid will receive a packer bid.
The sale weight of animals will be determined at the weighing of animals on Friday before the fair.  No re-weighs.
A representative must be present with the animal at weigh in and it is the exhibitor’s responsibility to make sure the animal is weighed.  If the exhibitor or representative is not present at weigh in, the animal will not show or sell.
Exhibitors are responsible for their market stock until loaded for shipment following sale This includes getting their animal to the sale ring at the designated time.
All livestock will be weighed and sold on a 5 pound break (except rabbits and chickens).
The Overall Grand and Reserve Champion steers, market hogs, market lambs, market goats, market chickens, market turkeys, and market rabbits are terminal sales. This means all overall Grand and Reserve Grand Champions must sell in the Livestock Sale and must be taken to harvest immediately after sale. Champions will be loaded directly onto trailer for transport to a designated harvest house and accompanied by a special deputy designated by the Preble County Agricultural Society. The animals will be harvested and carcass inspection will proceed according to meat/USDA inspectors.
The Sale of Champions will be a live auction. No exhibitor may collect a buyer’s group or “Friends of group”.
The Preble County Junior Fair Market Livestock Sale will be a terminal sale with the exception of feeder calves.
If a market animal (including feeder calves) will not be sold in the sale, the exhibitor must scratch the animal from the sale at the fair weigh in. Any animal that is not scratched, will be included in the sale.  
Animals going through the sale will be taken to harvest immediately after leaving the sale ring by the Preble County Junior Fair Livestock Sale Committee designated hauler.
Exhibitors with market animals being removed for harvest on Thursday evening will walk through the sale ring to receive a Premium bid.
If an exhibitor has only one market project animal in a species and it dies after official weigh in, the exhibitor is eligible to walk through the sale ring to receive a Premium bid only. The exhibitor must have completed showmanship. 

Terms

Upon sale, hogs, steers, lambs, goats, poultry and rabbits will be the property of the designated livestock company. The buyer will pay ONLY the PREMIUM
All buyers must have a buyer’s number prior to bidding
No more than 3 individual buyers on one exhibitors’ market project.
All accounts are expected to be paid on the day of the sale.  Those going more than 30 days may be subject to additional fees.
All junior fair sellers may be delayed in receiving payment if buyers do not settle in a timely manner.
No animals will be returned to the seller during the sale.  Animals will be sold only once.
Livestock, except feeder calves being kept, Grand Champions and Reserve Grand Champions will be removed to the designated facility as it is being sold.

Seller Fees

All exhibitors will be charged a 1.5 percent fee for all sales, including animals that go through the sale ring for a premium bid, animals that are sold directly to the packer, and exhibitor add-ons received.  These fees will be deducted from exhibitor checks and will cover advertising, clerking, red meat promotion and other sale committee expenses. 

Thank you to our 2023 auctioneers:

Mike Dare, Matt Nixon, Billy Peyton, John Kramer, Hogan Kindrick, John Muncy, Lucky Montoya, and Rusty Harmeyer. 

Thank you to the Preble County Agri-Women for providing refreshments for buyers during the sale!

CHECKS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP AT THE FAIR OFFICE APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS AFTER THE FAIR OR AS SOON AS ALL BUYER MONEY IS RECEIVED. ANY NOT PICKED UP WILL BE MAILED.

Friday, August 2, 2024

add ons