Sale Rules

Junior Fair Rules

Exhibitors may only sell one “sale unit” through the sale. A “sale unit” is: 1 steer, 1 feeder calf, 1 lamb, 1 goat, 1 hog, 1 pen of chickens, 1 pen of ducks, 1 pen of turkeys, or 1 pen of rabbits. The grand and reserve champion single fryer rabbit/chicken may be sold if they are not from the grand and reserve champion pens. No other single fryer chickens or rabbits may be sold.

Exhibitors of feeder calves may elect to sell their calves through the Livestock Sale. The sale of feeder calves will occur at the end of the cattle sale. Feeder calves will not be eligible for Grand and Reserve Champion market cattle awards. Feeder calves selling through the sale or block must submit a DUNF at weigh-in.

The market animal shows at the Shelby County Fair are partial terminal shows. Grand and Reserve Champion market cattle, market barrows, market gilts, market lambs, market goats, pens of chickens, pens of rabbits, single fryers (if sold separately from the winning pens) and turkeys MUST be slaughtered. Exhibitors are required to sell these animals through the Livestock Sale.

Unless otherwise noted in species specific rules, in the Livestock Sale, the Grand and Reserve Champion animals will sell first, directly followed by the Grand and Reserve Rate of Gain Champions. Skillathon winners in each age division in a specie will sell after Grand, Reserve and Rate of Gain.

Any exhibitor who brings a market animal to the fairgrounds but does not show the animal, then sells that animal through one of the Sale Committee blocks will be assessed a $25 fee, payable to the Sale Committee. The decision to assess a fee will be made by the Junior Fair Board Executive Committee upon recommendation of the relevant Junior Fair department superintendents.