MIDWEST STUD RAM SALE RULES
1)
All sheep in the sale must be offered with Full Interest Selling!
All sheep must be guaranteed as breeders, if properly handled.
Half-interest sales are permitted, but only at the option of the buyer(s). Consignors must offer the Full interest through the sale.
2)
No semen right may be imposed by consignors subsequent to the sale of a ram.
Consignors may collect and retain rights to semen
on rams sold, but only that semen collected prior to the sale. Rams that have been previously collected will be branded with a “C” mere-
ly as a means of letting the prospective buyers know that consignor is holding semen, and retaining rights to this semen. Please notify
the sale staff when checking in the animal so that a “C” can be included on the paint branding card.
3)
DNA Test Information:
Those breeders wanting to list Codon 171 or 136 results or spider test results with your pedigrees should
include that with entries, and also bring a copy of the test results with your registration and health papers. Codon provided by consignor
will be included on the sale orders, but is not guaranteed by the Midwest Sale.
4)
Registration Papers:
If consigning registered animals, please make sure to have your registration papers for entries to turn in at
checkin. If registration papers are not provided prior to sale, your consignor check will be held until papers are provided. Flock tags,
scrapie tags, or tattoos are required
5)
Health Papers:
All animals must have a health certificate, dated June 5th or later. A health paper (or photocopy of master paper) for
each entry is to be turned in to sale management at check-in. All entries must have scrapie tags!
Elisa Testing Required:
All Yearling Rams and Fall Ram Lambs are required to be ELISA tested with the individual test results attached
to the health paper. Schedule these ELISA test for June 5th or later to allow for traveling time for the new owners after the sale.
6)
Artificial Coloring:
Any artificial coloring of the head and legs, or of wool for the purpose of camouflaging black fiber is prohibited.
7)
Lambs Teeth:
All lambs should hold their lamb’s teeth to 12 months of age. Any lambs that drop their teeth prior to 12 months as
determined by their registry paper shall be replaced with a lamb of equal value to the mutual satisfaction of the buyer and seller within a
reasonable amount of time, or the consignor shall refund the purchase price promptly with all fees and percentages retained by the sale
managements. It shall be the responsibility of the buyer to notify the seller and then the sale manager if such a problem occurs. Any
consignor failing to comply with this rule shall be barred from consigning any animals to the following Midwest Sale.
8)
Show Placing and Sifting:
A full class list can be found on the back of the entry blank. Classes with over 30 entries will be split by
age after check-in except in Wether Sire and Dam Divisions. Only the top end of classes larger than 20 will be placed in all breeds.
The balance of the class will be randomly drawn for sale order. Any unsound, inferior or unacceptable entries in the opinion of the Judge
or Sale Classifier or Sifting Designee will be sifted. All decisions by the listed designees are final.
9)
Lamb Muzzles Prohibited:
Any consignor using muzzles on animals will be asked to remove them. If muzzles are seen on the animals
again, these animals will be automatically dismissed from the sale.
10)
Penning assignments:
Will be made prior to the sale and all consignors must use those assigned pens. Any special penning request
must accompany your sale entries! We will honor these requests whenever possible.
11)
NEW PROCEDURE ON TRANSIT ANIMLS IN THE DESIGNATED TRANSIT BARNS:
Animals not consigned in the Midwest Sale are not
allowed to be housed in the Sheep and Swine barns. Instead, they are considered transit animals and must be held in the horse barn stalls or
kept in personal trailers. No transit animals are the responsibility of the Midwest Sale or its staff. Horse barn stalls for transit animals will now
be monitored by Midwest Sale staff. All stalls will be locked prior to sale week and can then be rented by consignors/non-consignors through
sale staff in the FFA Building.
Stall rent will cost $5.00 per pen per day for consignors, and $15 per pen per day for non-consignors. All rentalsmust be pre-paid through Sunday,
June 28th. We will require renter name, address, phone number, number of sheep penned, and a brief description of animals upon pen rental
along with health papers for said animals. If renter chooses to empty the pen prior to Sunday, they may return to the FFA Building for a refund
of days not used, allowing the pen to again be locked by sale staff. Refunds will be allowed for the day staff is informed pen is vacant through
Sunday, June 28th. Renters wishing to personally lock their transit pens (during rental) will be required to furnish their own locks for this purpose.
ALL TRANSIT ANIMALS MUST ALSO HAVE HEALTH PAPERS available for inspection in accordance with Missouri health standards and rules and
federal law. Please put transit animals on separate health papers from sale entries.
12)
Parking:
No trailers or trucks are to be parked adjacent to the barns as these are fire lanes.
13)
Display Dogs Prohibited:
No display dogs will be allowed in the barns.
14)
Blankets:
Blankets are to remain off animals once shown, except for late night protection.
15)
Shearing Rules:
All Southdowns, Texels, Shropshires, Dorpers, Wether Sires & Dams, plus Club Lambs show and sell slick-shorn…
with No Butt Wool! The Suffolk, Hampshire, Montadale and Dorset Show & Sales will have special slick-sheared classes, but otherwise
should have no more than one inch of wool on any part of the body. Corriedales, Natural Colored, Polypays, Columbias and Rambouillets
are exempted, but should not be presented in overly long fleeces.
The annual Midwest Stud Ram Sale, which takes place in Sedalia, Missouri each June, is North America¹s premier sheep show and sale.
Heartland Livestock Services and members of the Midwest Sale management have an expectation of ethical behavior from consignors at this event.
Behavior should reflect the national status of this show and sale. Should questions arise regarding a consignor”s behavior, or their consignment,
we reserve the right to investigate to our satisfaction.
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