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MIDWEST STUD RAM SALE - PRE-SALE & ENTRY INFORMATION
Entry Processing & Fees:
Entries can be made online with credit card payment at
, or by mail with the enclosed entry blank
and payment by check. A full class listing per breed is located on the back of the entry blank. Please note your breed’s listed classes, as some
may have changed. Entry fees are $20 per head ($60 per pen of three). Entry fees are nonrefundable- including for animals sifted from the sale,
scratched from the sale, or that for other reasons fail to get to the sale.
Entries Due May 1st:
In an effort to produce the sale catalog in a timely manner, this May 1st deadline is final. We will accept entries after May 1st,
but they will not be included in the printed catalog. Entries will be accepted on an “Information Sale Day” basis, but we encourage you to include as
much information as possible for cataloged entries. Late entries will continue to be accepted through day of sale.
Commission & Charges:
Sale commission is 10% of the full sale price of each animal, including any “no sales”. There will be an additional 1%
surcharge deducted from your sale settlement for the Missouri Sheep Producers, the sponsors of this sale. Breeds with a National Sale or Event
designation will have an additional 1% (some have 2%) deducted for their National Associations. Ohio sheep entries also have a ½% deduction for
the Ohio Sheep Commission. Some breeds also have us deduct for futurity nomination fees.
Substitutions:
Substitutions (within or out of class/breed) will be allowed in the interest of improved quality. Please make sure to have correct
paperwork (health and registration papers) on your entries.
Registration Papers:
If consigning registered animals, please make sure to have your registration papers for entries to turn in at Check-in.
If registration papers are not provided prior to sale,
NEW - fee of $10.00 per registration will be billed or deducted
and your consignor check will be
held until papers are provided. All consignors with registered animals will have transfer fees deducted on sheep sold as we transfer the registration
papers to the new owners.
Health Papers:
Standard interstate health paper (or copy of paper) is required for each animal, and will be turned in to sale management at check-in.
Obtain health papers and any tests on June 5th or later to allow traveling time for the new owners after the sale. All entries must have scrapie tags!
Required Testing:
All Yearling Rams and Fall Ram Lambs (born before January 1st of this year) must have ELISA test for B. Ovis within 30 days of the
sale. Only rams with negative B. Ovis results will be allowed to sell. A positive result suggests epididymitis which can render rams sterile.
DNA Test Information:
Those breeders wanting to list Codon test results (171 or 136, spider, etc.) on sale orders should include that with entries,
and also bring a copy of the test results with your registration and health papers to Check-in. Codon provided by consignor will be included on the
sale orders, but is not guaranteed by the Midwest Sale.
Penning:
Will be made prior to the sale and all consignors must use the assigned pens. Any special penning request must accompany your sale
entries! We will honor these requests whenever possible.
Consignor Responsibility:
As a consignor you are responsible for the cost incurred in the preparation and transportation of your animals to the sale,
plus the feed and bedding at the sale. Hay and straw will be available on the fairgrounds at local prevailing prices.
MIDWEST STUD RAM SALE - SALE RULES
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.
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” merely 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.
Artificial Coloring:
Any artificial coloring of the head and legs, or of wool for the purpose of camouflaging black fiber is prohibited.
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.
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.
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.
Blankets:
Blankets are to remain off animals once shown, except for late night protection.
Shearing Rules:
All Southdowns, Texels, Shropshires, Dorpers, Wether Sires & Dams, plus Club Lambs show and sell slick-shorn… with No ButtWool!
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 present-
ed 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 con-
signment, we reserve the right to investigate to our satisfaction.
