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MIDWEST STUD RAM SALE - GENERAL INFORMATION
PROCEDURE ON TRANSIT ANIMALS 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 should be held in the horse barn stalls. Stalls for transit animals will
now be accounted for 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 rentals must be
paid up front and will pay rent through Sunday following the sale. We will require renter name, address, phone number, number of sheep penned,
and a brief description of animals upon pen rental. If renter chooses to empty the pen prior to Sunday, they may return to the FFA Building for a re-
fund of days not used, allowing the pen to again be locked by sale staff. Refunds will be allowed for the day staff is informed of the empty pen through
Sunday. Renters wishing to lock their transit pens will be required to furnish their own locks for this purpose. Otherwise transit animals are to be held
in personal trailers, at no responsibility to the Midwest Sale or its staff. ALL TRANSIT ANIMALS MUST ALSO HAVE HEALTH PAPERS available for inspec-
tion in accordance with Missouri health standards and rules and federal law. Please put transit animals on separate health papers from sale entries.
Display Dogs Prohibited:
No display dogs will be allowed in the barns.
Parking:
No trailers or trucks are to be parked adjacent to the barns as these are fire lanes.
Settlement Checks:
Settlement checks will be mailed to consignors in early August on all sheep paid for by that time. Collections from “bad buyers”
of necessity must be a shared responsibility. No consignor has ever failed to be paid for sheep sold through this sale, but unfortunately, there have
been some delays from time to time due to circumstances beyond our control.
SPECIAL BREED RULES
Katahdin:
1. Only 100% Registered (White Papered) Katahdins are eligible. 2. Consignors must be KHSI or CKSI members. 3. All entries must be shown to determine their
sale order. 4. Consignors should enter “A” coat yearlings or lambs that have shed their lamb coats. It is recognized that such shedding may not be possible for
younger spring lambs, particularly any spring lamb entries born in March or April. 5. As Katahdins are Hair Sheep, no shearing, trimming or clipping will be per-
mitted. Consignors should present their entries in as attractive manner as possible. Washing and brushing are encouraged. 6. No tail docked animals allowed.
7. All yearling rams and fall ram lambs must have a negative b.Ovis ELISA test, in addition to the interstate health papers required for all entries.
Dorper:
1. Fullblood and Purebred entries will be combined into single classes. 2. All rams should be High Type 3 or better. 3. Consignors are allowed 2 ram entries,
any additional rams must have 2 ewes for each ram entered. 4. All entries must be slick sheared within one week of the show unless the animal has com-
pletely shed at the time of the show. No carding or blocking will be permitted.
Montadales:
All entries MUST be codon tested and lab reports MUST accompany registration papers at Check-in.
You will be billed an additional $10 entry fee by MSBA.
Polypays:
1. All animals consigned to the sale must be from multiple births. 2. All yearling ewes consigned must have lambed prior to sale.
Texels:
1. The Texel Sheep Breeders Society has determined that animals will not be allowed to be penned and participate in the show and sale unless the animal has
a liftable tail dock (there must be tail vertebrae liftable by hand). The recommended tail length is 1.5 inches which would approximate a dock at the distal end
of the caudal fold. All animals born after July 1, 2014 must conform to the tail docking rule in order to participate in the National Texel Show and Sale. 2. The
Texel Sheep Breeders Society has determined that only sheep that have been tested negative to Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (OPP) within 30 days prior to the
National Texel Show and Sale will be allowed to be penned and participate in the National Texel Show and Sale. All sheep must be accompanied by a negative
OPP AGID test regardless of age. The OPP AGID test must be run by an American Academy of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) accredited lab. The
list of accredited labs can be found at
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Exhibitors must show a copy of the negative test results to the sale chair. Animal identification must match test result identification. Make certain that your
veterinarian correctly identifies your sale animals on the paper work. The animals must be identified in one or more of the following ways in order to participate:
a) Mandatory Scrapie Identification tags b) Scrapie Flock Certification Program tags c) Ear tattoos that conform to the Scrapie Flock Certification Program and
are recognized as such by the State of Flock Origin and the Federal Government
Buyers at the sale must be aware that a negative OPP test within 30 days prior to the sale does not guarantee disease free status. Purchased animals should be
isolated and retested based upon your veterinarian’s advice to further reduce risk.
Southdowns:
1. HEREDITARY CHONDRODYSPLASIA, ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIS, and CODON 171 SALE WARRANTY: At all sales sponsored by this association the seller warrants
to the buyer that sheep sold are free of Hereditary Chondrodysplasia (spider), Ectodermal Dysplasia (hairy lamb) and contain a minimum of one R at condon 171.
Any claimed violation of this warranty shall be settled between the buyer and seller. This guarantee shall constitute a contract between the buyer and the seller
only. No other parties, including but not limited to the American Southdown Breeders’ Association, Sale Management and sponsoring organizations, shall assume
any liability, legal or otherwise, express or implied. Any seller failing to in good faith comply with this rule shall be denied the right to register and transfer with
the Association and will be automatically barred from selling any sheep for five years or until resolved to this sale or any sale sponsored or sanctioned by the
American Southdown Breeders’ Association. 2. DNA TESTING: Designate Gene Check as official lab for ASBA Show and Sale work. (Summer 2009.)
Shropshires:
All entries are to be slick shorn with in 5 days of the show from the hock and knees up and the poll back. Wool should be left on the lower legs
below the hock and knee joints and on the poll. There should be no wool left above the hock or knee joints.
Suffolk:
The United Suffolk Sheep Association has adopted the following requirements for all USSA sanctioned sales, including the Midwest Sale.
This applies to both breeding sheep and wether sires and dams.
Registered Suffolks of all genotypes (NN, NS, RR, QR, QQ) will be allowed to sell. Each consignor must declare and guarantee the genetic makeup of each of their
entries with respect to both spider syndrome and scrapie susceptibility (codon 171). Any registered Suffolk may be sold as long as this information is provided at
the time of paper check-in prior to the start of the shows. DNA test results are not required and consignors may declare and guarantee the genotypes of their
entries based solely on pedigree. Genotype information (NS or NN and QQ, QR or RR) will be printed on the sale order, which is prepared following the shows.
Any buyer who wishes to have the benefit of this guarantee must have the animal DNA tested, at the buyer’s expense, to confirmwhether or not the sheep is as de-
clared by the seller with respect to either scrapie susceptibility or spider syndrome. Such testing must be performed within 45 days of the date of sale. If a sheep is
determined by the buyer’s DNA testing to be of lesser genotype that the consignor declared at the sale, the seller shall have the option of having the animals retested
at the seller’s expense. The seller must arrange for such testing within two weeks of receipt of buyer’s test results or a mutually agreeable timetable. In the event
there is a conflict in the results between the two tests, a third test will immediately be run with the cost of such third test to be equally shared by the buyer and seller.
If the animal is determined to be less than declared by the consignor or if the seller fails to provide for a re-test, the sheep shall be returned to the seller with the
costs association with the transportation of the returned sheep being equally shared by the buyer and the seller and the seller shall refund the full purchase price
of the animal promptly, with all fees and percentages levied against the animal retained by the sale.
This guarantee shall constitute a contract between the buyer and seller only. No other parties, including but not limited to the USSA, sale management, sponsor-
ing organizations, shall assumer any liability, legal or otherwise, express or implied. Sellers failing to comply with the spirit of these provisions will be subject to
being barred from future USSA sanctioned sales.
