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Butler County Jr. Fair Livestock the day is very stressful on the pigs, and packers
Sale Information: will pay more for the packer bid if we load out at
»Livestock Sale will be split into two rings that will night).
operate concurrently at the conclusion of the sale All Junior Fair Market projects are eligible to run
of champions through the sale ring on sale day Saturday.
»The order of the sale will be as follows: • Every Junior Fair exhibitor is eligible to sell up
• Sale of Champions will begin at 9:00 a.m. in the to 2 animals per species. This includes the beef
Open Class sheep barn. department where an exhibitor can sell 2 market
• If necessary, take a 5-10 minute break to adjust animals, or 2 feeder calves, or 1 of each.
for a second ring. • Projects will be automatically entered into the
• Market Hogs as well as Rabbits, Chickens and sale and it is the responsibility of the exhibitor
Turkeys will sell in the Junior swine barn. and their guardian to pull them from the sale (if
• All other species will sell in the Open Class sold at the auction, projects are ineligible to show
sheep barn on a yearly rotation at any other junior shows).
* Multiple buyer numbers will be accepted at the • Exhibitors have 11/2 hrs after completion of
time the animal is declared sold. livestock show to pull animal from sale. Sale
• No more than 4 diff erent buyer numbers will Representatives will be at podium in show ring.
be accepted on any one animal with the pur- If not pulled by this time, all remaining projects
chase price being distributed evenly across will be required to be sold through the Junior Fair
those buyers, i.e. 4 buyers purchase an animal Livestock Sale. Both the exhibitor and the parent/
for $1000.00, each buyer will be charged $250 guardian must sign the Livestock Auction Remov-
equally. al Agreement
• Buyers groups will be accepted and welcomed • If for any reason a packer bid would not be
under the condition that a representative collect- obtained and there would be no Junior Fair Sale
ing the monies, present that under one number, Auction, it will be the sole responsibility of the
if more than 4 buyers would like to contribute, or owners of all market livestock to remove their an-
varying amounts of donations are desired – i.e. 2 imals from the Butler County Fairgrounds at their
buyers purchase a project for $400. Buyer 1 puts expense by no later than 12:00 midnight Satur-
in $300, and Buyer 2 wants to contribute $100. day, the last day of the fair
Both will need to purchase the project under one • If there is no packer bid secured for a specifi c
buyer’s number. species, the Jr. Fair member will only receive the
All buyer names will be recognized on all monies bid price at sale and will be responsible for re-
run through the ring -Add-ons will be allowed, moval of their animal by midnight, sale day.
however, that will occur at the cashier’s station

(sale offi ce) and those names will not be recog- Butler County Jr. Fair Livestock Sale
nized on the microphone or recognition board, yet August 1st 2026 Sale of Champions:
will still factor in to the buyer’s total contribution of 9:00am Open Class Sheep Barn
the livestock sale. Sale Rotation:
*All hogs will be loaded out sale day (Saturday) 1.Rabbits
night at the conclusion of the fair activities. 2.Chickens
• Hogs will run through the sale ring, and at the 3 Turkeys
responsibility of the Junior Fair exhibitor, be 4.Goats
returned to their pen, and the care of the hogs 5.Sheep
will be under the responsibility of the exhibitors or 6.Swine
their guardians until the packer truck arrives that 7.Feeder Calves
evening (this is simply to maintain a group and 8.Market Beef
community eff ort to keep the pigs’ wellbeing as
our primary interest. Loading out in the middle of