“Partial Terminal” Sale; Frequently asked questions answered

To further clarify the details of implementing a partial-terminal livestock sale in 2021 and beyond, review these FAQs:

1. If I declare at weigh-in that I’m taking my gilt home after the show and she ends up being Champion gilt, but not overall Grand or Reserve, do I lose my sale slot for that animal?

• Yes, you do lose that sale slot. In order to have a sale slot the animal must remain at the Fair and be available to participate in the Jr. Livestock Sale. Take home or exhibitor ‘keep’ animals are released and expected to go home after their shows are complete.

2. If I declare at weigh-in that I’m taking my gilt home after the show and she ends up being Champion gilt, but not overall Grand or Reserve, does the Reserve Champion gilt move into that sale slot?

• That’s a decision the Show committee will make as they assemble the sale order.

3. If I declare at weigh-in that I’m taking my gilt home after the show and she ends up being Champion gilt, but not overall Grand or Reserve, can my second gilt that I’m not taking home have the sale slot earned by my higher placing first gilt that I am taking home?

• No, each animal will must earn it’s own sale slot based on how it places and the criteria used by the Show Committee as they assemble the sale order.

4. If I declare at weigh-in that I’m taking my dairy feeder calf home and it makes the sale as third overall dairy feeder, do I lose that sale slot?

• Yes, you do lose your sale slot. Much like the gilt example above, in order to have a sale slot the animal must remain at the Fair and be available to participate in the Jr. Livestock Sale.

5. If a dairy feeder forfeits a sale slot as indicated in Q #4 above, do all the calves below that calf move up one, thus allowing what was the 7^th overall dairy feeder to then make the sale?

• Yes, 6 dairy feeders will still earn sale slots so if a sale slot is forfeited, the calves below each move up.

6. If I declare at weigh-in that I’m taking my ewe lamb home and she becomes the third overall market lamb, do I lose the sale slot that animal earned?

• Like the gilt and dairy feeder examples above, in order to have a sale slot the animal must remain at the Fair and be available to participate in the Jr. Livestock Sale.

7. If I declare at weigh-in that I’m taking my ewe lamb home and she becomes the third overall market lamb, does the 4^th place overall lamb move into that sale slot?

• Like examples above, that’s a decision the Show committee will make as they assemble the sale order.

8. If I declare at weigh-in that I’m taking my market beef steer(s) home and I become Premier Exhibitor, do I lose my sale slot because I don’t have a market beef to sell?

• Yes, you will lose the Premier Exhibitor sale slot which is the third to sell the beef sale. As indicated above, you must have an animal in a respective specie’s sale in order to participate in that sale.

9. If I declare at weigh-in to take my market beef home, can I still be the Premier Beef Exhibitor, but just without a sale slot?

• Yes, you will remain the Premier Exhibitor.

10. If I lose my sale slot because I decide to take my market beef animals home, does the second place Premier Exhibitor get my sale slot?

• No, only the 1^st place Premier Exhibitor earns a sale slot, and in their absence there will simply be no Premier Exhibitor sale slot this year.

11. If I declare at weigh-in that I’m taking a market animal home, thus forfeiting any potential sale slot with that animal, do I also forfeit the privilege of receiving any “add-on” premiums from a sale buyer for that animal?

• In order to receive add-on sale premium money it must be added on to an animal that is in the sale as either an individual sale animal or being sold in a group.

12. Does the same hold true for any potential premiums a dairy feeder might have earned as the result of the sale of the dairy products?

• No, regardless if a youth takes their dairy feeder home, their ability to share in dollars resulting from the sale of the dairy products is unchanged. Premiums earned from the sale of the product ‘baskets’ through the sale are tied to the youth and have never been tied to individual animals.