INDOOR EXHIBITS - Cecil County Fair

2012 CECIL COUNTY FAIR
4-H Livestock Auction
Please join us on Friday, July 27, 2012 at 6:00 for the
32nd Annual Cecil County Fair 4-H Livestock Auction.
This is your opportunity to support local 4-H Youth and
to purchase some of Cecil County’s finest hand raised
beef, pork, duck, lamb, chevon, rabbit, and chicken.
The Livestock Sale marks the culmination of months
of hard work when 4-Hers offer their project animals
for sale to the highest bidder. Proceeds often go to fund
college educations. Buyers get the satisfaction of supporting
hard working 4-H Youth, recognition for buying
the best, and can usually deduct the cost as a business
advertising expense.
Buyers of champion animals will have their pictures
taken with their purchases to be published in a local
newspaper. A banner will be presented to buyers of
champion and reserve champion animals and pictures
will be displayed on the fairgrounds.
Even if you don’t need a freezer full of meat, you can
still support local 4-H Youth by buying an animal and
returning it to the Sale Committee. The Sale Committee
will sell the animal for you at the market price and all
you’ll owe is the difference between your bid price and
Livestock sale official rules
1. Sale is open to all active Cecil County 4-H Youth
who are enrolled in a respective livestock project
regardless of club membership. Youth who sell in
2012 are required to complete a record book in order
to sell in 2013. Youth must write their thank you note
to buyer on or before October 1, 2012, to be able to sell
in 2013.
Each youth may sell 2 animals of each species and
no more than 3 animals total can be sold. Each animal
must be registered as an official 4-H project. All youth
selling in the 2012 sale are required to attend a mandatory
sale meeting.
2. Dates of Meetings: May 21
May 21, St. Stephens Church, Earleville, 7 PM
May 24, Rising Sun Library, Rising Sun, 6:30 PM
June 6, Cecil County Extension Office, Elkton, 7 PM
3. All 4-H exhibitors must show their own animal,
unless they have two animals in the same class. If
two animals are in the same class, the exhibitor must
show one of the animals and a person of their age or
younger must show the other animal. In the case of
illness or emergency, a group of at least 3 livestock
sale committee members determine if a substitute
show person is allowed. If a 4-H exhibitor does not
show their own animal (unless one of the special
exceptions stated apply) the exhibitor will not receive
4-H premiums and will not be allowed to sell in the 4-
H Livestock sale.
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the market price. You can expect around 600 lbs of beef
from a 1000 lb steer, 175 lbs of pork from a 250 lb hog, 50
lbs of lamb from a 100 lb lamb, 40 lbs of chevon from a
80 lb goat, and meat rabbits are 3-5 lbs. each.
Don’t need a whole steer, hog, goat, or lamb? Then
bring a friend, split the meat and the cost. The Sale Committee
will make arrangements to transport your animal
to a Cecil County processor, but buyers are responsible
for processing costs.
To preview the animals, attend the Poultry Show on
Saturday, July 21 at 4:00 pm, the Rabbit Show on Sunday,
July 22 at 9 am; the Meat Goat Show on Tuesday,
July 24 at 8 am, Sheep Show Tuesday, July 24 at 4:00 pm;
and the Swine, Beef and Dairy Steer Shows on Wednesday,
July 25, beginning at 9 am.
For more information contact April Hall Barczewski
at the Extension Office 410-996-5280.
Don’t miss the opportunity to get recognition for your
business and buy top quality meat. Attend the Cecil
County Fair 4-H Livestock Auction. Each Buyer and
Seller of Champion or Reserve Champion Animals will
receive a banner to display as they wish.
4. All market animals must meet the same eligibility
rules as the shows to be sold.
5. Any rule not specifically stated here but listed on
the individual show pages must be followed.
6. A 6% sales commission will be deducted to cover
sale expenses.
7. Animal becomes property and responsibility of
buyer once it is struck off at the sale. It will be cared
for on the fairgrounds until all animals are released
on Sunday morning. Arrangements for transportation
to a Cecil County processor will be made but
costs of processing are the buyers responsibility.
8. The Cecil County Fair Livestock Sale Committee
has the responsibility to sell all animals consigned to
the sale.
9. Youth who have buyers interested in buying
their returned animals are to take care of the transaction
themselves.
10. The decisions of the Cecil County Fair Livestock
Committee will be final.