"SELECT” SALE RULES

 

Each of you is asked to send a photo of each of your consignments to be included in the catalog.  Please be sure to get a quality photo to help market your animal. Mark Holt is willing to take pictures of the sale animals at Oregon State and Puyallup but please indicate so space can be held. 

 

1. Entry Deadline September 1, 2011

Entry fee $100.00 per head. Entries received on or before August 15, 2011 will have a reduced rate fee of $60.00 per head, if entry forms and registration papers are in possession of sales staff. The only exception on the registration papers in hand, is if breeder needs to have them for shows, then copies of the papers must accompany the entry form.  Original registration papers will be collected at weighing and shifting.  Cow/calf pair is considered one entry.  Entry fees will be used to offset expenses of the sale.  The sale commission will be based on sale costs including “No Sales”.  Entry fees on cattle not showing up will be forfeited.  Entries received after the first 40 lots may not be included in the sale, at the discretion of the sale committee.

 2. Consignors are limited to 5 lots.  Consignors interested in selling flushes, frozen embryos, etc., should contact the sale staff.

 3. Steers’ sire or dam must be a Hereford, and will be sold at the end of the sale.  The fee for the steers will be $25.00 each and the commission fee will be ½ the rate of the other animals.  Steers will be sold by the head.

 

 As of October 22, 2011 ages of cattle must be:

 Cow/calf: Calf at side must not be over 205 days old.

(Cow must not be over 5 years of age.)

 

Cows selling safe in calf must be pregnancy tested within 25 days of sale by an accredited veterinarian, with a statement of proof accompanying health papers.

 

Heifers: 180 days must be weaned.

 

Heifers, 18 months of age and over, must be confirmed pregnant.

 

Bulls:

Display Bulls may be for sale Private Treaty at the discretion of the consignor, if sold as a result of this sale, a commission fee will be charged.

 

Display Bull entry is $50.00; if owner has no entry in the sale the fee will be $100.00.

 

4. Each animal in the sale must have an individual health certificate including a PI test (see supplemental information sheet), supplied by a veterinarian dated within 25 days of the sale.  These papers will be given to the sale secretary at the time of arrival.  Females over 4 months must be Brucellosis vaccinated.  All tattoos must be legible and agree with the registration certificates; any animal not meeting this requirement will not be in the sale.  Any animal deemed unsightly by the Sale Committee will be removed immediately from the sale barn.  No tattooing on grounds.

 

5. All females between 12-18 months must be palpated by a veterinarian and indicated pregnant or open and capable of being bred with no abnormalities found.  A statement of proof must accompany the health papers.

6. A sifting committee composed of a cattleman and a veterinarian shall determine health, soundness and quality of all cattle entered. Their decision is final. Weighting, measuring, ear tagging and sifting will be done at 5 pm, Friday, October 21, 2011. Entered animals must meet the minimums for height and weight in order to sell. Sifted cattle will be removed from the barn or to a designated area. Entry fee will be forfeited on cattle sifted. Any private treaty sale must pay the commission.

7. Catalog order will be based upon return of completed entries. That includes the entry, entry fee and copies or signed registration certificates.

8. Footnotes in the catalog are limited to thirty (30) words including current heights, weights, EPD’s and/or breeding information. Current EPD’s from AHA as of catalog printing date will be used, and are required.

9. Consignors must be members of the Washington State Hereford Association or the Columbia Empire Hereford Association. 2011 membership dues in WSHA are $40.00 annually and in CEHA are $20.00 annually; choice of one must accompany entry, unless already paid.

10. The show judge, auctioneer & ringmen will set the sale order.

Substitutes will be allowed under extreme conditions (death, injury, sickness, etc.). However, supplemental sheets containing information on the substitute animals will be at the cost and obligation of the consignor.