Texas Hill Country Dorper Assn. Sale

September 18, 2010

Gillespie County Fair Grounds

Fredericksburg, TX

Judge --  Frank Craddock (tentative)     Auctioneer—Preston Faris

Lori Titsworth – Show & Sale Secretary

Show Rules:

Sheep must arrive by 4:00 PM and checked in by 5:00 PM.  Show will begin at 8:00 AM Saturday.  Sale at 1 PM or following lunch break. . 

$15 Entry fee per head.  Pen of Three or more will be $10/hd.  Each farm will be charged $7.00 for a shavings fee regardless of number of entries.

Entries due Aug 1st to be eligible for catalog.  Entries must be accompanied by summary sheet.

All American Dorper Sheep Breeder Society registration papers will be presented and collected at time of check in exhibitors must specify haltered or un-haltered at check in

Sellers must be members of ADSBS (American Dorper Sheep Breeder Society) and Texas Hill Country Dorper Assn.  May attach Texas Hill Country Dorper Assn. $25 membership fee with entry. 

Seller must be a resident Texas breeder. 

Sheep must have scrapie tag and ADSBS papers

Paint brands.  Sheep will be paint branded with lot number and X if percentage.  

All sheep must be shorn within two weeks of the show. 

Substitution within sex will be allowed after the closing date.  Substituted sheep will be given new lot numbers to reduce confusion.

Entry limits 10 total lots per farm. Pen of three equals one lot. (Unless additional numbers are needed to have viable sale this rule can/will be suspend on presidents call)

New consignors are limited to 1 pen of three, 2 un-haltered, with haltered filling the remaining.

Returning consignors are limited to 2 pens of three, 5 un-haltered, with haltered filling remaining.

Seller may enter two rams with out entering ewes.  The seller’s third ram and each ram thereafter require two ewes. 

Example:

             Rams                Ewes Required

2                                             0

3                                             2

4                                             4

5                                             6

Haltered Classes will be shown in the ring. Non-Haltered Classes will be penned by class and judged in the pen. 

All non-haltered sheep will be penned together. 

Haltered and Non-Haltered will consist only of Pureblood/Fullblood.

The Pen of Three Class (a group of three ewes shown/sold together can be 75% or greater, Purebred or Fullblood) will be penned together and judged in their pens. Judge’s placing will determined the sale order.  All pen of threes will be shown in one class.

 Classes will be broken by registration papers and consist of: 

24-36 month old rams (Sept 1^st 2007—August 30^th 2008)  

Yearling rams (September 1st, 2008-- August 30^th  2009)

Fall ram lambs (September 1^st 2009 – December 31st 2009)

Spring ram lambs (January 1^st 20010 and Later)

 Yearling ewes (September 1st, 2008-- August 30^th  2009)

Fall ewe lambs (September 1^st 2009 – December 31st 2009)

Spring ewe lambs (January 1^st 2010 and Later)

White Dorpers and Dorpers will show separately, but one class after the other (ex. yearling Dorper rams will be followed yearling White Dorper Rams) 

A private sifter will look for cull faults and remove sheep form the show and sale.  The sifter has the discretion to cull any sheep not meeting quality standards.  The sifter’s decision will be final.  No refund of fees to sifted sheep.  Considerations for sifting include: 

•         Unsound feet and legs (crippled, coon footed, sickle-hocked)

•         Unsound mouth (overbite, under bite)

•         Unsound reproductive organs

•         Poor breed character, health, or serious conformation fault

•         Or any sheep the sifter believes does not represent the quality of the Dorper breed

Sale Rules:

Sale will collect 10% commission per lot.  If seller PO’s a lot above floor price, seller pays 10% commission on lots at price PO’ed. Consigners are responsible for paying the full purchase price of the PO’ed sheep so the books can be balanced. 

Sale order will be Haltered, Non-Haltered, Pen Of Three with highest placing animals selling first.

Exhibitors are responsible for getting their sheep to the sale ring and back to their pens. 

All rams 10 months and older must be fertility checked within two weeks of the show and sale.  Rams younger than 10 months will be guaranteed by the breeder if the ram is kept in good condition and are fertility tested by the buyer around a year of age.

All Ewes maintained in good condition will be guaranteed by breeders to be fertile if exposed by the end of the calendar year.  Most breeders will guarantee ewe lambs (not exposed their first year) longer if maintained in good condition.  Please confirm with breeders before you buy.

Health certificates are not required for entry, but a veterinarian will be available for buyers that need certificates for transport. 

All sheep brought to show and sale MUST sell. 

Catalog with have futurity rules and entry forms, list of breeders in club, membership application, calendar of events and anything else we need the buyers to have.

Recommended Buyer Protection Guidelines:

Ewes presented as bred should have sonogram results posted at the pen.

Ewes presented as “exposed” do not have a breeding guarantee.

Sellers should post any other guarantee or warranty terms at the pens prior to the sale. 

Texas Hill Country Dorper Assn. is in no way liable nor does it guarantee animals.  Warranties whether expressed or implied are between seller and buyer.

Sale help needed for Bid taker 2,  ticket write 2, refreshments,  sale line order line up, load out – everyone, ticket runners, help for Lori at sale, paint branding –3, sale check in,  receiving entry forms, getting trophies together, advertisement, sponsorships recruitment, youth committee, sale meal preparations,