Annual New England Sheep Sale
July 8 & 9, 2011
Mallary Complex, Eastern States Exposition
West Springfield, Massachusetts
(Please use Gate 9A or 10 Entrances to the Fairgrounds)
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2011 Entry Information
For entry information, please contact Becky Peterson at shropsec@hotmail.com or via phone at 413.624.5562.
The New England Sale is gearing up for another record year in 2011!
Mark your calendar now and note that the New England Sale is being held a week earlier this year to make it easier for people to attend 2 great events on the east coast, back to back. The All American Junior Show will have just concluded in Harrington, Delaware.
The sale committee wishes to extend an invitation to all breeders to enter their favorite breed. The consignors have been providing exceptional quality breeding sheep for sale over recent years and these sheep are commanding good prices from the buyers. Classes are offered for rams and ewes of all registered breeds. Southdowns will be the feature this year as the New England Sale is hosting the National Southdown Sale.
A special division for for “wether-dam ewes” will be continued. A Champion and Reserve Champion will be selected from all of the wether-dam classes. These classes will show and sell in the normal breed order at the end of the show and sale.
We will continue to offer our unique sale attractions that you have come to associate with the New England Sale:
- Champion Cash Jackpots
- $100 awards for Supreme Champion Ram and Ewe
- Open to all breeds
- Late lamb classes and a bred ewe division
- Lower entry fees ($15 for ewes) and overall costs
- Used sheep equipment auction
- Buyer’s raffle for sale credits up to $200
- Friday night family barbecue
- Ice Cream Social during Supreme Champion selection
- Northeast Youth Sheep Show (Friday through Sunday) in which sheep purchased at the sale are eligible to be shown in the breed classes.
We will be promoting the sale heavily and guarantee that the sale catalog will be available by the time of the Midwest Stud Ram Sale! In order for us to accomplish this please respect the April 20 entry deadline. We will accept late entries but they may not appear in the sale catalog. Also, take a look at affordable advertising in our sale catalog. Promote your breeding program and entries to the 2011 New England Sale!
SHOW/SALE DATE & TIME
SHOW: Friday, July 8th, 8:00 AM
Judge: Stacy Scramlin, Holly, MI
SALE: Saturday, July 9th, 9:00 AM
Auctioneer: Billy MacCauley, Atglen, PA
BREEDS, CLASSES & QUOTAS
THE 2011 SHOW & SALE IS OPEN TO ALL BREEDS! There is no quota
on the number of rams sold per breed but will be subject to sifting. Ewes will also be subject to sifting for insufficient quality or soundness. All breeds will have classes for Yearling Rams, Yearling Ewes, Bred Ewes (up to 3 years old as of 1-1-2011) and Ram & Ewe Lambs.
The break dates for lamb classes are as follows:
All breeds except Polled and Horned Dorsets- Fall lambs: September 1-December 31, 2010; Early Spring Lambs: January 1– February 14, 2011; Late Spring Lambs: February 15 and after. Dorsets will be broken as follows: Fall Lambs: September 1- November 30, 2010; Early Spring Lambs: December 1, 2010 - January 15, 2011; Late Spring Lambs: January 16 and after. Note that Southdowns will offer 3 Spring Ewe Lamb classes (January, February and March)
And don’t forget: classes for wether-dams will be offered in all breeds and an additional class will be offered for non-registered, crossbred ewes. Please note that a single Champion and Reserve Champion wether-dam will be selected from these classes. These two winners will not be eligible to compete for Supreme Champion. Wether-sire classes are NOT offered.
TRANSPORTATION TO NEW ENGLAND FROM OTHER SALES
Trucking of sheep will be available from the Midwest Sale in Sedalia, MO. Please contact the sale manager to make trucking arrangements.
INTERSTATE SHIPMENT OF SHEEP
All sheep consigned to the New England Sale must be positively identified with an eartag approved by the USDA and accompanied by an approved interstate health certificate. This will be the consignor’s responsibility. Please make your plans now. The sale management’s decision is final regarding adequate identification.
COMMISSION, ENTRY FEES & ENTRY DEADLINE
A commission of 10% will be charged on the amount over $100/head. The New England Sale reserves the right to increase the percentage of commissions to cover costs. All applicable commission is charged on any “NO SALES.”
YOU MUST BE A MEMBER OF THE NESWGA TO ENTER SHEEP. The cost of membership is $10 for a Farm or family. Entry fees are $15/head on ewes and $20/head on rams, payable at the time of entry. Institutions can pay by requisition. Entry fees are non-refundable. Substitutions will be allowed.
The deadline for entries is Wednesday, April 20th. Entries will be accepted after this date but may not appear in the Sale Catalog. Late entries will be included in a supplement that will be distributed at the sale.
Again in 2011: Please note that consignors arriving at the sale without having made entries will be charged $25 per head entry fee. Also, sheep arriving without original registration paper will be assessed a $10 fee.
All entries should be mailed to: Becky Peterson, 41 Bell Rd., Leyden, MA 01337 Tel. 413-624-5562
CATALOG ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY
OUR GUARANTEE: The catalog will be available by the time of the Midwest Stud Ram Sale (mid June).
Like you, we’re looking for an effective low-cost way to promote our product. We run ads in the big sheep magazines, but that only goes so far and we’re surrounded by lots of competition. So we publish our own sale catalog (4,000 copies) and distribute it to everyone we can. And since it’s a sale catalog, people who read it are people who are looking to buy sheep and sheep-related products. It works great! For you, it’s better still because it’s low-cost and low-stress. You sketch out what you want to say and we do the rest. We typeset the ad and send you a proof copy for your approval. For $70, you can introduce thousands of sheep producers to your Farm, products or services. Now is a good time to take advantage of a good deal. Try advertising in the 2011 New England Sale Catalog. This catalog will also be available on the NESWGA website www.nesheep.org and also linked from most breed organizations
Promote your sale entries We offer a special service to New England Sale Consignors: If you place an ad to promote your sale entries we will try to place the ad on the same page as your entries or on a facing page.
** PLEASE NOTE AD SIZES: **
In an effort to reduce postal costs and meet new postal size regulations, we have changed the size of our catalog. The new catalog will be approximately 11” high and 6” wide. Ad sizes have changed. Please note ad sizes below:
The back cover is also available at higher rates on a first come basis. Reserve this space by contacting Becky Peterson at 413-624-5562. |
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width |
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height |
price |
half page |
5” |
X |
4 7/8” |
$70.00 |
FULL PAGE |
5” |
X |
9 7/8” |
$100.00 |
typesetting: We will typeset your ad and send you a proof copy or you may send camera-ready electronic file (pdf formats, please).
Photographs & artwork: YOU MUST SUPPLY ALL PHOTOGRAPHS & SPECIAL ARTWORK FOR YOUR AD. All photographs will be returned.
Deadline: The deadline for submitting advertising is April 20. With this April 20th deadline we guarantee that the catalog will be available by the time of the Midwest Sale. We do accept entries after this date but we cannot accept advertising.
CAMPER RESERVATIONS: To help you save travel costs, you may bring your camper or motor home and have electric, water and sewer hook-ups at a small charge of $25 for the weekend. Reservations are preferred and can be paid with your entries.
2011 will be another great year!
Looking forward to hearing from you,
- Becky Peterson, New England Sale Manager
www.nesheep.org
Links will become active as information becomes available.
Camper Reservation Form [pdf] [doc]
For more information on animal health regulations, please visit: http://www.mass.gov/agr/fairs
2010 Sale Catalog (all are listed as pdfs, unless otherwise noted)
Cheviot
Cotswold
Horned Dorset & Polled Dorset
Hampshire
Katahdin
Lincoln
Montadale
Natural Colored
Oxford & Rambouillet
Romney
Shropshire
Southdown
Suffolk
Tunis
