Piscataquis Valley Fair 2006 - Youth Market Lamb Show and Auction

Youth Market Lamb Show and Auction Wayne Schofield 948-3272

Market Lamb Premiums Showmanship:
Trophy to Junior and Senior Champions

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
$10	$9	$8	$7	$6	$5	$4	$3	$2	$1

Market Lamb Class (carcass)

All lambs in Prime Group	$10
All lambs in Choice Group	$8
All lambs in Good Group	$6
All lambs in Fair Group	$4
All lambs in Poor Group	$2

Market Lamb Premiums Challenge Course
To Test How Well The Lambs Have Been Raised To Lead.

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
$10	$9	$8	$7	$6	$5	$4	$3	$2	$1

Youth Market Lamb Challenge Course
1st Place	Ashley Hardy
2nd Place	Sarah Richards
3rd Place	Cody Coutts
4th Place	Fred Richards
5th Place	Colleen Schofield
6th Place	Shaynen Schofield
7th Place	Beatrice Richards
8th Place	Nicole Schofield

Grand Champion Lamb	Cody Coutts
Reserve Champion Lamb	Ashlie Hardy
Honorable Mention Lamb	Sarah Richards

RULES & REGULATIONS

Entries are open to girls and boys in the State of Maine who are enrolled in an approved Youth Market Lamb Project. Participants must have reached their 7th birthday and not passed their 19th birthday, as of midnight December 31, 2005.
All lambs should be registered with Wayne Schofield, Bagley Hill Road, Troy, ME 04987
Lambs should be tagged and the number reported.
All lambs exhibited must follow the guidelines of the Piscataquis County Youth Lamb Project. All exhibitors are required to care for their own animals. Each exhibitor is allowed one market lamb.
No lamb may be exhibited in competition that cannot be managed and led by the person showing the animal without the help from others.
All market lambs exhibited at the Piscataquis Valley Fair must be sold at Auction.
Market lambs must be on the grounds by 8:00 A.M. Friday, August 25, 2006. Each member must accompany his or her lamb. 8:30 A.M. is the time of weighing.
The Market Lamb Show will start at 10:00 AM. Members must wear white shirts with no printing. Solid colored long pants are required (no blue jeans). Be neat and presentable. Lambs must be shown with halters.
Ram lambs will be disqulified for entry to the show and auction.
Lambs will be shown and graded into the following groups: Prime, Choice, Good, Fair and Poor.
After the lambs are graded, there will be selected a Grand Champion, Reserve Champion and Honorable Mention.
Lambs will be sold at auction on Friday, August 25, 2006. The auction will start at 7:00 P.M. Each member must be present.
Lambs become the property of the buyer as soon as they are sold.
The auction is open to all responsible persons. Only one bid will be accepted from a Youth member or representative of a member.
All animals exhibited must meet the health and identification requirements of the State of Maine Department of Agriculture as listed in the rules and regulations of the Livestock Department.
All youth enrolled in the market lamb project must participate in the Challenge Course to be eligible to sell their lambs at the Youth auction.
Failure to comply with any rule will be just cause for disqualification from the show and/or auction and/or forfeiture of all premiums.
Piscataquis Valley Fair reserves the right to amend and add to these rules and regulations.

Youth Market Lamb Auction 2006 The annual Youth Market Lamb Auction was held at the Piscataquis Valley Fair in Dover-Foxcroft Friday evening. This is the culmination of many months of work by the youth who learned how to care for and show their animals.

The Grand Champion Lamb was raised by Cody Coutts of Chesley. A trophy was given in the memory of Robert "Bob" Crocker by Cindy Crocker Storer and family. The successful bidder for this animal was CW Repair.

The Reserve Champion Lamb was raised by Ashley Hardy of Farmington. The successful bidder was Calrae Farms.

The Honorable Mention Lamb was raised by Sarah Richards of Hermon and the successful bidder was Tiltons Auction of Corinth. The top price received was $2.00per pound with an average price of $1.75 per pound.

Larve Fagey, Treasurer of the Central Maine Sheep Breeders Association presented premium checks for the Grand Champion Lamb ($30), Reserve Champion Lamb ($20) and Honorable Mention Lamb($10).

Cody Coutts won the Senior Fitting Award and Senior Showmanship Award.

Collen Schofield won the Junior Fitting Award and Junior Showmanship Award.

The Challenge Course was won by Ashleie Hardy with Sarah Richards second and Cody Coutts coming in third.

The following people made this auction possible: Central Maine Sheep Breeders Association and volunteers of the Piscataquis Valley Fair Association.

Special thanks for bringing the scales to the fairgrounds to weigh the lambs; Jeff Tilton of Tilton Livestock Auction in East Corinth for serving as the auctioneer, the Piscataquis Valley Fair Association for providing the opportunity to conduct the auction; and the buyers who made this a successful auction.

If you are interested in participating in the Youth Market Lamb Show next year, please contact Wayne Schofield phone 948-3272.