Livestock Auction and Pool Money
Registered participants need to check the list posted at the 4-H Fair office by 5 p.m. on Friday prior to the Auction to make changes.
An exhibitor of market animals may sell only one market beef, one market meat goat, one market swine or one market lamb in the auction to be held Sunday afternoon, July 26, 2026. Youth must have exhibited at the fair the same class of animal sold in the auction. Exhibitor must be present at bonus auction or will not be allowed to participate. Exhibitors who participate in the Bonus Auction must be dressed in their show clothes when they go through the auction. In extreme circumstances the exhibitor may be excused by vote of Livestock Bonus Auction Committee and 4-H Livestock Committee. If it is the youth’s decision not to participate in the bonus auction and had exhibited a market animal, they would not be eligible for any pool money.
The auction will be a bonus type auction, and the exhibitor will retain ownership of the animal.
Each exhibitor with a market beef, market meat goat, market sheep, or market swine will go through the bonus auction and receive an individual bid. All the money from the beef exhibitors’ bids will go into one fund and be divided equally among those beef exhibitors. The same will be the case for market meat goats, market sheep and market swine.
The following livestock are eligible for Livestock Pool Money: breeding animals in beef, meat goats and sheep, swine, dairy cattle, dairy goats, feeder calves and bucket calves.
Those who participate in the Bonus Auction and Pool Money are required to acknowledge their "buyer" or donor with a thank you note.
Note: Livestock Pool Money is money collected by Bonus Auction Committee from businesses/individuals who wish to contribute. This money is then divided equally among livestock pool participants. The same exhibitor cannot participate in both bonus auction and livestock pool. Amount distributed to exhibitors varies considerably from year to year.
Horse Pool Money
Horse exhibitors are eligible for Horse Pool Money provided they don’t exhibit livestock. This is a separate pool from the Livestock Pool Money. The money is collected by Bonus Auction Committee from businesses/individuals who wish to contribute. This money is then divided equally among the Horse Pool participants. The amount distributed may vary considerably from year to year.
Eligible exhibitors must first participate in the Livestock Bonus Auction, then the Livestock Pool and finally the Horse Pool. The same exhibitor cannot participate in the Livestock Bonus Auction, the Livestock Pool, and the Horse Pool (can only participate in one pool).