BUYER INFORMATION
2020 Meat Processor Options - TBD
New this year: Your purchase can be donated to Marion Polk Food Share
Marion-Polk Food Share will gratefully accept your donation of a live hog, sheep, goat or steer you have purchased from a 4-H or FFA member during the auction. Simply indicate your interest to donate on your paperwork. You will pay the MCLA auction for the entire price of the animal. The Food Share will pay the slaughtering and cutting/wrapping and then distribute the meat to food pantries throughout Marion and Polk counties. You will be issued a receipt for the animal you donated.
Marion-Polk Food Share will gratefully accept your donation of a live hog, sheep, goat or steer you have purchased from a 4-H or FFA member during the auction. Simply indicate your interest to donate on your paperwork. You will pay the MCLA auction for the entire price of the animal. The Food Share will pay the slaughtering and cutting/wrapping and then distribute the meat to food pantries throughout Marion and Polk counties. You will be issued a receipt for the animal you donated.
Buyer Letter
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The following is an official letter for 4-H & FFA members to provide to perspective buyers during their visit to businesses requesting their support. In addition, you can obtain copies of the 2019 MCJLA Brochure to provide interested buyers. These are available at the Marion County 4-H office.
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Absentee Buyer
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If you would like to purchase an animal, but are unable to attend the Marion County Junior Livestock Auction you can fill out the Absentee Buyer Form. We will have a member of the Marion County Junior Livestock Auction bid in your absence. Select the button below and please follow the instructions on the form. The form may be emailed to MCJrLivestockAuction@gmail.com or mailed to MCJLA, PO Box 613, Silverton, OR 97381
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Not available for 2020 until 1 week prior to the auction
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Add-On
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Add-on donations provides youth participants in the Livestock Auction the ability to obtain additional funds from friends, family, business, and interested parties that can add on to the sale price of the animal of a designated exhibitor. Add-On donations may only be made to exhibitors who quality for the Livestock Auction with a 4-H or FFA project market animal. Select the ADD-ON button and print out the Add-On Donation Form. Please follow the instructions on the form.
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How the Livestock Auction Works
Buyers need to register and check in at the Livestock Auction registration desk prior to the auction. They will be provided a buyer number, sales catalog, and 2 complimentary meal tickets.
The sales catalog lists all of the animals along with their weights and owners. As each animal is led into the ring the auctioneer asks for bids in dollars per pound. When a buyer wishes to bid on an animal, they just raise their buyer number. The bidding continues until the high bid is reached with the animal going to the highest bidder. If a buyer needs help in the bidding, there are Marion County Junior Livestock Auction members who will be glad to provide assistance.
Remember, whether a buyer buys or not, bidding helps to increase the sale price of the animal, which helps the 4-H and FFA youth realize a profit on their market project animal.
If a buyer or their organization wants to help, yet have no use for an animal, they can buy one at the auction and RESALE at the floor price to our contracted "Floor Buyer" as outlined in Item# 3 in “What buyers do after they buy”. The purchase price will only be the bid price minus the floor price.
The sales catalog lists all of the animals along with their weights and owners. As each animal is led into the ring the auctioneer asks for bids in dollars per pound. When a buyer wishes to bid on an animal, they just raise their buyer number. The bidding continues until the high bid is reached with the animal going to the highest bidder. If a buyer needs help in the bidding, there are Marion County Junior Livestock Auction members who will be glad to provide assistance.
Remember, whether a buyer buys or not, bidding helps to increase the sale price of the animal, which helps the 4-H and FFA youth realize a profit on their market project animal.
If a buyer or their organization wants to help, yet have no use for an animal, they can buy one at the auction and RESALE at the floor price to our contracted "Floor Buyer" as outlined in Item# 3 in “What buyers do after they buy”. The purchase price will only be the bid price minus the floor price.
What Buyers do after they buy
Following a buyer’s successful bid for an animal, a Livestock Auction designated person will bring them a purchase form titled: Marion County Jr. Livestock Sale. In the top box is the seller’s name and club name. The Marion County Jr. Livestock Sale form sample is available upon request of a Marion County Junior Auction Board Member.
Item #1 provides animal identification (sale number and ear tag number), weight, price per pound bid and amount due. The amount due is what the buyer pays if they choose to consign the animal to a packer for processing.
Item #2 allows the buyer to select the packer to send their animal for processing. The buyer needs to make arrangements with the packer for processing and payment. The amount due is the full purchase price. The buyer may also elect to take the live animal home and is required to pick it up at load out time which is 11:59PM auction night.
Item #3 allows the buyer to elect not to have their animal processed by marking the RESALE box. The amount due in this box will be what the buyer pays the cashier. The animal will then be sent to the contracted Floor Buyer.
Item #4 indicates the buyer number, name and address. The buyer signature certifies that they are authorized to sign for the purchase and accept responsibility for payment/collection of the amount due.
The Original and second copy are given to the Livestock Auction designated person who will turn in the forms to the Livestock Auction cashier.
Buyers should pay for their purchase(s) before leaving the fairgrounds at the Livestock Auction Cashier table and make checks payable to: Marion County Junior Livestock Auction (MCJLA).
Item #1 provides animal identification (sale number and ear tag number), weight, price per pound bid and amount due. The amount due is what the buyer pays if they choose to consign the animal to a packer for processing.
Item #2 allows the buyer to select the packer to send their animal for processing. The buyer needs to make arrangements with the packer for processing and payment. The amount due is the full purchase price. The buyer may also elect to take the live animal home and is required to pick it up at load out time which is 11:59PM auction night.
Item #3 allows the buyer to elect not to have their animal processed by marking the RESALE box. The amount due in this box will be what the buyer pays the cashier. The animal will then be sent to the contracted Floor Buyer.
Item #4 indicates the buyer number, name and address. The buyer signature certifies that they are authorized to sign for the purchase and accept responsibility for payment/collection of the amount due.
The Original and second copy are given to the Livestock Auction designated person who will turn in the forms to the Livestock Auction cashier.
Buyers should pay for their purchase(s) before leaving the fairgrounds at the Livestock Auction Cashier table and make checks payable to: Marion County Junior Livestock Auction (MCJLA).
