AMERICAN DAIRY GOAT ASSOCIATION-2009 SPOTLIGHT SALE

 

The ADGA Spotlight Sale Committee is soliciting nominations for the 2009 Spotlight Sale that will be held in Buffalo, New York on Saturday, October 17, 2009. The Spotlight Sale is a unique opportunity to accentuate the accomplishments you have made with your herd. Animals selected are of the highest quality available. Using official DHIR, Linear Appraisal, and show records, the Committee looks for dairy goats that excel in all categories. Nominate your very best to generate interest that will ultimately reflect on your entire herd.

The Sale attracts buyers from throughout the United States. Many times these individuals, whether successful bidders or not at the actual Sale, purchase additional breeding stock from consignor’s herds. The buyers want top quality, performance proven, sound and healthy dairy goats. The value of your herd’s advertisement and the name recognition it generates is considerable.

We assure you that your nomination will receive serious and thorough consideration in our selection process. The Spotlight Sale Committee works very hard to put together a sale that is a successful and positive experience for all parties involved – the seller, the buyer and the dairy goat industry as a whole. Quality sells – especially where repeated breedings of proven animals are offered as consignments. MORE DOES ARE ACCEPTED THAN BUCKS. Proven quality on both sides of the pedigree are needed, especially with regard to buck kids.

Consignments arrive at the Sale site by personal vehicle or airline flight. It is often inexpensive to fly a “pet” as excess baggage when accompanied by a person. Your consignments are given the very best care throughout the week by both the host and Spotlight Sale committees.

Carefully read and follow the 2009 Nomination Rules & Regulations and the 2009 Sales Contract. These documents include most of the information one needs to know and understand – you will be expected to comply with them. Nominating your animal is not difficult. We ask for a limited amount (3 pages maximum) of information/photographs about your nominee and its close relatives. The 4th page required is the ADGA Performance Pedigree.

 

Nomination information must be postmarked by May 15, 2009 or prior. Nominations are to be sent to Kristina Bozzo-Baldenegro, ADGA Spotlight Co-Chair, P.O. Box 576, Plymouth, CA 95669. Nominator will be informed of acceptance decisions on or about July 1, 2009. Be prepared to pay consignment fees on or before July 15, 2009. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kristina Bozzo-Baldenegro (209) 245-3353 or John White (937) 544-7451 or any Committee member for assistance.

 

In some cases the Spotlight Sale Committee will accept late nominations-please contact Kristina Bozzo-Baldenegro or John White with your requests for late submittals.

 

We require ONLY one copy of the signed contract and 14 copies of the nomination packages.  Please three hole punch and paperclip the nomination packets.  For owners who cannot send the required copies, black and white copies can be made for an additional $25.00 (make check payable to ADGA and include with nomination packet). 

 


2009 ADGA SPOTLIGHT SALE RULES AND PROCEDURES

 

Thank you for considering the American Dairy Goat Association National Spotlight Sale to assist your dairy goat marketing efforts. We offer the opportunity to promote top quality dairy goats from herds that participate in ADGA production and performance programs, as well as ADGA sanctioned shows. Nominate the very best you have as a representative of your herd breeding and management program.

 

The nomination packet must include:

1.       One nominee information/photograph form (8 1/2 x 11”) one side only.

2.       ADGA Four Generation Performance Pedigree for nominee.

3.       Maximum of two 8 ½ x 11” pages (one side only) of supporting information and photographs of nominee and/or its close relatives.

4.      ONE COPY OF THE signed consignment contract.  Please read it thoroughly.

5.       A $25.00 check or money order made payable to ADGA for the nomination fee.

6.       Please three hole punch the pages in the packet and paperclip items 1-3 together, no other binders are necessary.

                                                                                   

Items to consider when nominating an animal to the Spotlight Sale:

Ø       All nominees must conform to ADGA Breed Standards, have correct and legible tattoos, be free of physical defects, be sound and healthy, be free of CAE and abscess problems.  

Ø       Bucks must be born in the current calendar year.  The bucks are also to be of virgin status, absolutely no natural service is allowed prior to sale date.  If you do collect the buck, we request that you process no more than 30 straws.  A copy of the ADGA Collection Form signed and dated by both the processor and owner and ALL of the straws collected must be made available to the buyer of the animals for no more than the cost of the collection.  Should the buyer not desire the collection the consignor retains the right to keep the semen for their own farm use only.  

Ø       The committee prefers that does be sold open (not bred). If a consignment is bred she must be accompanied to the Sale with a complete service memo.

Ø       Consignment’s breeding activity, if any, both A.I. and natural service, must be disclosed in writing in full specific details before the Sale to the ADGA Spotlight Sale Co-Chairs. THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO COLLECTION OR BREEDING AT THE SALE LOCATION. 

Ø       The accepted sale animals are required to provide negative test results from a certified laboratory for CAE (only the results of an ELISA test will be accepted) within 40 days of the sale and Tuberculosis and Brucellosis tests within 30 days of the sale.  NOTE: The consignment must be tested for TB and Brucellosis even if your herd is tested and accredited TB and Brucellosis free.

 

A clear, concise, well-organized presentation will aid your chances of getting your nominee accepted to the Sale. The following tips should help you in preparing your nomination packet:

 

1.       TYPED nomination forms are preferred.  However, if you are unable to have your form typed do not use blue ink, as it does not reproduce well.

2.       Give the committee the FACTS on your nominee & its relatives. Official production records, linear appraisal scores and official show wins help!

3.       Identify pictures of relatives of the nominee and indicate their relationship to the nominee (i.e., maternal granddam or paternal ½ sister, etc.)

4.       Make sure any pictures you use are the best you have available – nothing less than you would put in an ad to market your herd.  We suggest using a color copier or getting copies made of one of a kind photographs to avoid losing important materials or photos.  Many buyers appreciate being able to keep the display boards used to represent the consignment after the sale.

5.       Give thought to the hold prices you indicate in your packet – high hold prices may adversely affect acceptance into the sale.

6.       NEW:  Consignors shall not use photographs for the marketing/advertising of their animals in the Spotlight Sale that are the property of other breeders without their express written permission.  Neither the Spotlight Sale Committee nor the ADGA shall be held responsible if the consignor fails to secure said permission.

 

Nomination packets become the property of the ADGA Spotlight Sale Committee.

 


2009 ADGA SPOTLIGHT SALE NOMINATION FORM

 

ANIMAL NAME: ______________________________________________________________

REGISTRATION #: __________________ BREED: ____________________ SEX: ________

NOMINATOR NAME: _________________________________________________________

ADDRESS: _________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

PHONE: ______________________________ EMAIL: _______________________________

Nominee being raised/managed on a CAE prevention program? ________________________

 

Attach photographs of nominee – side and rear views. Use remaining space to provide additional photographs and information of your choice. Two additional sheets of 8 ½ x 11” paper may be included along with a 4 generation ADGA performance pedigree.

 


2009 AMERICAN DAIRY GOAT ASSOCIATION SPOTLIGHT SALE CONTRACT

This contract is the agreement between the American Dairy Goat Association and

NAME: _________________________________________ PHONE: ____________________

ADDRESS:__________________________________________________________________

Herein after referred to as the consignor. The consignor in accordance with the nomination rules and procedures and terms of this contract agrees to consign the

 ________buck ________ doe known as:

NAME: _________________________________________REG. NO ____________________

To the ADGA Spotlight Sale is to be held in Buffalo, New York on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.

§   The consignor hereby warrants ownership of the animal free and clear of any and all liens or encumbrances.

§   The consignor may place a hold price on the consignment below which the goat will not be sold. The hold price cannot be raised once the animal is nominated. The consignor retains ownership if the bid does not reach the specified hold price.

§   The consignor agrees to pay the exact consignment fee within seven days of notification of acceptance by the ADGA Sale Committee as per the following formula: A consignment fee of $40.00 is required for up to a $500.00 hold price. A consignment fee of 10% of the hold price is required for a hold price which exceeds $500.00. The consignment fee is credited to ADGA’s 15% commission. All ADGA consignment fees will total 15% of the selling price plus the $25.00 nomination fee. The consignment fee is forfeited to ADGA if the consignment fails to sell or is withdrawn without the consent of the ADGA Spotlight Sale Co-Chairs.

§   Within 30 days of the Sale, ADGA will send to each consignor the sale price less the 15 % commission and less any accounts payable due ADGA.

§   Consignment must conform to ADGA Breed Standards, have correct and legible tattoos, be free of physical defects, be sound and be healthy. Otherwise, it will be returned to the consignor at the consignor’s cost and the consignment fee forfeited to ADGA. Consignments are expected to be raised/managed on a CAE prevention control program.

§   Consignments must arrive at the Sale location (at the consignor’s expense) TO BE ANNOUNCED.  Each consignor shall provide, at their time of arrival, an interstate health certificate, ADGA registration papers, selling displays, brochures, DNA typing results (if DNA typing was completed) ADGA Collection Form (when applicable) as well as any updated show or performance information since the time of nomination.  The health certificate must show the animal to have been negative for the CAE testing within 40 days of the sale date and negative Tuberculosis and Brucellosis test within 30 days of the sale date.  NOTE: The consignment must be tested for TB and Brucellosis even if your herd is tested and accredited TB and Brucellosis negative.

§   For the health of the consignment during and after the sale, the animal should have at least ½ inch or more of hair coat at the time of the sale.  A full body clip with a number 5 blade no later than September 1, 2009 is required.  Absolutely no slick shearing is allowed after this date.  A committee approved fitter will make any necessary adjustments after arrival.  Hooves are to be properly trimmed before arriving at the sale. 

§   ADGA and the convention host committee provide housing with pens, hayracks, hay, bedding, water, feeding & water pails, tender loving care & management supervision from the time of arrival until shortly after the sale. Consignors are responsible for grain.

§   ADGA provides top show people to present consignments unless instructed IN WRITING that the consignor will provide one. The handler must be approved by the sale co-chairs.

§   The ADGA Spotlight Sale committee representative and an assigned veterinarian will examine the goats upon arrival, throughout their stay and will issue interstate health papers for exit. All other veterinary costs are the financial responsibility of the consignor.

§   ADGA agrees to feature the accepted consignment in the ADGA Official Spotlight Sale Catalogue(s) and other advertising.

§   ADGA provides reasonable safeguards for the health and safety of the consignments. However, the responsibility of animal and risk or loss, injury or death to the animal remains the consignor’s until the consignment sells.

§   ADGA provides free DNA typing for all Spotlight Sale consignments. The consignor shall receive, in the mail, a DNA typing kit from the ADGA office.  It is highly recommended (yet, not mandatory at this time) that all consignments be DNA typed.

§   Substitution of a nominee/consignment because of death, sickness, or injury may be approved after presentation of the facts to the ADGA Sale Co-Chairs. ADGA will not accept a substitute that it deems is of lesser quality than the original nominee.

§   This contract, upon acceptance, becomes authorization for the ADGA Association Manager to transfer ownership to the successful bidder.

§   The ADGA Sale Co-Chairs decide the sale order after consulting with the members (in attendance) of the Spotlight Sale Committee. Lot number does not equal sale order. Sale order is released at approximately 9:00 a.m. the day of the sale. The Committee shall decide the information to be announced at the Sale.

§   Consignment’s breeding activity, if any, both A.I. and natural service, must be disclosed in writing in full specific details, accompanied with a copy of the A.I. sire collection form, before the Sale to the ADGA Spotlight Sale Co-Chairs. Bucks must be of virgin status.  If a consigned buck is found to have been used other than during semen collection the buck will not be allowed to go thru the sale and the consignor is held responsible for all costs related to the animal, including transportation, health certificates and other items relating to the animal as a consignment. If the buck is collected, we request that you process no more than 30 straws. A copy of the ADGA Collection Form signed and dated by both the processor and owner and ALL of the straws collected must be made available to the buyer of the animal for no more than the cost of the collection. Should the buyer not desire the collection the consignor shall retain the right to keep the semen for their own farm use. The committee prefers that does be sold open (not bred). If a consignment is bred she must be accompanied to the Sale with a complete service memo.  THERE SHALL BE ABSOLUTELY NO COLLECTION OR BREEDING ACTIVITY AT THE SALE LOCATION.

§   This contract becomes effective upon the acceptance of the nominee by the ADGA National Spotlight Sale Committee.

 

HOLD PRICE:     None:____________$500.00____________Other (specify):___________________

 

I/we agree to abide by the terms and conditions stated above.

Signed: ____________________________________________ Date: ______________________

                                             (Potential) Consignor

Accepted: American Dairy Goat Association

By: __________________________________________ Date: ______________________

                 __________________________________________, ADGA Spotlight Sale Co-Chair

 

Please send a $25.00 check or money order made payable to the ADGA, complete with all required nomination information and this signed contract to Kristina Bozzo-Baldenegro by May 15, 2009.