The Annual 4-H Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction has been set for Saturday August 5. It will be held at the Ogle County Fair at the fairgrounds in Oregon, IL.  The 4-H Auction Committee invites the public to support 4-H project work by bidding on a quality 4-H animal.

The auction will start at 3 p.m. in the Beef Arena.  It will feature 4-H market hogs, lambs, beef animals, goats, poultry, rabbits, and dairy baskets as well as the champion and reserve champion beef, swine, lamb, and goat carcasses.

Live animals may be purchased and sent to a locker or may be bought and resold at a slaughterhouse. Transportation to processing plants will be provided.

A floor price will be set according to the current market trends the day of the Auction. A list of current market prices will be available.  Champion and Reserve Champion market animals will be sold first. Pork and lamb carcasses will be sold whole.  Beef carcasses will be sold in halves.

 Auction order will be Sheep Carcass and Live Sheep, Poultry, Rabbits, Dairy Baskets, Dairy & Meat Goat Wethers, Swine Carcass and Live Swine, and Beef Carcass and Live Beef.

Auction flyers are available in the Ogle County Extension Office and on-line at http://web.extension.illinois.edu/bdo. Bidding arrangements can be made for interested parties who are unable to attend. Call the Ogle County Extension Office at (815) 732-2191 for more information.

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