Welcome to the 2024 Butte County Fair Jr. Livestock Auction
This year you have options on how to bid! You may attend in person or bid online at bidcal.com.
Auction is Saturday, August 24th at 10 AM in the McClanahan Pavilion at the Butte County Fairgrounds.
It's all for the kids!
A livestock project is one of the most valuable tools for teaching responsibility to any youth in society today.
The Junior Livestock Auction provides the opportunity for a return on the exhibitor's investment. Your support of this online auction and the youth allows these programs to exist and recognizes these youth for a job well done. We welcome your participation as a buyer at the 2024 Butte County Fair.
How to Register
- If you wish to bid in person, at the fair, please contact the Butte County Fair to register to bid (530) 846-3626.
- To bid online, you must register at www.bidcal.com. See above button that says register to bid.
- If you want your company’s name to be visible online while bidding, your username should be your company’s name and you must uncheck that you want to hide your username.
- Any questions about the online registration process please call the BidCal Office at 530-345-0840.
How the Online Auction Works
- The auction is live for pre-bidding August 23rd & August 24th.
- The online auction is hosted by BidCal, Inc of Chico, CA. Registration and details are available at www.bidcal.com
- The auction will start take bids beginning Friday, August 23rd at 10 AM. Lots will be available to view prior to this date at www.bidcal.com.
- On Saturday, August 24th the live auction will begin at 10 AM. You can either participate in person at the Butte County Fair or online at bidcal.com.
- If you are out bid online, you will receive an email to tell you that you have been out bid on that lot. You may bid again at your desire.
- Bids will be fixed amounts (not traditional BidCal Max bidding). What does this mean? If the bid is at $5 a pound & you bid $10 a pound, the computer will automatically put you in at $10 a pound.
- Online bidders after winning a lot will be asked to designate how they want their animal processed in the chat window. After wining your lot, please provide a timely response to designate custom or resale. If we don't hear from you, your lot will automatically go resale.
- See below for terms of sale.
What are your options as a buyer?
- The winning bidder of each lot will have the choice of (1) CUSTOM PROCESSED or (2) RESELLING THE ANIMAL. Details of each option are as follows:
Option 1: CUSTOM PROCESSED
The animal will be processed, inspected and delivered to one of the designated lockers in the area. You will need to indicate your preference of butcher shops and make arrangements with them for cutting instructions. Any animal that is left over 60 days at a butcher shop may be disposed of at the discretion of that shop. If you purchase a custom processed animal, an additional processing fee applies and will be reflected on your invoice from the fair. You are also responsible for the cut and wrap fee to be paid to the butcher shop when you pick the animal up.
Option 2: RESELLING THE ANIMAL
Animals that are bought by individuals who do not desire the meat will be resold at market price to the packer for a set per pound price and that amount is then subtracted from the buyer's bill by the fair.
Example: Hog weighs 250lbs. If Resale Price is $.80/lb. which equals $200
Your Winning Bid Price is $4.00/lb ($1000);
The difference is $800, which is the amount that you will be responsible for paying.
Resale Prices: The resale amounts are calculated by the weight of the animal. The official certified weight will be listed on each lot.
THERE IS NO LIVE ANIMAL PICK-UP!
How to Add-On Support to the Exhibitors
BidCal will be facilitating Add-On Bids for lots sold in the auction. Add-On Bids are a great way to support the exhibitors without having to purchase a whole animal.
There are two ways you can place an Add-On Bid:
1) Give the BidCal Office a call at (530) 345-0840. We can take your information over the phone.
2) You can go straight to the Add-on Form by clicking on the link on our homepage or the link in the exhibitor lot page below their pictures.
Note:
*BidCal is acting only as the passthrough for Add-Ons. Butte County Fair will be reaching out to all add-on bidders to collect payment.
*To BidCal’s knowledge, Add-On Bids are not tax deductible.
For more info call the BidCal Office @ (530) 345-0840 or email office@bidcal.com.
Custom Cut & Wrap Fees & Options
Processing Charges: These fees will be added to your invoice from the fair.
Animals are sent to a federally inspected processing plant.
Beef: $200 Lamb: $90 Hog: $90 Goat: $90 Turkey: $ 25 Rabbit: $15 each Poultry: $10 each
2024 CUT AND WRAP PROCESSING FEES
Once you have designated "Processing" or "Resale", your decision is final.
YOU MAY SELECT FROM THE FOLLOWING LOCKERS ONLY.
You must make arrangements with the locker for cut & wrap instructions & pay the locker directly for those charges.
Chico Locker & Sausage - 196 E 14th Street, Chico CA 95928
(530) 343-7370
Steers - $1.99/lb
Hogs - $1.99 Additional
Lambs - $1.99/lb or $189 Minimum
Goats - $1.99/lb or $169 Minimum
Hogs & Lambs Split Fee $10
*Upcharge on hogs smoke & curing
SPECIALTY ITEMS AVAILABLE. CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Wagon Wheel Market - 4607 Olive Hwy, Oroville, CA 95966
(530) 589-1824
Steers - $1.99/lb
Hogs - $1.99/lb - Additional $1.99/lb for Smoked
Lambs & Goat - $2.19/lb Min.
Split fees - $35
Packaging Small Animals:
Rabbits- $13.00/ rabbit
Chicken- $13.00/ bird
Turkey- $1.99/ lb
*Must pick up cut and wrap orders from Wagon Wheel with 5-7 business days after being notified it is ready
* Beef will hang for two weeks. Longer hang time can be negotiated but there will be an additional fee
*SPECIALTY ITEMS AVAILABLE. CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION.
BM Bar - 86 Oak St., Maxwell, CA 95955
(530) 438-0014 or (530) 362-0977
Steers - $1.60/lb - $5.00 Render Fee
Hogs - $1.60/lb - $7.00 Render Fee
Smoked: $1.75
Lambs & Goats - $1.25/lb
Note from all Lockers: Additional fees may be charged by lockers for smoking, curing, custom sausages or splitting of animals for multiple buyers. Check with lockers for additional fees and information.
CUT AND WRAP FEES ARE PAID DIRECTLY TO THE LOCKER WHEN YOU PICK-UP YOUR MEAT.
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BUYER TO CONTACT THE LOCKER WITH YOUR CUT AND WRAP INSTRUCTIONS.
PLEASE NOTE "PAY TO" TOP WEIGHTS
Market animals must meet weight requirements to show & sell in the Jr Livestock Auction. Exhibitors will be paid to top "pay to" weight as listed. Animal actual weight is listed in the sales catalog.
Steers - 1350 lbs Hogs - 270 lbs Lambs - 150 lbs Goats - 105 lbs
Rabbit Meat Pens are sold by the pen. Each rabbit must weigh between 3 1/2 - 5 1/2 lbs. Each Turkey must weigh between 15 - 35 lbs. Each chicken must weight between 3 1/2 - 6 lbs.
Resale Market Prices
Resale Prices:
Steers: $1.40/lb Sheep: $1.40/lb Swine: $0.54/lbs Goats: $2.30/lb
No Resale for Poultry, Rabbits or Turkeys
Terms of Sale
- Livestock sold in this auction has been entered in the appropriate class and exhibited by the owner in the 2024 Butte County Fair.
- The Butte County Fair Junior Livestock Auction is a terminal sale, for all animals. This means there is no live animal pick up on those species listed above there is only resale and custom processing. Definitions: Resale: the animal is sold to the packer for a set per pound price and that amount is then subtracted from the buyer's bill by the fair. Custom: the animal is processed and returned to a cut and wrap facility where the buyer will pay to have it cut and wrapped and then pick up the meat. (The buyer is responsible for additional fees for this service - see sale order).
- THE BUTTE COUNTY FAIR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ARRANGE THE SELLING ORDER.
- Each animal will be sold to the highest bidder without reserve. All sales are final at the at the close of the sale. The auctioneer will settle any dispute concerning bids by declaring all bids off and reselling the animal in question.
- The FAIR ASSOCIATION has the sole right to interpret the rules and make emergency judgements.
PAYMENT FOR ANIMAL PURCHASES:
- The Butte County Fair will be acting as cashier for the sale of the animals and will be set-up to accept your payment during and following the sale.
- The Butte County Fair will be the cashier for the Add-On Bids.
- Payment on the day of the Auction is appreciated. You may pay with cash or check at the Livestock Office or you will be billed, due and payable within 10 days of receipt.
QUESTIONS:
Call the Fair Office: 530-846-3626
Call the BidCal Office: 530-345-0840
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