Every ACA Member is Invited to Sell Their Best! 2012 ACA National Hybrid Advantage Sale North American International Livestock Exposition • Louisville, Ky. 6:30 p.m., Monday, November 12, 2012 • Sale Cattle Preview/Social – 5:30 p.m. Consignment Deadline – Oct. 1, 2012 • Nomination Fee: $200/head Sale Coordinator: Tyler Humphrey, ACA Director of Marketing & Performance Programs: (816) 431-2808 For questions, contact Tyler or ACA Committee chair: Rob Sheets – (765) 583-4565 All lots considered suspect for any genetic abnormality must be tested. No lots will sell without this testing. Consignor Mailing Address City Telephone Number 1) Sex/Type: Bull Social Security No. ACA Member No. Cell Phone Number Female Flush Zip State Embryo E-Mail Address Pregnancy Note: If this form is for a flush/embryo/pregnancy, then skip to #4 2) Please attach a copy of the registration certificate or complete ALL of the following: ACA #: Registered Name: DOB: Tattoo & Location: Breed %: H/P/S: EPD Values: Color: 3) Breeding Information: A.I. Service Date: A.I. Service Sire: P.E. Dates: P.E. Sires: 1) Pregnancy Examination Result: 2) Note: If you did not use a natural service sire please indicate above. Pregnancy Exam Date: 4) Flushes/Embryo Packages/Pregnancies: Include ALL details on another sheet of paper: For flushes be sure to include female’s current status, flush location and production record. For embryo packages be sure to include grade, type and location of embryos. For pregnancies be sure to include calving dates, recipient tag #s and recipient type. Please note if the mating will results in a non-free TH, PHA, AM or NH pedigree. 5) Relevant Footnotes: Include all the facts – Don’t worry about sentence structure – We will edit all footnotes – Use another sheet of paper if needed 6) Submit Photos/Video: All high quality photos/videos are welcome – The sale coordinator will make final decision as to photo/video usage # of available photos/video for this animal: Please provide details on where photos/video can be obtained: 7) Genetic Testing Verification: 12 All animals and matings that are suspect for one or more genetic abnormalities must be tested with results on file with the ACA. NO LOT WILL SELL WITHOUT THIS TESTING. Send the sale consignment form, signed agreement, nomination fee & a copy of each animal’s registration paper to: ACA – Attn: Tyler Humphrey • P.O. Box 890, Platte City, MO 64079 • (816) 431-5381 (fax) August 2012 • ACJ National Sale Rules & Agreement Live Animal Eligibility: 1. Bulls & heifers must be registered with the ACA at time of nomination. All animals and matings that are suspect for one or more genetic abnormalities (PHA, TH, AM & NH) must be tested with results on file with the ACA. No animals will sell without this testing. 2.Stall space is limited to animals ENTERED in the ACA National Show by the NAILE. If you wish to have stalling for a display/sale animal, you MUST enter an animal for a stalling space. No extra stalling space is granted for sale only animals. 3.A $200 non-refundable nomination fee, payable to the ACA, must accompany each entry. (All nomination fees will be applied to sale commission & expenses.) Buybacks will be charged the same sale expense as all other lots. Show entries/releases and/or ACA registry work will be held until auction accounts have been settled. Any difference in the eventual sale expense percentage will be refunded to the seller for these animals/items. 4. Each nomination is subject to screening by the ACA National Sale Committee and sale coordinator. 5. It is highly recommended that each nomination include the following: a. High quality photo image of the animal or video. b. Footnote material should include complete performance data: birth weight, weaning weight, yearling weight & EPDs. Other footnote information should include show ring winnings by the individual or its parents/siblings and any pertinent sales figures about the individual’s parents/siblings. Flush, Embryo & Pregnancy Eligibility: All animals and matings that are suspect for one or more genetic abnormalities (PHA, TH, AM & NH) must be tested for with results on file with the ACA. No animals will sell without this testing. Guidelines for flushes, embryos and pregnancies are as follows: 1. An ET Flush shall be defined as and consist of a future ET Flush from a specified donor dam and mated to the bull of the buyer’s choice. a. The donor dam must be made available for the ET Flush within six (6) months of the ACA National Sale. b. A successful ET Flush shall be defined as producing a minimum of six (6) transferable embryos. c. The buyer shall be responsible for all flushing expenses. d. Buyer shall be responsible for providing semen & is responsible for semen shipping costs for the ET Flush. e. Buyer shall be responsible for all embryo shipping expenses. f. Buyer shall pay 50% of sale price on sale day with the balance due the seller at the completion of the ET Flush. 3. Package of Frozen Embryos shall be defined as and consist of a minimum of Consignor’s Agreement: three (3) frozen embryos. a. Buyer shall pay 100% of sale price on sale day to be held until delivery of the frozen embryos to the buyer is complete. b. Shipping expenses for the ET Frozen Embryos shall be the responsibility of the buyer. c. Seller will guarantee a minimum of one 90-day pregnancy be produced from the ET Embryo package provided the embryos are transferred by a licensed ET technician. Seller would then provide additional embryos until guarantee is met. 4. An ET Pregnancy shall be defined as and consist of one pregnant recipient cow carrying a confirmed 90-day+ embryo from a specified donor dam & sire. a. Buyer shall pay 100% of the sale price on sale day. b. Buyer shall be responsible for all transportation expenses of the pregnant recipient. c. Buyer will be responsible for retesting the recipient cow to confirm pregnancy at delivery. d. There is no live calf guarantee with the purchase of an ET Pregnancy. The ACA National Sale will be a video auction. Please visit www.chicattle.org for the full ACA sale policy regarding genetic abnormality testing. Consignment Deadline: Oct. 1, 2012 The statement below must be signed in order to complete your consignment to the National Sale. I am a member of the ACA and I agree to the rules and regulations governing the ACA National Sale and to the decisions of the sale manager and sale committee regarding my entries. I understand that the ACA, the NAILE, the sale manager and other affiliated sale personnel act only as agents in the sale of the livestock I have entered here and that none of these parties may be held responsible for any accidents or losses that may occur during my involvement with this event. Furthermore, I agree to make my show and sale entries available for veterinary inspection and to make certain that my entries comply with the health regulations associated with this event. I understand that my entry fee is non-refundable and that by signing below I likewise indicate my agreement to the terms of financial responsibility as described in the "Sale Management Agreement" between the ACA and the sale manager. Lastly, I agree that all commissions on my sale entries are to be paid first, before any liens or mortgages, from the proceeds of their sale. Consignor’s Signature Send the sale consignment form, signed agreement, nomination fee & a copy of each animal’s registration paper to: ACA – Attn: Tyler Humphrey • P.O. Box 890, Platte City, MO 64079 • (816) 431-5381 (fax) ACJ • August 2011 13