MEADE COUNTY 4-H YOUTH COUNTRY HAM
ONLINE BIDDING ONLY ENDS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12TH @ 6:00 PM EDT
Barr Realty & Auction Co., Inc. is honored to host this year’s Meade County 4-H Youth Country Ham Auction.
The country ham has been a food tradition in Kentucky and throughout the southeast for hundreds of years. The Kentucky 4-H Country Ham project continues the tradition of the country ham. The project began in the late 1990’s with less than 40 4-Hers to currently over 775 4-Hers from greater than 65 Kentucky counties. The project begins in the cold winter months of January and ends in August at the Kentucky State Fair, where the hams are judged by members of the Kentucky Country Ham Producers and the students present a 3-to-5-minute speech on the project. Throughout the project the 4-Hers learn about food production and how the country ham fits into Kentucky’s food heritage.
BUYER REGULATIONS
• The sale is open to the public.
• Each exhibitor’s ham will be offered by online auction. The winning bidder will be donating the dollar
amount they bid. All exhibitors will appear in one catalog.
• Online information can be accessed on www.BarrRealtyAuction.com. Refer to “How to Register for
Online Auction” information below.
• Bidding will open on Monday, October 2nd by 3:00 PM EDT.
• The bidding will begin to end on Thursday, October 12th at 6:00 PM EDT
• The bidding on all lots will remain open until all bidding has ended (by utilizing 3-minute bidding auto extend all feature.)
Example: If a bid is placed at 5:59 PM, the bid time will extend until 6:01 PM. The extending will continue
until no bids have been placed for 2 minutes. This will also allow a bidder that is outbid on a project
ham after 6:00 PM the opportunity to bid on other hams if she or he does not win the bid on their first
choice.
• Hams will sell by the whole ham and NOT by the pound. Example: $100, $125, $150 and NOT $1.00, $1.25, $1.50.
• There will not be a ceiling price for any ham. Exhibitors will deliver sold ham to buyer after all 4-H project requirements are completed and payment has been received, in full, from the buyer(s).
• All buyers will be invoiced after the conclusion of the online bidding only auction and will receive an email with the invoice.
• Any announcement made day of the sale will take precedence over printed materials. Barr Realty & Auction Co., Inc. reserves the right to extend the bidding or reopen the auction should there be any technical difficulties.
We want to thank you all for your continued support of the 4-H youth country ham program. Happy bidding!