DIVISION II: JUNIOR SHEEP

Adult Consultant – Christie Fetters

Junior Consultant – Emma Brandenburg

 

Pre-fair tag-in              8 a.m. to 10 a.m. the second Saturday of May

Arrival time:                7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Saturday before the fair begins

Weigh-In:                     7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Saturday before the fair begins

Dismissal time:           Within one hour after the show if it is not being sold, after the sale, or 12 a.m. Sunday after the fair

Show times:             Show times:  All sheep shows are in the Holman Livestock Complex
                                  8 a.m. Tuesday, Showmanship, followed by Market Lamb Show, Breeding Ewes, Market classes

 

General Sheep Rules:

1. See General Rules for Junior Livestock Exhibitors for more information.

2. See Sale Committee Rules for sale order.

3. Drenching is prohibited.

4. All Market Lambs and Breeding Ewes showing slick sheared must be freshly washed and sheared prior to arrival at the fairgrounds and will not be permitted to unload unshorn and/or unwashed. Slick sheared is defined as one uniformed length of wool – one-quarter inch or less - with no patches above the knee/hocks and below the ears. Head and leg wool below the knees and hocks is permitted.

5. All Market Lambs and Breeding Ewes will be inspected for fungus, sore mouth, ringworm, foot rot and pinkeye upon arrival to fair and prior to unloading by the adult consultants and/or fair veterinarian. Any sheep that has visible or questionable signs of any of the above diseases will be quarantined until an official fair veterinarian determination is made. NO sheep will be permitted to unload until they are inspected.

6. At pre-fair tag-in, all market animals must be castrated and dehorned. See the Castration and Dehorning section under General Livestock Rules for complete information.

7. No animal may be shown in both breeding and market classes. A decision about if an animal will show in a breeding or market class must be made at the pre-fair tag-in and cannot be changed later in the year.

 

Section 1: Junior Sheep Breeding

1. It is required for exhibitors to bring Breeding Ewes to the May tag-in the second Saturday on May.

2. All breeding ewes being exhibited must have official USDA scrapie tag numbers (flock ID and animal ID information) at the May tag-in to fill out paperwork for each ewe. If the scrapie tag information and breeding ewe are not brought to the pre-fair tag-in, between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. the second Saturday of May, those animals will not be permitted to show. Breeding animals must be owned by the May tag-in. The animal’s date of birth is needed.

3. Breeding sheep may be ewes of any age. No rams or wethers allowed.

4. Breeding ewe projects may be registered or unregistered, purebred, or commercial ewes with proper breed registry verification.

5. Breeding ewes may be shown slick shorn or fitted in long wool. All slick shorn ewes must follow the shearing rules outlined in Rule 4 under General Sheep Rules.

6. Breeding ewes showing fitted long wool may arrive in long wool and must remain in long wool for the duration of the fair. They may not be slick shorn at any point during the fair.

7. Breeding ewes will be divided into two classes.

A. Ewe lambs less than 12 months of age

B. Ewe lambs 12 months of age and over

1. Exhibitors may only show two breeding ewes.

 

Section 2: Junior Fair Market Lambs

1. See General Rules for Junior Livestock Exhibitors for more information.

2. All market lambs must be shown slick shorn.

3. All market lambs must be born after January 1 of the current year and be in the exhibitor’s possession and care by pre-fair May tag-in.

4. Market Lambs may be wether or ewe lambs.

5. All market lambs will have a beginning weight taken for the Rate of Gain contest at the May tag-in. Ending weight will be taken at the fair weigh-in. All market lambs will automatically be entered in the Rate of Gain contest.

6. Market lambs will be tagged in the second Saturday on May from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the fairgrounds.

7. At pre-fair tag-in, all market animals must be castrated and dehorned. See the Castration and Dehorning under the General Livestock Rules for complete information.

8. It is recommended that lambs are wormed and vaccinated for sore mouth, enterotoxaemia and tetanus. Feet should be trimmed about two weeks before the fair.

9. Exhibitors may show a maximum of three market lambs at the fair. Exhibitors may tag-in four lambs at the May pre-fair tag-in.

10. No animal may be shown in both breeding and market classes.

11. Market lambs must weigh a minimum of 90 lbs. at weigh-in the Friday before the fair to show in the market lamb show and sell in the livestock sale.

12. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion market lambs must sell in the livestock sale.

13. Sheep Show market class winners will compete for champion. The second-place winner from the champion’s class will compete for Reserve Champion. Only the top three sheep from each market class are eligible to participate in the championship drive.

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