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Junior Livestock Schedule - 2024

July 1- August 1      Online Entries Open

August 10                 8:00 AM – Horse Show

2:00 PM Pen Selection

August 12                6:00 AM- 11:00 AM Livestock arrival at Fairground

                                  6:30 PM – Exhibitor Meeting

August 13                9:00 AM County Bred Swine Show

9:30 AM Rabbit Show, Poultry Show immediately following

4:30 PM Booster Swine Show

5:00 PM Swine Show

August 14                8:30 AM Booster Dairy Cattle Show

9:00 AM Dairy Cattle Show

                                  4:00 PM Booster Goat Show

                                  4:30 PM Market Goat Show

                                  5:30 PM Booster Lamb Show

                                  6:00 PM Market Lamb Show

August 15                9:00 AM Wether Dam/Wether Doe, County Bred Lamb Show

4:00 PM Production Steer Show

5:30 PM County Bred Beef Show, Breeding Beef, Market Beef Show immediately following        

August 16                7:30 AM Sale Meeting

                                  6:00 PM Sale Dinner, Junior Livestock Sale will follow

August 17                2 PM Livestock released

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Superintendents:

All animals presented for exhibition at the Curry County Fair shall be free from contamination and infectious diseases and shall be subject to examination on arrival at the Fair Grounds, and to daily inspections during the Fair. Should any animal be found to be infected with any contagious, infectious or communicable disease, it shall immediately be removed to a place of quarantine. The show pens or stalls in which such diseased animal or animals were kept must immediately be cleaned and disinfected, under the supervision of the official veterinarian.

1. Fair Officials reserve the right to refuse entry of stock for competition that is, in their judgement, in unsuitable show condition. Furthermore, the right is reserved to exclude such unfit stock from the grounds.
2. Animals in livestock classes must at all times be kept thoroughly groomed, cleaned and in show condition. Stalls and pens must be neatly kept. Pathways and approaches must be kept clean for the convenience of spectators. This work must be completed by 10:00 a.m. each day.
3. Exhibitors must furnish water pails and feed boxes. Public tanks and feed boxes are unsanitary and unsafe.
4. Should there be any unnecessary or embarrassing delay in bringing animals into the show ring, the Superintendent may exclude such animals from competition.
5. Entry fees - Any entry fee for all entries in the Livestock Division will be charged according to the following schedule and must accompany entries. Agent, Ag Teachers, and Club Leaders will confirm that youth exhibiting are members in “good standing” prior to the fair, all exhibitors showing an animal in the showring must have a project entered in the Junior Livestock Division.

                                                                                                 4-H Cloverbud Open                                           Junior

• Beef Market                                                                                                                                       $7.00
• Beef Breeding                                                                                                                                    $7.00
• Dairy Cattle                                                                                                                                        $7.00
• Sheep                                                                                                                                                 $5.00
• Swine                                                                                                                                                 $5.00
• Goats                                                                                                                                                  $5.00
• Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys pen                                  $2.00                                                        $1.00
• Poultry Single                                                                    $2.00                                                        $1.00
• Broiler pen                                                                                                                                          $2.00
• Rabbit, pen                                                                         $2.00                                                        $1.00
• Rabbit Single                                                                      $2.00                                                        $1.00
• Rabbit Meat pen                                                                                                                                  $2.00
• Jr. Showmanship (All Species)                                                                                                              $5.00
• County Bred show (All Species)                                                                                                           $5.00

1. If any exhibitor in any way, whether in person or by agent or servants, interferes with the judges during their adjudication, or shows any disrespect to them, or the show, the management may withhold from such exhibitor such premiums that may have been awarded, or take such other steps as they deem desirable.
2. Livestock may be bedded on commercially bought cedar fiber, wood chips or pelleted wood shavings, no hay/straw or dirt will be allowed in the barn as bedding.
3. Where there is no competition or where classes are not completely filled, exhibitor may be awarded first, second, or third or no premium, according to its merits.
4. No premiums, ribbons or decorations previously won by any animal shall be exhibited prior to the judging.
5. The Fair Board has the privilege of combining classes when deemed advisable.
6. If exhibitor is exhibiting at another fair, special arrangements must be made with the Department Superintendent for late entries and-or early departures.
7. Exhibitors will be limited to 12 head each of beef cattle, dairy cattle, goats, sheep, and swine.
8. All livestock will be housed in barns designated by Superintendent. THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.
9. New Mexico health requirements will apply for all livestock entering the fairgrounds.

Superintendents

1. Only boys & girls who have not reached their 19th birthday as of January 1st of the current year or are 8 (eight) years old and entering/entered the 3rd (third) grade are eligible and must be enrolled in 4-H or FFA, organized in Curry County. Exhibitors must comply with membership of respective organization. Agent, Ag Teachers, and Club Leaders will confirm that youth exhibiting are members in “good standing” prior to the fair. Those found not in “good standing” will not be allowed to exhibit livestock. 

*** SPECIAL AGE DIVISION: Any boy & girl that is 8 and in the third grade as of October 1 of the current year is eligible to show. Any exhibitor that is eligible to show at the Eastern New Mexico State Fair is eligible to show at the Curry County Fair. These exhibitors are accountable for 4-H rules and are required to attend 4 (four) club meetings.

1. The rules of the Curry County Fair and the Junior Livestock rules govern, but the special rules of each division take precedence over all other rules.
2. All entries are due by August 1, 2024. Junior entry fees: Market Beef: $7.00; Breeding Beef and Dairy Cattle $7.00; Market Sheep $5.00; Market Swine $5.00; Market Goats $5.00; all per head. Showmanship $5.00. Curry County Bred Swine, Steer and Lamb Shows $ 5.00. LATE ENTRIES will be accepted after August 1, 2024, until 11:00 am on Monday of the fair at a fee of $25.00 per entry.
3. Registration papers (for registered stock) must be available at time of entry. 
4. Exhibitors must furnish all water pails, and feed boxes. 
5. All livestock shown must have been owned and fed by the exhibitor by May 1, 2024, for market steers and beef heifers while lambs, goats, swine, and dairy heifers must be owned by June 15, 2024. 
6. All market animals are subject to a sifting committee composed of the Junior Livestock Superintendent, Assistant Junior Livestock Superintendent, and the Superintendent of each species. 
7. All market entries will be weighed at designated time. The weights recorded at that time will be the official weights for classification and sale. To ensure accuracy of scales all exhibitors who wish to weigh livestock on the Fairgrounds prior to the official weigh-in time may do so only when a pre-designated weigher is on hand to operate the scales. The scales will be locked at all other times.
8. No tolerances will be given on minimum and maximum weights, except as noted in department rules.
9. All Junior Market Animals will be classified by an official classifier, and his decision will be final.
10. The fitting and showing of animals is the responsibility of the exhibitor. Each exhibitor must show his/her own animal unless he/she has more than one animal in that class (including Breed Champion and Grand Drive) or with a medical excuse. To show an animal for another exhibitor the showman MUST have a project entered in the Junior Livestock division. The exhibitor's parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles, other Curry County 4-H and FFA exhibitors, Leaders, County Agent, or Agricultural Education Instructor may offer instruction or assistance if required. IF INSTRUCTION AND ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED, THE EXHIBITOR MUST BE PRESENT AND INVOLVED. ANYONE FOUND BREAKING THIS RULE WILL HAVE THE ANIMAL DISQUALIFIED THAT IS BEING FITTED, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE FAIRBOARD.
11. Only the exhibitor and their animal entered in the class being checked in will be allowed into the holding area. If exhibitor is in the showring and has an animal in the next class, one person will be allowed to enter to assist in holding the animal for the exhibitor until the next class. NO animals will be allowed to be tied up in the holding area, all animals must go back to the pen area to wait for champion or grand drives if there is more than one class between the time the animal needs to be back in the ring.
12. The Curry County Fair Association will sponsor a Junior Livestock Sale, at 6:30 p.m., Curry County Events Center, on Friday, August 17, 2024.
13. Breeding classes will be judged by breed and further divided into age groups at the discretion of the livestock superintendent.  Breed champions will be selected for each breed shown.
14. Each exhibitor will be allowed to sell one animal of his/her choice of those eligible to sell.
15. If 10% or more market steers or ten or more market swine or lambs of a breed, not designated in the Fair Book are entered, a class may be established at the discretion of the superintendent. Otherwise, will be shown as crosses, or closest representative breed.
16. No hay is allowed in any livestock barn where livestock is bedded on sand.
17. All junior livestock entries must be in place by 11:00 am Monday, August 12, 2024 and remain in place until 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 17, 2024. This includes Beef Cattle, Swine, Dairy Cattle, Sheep and Goats.
18. Pen assignments will be posted by 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 10 and tack or show equipment will not be allowed in the barn prior to that date and time.
19. Livestock can only be removed from barns for feeding from 6-10 am and 6-10 pm and should remain in their space at all other times.
20. Bedding areas for all animals must be kept presentable. Exhibitors not keeping their bedding area clean are subject to a $25 fine.

1. Exhibits shown must be from projects currently enrolled in.
2. Each exhibitor will be required to maintain exhibits in a clean and orderly manner.
3. Where there is no competition or where classes are not completely filled, exhibit may be awarded first, second, third, fourth, fifth, or no premium according to its merits.
4. Classes may be combined when deemed advisable.

PRESIDENT

 Eric Denton

 SECRETARY

Jacque Williams

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

Chris Flanagan, Dusty Johnson, Kyle Cain, Lance Sumrall, Luther Dunlap, Michelle Denton, Ryan Willoughby and Walon Jones

****There will be an exhibitor meeting on Monday evening at 6:30pm at the showring.****

 1. The Junior Livestock Sale will be held at the Curry County Events Center, Friday, August 17 at 6:30 p.m. The meal will begin at 6:00 p.m.

2. Each exhibitor who has an animal qualified for the Junior Livestock Sale must notify their intentions to the department superintendent at a meeting Friday, August 16 at 9:30 a.m. in the Curry County Events Center.

*** All exhibitors are REQUIRED to turn in a W-9 prior to the Junior Livestock Sale. W-9s will be included in the packet at check-in.***

3. The number of animals to sell from each species (Swine, Sheep, Goats, Beef Cattle and Dairy Heifers) will be determined on a percentage (70%) based on the number of exhibitors per species/per barn, capped at 102 sale slots total.  The meat rabbit and broiler pen will be sold through the Junior Livestock Sale and will be allotted 1 sale slot each. There must be a minimum of (7) 4-H/FFA Meat Pens in order to guarantee one sale slot and there must be a minimum of (7) 4-H/FFA Broiler Pens in order to guarantee one sale slot.   All Sale slots will be rounded to the nearest whole number rounding down if the number is between a zero and 0.4 and rounding the whole number up if it is between 0.5 and 0.9. Each exhibitor may sell only one animal if more than one is eligible for the sale.  

4. Animals not qualifying for the sale can be bought by the packer at the packer’s bid; however, the Curry County Fair will not be responsible in any way for animals sold to the packer or otherwise.

 5. All sales for animals not going through the Junior Livestock Sale must be handled by the sellers in direct negotiation with the packer or other purchaser, and the seller is wholly responsible for delivering such animals from the Fair Grounds.

6. All animals will be weighed at the Fair Grounds and these weights recorded and filed by an official in charge of scales.  These weights will be the official weights of animals going through the sale, however, all other animals privately delivered and sold will be paid for on weights taken at the packing plant or otherwise.

7. Market Livestock will be sold in the following order: Grand Champion Steer, Grand Champion Dairy Heifer, Grand Champion Lamb, Grand Champion Swine, Grand Champion Goat, Grand Champion Broiler pen, Grand Champion Rabbit Pen, Reserve Grand Champion Steer, Reserve Grand Champion Dairy Heifer, Reserve Grand Champion Lamb, Reserve Grand Champion Swine, etc.

8. Exhibitors are responsible for the care and safe delivery of all sold animals after the sale.

9. Terms of sale are cash, and buyers will be expected to settle with the Sale Manager immediately after the sale. Direct transactions with the seller are not permissible.

10. In the event a buyer resells to a packer or processor, it will be the original buyer’s responsibility to collect directly from the packer or processor, however, the Sale Manager will supply packer or processor with complete lists of prices and purchasers to facilitate settlement.

11. Any Junior exhibitor having an animal or animals entered in the sale is prohibited from seeking special privileges from buyers, such as asking permission to re-purchase the animal from the buyer or packer to be shown again or to be used for other purposes. Any exhibitor who seeks privileges will be subject to such disciplinary action as deemed necessary by the Management, including withholding of sale price.

12. Owners of sale animals must bring their own animal to the sale ring at the proper time in the sale program, unless arrangements have been made with the Jr Livestock Sale Committee prior to the start of the sale, or sale rights are forfeited.

13. Packer bids will be secured and posted by 9:00 a.m. on Friday, August 16 at the Junior Livestock meeting.

14. All livestock must be in barns by 6:00 a.m. Saturday, August 17 and must remain in place until released.

15. All livestock will be sold by the head through the sale.

16. The Curry County Junior Livestock Sale Committee LLC reserves the right to make changes as needed. 

1. Novice, Junior, and Senior showmanship classes will be held after selection of the Grand Champion for each species.
2. The age divisions are:

  Novice- 8 to 10 years old

Junior- 11 to 13 years old

Senior- 14 years old and up

1. Age divisions will be based on exhibitor age on day of show.
2. The livestock judge will choose a champion showman in each age division.
3. Entries will be due along with animal entries on August 1, 2024. The showmanship entry fee is $5.00 per contestant.

1. All livestock exhibitors are automatically entered as contestants for the Herdsmanship award.
2. There will be one award for each species: Dairy, Beef, Sheep, Goats, Swine, Poultry, and Rabbits.
3. Winners will receive a belt buckle.
4. Winners will be announced at the Junior Livestock Sale meeting on Friday, August 16.

Curry County Fair

August 12-17, 2024

Curry County Commissioners

Fidel Madrid                                                   District 1

Brad Bender                                                    District 2

Dusty Leatherwood                                         District 3

Seth Martin                                                     District 4

Robert Thornton                                             District 5

County Manager

Lance Pyle                               Curry County Manager

Curry County Events Center and Fairgrounds

 KC Messick                                         General Manager

     Dena Plyler                                         Director of Finance

             Josh Jeffs                                           Director of Operations

Curry County Fair Board of Directors

Jay Lynn Blackburn

Luther Dunlap

Eric Denton

Wyatt Young

Kyle Cain

Todd Pinnell

Ryan Willoughby

Brett Lockmiller

Robert Thornton

Helen Casaus

Junior Livestock Sale Committee

Eric Denton

Ryan Willoughby

Lance Sumrall

Jacque Williams

Dusty Johnson

Luther Dunlap

Walon Jones