Junior Sheep

 Superintendent

JAY LYNN BLACKBURN

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

6:00 p.m. (Booster Sheep Class - 5:30 p.m.) - Location TBD

PREMIUMS:       1st- $22.       2nd-$17.       3rd-$14.       4th-$12.       5th-$10.       6th-$8. 

1. Junior sheep will be weighed and classified at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, August 12, 2024. 
2. All lambs entered in the market division are subject to a sifting committee to eliminate undesirable animals from the show.  Any sifting will be done at weighing time. 
3. Weight Limits Market Lambs 80 Lbs. minimum, no maximum. Weigh outs will be allowed one re-weigh after all lambs have been weighed. 
4. All lambs will be classified by an official classifier and his decision will be final. 
5. HEALTH REQUIREMENTS & INSPECTION PROCEDURE:
   1. All Market Lambs will be slick shorn (to a uniform length no more than 1/4" of wool) prior to arrival at the fair.
   2. Sheep must arrive by 11:00 am, on Monday, August 12.
   3. All lambs will be inspected at the gate or receiving area.
   4. Sheep with ringworm lesions and/or sore mouth will be treated upon entrance into fairgrounds and exhibitors will be required to continue treating animals during the fair. Treatment solution will be available to all exhibitors throughout the fair.
   5. Lambs must also be free of scabies, foot rot and other contagious diseases or will not be allowed to show. 
6. Classes will be broken at the discretion of the superintendent.
7. The number of animals to sell from each species (Swine, Sheep, Goats, Beef Cattle and Dairy Heifers) will be determined on a percentage basis of exhibitors (70%) capped at 102 sale slots total.
8. All sale lambs and packer lambs need to be delivered to the southwest corner of the steer trimming barn at 9:00 am, Saturday, August 17th. 
9. Upon check-in all muzzles and blankets must be removed, and lambs must be haltered.

J-50 Fine Wool/Western Whiteface - Rambouillet, Debouillet, Delanie, Menno types, Columbias, Corridales. Class will be split if numbers warrant

J-51 Speckle-Hampshire, Suffolk, Fine Wool, Dorset (to include all lambs showing a cross of medium wool breeds and/or wool breeds listed)

J-52 Black Face - including Hampshire and Suffolk, fullbloods or crosses showing breed dominance. Southdowns and Dorsets unless numbers warrant separate class

J-53 Hair Sheep

Booster Sheep Class - 5:30 p.m.  

1. Must be 8 years old and under.

   ** 8-year-old must not fall into the novice age division or special age category.

2. Youngster does not have to own animal shown.  If animal is owned by exhibitor, he or she is responsible for marketing that animal. 

Class will be judged on showmanship only