2026 Custer County Fair Schedule

2026 Custer County Fair Schedule

Thursday, July 14

  • 9:00 am - until completed - 4-H Style Judging & Clothing Construction Judging - (Evangelical Free Church, Broken Bow)
  •  7:00 pm 4-H Public Fashion Show (Evangelical Free Church, Broken Bow

 Saturday, July 18

  • 8:00 am - 4-H & FFA Dog Show


Wednesday, July 22

  • 10:00 am - 3:00 pm - 4-H Entry Day and Interview Judging, 4-H Building and 4-H Exhibit Hall

Friday, July 24

  • 7:30 am - 4-H Firearms Shooting Match, Building 18
  • 8:00 am - 6:00 pm Open Class Entries Due

Saturday, July 25

  • 7:30 am - 4-H Firearms Shooting Match, Building 18
  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm - 4-H Food Entries Interview Judging, 4-H Building
  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm - Garden, Cut Flowers, and Flowers Judging, 4-H Building
  • 6:00 pm - Parade

Sunday, July 26

  • 2:30 - 3:30 pm - Weigh 4-H & FFA Meat Goats & Market Sheep
  • 2:30 - 3:00 pm Weigh 4-H Market Beef for 4-h'ers showing Horses or other conflicting shows
  • 3:00 - 5:00 pm - Weigh 4-H Market Beef
  • 4:00 - 6:00 pm - Weigh in Market Swine
  • 4:00 pm - 4-H Horse Show; Showmanship, Halter, Goat Tying, Poles, Barrels, Roping, Working Ranch Horse
  • 4:30 - 5:30 pm - 4-H Bucket Calf Check-In
  • 5:00 - 6:00 pm - 4-H Breeding Heifer Check-In
  • 5:00 pm - 4-H & FFA Small Animal Per Show
  • 5:00 - 8:00 pm - Enter 4-H Rabbits, Pigeons, and Poultry
  • 5:00 - 8:00 pm - BBC Kidz Zone, Playground Area
  • 6:00 pm - Deadline for all livestock Stocker-Feeders, Dairy, Rabbits, Pigeons, and Poultry
  • 7:00 pm - Christian Concert at Broken Bow United Methodist Church

Monday, July 27

  • 8:00 am - 4-H Swine (Market & Breeding) Judging Followed by FFA Swine Judging
  • 8:30 am - 4-H Horse Show; Western Pleasure, Snaffle Bit, Adaptive Horsemanship, Ranch Pleasure, Western Horsemanship, Ranch Riding, Western Riding, Reining, Trail English Pleasure, English Equitation, Hunter Hack
  • 1:00 pm - Beef Carcass Interview Judging
  • 4:00 pm - FFA Sheep Judging
  • 5:00 pm - 4-H Sheep Judging
  • 5:00 - 8:00 pm BBC Kidz Zone, Playground Area 
  • 5:00 - 10:00 pm - Commercial Booths Open Under Grandstand
  • 5:30 - 7:00 pm - Free Pit Barbecue
  • 7:30 pm - Grandstand Entertainment

Tuesday, July 28

  • 8:00 am - 4-H Beef Showmanship followed by Market Beef Classes
  • 8:30 am - 4-H Rabbit Show, followed by FFA Rabbit Show, 4-H Poultry Show, 4-H Pigeon Show, and FFA Pigeon Show
  • 3:00 pm - FFA Beef Showmanship, Breeding Heifer and Market Beef
  • 3:00 pm - Farm Credit Services of America Watermelon Feed
  • 5:00 - 8:00 pm BBC Kidz Zone, Playground Area 
  • 5:00 - 10:00 pm - Commercial Booths Open Under Grandstand
  • 7:30 pm - Grandstand Entertainment

 Wednesday, July 29

  • 8:00 am - FFA Stocker-Feeder Show followed by 4-H Stocker-Feeder
  • 9:00 am - 4-H Clover Kids Bucker Calf Interview Judging
  • 9:00 am - 4-H Breeding Heifers followed by Clover Kid Bucket Calf Parade, Junior Herd, and Best Group of 3 Beef
  • 11:00 am - 4-H/FFA Beef Fitting & Showing Contest
  • 1:00 pm - 4-H Dairy Cattle Show followed by FFA Dairy Cattle Show
  • 1:00 pm - 4-H Goat Show followed by FFA Goat Show
  • 1:00 pm 4-H Bucket Calf Interview Judging followed by 4-H Bucket Calf Parade
  • 5:00 - 8:00 pm BBC Kidz Zone, Playground Area 
  • 6:00 pm - 4-H Awards Presentation (Home Economics, Ag Misc.), Custer County Farm Bureau Show Ring (following the Goat Show)
  • 7:30 pm - Entertainment - Ultimate Bullfighters Free Style Bullfights
  • 9:00 pm - Teen Dance

Thursday, July 14

  • 8:00 am - 12:00 noon - Exhibits Released
  • 9:30 am - 4-H FFA Livestock Judging Contest
  • 11:30 AM - Elite Showmanship Contest
  • 7:00 pm - 4-H & FFA Livestock Sale, Custer Co. Fairgrounds