4-H Sheep
Also see General Livestock Rules.
All female species can be dually entered in Market and Breeding, but you must declare class BEFORE official weigh-in. If the animal is weighed on the official scale, she will be considered a market animal and will show in a market class.
Sheep Showmanship
Division 30
Each showman must show his/her own animal and will enter the class corresponding to their age. The judge has the right to ask the showman to exhibit abilities to fit the animal for showing. Ages are as of January 1 of the current year. Show order will be senior, intermediate, junior. Top 3 placings in each age division will come back and compete for overall showman.
Class 1 14 and over
Class 2 11 to 13 years
Class 3 8 to 10 years
Clover Kid Sheep Showmanship
Division 96
Clover Kid showmen are encouraged to be enrolled in the 4-H Clover Kid Program. The show begins Wednesday after the market show. They will be the first class of showmanship in the Livestock Pavilion. Sheep must be shown with halters.
Class 1 Clover Kid Sheep Showmanship
Market Lamb
Division 31
Lambs must be owned by exhibitor by June 1 of the current year. There will be three different weight divisions of market lambs - light, medium and heavy. Divisions will be broken by lambs’ weights taken on weigh-in day at the County Fair. The judge will be provided with the ultrasound carcass estimate and rate of gain data and will be used at the judge’s discretion in all market lamb classes.
All Market Lambs must meet certain weight requirements to show in the market classes.
Market Lambs: Minimum-100 lbs, No Max.
Animals not meeting these weight requirements will be removed from the fairgrounds immediately following weigh-in. See General Livestock Rule #25 for additional information. The maximum pay weight for market lamb for the sale is 160 lbs. Sheep may be shown from any side.
All ewes, breeding and market, must have a USDA scrapie ID tag. Market or breeding ewes and rams without a USDA scrapie tag will be immediately released from the respective show including showmanship.
Qualifications:
- All lambs must be born December 1 of the previous year or after.
- Late castrate, cryptorchid or bucky appearing males will be eliminated at show time.
- Lambs entered for this show will have been shorn within 15 days before time of fair weigh-in. Length of wool will not exceed ¼ inch.
- Market classes to be determined after weigh-in.
- All market lambs must show eight (8) lamb teeth only.
- Maximum number of head per stall is 3.
Sheep will be divided into the following divisions (the market weight breakdowns will be decided after fair weigh-in). Sheep breed classification will be decided at fair weigh-in by a committee.
Market Ewe Lamb
All Weights
Black Face Influence
Light Weight Market Lamb
Medium Weight Market Lambs
Heavy Weight Lambs
Hamp
All weights
Natural
All Weights
All Other Breeds
All Weights
Sheep Data Contest
Division 30
The sheep data contest will consist of the top ten (10) placing market sheep animals with the highest sheep data score. The sheep carcass data score will consist of 50% daily rate of gain using the May weigh-in weight and the County Fair entry weight and 50% ultrasound score using the scan data recorded on the day of County Fair entry. Market animals will be scanned on the day of fair entry and will NOT be clipped by the ultrasound technician. The top ten animals will all receive ribbons. The top two animals will receive trophies. In case of a tie, the ultrasound data placing will take precedent. Participants must register for this contest.
Class 5 Sheep Data Contest
Breeding Sheep
Division 32
All breeding sheep must be owned by the exhibitor by June 1 of the current year. Each member will be limited to two entries in each class. Breeding Sheep will check in on market weigh in day. They will be stalled through the week with the market animals. They will follow all check in rules as market sheep being checked in except being weighed in. They will come to the scale for check in and evaluation, but not weighed in. If they are sent across the scale, they will automatically be put into the market class. Animals cannot show in both breed and market classes.
Class 1 Breeding Ewe Lambs (born on or after January 1 of the current year)
Class 2 Yearling Ewes
Class 3 Aged Ewes