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ENTRY DEADLINE IS AUGUST
15
LOCATION: LIVESTOCK ANNEX
SUPERINTENDENT: John McCurry (620) 727-5197
SHOW DATE: Wednesday, September 16, 1:00 pm
Entries are subject to
the Kansas State Fair General Information and Rules
ENTRY FEE: $25.00/Pair if entered by August 15. If entering on-site, the entry fee is $50.00
- Open to any Kansas cow / calf
producer. All animals will be judged as commercial livestock.
- All animals must be exhibited
in pasture condition.
Absolutely no fitting will be allowed.
Absolutely no bull calves allowed.
- An entry will consist of one
cow and her natural calf.
- Both divisions (Open & Youth) will not allow halters or fitting. No exhibitors are allowed in the arena. Youth will be ring side for possible questions from the judge.
- Age of cow and birth date of
calf must be known.
- All cows and calves will be
weighed upon arrival at the Kansas State Fair. These animals will be
housed and shown in the Livestock Annex.
- All pairs must be unloaded and
processed by 11:00 am on, September 16. Show will begin at 1:00 pm. All
animals must arrive and leave on Wednesday, September 16.
- Animals will be judged on type,
structure, muscling, natural fleshing, soundness of udder, eyes, feet, and
legs. The calf at side will be evaluated on the same criteria.
- Cow weight and the calves
projected 205-day adjusted weight will be given to the officials at time
of judging.
- A two judge system will be used
and each judge will score each cow and calf independently and the total
score of both judges will be used to rank the pairs in each division.
The final score will out of a possible 200 points, 100 possible with
the projected 205-day score and 100 possible for the judge's scores of
each pair.
- Entries MUST be done online by Aug 15 (after this date, entries can be made the day of with a late fee) - if you give the complete registration information, it will be printed in the Show Book. If doing day of entry, a W9 will need to be collected.
- If entries are sufficient, the
classes will also be divided by age of Dam.
- Calf birth date must be on or
before April 15 of current year.
- Exhibitors to bring a copy of
the pedigree if known.
- Any Cow that is deemed to be a
danger to animal handlers, exhibitors, spectators or other animals by the
event staff will be asked to be removed from the Livestock Annex.
- All animals must be individually identified by official USDA-approved ear tag - if not tagged at arrival, they will be tagged during check in and entered into the Kansas State Fair entry system with identification.
- Youth Division - Exhibitor must be under 19 as of January 1. Youth division will have a champion and reserve champion. There will be prizes for these placings within the youth division.