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Woodbury County Fair
4-H/FFA Livestock Judging Contest (38)
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Dan Witten – Superintendent – Phone (712) 369-1939
Molli Griffin – Superintendent – Phone (712) 378-2861
Randi Koehler – Superintendent – Phone (641) 903-6203
The 4-H and FFA Livestock Judging Contest will be held Wednesday of Fair, at the
fairgrounds in Moville. Registration will start at 11:00 a.m. and the Contest will begin
at 11:30 a.m.
Any FFA or 4-H club member who is regularly enrolled in an organized group in
Woodbury County is eligible to compete in the contest. No 4-H’er who has had
college training may compete. Grade breakdown: 1) - completed 4th-8th grade, 2) completed 9th-12th grade (current year graduates), and 3) – adults.
Family team class: a team of family members can consist of 3 or more people of the
same family. The top 3 scores in each family will be tabulated.
The contest will consist of classes of beef, sheep, and swine.
Placings will be posted. The winners can pick up trophies and ribbons from the 4H/Fair office.
No premiums are paid for the judging contest.
An adult judging contest will also be held at the same time and place. A trophy will be
awarded.
4-H/FFA Beef Department
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Dirk Hansen – Superintendent – Phone (712) 876-2655 or 253-7310
Scott Klaschen – Superintendent – Phone (712) 301-4828 or 899-3781
Bill Redenius – Superintendent – Phone (712) 373-9750 or 369-0806
Refer to General Rules.
All beef animals exhibited must be hornless, except purebred horned breeding heifers
and calves in feeder class. Animals with loose scurs will be considered hornless.
All cattle grooming chutes will be located in designated grooming areas.
Superintendents reserve the opportunity to assign clubs to set up grooming chutes in
the barn on an individual case basis. Animals in grooming chutes are NOT to be left
unattended. Chute must be registered and have a number.
All show boxes must be kept in aisle behind calves. The superintendents will assign
the stalls and their decisions are final.
Cattle must be double tied in the barn.
For the safety of exhibitors, tennis shoes or other soft-top shoes should not be worn
whenever beef animals are shown or handled. Hats should not be worn when showing.
There will be NO allowance for fans placed in any of the cattle aisles. The use of butt
fans is prohibited. Fans hanging on blocking chutes are also prohibited. Only hanging
overhead stall fans will be allowed in any of the cattle barns. Because of limited space,
management reserves the right to limit exhibitors on the number of and arrangement of
fan equipment if it is excessive and infringes on the rights of other exhibitors. No
generators allowed in the barns. All fans must blow north.
Grooming: Responsibility for grooming animals for show is primarily the
responsibility of the exhibitor.
A. Clipping, trimming, grooming should be done by the exhibitor. Exhibitors who
need assistance may have help.
B. All clipping, trimming and grooming must be done in the assigned blocking
chute area per discretion of the Superintendents.
Only 4-H’ers/FFA members and authorized personnel are allowed in the show ring.
Exhibitors must be present in show ring with their exhibit by third call.
A bedding fee of approximately $15 (adjusted on market price) will be charged for
each animal entered on the July 15 fair entry form. Payment is due on July 15 with fair
entry form to the Woodbury County Extension office. There is a $5 fee for each
additional loader bucket of chips during fair.
Livestock/Animal Fair Entry form is due in the Woodbury County Extension office no