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Woodbury County Fair
the Fair. Show will start at 1:30 p.m.
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Beef breeding heifer health requirements apply.
Class 5500 - Feeder Calf
4-H/FFA Cow/Calf Class (56)
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See general rules.
Each member has the opportunity to enter and exhibit up to three cow/calf pairs in this
class. Cow and offspring will be judged together at halter.
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Calf (calves) may also be entered in the market feeder calf class. Feeder calf rules
apply for calves in the cow/calf class. Feeder calves need to have an Iowa 4-H tag in
their ear by May 15 and both cow and calf need to be entered in 4-H Online by 11:59
p.m. on May 15. See rule #2 under 4-H and FFA Livestock General Rules.
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Cow/calves will be entered and weighed from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, Saturday of
the fair. They will be released the same day immediately after the show. Show will
follow the market feeder calf show.
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A minimum of six (6) entries is required to constitute a class.
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Cow/Calf must be owned by the 4-H’er or a member of his/her family. 4H/FFA must
list the cow (and calf) birth date and ear tag number by May 15. Beef breeding heifer
health requirements apply.
Class 5600 - Cow/Calf Pair
Special Awards
4-H members are responsible for making the contacts in order to receive these awards.
The Iowa Simmental Association will award recognition plaques to the
Champion steer and Champion registered breeding heifer, if the animals are ½ Simmental.
This information must be on the livestock identification form.
4-H/FFA Sheep Department (60)
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Penny Yaremko – Superintendent – (712) 372-4722 or 870-3138
Kathy Petersen – Superintendent - (712) 373-5570 or 259-1428
Tabitha Lewis – Superintendent – (712) 384-2323 or 870-0439
All tagged lambs must be born on or after January 1, 2016, except in production
yearling ewe class # 6035. All Market Lambs, Commercial Ewe Lambs and Ram
Lambs must be ear tagged in the right ear and weighed in the spring April/May, at the
Woodbury County Fairgrounds in Moville. Date of weigh-in/tagging will be
announced in the 4-H newsletter. All buck lambs for the market classes must be
castrated or banded prior to weigh-in date.
All lost ear tags must be reported to a sheep superintendent immediately upon
discovery with proof of loss or the ID tag, so re-tagging can be scheduled.
Each member can enroll/identify a maximum of 30 head to be identified in 4-H Online
that attended a weigh-in. Production yearling, ewe tag number and information must
also be included on the Sheep Identification Form or in 4-H Online.
Members acquiring lambs after May 15, to be shown in shows after September 1, must
have these lambs ear tagged and identified no later than 4:30 p.m. on June 1. These
lambs will not be eligible to show at the Woodbury County Fair.
All market lambs must have been shorn over the entire body. No minimum fleece
length is required. An optional shearing date will be posted in the 4-H Scene. There
is no shearing allowed on the fairground from entry to end of fair.
At County Fair time, each member may enter:
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One pen of three market lambs
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Three individual market lambs (two lambs can come from the pen of three)
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Two rams lambs
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Two commercial ewes
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Two production yearling ewes (the yearling ewe must be a 4-H lamb that was
tagged last year during the county tagging and weigh in held in the Spring 2015
and have given birth this year)
All market lambs will be weighed at entry