| Market Steer Superintendent: Tim Fletcher, Slidell Assistant Superintendents: Rickey Reed, Steve Freeman Ron Womak, Robert Johnson Rickey Read, Tom Woodard Beef Heifer Superintendent: Richard Flynt Judge: Clay Elliot - Steers & Roger Mikeska - Heifers RULES AND INFORMATION 1. The General Rules of the Wise County Youth Fair and the following rules will govern the Beef Cattle Department. 2. Entry Fee is $20.00 per entry. Entry fee and entry forms must be turned in on or before February 16, 2008. Late registration deadline is February 22, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND EXPLANATION SEE RULE #2 UNDER GENERAL RULES. 3. A substitution fee of $5.00 may be paid and a substitution made between the time animals are entered and the time they arrive at the fair grounds. 4. Ownership date are: Breeding Beef January 1, 2008 Market Steers October 18, 2007 5. Market Steers must be ear tagged, tattooed, etc. on October 17, 2007 or state validated on June 13, 2007 to be eligible to show. 6. Beef animals should arrive between 3-7:00 p.m. Wednesday. Exhibitors must check with the beef superintendent upon their arrival for stall assignments and exhibitors numbers. 7. All market steers, prospect steers and beef heifers must be trimmed before arrival on fair grounds. Minor touch up will be allowed. |
| Classes: 1. PROSPECT STEER There will be three (3) Prospect Steer classes. Class breaks will be determined after weigh-in. Champion Prospect Steer Reserve Champion Prospect Steer 2. MARKET STEER There will be three subdivisions for Market Steers: A. AMERICAN BREED AND AMERICAN CROSSBRED STEERS—Pureblood or crossbred Beefmaster, Brahman, Brangus, Red Brangus, Santa Gertrudis or Simbrah steers. All steers in this subdivision must show predominate breed characteristics of one of these breeds. B. ENGLISH BREED AND ENGLISH CROSSBREED STEERS—Steers must be straight-bred Angus, Hereford, Polled Hereford, Shorthorn and Red Angus, or must have a sire and dam of purebred, grade or crossbred breeding of one or more of the above breeds. C. EUROPEAN BREEDS AND CROSS STEERS—Will include any cross or other breed of steers not in the above classes. --- STEERS WILL BE CLASSIFIED. There will be three (3) classifiers. The judgment of breed classifiers is final and not subject to protest. Only one weighing per animal will be allowed. All weighs will be final. --- The superintendent shall determine number of steer classes in each subdivision after all steers are classified and weighed in the show. --- A Champion and Reserve Champion steer will be selected from each of the subdivisions listed above and the Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion overall will then be selected. Overall Grand Champion Market Steer Overall Reserve Champion Market Steer Junior Showmanship, Market Steers Senior Showmanship, Market Steers 3. BREEDING BEEF HEIFER Maximum age of heifers is thirty (30) months as of March 1, 2008. NO heifers born before September 1, 2005. There must be four (4) head entered and shown to constitute a breed. Heifers must be trimmed before arriving at the Wise County Youth Fair. Minor touch up will be allowed. All Breed Champions and Reserve Champions will compete for Supreme Champion and Reserve Champion Breeding Female. Junior Showmanship, Breeding Beef (ages 13 & under) Senior Showmanship, Breeding Beef (ages 14 & up) 4. NATIVE STEER A plaque will be presented to the highest placing steer. A plaque will be presented to the breeder of the highest placing steer. |
| 2008 Wise County Youth Fair |
| March 24, 2008 --- March 29, 2008 |
| Department J Beef Show |
| THE 2008 MARKET PROSPECT STEERS & HEIFER SHOWS WILL BE BLOW & SHOW. NO PAINT, GLUE, ADHESIVE ETC. 8. Steers will be classified before weighed. Steers must be weighed between 5-7:00 p.m. Wednesday in the judging arena. Breeding Beef Heifers registration and tattoos will be checked on Wednesday between 5-7:00 p.m. 9. Registration papers are required on all breeding females. No entries will be accepted with papers pending. 10. All non-registered beef will be classified as AOB. They must be validated on January 5, 2008. 11. The Prospect Steer show will begin Friday at 8:00 a.m. Followed by the Market Steer show, immediately followed by the Breeding Beef Heifer show. 12. Prospect steers may be entered with superintendent upon arrival. 13. Prospect steers will be divided into three (3) equal size classes. 14. Steers must be dehorned, and all market animals must lead and be controllable or they will be barred from the show. 15. Steers will be put into weight classes by the superintendent after the weigh-in on Wednesday. Those steers weighing less than 1000 lbs. will be shown as prospect steers. Steers weighing 1000 lbs. to 1475 lbs. will be shown as market animals. No restrictions on the number of steers weighed in or shown. 16. There will be three subdivisions for Market Steers: American Breed and American Crossbred Steers English Breed and English Crossbreed Steers European Breeds and Cross Steers 17. Only market steers will be eligible for the Auction Sale. The Overall Grand and Reserve, and the Champion and Reserve from each division will be sold, then a percent of each division will be sold staying as close to twenty-five (25) lots. It will be divided by the total number of steer entries in all divisions based on a percentage will be in the sale. Give or take one (1) steer. If a steer is floored and checked into the floor buyers assigned pin, they may not be taken back unless agreed to by person or persons that have the floor price on the steers. 18. The Breeding Beef Show is limited to female entries. No bulls are allowed. 19. The rules for the longhorn division will align with the Texas Junior Longhorn Association to show like in other major shows. 20. No more than two (2) breeding animals per class may be shown by any one exhibitor. 21. Breeding animals will be put into classes according to their age after all entries are received. 22. Seniors exhibitors will be selected to return for showmanship in Breeding Heifers and Market Steers. All Junior exhibitors will be eligible for showmanship. 23. Bedding: NO wood or straw will be allowed in the stalls. Cedar may be used if the exhibitor so desires. 24. Hair Rule: Steers must be shorn to not more than 1/4” on any location of the body, excluding the tail switch. Steers must be shorn before arrival onto the fair grounds. Steers will be checked at weigh-in for the 1/4” length. Violation of the 1/4” uniform length over the entire body will result in immediate disqualification. Steers not shorn will be disqualified from showing. The decision of the superintendent will be final. Native Steer Division 25. NO entry fee will be required for this class. 26. The steer must have been conceived and born in Wise County. 27. All steers competing must have a certificate signed by breeder stating that the steer was conceived and born in Wise County. 28. All native steer verification forms will be attached to corresponding steer entry card. 29. The highest placing steer of each class will be eligible to compete. The Champion and Reserve Champion WILL NOT be eligible. 30. A plaque will be presented to highest placing steer. 31. A plaque will be presented to the breeder of the highest placing steer. 32. Placing of steers in this class will have no effect on qualifying for the auction sale. |