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123 Butler County Junior Fair Section 2025 Butler County Fair
Department NO. 100: Beef Cattle
Þ All dairy feeders must be steers. NO HEIFERS!
Jr. Fair Board in Charge: Emma Lake, Logan Kremer, Þ There will not be a Championship drive that includes the
Champion and Reserve Champion Beef Feeder competing
Kristen Webb and Meaghan Smith
against the Champion and Reserve Dairy Beef Feeder.
Adult Advisors: Kailey Schlichter & Aubrie Jordan
Rules Governing This Department: Þ Champion & Reserve Champion feeder calves are not termi-
nal.
Please Read All Rules Carefully
Þ Feeder Calves are not required to sell.
A. Livestock entries are due to the Senior Fair Board Office by
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June 7 2025. Section 1– Feeder Calf
B. NO ONE is permitted in the Barn until Thursday (before Classes:
Fair) @ 7:30pm 1.Dairy Feeders
2. Beef Feeders & Feeder Calf Heifers
Feeder Calf Show:
C. Dress Code Beef: jeans, sleeved shirt; hard-soled shoes
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D. Exhibitors must furnish own bedding (straw, shavings or Wednesday July 23 @ 9:00 am
mulch). **Dairy Feeder calves will show first. The feeder calf steers will be
E. Fans are allowed on South Side of Dairy Barn where none divided by weight into classes not to exceed 12 calves per class.
are located. Rules for Section 2
F. Chutes will be located east of the dairy barn. NO Grooming Þ Market beef must be in the possession of the exhibitor
Chutes allowed in the barns.
by January 1st of this year.
G. All animals must have bedding at tie-outs. Tie–outs must be
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removed by 7:00 p.m., Friday, July 25 Þ All market beef must be without horns.
H. All exhibitors must clean their animal pens daily. Þ An exhibitor may enter a maximum of two market beef
I. All animals must be fed & watered daily and be kept cross- and will be tagged at the fair
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Þ Market beef will weigh on Saturday, July 19 @ 12:00
J. All animals must be handled in a safe manner and so as to p.m. No reweighs allowed. Market beef will be identi-
not endanger other members. If the animal is determined to fied at the Saturday weigh-in.
be unruly, Sr. Fair Board has the authority to require that the
animal leave the fairgrounds. ¨ Weigh-in/Check-in order as followed: Market
Beef, followed by Feeder Calves, followed by
K. All Jr. Fair beef animals must be groomed by the exhibitor,
parents, legal guardian, siblings, aunt, uncle, grandparent, or Beef Breeding.
any Butler Co. Jr. Fair participant.
Þ Market beef must be shown in the Jr. Fair Show in or-
L. Clubs will be responsible and are required to keep barn aisles der to sell at the Jr. Fair Sale and must weigh a mini-
clean. mum of 1000 lbs. Dairy Steer must weigh 1100 lbs. to
sell. Market beef that do not make weight must be re-
M. Exhibitors have 1 1/2 hrs. after completion of cattle show,
Wednesday July 23rd pull animal from sale. Sale Rep- moved from the fairgrounds by 10:00 p.m. on Saturday
resentatives will be at podium in show ring. If animals of move-in day
are not pulled with the 1 1/2 hours following show, they Þ Classes will be broken out according to registration and
will b e required to go through the Jr Fair Livestock number of animals that show up, at the discretion of Sr.
sale. Both the exhibitor and the parent/guardian must and Jr. Fair authorities.
sign the Livestock Auction Removal Agreement.
Þ There will not be any division. All 1st and 2nd place
winners will compete for Grand and Reserve Campion
Rules for Section 1
Market Beef.
NOTICE:
Þ Calves must be owned and in possession by May 1. Þ Grand Champion Market Beef and Reserve Grand
Champion Market Beef will be terminal.
Þ Castration and dehorning must take place by May 1.
Þ Dairy Steers must be 100% Dairy, or will be placed in
Þ Calves should be weaned at least two weeks prior to the be- Beef Class.
ginning of the fair and eating dry feed, and broke to lead.

Þ Feeder Calves must weigh a minimum of 200 lbs. and can-
not weigh more than 750 lbs.
Þ Feeder calves consist of all beef and dairy breeds.

Þ Individual exhibitors may enter and show not more than two
feeder calves.
Þ Dairy Feeders must be 100% dairy, or they will be placed in
beef class.