Department 3 -Beef Cattle

Department 3 BEEF CATTLE

Open and Junior Show Thursday, August 7, 2025 — 8:30 a.m. Superintendent: Annette Miles 570-376-4692

Committee:  Lacy Miles,  Dustin Butler

ANIMALS MAY ONLY UNLOAD & CHECK IN

Sunday 2:00 — 5:00 P.M.

Monday 9:00 A.M. — 3:00 P.M.

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Department 3 and 10.3 RULES & REGULATIONS

(Refer to General & Health Rules)

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1. All 4-H /FFA, Jr. Exhibitor and Open Entries must be postmarked/due on or before July 22, 2025. They should be sent to:

Annette Miles,

118 Ferris Corners Rd.

Little Marsh, PA 16950

Phone #: 570-376-4692

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​2. An entry fee of $3.00 per animal must accompany the entry blank.

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3. All beef cattle will be shown by the breed of the SIRE.

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4. When on exhibition in the ring, each animal must be under halter and in charge of the owner or owner’s representative. Junior Exhibitors showing should have adults available for assistance.

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5. Any unsportsmanlike conduct will result in dismissal.

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6. Animals must be owned by the exhibitor 30 days or longer.

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7. Market steers must be owned by December 1, 2024.

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8. Animals need not be registered stock.

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9. Bulls 10 months of age  and older at show time must be shown with a ring or nose snap.

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10. All beef cattle must be secured by neck strap and halter while tied in beef barn.

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11. Exhibitor’s will supply own bedding, troughs, and equipment.

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12. Exhibitors are responsible for keeping their animals, stall, and area around it clean and neat at all times.

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13. Exhibitor’s must have all animals listed for competition on the grounds no later than 3 p.m., Monday, August 4, 2025. All such animals shall remain on the premises until 8:00 p.m., Saturday, August 9, 2025, unless released by the superintendent. 

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14. No exhibitor may have more than 2 entries in each class.

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15. All animals must be free of infectious and contagious dis-eases and a statement of this (preprinted on the CVI—requires veterinarian’s signature) is required on the Certifi-cate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI). Animals appearing unhealthy upon arrival may not enter the exhibition grounds.

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16. When fitting animals for show, use only grooming products that are approved for use on meat producing animals. If you are not sure if a product is residue safe and approved for use on meat animals then please DO NOT use it. 

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17. The only animals to go on the livestock sale animal trucks are animals that were sold through the Jr. Livestock Sale.

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ANIMALS MAY ONLY UNLOAD AND CHECK IN 

Sunday 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Monday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm 

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Open Class - Market Steers

(At the discretion of the committee)

Rules & Regulations

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1. Beef Steers shall be free of infectious and transmissible diseases. Shipping fever shot required.

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2. Feeder heifers cannot show as breeding females and vice-versa

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3. Homebred Class - Your entry must consist of 1 market animal chosen at the time of weigh in. To be a homebred animal entry, the mother of the offspring must be owned by the member or immediate family at the time of the breeding and the birth and rearing of the animal which has resulted in this entry. The member must show record keeping on the Dam as proof of Homebred. All homebred entries will be brought back into the ring after the selection of Market Champions to compete for Champion and Reserve Champion Homebred.

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Open Classes and Premiums List:

CLICK HERE 

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Junior Classes and Premiums List:

CLICK HERE

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Department 10.3

(Jr. Beef Show)

Additional Rules and Regulations

NO Entry Fee

Penn State Extension, Tioga County PA

Taylor Leach - 570-724-9120

Agricultural Education

Cowanesque FFA - Andy Boyer , Lacy Miles

Grand Canyon FFA - Melanie Berndson

Southern Tioga FFA - Nathan Schanbacher

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Deptment 10 

4-H and FFA  Exhibits

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​Non - animal entries rules & requirements

( which also apply to Animal Exhibitors)

 

1. 4-H members must have passed their eighth birthday but not have passed their nineteenth birthday by January 1st of the project year (January 1 of the calendar year preceedingthe Pennsylvania Farm Show). Students enrolled in a accepted vocational school curriculum must be conducting a project in the class in which they wish to make entry. Students enrolled in general home economics in a comprehensive high school are considered as qualifying. All entries shall be approved prior to the fair by a member of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Agricultural or Home Economics Staff or their designated Chapter Advisor.

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2. To be eligible to exhibit, the exhibitor must be currently enrolled in a Tioga County Pa 4-H Club and must be enrolled in the project(s) being entered. All 4-H members must be in good standing in the Tioga County PA Program.4-H projects and record books must be up to date and must be judged at the 4-H book roundup. Students enrolled in an acceptable Agricultural Educational curriculum must be conducting a project in the class in which the wish to make entry. Students enrolled in general home economics in a comprehensive high school are considered as qualifying. All FFA entries shall be approved prior to fair by their Advisor.

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3. All members planning to exhibit at the fair/roundups must nust register. Livestock entry forms must be Postmarked by the United State Postal Service by July 22, 2025.or completed on the Fair Entry System by July 22, 2025. Entry Forms and fees are to be submitted in accordance with the general rules found in the front section of the Premium book. NO LATE ENTRIES ACCEPTED!

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4. Members who enter their animals in Fair's/roundups must compete in all projects for which they are eligible, including fitting and showing contests.

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5. All youth livestock members must abide by all rules and requirements, health or otherwise as set forth by The Tioga County Livestock Show & Sale, The Tioga County Agricultural Assocation , and The Tioga County Fair Premium Book.

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6. Premiums will be offered on merit of excellence, not by entry alone. Therefore, in any one class all Premiums may not be awarded if, in the judge's opinion, the other entries do not merit placement. This may also result in the omission of some placements such as first and second for awarding of only third. Judges are all different, some may be looking for specifics, color, or other things of interest in the area they are judging . In all cases, the decision of the judge is final.

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7. All members must be present with their animals.

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8. Barn Superintendents, Tioga County Livestock Committee, and the Tioga County Agricultural Assocation will make final judgments in answer to questions not covered by these rules of the general committee rules and guidelines.

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9. At all times, you are expected to be on good behavior.

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Department 10 

4-H and FFA  Exhibits - Animal Entries

 

1. Shall meet the general rules of the non animal entries.

 

2. 4-H and FFA members carrying livestock projects who wish to stay in the barns must wear their weekly pass wrist band at all times. Livestock must be on the grounds by 3 p.m., Monday, August 4, 2025 and remain until 8 p.m, on Saturday, August 9, 2025.

 

3. All 4-H/FFA Entries must be submitted online at fairentry.com at the same time the open classes entries are registered. Or by paper to EACH Open Barn Chairperson postmarked/due on or before July 22, 2025.

 

4. 4-H/FFA members must be enrolled in the 4-H/FFA animal project by program enrollment deadlines. Beef, Pigs, Goats, and Sheep must be enrolled and committed by May 1, 2025 on fairentry animal registration with final class entry selections due by July 22, 2025. Dairy, Poulty and Rabbits must be enrolled and committed by June 1, 2025 on fairentry animal registration with final class entry selections due by July 22, 2025.

 

5. Class entry refer to Premium Book or Fairentry for class listing.

 

6. See Open Show Rules and Regulations for open class entries rules.

 

7. 4-H/FFA Project and Record Books must be up-to-date and must be judged at 4-H Roundup or approved by FFA Advisor.

 

8. 4-H and FFA members must be present and have charge of their animals at the time of judging.

 

9. Good Housekeeping Awards will be awarded by club. All barn superintendents will provide office with club or chapter winners.

 

10. All premium checks with be handed out by barn chairs. All species must meet the requirements of the barn for cleanup at the end of the fair. Barn Superintendents have the authority to hold premium checks until barn requirements are met.

 

11. When on exhibition in the ring, each animal must be under halter and in charge by owner or being assisted by another youth exhibitor.

 

 12. 4-H AND FFA members must show their animal in showmanship competition provided it has been carried as a project and is owned/leased by the exhibitor.

 

13. Out of the county exhibitors may enter, but should facilities become limited, they will be cut first based on postmark and fairentry entry timestamp.

 

14. The champion showman will be selected during each species showmanship contest. Then they will have the opportunity to participate in the Tioga County Fair Master Showman contest. Each Master showman in each species will compete for the overall Showman competition. Dairy Senior Master Showman will be the selected representative in the Youth Showmanship Supreme Champion. Youth Showmanship Supreme Champion sponsored by the Junior Fair Board.

 

15. All showmanship classes ages is determined as of January 1st of the current year for both 4-H and FFA members

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16. Showmanship- 4-H and FFA members may show either a steer or heifer in the fitting and showmanship contest provided the animal has been carried as a project and is owned by the exhibitor.

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4-H/FFA Junior Livestock Sale & Milk Auction

 

1. Market hogs, lambs, steers, goats and rabbit and poultry pens exhibited during the Tioga County Fair are sold at the 4-H/FFA Junior Livestock Sale. Members use these moneys to assist with their educational or career plans after high school and/or to expand their livestock enterprise. This is a great opportunity to buy a quality product and support the agricultural youth of Tioga County.

 

2. This is a Terminal Sale. Animals are not sold as Breeding animals. 3. Grand and Reserve Grand Champion animals in all market species must be sold. All Youth who do not want to sell in the sale, you must INFORM the barn chair before selection of the market championship. Youth who choose to remove animals from the sale must sign a sale removal form.

 

4. All Market Exhibitors MUST have agreed to the Current “Meat Quality Assurance Certificate” found on paper entry form and fairentry system.

 

5. Members must be present to put their market animals through the sale, unless there is a direct (activity occurring at the same time as) conflict with the sale. In which another 4-H/FFA member may substitute. Conflict must be brought to chairman prior to the start of fair to be approved by the Livestock Sale Committee.

 

6. All Market animals will be weighed on a set of certified scales by the weighmaster appointed by the Livestock Committee.

 

7. All animals entered in the 4-H and FFA Market Shows will be sold in the Junior Livestock Sale. All 4-H and FFA market animals are a terminal project. These animals are sold with the intention they are going to the market for slaughter. They may not return the next year as a 4-H/FFA project animal.

 

8. Market Beef

a. NO EXHIBITOR MAY ENTER MORE THAN TWO ANIMALS. OF THOSE, ONLY ONE MAY BE SOLD IN THE JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SALE.

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b. The Junior Livestock Sale Committee will determine if steers are in proper Market condition to be sold. Steers must weigh at least 900 pounds and be in market condition.

 

c. 4-H and FFA members must be present and have charge of the animals at the time of weighing and sale.

 

​​All 4-H/FFA Entries must be submitted to EACH Open Barn Chairperson by postmarked/due on or before July 22, 2025