The following rules have been added as of 2009 for the Shiawassee County Fair. Exhibitors showing a Market Steer (Beef or Dairy) or a Market Goat must comply with the following rules in order to exhibit at the Fair.
Please call the Fair Office if you have any questions.
Market Steers:
All steers must be recorded and tagged with the official Shiawassee County Fair tag by the Beef Superintendents (or authorized agents) of the department on the dates scheduled by the Superintendent, but no later than February 15th of the year in which they will be shown. Tagging dates for 2010 are January 23rd and January 30th from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Shiawassee County Fairgrounds. If either day is cancelled due to inclement weather, the backup date will be February 6th. Each exhibitor may enroll up to three (3) steers to allow for two backup steers. Families may enroll steers as family projects with all children’s names on each animal. Steers that have not been recorded by February 15th will not be eligible to be shown.
Please notify all prospective steer exhibitors so that no one will be missed. Steers do not necessarily need to be halter broke – chutes and gates will be available to safely handle the animals at the fairgrounds. An intranasal vaccine (TSV2) to aid in the prevention of respiratory infections will be available for the steers at no cost to the exhibitors on the day that they are tagged.
Market Goats:
All Market Goats must be tagged, weighed and identified on May 15th at the Fairgrounds (from 10:00 am until 12:00 noon) by the Goat Superintendents in order to show in the Market Goat Class and sell in the Small Animal Sale. All Market Goats must sell in the sale. Market goat exhibitors will be asked to provide weight of gain documentation for their project; the record books will be available on the 15th of May.
Contact club leaders or a Superintendent in the Goat Department for more information.
Please notify all goat exhibitors of this rule as market goats that are not tagged will not be eligible to show at the Shiawassee County Fair in 2009.
