MONROE - The annual Green County Steer Weigh-In will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. Jan. 2 at Equity Livestock, located south of Monroe.
All exhibitors who plan to show steers at the 2016 Green County Junior Fair must have their steers weighed and identified at this weigh-in. Each exhibitor can identify a maximum of five steers. USDA radio frequency identification tags will be used to identify each steer for the county fair. Exhibitors will be required to provide the premise ID number for the farm at which the steers will be housed and also sign an affidavit certifying that their steers were all born in the United States as part of the Country of Origin Legislation.
In order to have their steers weighed and identified at this weigh-in, exhibitors must reside in Green County or be a member of a Green County FFA or 4-H club. Steers also must be identified and weighed to be eligible to participate in the 2016 Green County Fair Meat Animal Auction, the Junior Steer Show and the Beef Performance Class at the Green County Fair.
A new steer performance class will be replacing the old steer carcass class in 2016. Steers entered in the performance class will be scanned for carcass merits this year and will not be sent for harvest during the fair. This change will allow youth to exhibit the same steer in both the performance and the market steer classes at the fair. However, they will not receive premiums for their live placings in the performance class. The grand and reserve champion performance steers will be selected based on their rate of gain, live show placing and scanned carcass data.
Steers must have a rate of gain of two or more pounds per day to be eligible to enter the performance contest or to be sold in the Green County Fair Livestock Auction. The minimum county fair auction weights are 1,300 pounds for dairy steers and 1,100 pounds for all beef market steers. Steers must meet these minimum final weights at fair time to be eligible to sell in the livestock auction and to participate in the steer performance contest. This weigh-in is only for steers that will be exhibited at the Green County Fair.
The Green County Beef Producers will be assisting with the weigh-in. Record books for the Green County Meat Animal Sale and fair rules will be distributed to all exhibitors at the weigh-in. For questions, contact Mark Mayer, Green County UW Extension Dairy and Livestock Agent at 608-328-9440. If the weigh-in will be re-scheduled due to inclement weather, the snow date will be Jan. 9. An announcement will be made on WEKZ radio before 8 a.m. Jan. 2.
All exhibitors who plan to show steers at the 2016 Green County Junior Fair must have their steers weighed and identified at this weigh-in. Each exhibitor can identify a maximum of five steers. USDA radio frequency identification tags will be used to identify each steer for the county fair. Exhibitors will be required to provide the premise ID number for the farm at which the steers will be housed and also sign an affidavit certifying that their steers were all born in the United States as part of the Country of Origin Legislation.
In order to have their steers weighed and identified at this weigh-in, exhibitors must reside in Green County or be a member of a Green County FFA or 4-H club. Steers also must be identified and weighed to be eligible to participate in the 2016 Green County Fair Meat Animal Auction, the Junior Steer Show and the Beef Performance Class at the Green County Fair.
A new steer performance class will be replacing the old steer carcass class in 2016. Steers entered in the performance class will be scanned for carcass merits this year and will not be sent for harvest during the fair. This change will allow youth to exhibit the same steer in both the performance and the market steer classes at the fair. However, they will not receive premiums for their live placings in the performance class. The grand and reserve champion performance steers will be selected based on their rate of gain, live show placing and scanned carcass data.
Steers must have a rate of gain of two or more pounds per day to be eligible to enter the performance contest or to be sold in the Green County Fair Livestock Auction. The minimum county fair auction weights are 1,300 pounds for dairy steers and 1,100 pounds for all beef market steers. Steers must meet these minimum final weights at fair time to be eligible to sell in the livestock auction and to participate in the steer performance contest. This weigh-in is only for steers that will be exhibited at the Green County Fair.
The Green County Beef Producers will be assisting with the weigh-in. Record books for the Green County Meat Animal Sale and fair rules will be distributed to all exhibitors at the weigh-in. For questions, contact Mark Mayer, Green County UW Extension Dairy and Livestock Agent at 608-328-9440. If the weigh-in will be re-scheduled due to inclement weather, the snow date will be Jan. 9. An announcement will be made on WEKZ radio before 8 a.m. Jan. 2.