Animal Exhibits & Youth Show

Animal Entry and Registration

JULY 7 – All Livestock Exhibits must be PRE-REGISTERED. Animal Entry Forms are available on the fair website. Do NOT use the Exhibit Registration and Entry Form for animal entries.

Important Dates for Animal Exhibitors

Please see Recap for Animal Exhibitors

EXCEPTIONS: JULY 1 – Dairy Goat Entry Deadline. JULY 21 – Poultry Entry Deadline.

Submit the paper form(s) with payment, payable to “UNION COUNTY WEST END FAIR”. Mail Entry Forms to the Superintendent of each Department, as noted on the entry form(s).

• Breeding Beef Entry Form
• Breeding Meat Goat Entry Form
• Breeding Sheep Entry Form
• Dairy Beef Feeder Steers Entry Form
• Dairy Cattle Entry Form
• Dairy Goat Entry Form
• Market Goat Entry Form
• Market Lamb Entry Form
• Market Steer / Market Heifer Entry Form
• Market Swine Entry Form
• Poultry Entry Form
• Rabbit Entry Form
• Recap for Animal Exhibitors

Please note: The Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (health certificate) is provided by each veterinarian. 

See the PA Dept of Agriculture Animal Health Rules and Regulations (link in sidebar) for additional animal health requirements.

Premium Payments

4H-FFA Members MUST help at the Tuesday cleanup after the fair to receive premium checks. Premium checks will be distributed after clean up. If members are not available to help due to 4H or FFA event, checks will be mailed.

Show Ring Rules

1. Exhibitor must enter the Showmanship Class when pre-registering exhibits.
2. 4H or FFA members must be present and have charge of their animals at the time of judging.
3. In the event of 2 or more animals owned by one exhibitor in the same class, the second animal must be shown by a 4H or FFA member of Union County 4-H and the following FFA Chapters: Lewisburg, Mifflinburg or Milton.
4. Dress code rules will be enforced and Hat Numbers are required.
5. In the event of an unforeseen circumstance, a substitute showman that is pre-approved by the Livestock Superintendent or his/her designee may be permitted to replace a showman. The substitute showman must be a resident of Union County 4-H or a member of the following FFA Chapters: Lewisburg, Mifflinburg or Milton.

Additional Livestock Showing Rules

1. All sale animals must be enrolled as a project and owned by an active Union County 4-H or FFA member of the following chapters: Mifflinburg, Lewisburg, Milton.
2. NEW: Livestock Tagging for 2024 will be as listed below. All tagging will take place at the Union County West End Fairgrounds. If a tag falls out after the tagging date, you have 7 days to notify the Superintendent or Co-Superintendent.
   • Market Steer, Market Heifer, Dairy Beef Feeder Steers
     • Saturday, March 9, 2024: 9am – 12pm
     • Wednesday, March 13, 2024: 5-8pm
   • Market Lambs, Market Goats, Market Pigs
     • Saturday, May 11, 2024: 9am – 12pm
     • Wednesday, May 15, 2024: 5-8pm
3. All animals will be weighed at the time and place determined by the livestock sale committee. Weight of the scales will be considered the official weight for the show and sale. The first time weight will be considered official. Animals will not be weighed a second time.
4. NEW: Fitting products, with the exception of paint, will be allowed to use on both Open and Youth livestock entries during the show. Only soap and water will be permitted to use on livestock entries during the livestock sale.
5. Dress Code – In an effort to maintain a positive public image, exhibitors must wear dark colored pants or jeans and a collared shirt with sleeves, tucked in the pants and no bare midriff. Leather shoes are recommended. Individuals not following the dress code may be removed from the ring and will not be allowed to sell their animals.
6. Exhibitor meetings will be held on Tuesday prior to the fair at 7pm and Sunday of the fair at 3pm in the Livestock Show ring. All exhibitors, youth, parent(s) and adults involved in the livestock show are required to attend.
7. Animals not within the listed weight range will not be sold at the sale.
8. Any livestock owner not taking proper care of their animals on the grounds will not be allowed to sell their animal. The owner will be charged for caring of the animal or its removal from the fairgrounds.
9. Any special rules adopted by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture will supersede the above rules.
10. The fair has the right to change/remove numbers from an eartag, when there are duplicate numbers shown.

Additional livestock sale rules can be found here: https://ucwef.com/10-4h-vocational/livestock-sale/

UPDATED: May 10, 2024 @ 6:29 pm