2024 Checklist for participating in the Southwest Livestock Show

• 1. THE AGE REQUIREMENT RULE: EXHIBITORS MUST BE 8 YEARS OLD BY SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 TO SHOW IN THE 2024 SHOW.
• 2. Enroll in 4H or FFA. Lists are sent to the respective organizations and if you have not registered you will not be allowed to weigh in your animal.
• 3. Get your animals tagged at one of the following tagging’s. June 8th is the final tagging!! NO ANIMALS WILL BE TAGGED AFTER THIS DATE!!!
  • May 29, 2024 6-7 p.m. Hogs, Goats & Lambs will be tagged in the south parking lot of the Diamond Z Arena. Steers will be tagged at the Cedar Livestock Auction on the west side where they have always been done.
  • June 1, 2024 10-11 a.m. @Beryl Junction, Parowan Fairgrounds, Minersville Fairgrounds (beef going to Minersville will be tagged at Carter’s feedlot at 9 a.m.)
  • June 8, 2024 10-11 a.m. Hogs, Goats & Lambs will be tagged in the south parking lot of the Diamond Z Arena. Steers will be tagged at the Cedar Livestock Auction on the west side where they have always been done.
• 4. Entries will be done online at swjl.showandfair.com. Entries can be done at any time, but entries must be done by August 6, 2024. If you were a senior in high school on January 1, 2024 and you would like to have a senior spotlight read during the auction have this with you when you go into the sale ring and hand it to the clerk or auctioneer. (This is just a short paragraph (100 words or less) about your involvement in the show and your future plans).
• 5. Bring your animals to the Diamond Z Arena September 4th. Unload & pen starting at 10 a.m. Hogs need to be penned and ear tags cleaned before their weigh in starts at 3 p.m. Weigh-in for Lambs & Goats from 3-5 p.m. (south end of the barn do not line up down the middle of the arena), Hogs from 3-4 p.m., Beef from 4-5 p.m. (both on the north end of the barn). A health and soundness check will be done on all animals before they go across the scale. If there are any problems, the show committee will determine if the animal is allowed in the show.
• 6. The schedule on Thursday changed for the Goats and Beef. Beef will be at 2 p.m. and Goats at 3 p.m.
• 7. We will be having a Round Robin/Master Showmanship class on Friday after the goat showmanship. This will be the 1st place senior in each species. They will show all 4 species and will need to ask other exhibitors to borrow their animals.
• 8. Every Exhibitor is expected to help with cleanup. They will be responsible for taking down their animal’s pen and cleaning up around it and the arena. If you see trash on the ground pick it up and throw it in the garbage. They can come on Monday September 9th at 5 p.m. to finish cleaning up the barn.
• 9. Exhibitor checks will be mailed within 60 days after the sale. Exhibitors that lose their check will be assessed a $25 stop payment fee for each check that has to be reissued. Exhibitors will have 90 days to cash/deposit their check. If not cashed/deposited within the 90 days the check will be forfeited to the Southwest Livestock Show as a donation.
• 10. We will be having a Pee Wee show again this year. It has been moved to Thursday after the goat market show. There will be 3 age groups Juniors (age 3-4), Intermediate (age 5-6) and Seniors (age 7-8) and they can show a goat or a lamb. They can show one of their own or they can ask an exhibitor if they can borrow theirs. You need register them on the website as well swjl.showandfair.com.
• 11. If you are a senior and qualify for the Southwest Jr. Livestock Show Scholarship go out to the website swjl.showandfair.com and print the application to submit to FFA Advisors or 4H Agent by September 1, 2024.

Our email is southwestlivestockshow@gmail.com

Minimum weights: Lambs 110 lbs., Goats 65 lbs., Hogs 230 lbs., Steer 1100 lbs.

Maximum payout weights: Lambs 165 lbs., Hogs 300 lbs., Steers 1450 lbs.

No animal will be sifted if over these weights.