Validation & Entry Information/Deadlines

VALIDATION REQUIREMENTS

  • All market steers, swine, sheep & goat species must be state validated.
  • All breeding swine, sheep & goat species must be state validated.
  • Breeding heifers must be registered in the exhibitor's name and state validated or show as commercial. 
  • Commercial breeding heifers must be county validated.
  • Rabbit meat pens must be county validated
  • Horticulture live plants must be validated.
  • Livestock validation tags must be ordered through 4-H Extension Agent or Ag Teacher. Be sure to check with your Extension Agent or Ag teacher on tag order deadlines, which will be earlier than validation deadline dates.


VALIDATION DATES

  1. Heifers - Oct. 27, 2026, 4pm-6:45pm @ Schumacher Farm, Era, TX
  2. Sheep & Goats - Oct. 19, 2026, 6pm @ Muenster ISD Ag Barn
  3. Swine - Nov. 3 @ Callisburg, Nov. 11@ Gainesville, Nov. 20 @ Valley View - check with ag teacher or county agent for times
  4. Rabbit Meat Pens - December 14, 2026, 6 pm @ Cooke County Fairgrounds
  5. Horticulture (live plants) - November 19, 2026, 6:00 pm @ Cooke County Fairgrounds


BROILER ORDER DEADLINE

All broiler entries must come from one (1) county order. Each exhibitor must purchase a minimum of 25 birds. Order deadline is October 1, 2026. One check must accompany the FFA chapter or 4-H order. Make checks payable to "Valley View FFA". Ordering chicks DOES NOT enter the exhibitor in the junior livestock show. Entries must be made separately. No refunds will be made on chick orders. All orders must be placed through the County 4-H Extension Agent for 4-H members or Ag Teachers for FFA members.


ENTRY DEADLINES

Entries must be submitted online through the ShoWorks link.

Deadline to enter is November 16, 2026 for 2027 show. 


ENTRY FEES

$25 per entry     Market/Breeding Sheep & Swine, Market/Breeding/Dairy Goats, Steers, Breeding Heifers and Commercial Heifers 

$15 per class     Equine

$25 per entry     Market Poultry, Market Rabbits, Shop & Archery

$10 per entry     FCS

$7 per entry     Breeding Poultry, Breeding Rabbits

$12 per entry   Horticulture


LATE ENTRIES

Late entries for an amount of three (3) times the entry fee will be accepted between November 17 - November 30 for 2027 show, through the online entry portal link on our website..  LATE, LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED DECEMBER 1, 2026 UP TO WEIGH IN FOR $250.

ALL LATE ENTRIES MUST BE PAID ONLINE, NO EXCEPTIONS.

ALL ENTRIES, ON TIME OR LATE, ARE NONREFUNDABLE. NO EXCEPTIONS.