4-H Events and Activities

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

State Fair and Major Steer Validation Information - Due the 21st of March to 4-H Office

 

Below is the guidelines for the State Fair of Texas and Major Steer validations. Please copy and paste the table below into a return email to me the number you need for each.  I will then send you an invoice for the tags.  (cl-sharp@tamu.edu)

Species

Desired Quantity

Heifers – pay at time of validation

 

Steers

 

Breeding Goat

Breeding Goat - Wether / Commercial Doe

Breeding Sheep

Breeding Sheep - Wether / Commercial Dam

Market Goat

Market Lamb

 

State Fair and Major Steer Validation Information

Heifer Validation tips

Instructional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDb3h8MaDBM

$15 per head paid at time of validation

·   June 1-30, 2022 Heifers to be eligible for the 2022 Fall shows must be physically validated. Once validated, a heifer remains eligible unless breed or ownership is changed. No family validations allowed

July 8, 2022 Deadline to upload registration papers and enter heifer validation information to

www.texaslivestockvalidation.com

After physical validation the FFA Advisor will get the yellow copy of the project validated.  The FFA Advisor will be responsible for uploading their own projects to alleviate the problem we had from State Fair entry process.

Steer Validation tips

·   Validation fee for Steers

o $20 per head March1-21, 2022 – paid at time of ordering tags

o $25 per head April 1-June 24, 2022  - paid at time of ordering tags

o Payment will be due at the time of invoicing, not ordering. The website will generate email invoices that will be sent on April 26 for orders placed on or before the deadline. Late orders will be invoiced June 30. Please send payment with the invoice for each ordering period.

o The Validation Chairperson that submitted the order will be the contact that is invoiced for the validation fee for the entire county.

Sheep and Goat Validation tips

The time is approaching to begin ordering lamb and goat validation materials for the 2022 State Fair of Texas. Due to the current supply chain issues with getting tags, we will be CHANGING TAG ORDERS TO MARCH FOR 2022.

o $20 per head March1-21, 2022 – paid at time of ordering tags

o $25 per head April 1-June 24, 2022  - paid at time of ordering tags

o Single Validation Tag and Validation forms for sheep and goats.

o All Market Lambs, Market Goats, Breeding Sheep, Wether Dams, Breeding Goats, and Wether Does will use the same RFID validation tag.

o All Market Lambs, Market Goats, Breeding Sheep, Wether Dams, Breeding Goats, and Wether Does will be on the same form.

o Any BREEDING animal validated during the Fall 2021 validation period is eligible to be exhibited by that exhibitor through the Fall 2024 show season. IF OWNERSHIP CHANGES, THEN THE ANIMAL MUST BE RE-VALIDATED.

o THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO MARKET LAMS AND GOATS!!!

o Beginning June 1, 2021, registered breeding sheep, registered breeding goats, wether/commercial dams, and wether/commercial does will have 3 total years of eligibility UNLESS A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP TAKES PLACE.  Breeding animals validated for State Fair in June do not have to be revalidated for major shows.  Put plainly- if you validate for State Fair during the June 2021 validation period, your validation will be eligible until June 2024, unless a change of ownership occurs during that time- then you must re-validate.

o    All sheep and goats are eligible for family validation.  Registered sheep and goats can family validate if the registration papers have all exhibitors full names listed as owners.  Registration paper ownership will determine the exhibitors eligible to show that project.

o    MARKET LAMBS AND GOATS VALIDATED FOR THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS MUST BE REVALIDATED FOR THE 2022-2023 SPRING/WINTER MAJOR SHOWS. STATE FAIR OF TEXAS MARKET LAMB AND GOAT VALIDATION TAGS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AT THE MAJOR SHOWS.

o    No validation will occur for registered breeding animals unless the ORIGINAL registration papers are present at the physical validation.