State Fair of Virginia Youth Livestock Shows
Date: October 2-6, 2024
Location: The Meadow Event Park - Doswell, VA
Contact: Katherine Carter- (540) 231-2257 Scott Greiner- (540)231-9159
Schedule: 2024 Tentative Schedule
Additional information: State Fair of Virginia official web site
Please pay close attention to multiple steps/dates:
Step #1 Nomination:
Part 1 - Order DNA envelopes (and EID tags if you need them)
- July 8 - DNA Envelope/Tag Order System opens
- July 12 & 13 - DNA Envelope/Tag in person pickup at Summer Jam Goat Show
- July 12 & 13 - DNA Envelope/Tag in person pickup at Mayhem at the Meadow
- July 20 - DNA Envelope/Tag in person pickup at Augusta County Jackpot
- July 24 - 5:00 PM - Deadline for Ordering Packets to be Mailed
- July 27 - DNA Envelope/Tag in person pickup at New River Valley Jackpot
Part 2 - Nominate your animals
- July 15 - Nomination Portal opens
- July 31 - Nomination Portal closes – information must be uploaded by 5:00 PM
- July 31- Nomination forms and DNA samples must be postmarked by this date
Step #2 Registration: (All Registered Breeding Animals, Registered Market Beef and Registered Market Hogs ONLY)
- August 1 - Animals must be registered in the name of the exhibitor - Date of Issue by respective Breed Association, NOT Date of Sale
Step #3 Entry: *ALL animals must be entered in the Entry System
- July 10 - Entry System opens
- August 15 - Entry System closes at 5:00PM
- August 30 - All youth exhibiting livestock must have completed their required annual YQCA instructor - led training
***For full details and links please click on the tabs below:
Cattle Nomination Video
Swine Nomination Video
Lamb and Goat Nomination Video
To look up the status of a DNA nomination, type the last name of the child the nomination was submitted under into the search bar and press the "Enter" key on the keyboard. Children associated with the child searched (siblings/ members of the same household) will appear under the "Additional Family Members" column. Be sure the white "Search" Bar is cleared out prior to beginning. You can only enter information into the white "Search" Bar. |
- Exhibitor Entry System - Opens July 15
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2020 State Fair of Virginia
- 2020 SFVA Beef Premier Exhibitor Results
- 2020 SFVA Meat Goat Premier Exhitbitor Results
- 2020 SFVA Sheep Premier Exhibitor Results
- 2020 SFVA Swine Premier Exhibitor Results
- 2020 SFVA Species Promotion Awards
- 2020 SFVA Champions Carcass Results
- 2020 SFVA Lamb Carcass Contest Results
- 2020 SFVA Lamb Carcass Contest Summary
2019 State Fair of Virginia
- 2019 SFVA Youth Livestock Show Results
- 2019 SFVA Beef Carcass Results
- 2019 SFVA Lamb Carcass Results
- 2019 SFVA Champion Carcass Data
- 2019 SFVA Skillathon Results
2018 State Fair of Virginia
- 2018 SFVA Youth Livestock Show Results
- 2018 SFVA Beef Carcass Show Results
- 2018 SFVA Lamb Carcass Show Results
- 2018 SFVA Lamb Carcass Contest Summary
- 2018 SFVA Champion Market Animal Carcass Data
2017 State Fair of Virginia
- Show Results (pdf)
- 2017 SFVA Beef Carcass Show Letter and Results
- 2017 SFVA Lamb Carcass Contest Results and Summary
2016 State Fair of Virginia
>All Results<
Youth Livestock Topics
Contact
Katherine Carter
Extension Youth Animal Science Specialist
carterke@vt.edu
(540) 231-2257
Scott Greiner
Extension Animal Science Specialist
sgreiner@vt.edu
(540) 231-9159
Hunter Liles
Extension Youth Animal Science Associate
huntl97@vt.edu
(540) 231-6345
Virginia 4-H Livestock Programs Endowment
The Virginia 4-H Foundation is spearheading the advancement of the Virginia 4-H Youth Livestock Programs Endowment. 4-H livestock programming is funded through a combination of private gifts, endowment income, gifts in kind, and participant fees.