Junior
Heifer Exhibitors at the Illinois State Fair (ISF) will have a new opportunity
to show their cattle during the first
ever Illinois State Fair Market Heifer Show. This inaugural show will take
place in the Junior Livestock
Center on Saturday, August 11th, following the conclusion of the ISF Junior
Steer Show.
Dan Hoge of
Cambridge, IL and Black Hawk College will evaluate this year’s event.
Jackpot
Format in Place:
The ISF
Market Heifer Show is a jackpot show and will pay out the following to the top
5 heifers: $500 for the ISF Grand
Champion Market Heifer; $400 to the Reserve Grand Champion Market Heifer; third
overall will receive
$300; fourth overall heifer will receive $200 and $100 to the fifth overall
heifer. Money and additional prizes will
also be awarded to junior exhibitors for class placings.
THERE IS NO
ENTRY FEE TO SHOW!
General
Rules:
To be
eligible to exhibit in the Market Heifer Show…
• All
exhibitors must comply with the ISF Junior Show Age Requirements
• All
heifers entered by a Junior Exhibitor in the Illinois State Fair are eligible
to enter.
• Even if
your heifer is not entered in any ISF Breed or Junior Show, you are still
eligible to show. If you are showing in
this market heifer show only, please contact a MHS Contact prior to the week of
the state fair so the we can
notify the junior show superintendent if additional stalling will be needed.
• Health
papers required
• The entry
deadline for the Market Heifer show will be Wednesday, August 8th
• A weight
card can be obtained from the committee, must be filled out and turned in for
each Heifer by the
conclusion
of the Junior Steer Weigh In on Wednesday, August 8th.
• The weight
indicated on the card will be the declared show weight of the heifer.
• Scales
will be available for the exhibitors use during the Junior Steer Show Weigh In.
• By signing
the weight card, the owner/exhibitor agrees to all the Illinois State Fair
Junior rules and
regulations,
including ownership and code of ethics.
• There will
be no changing of weights after the weight cards have been turned in.
• All
heifers will be shown by weight. If numbers permit there will be a British
Breeds division with (Angus,Hereford,
Shorthorn) showing together. Shorthorn Plus cattle will show with European
cross breeds.
• All
General Rules and Regulations for the Illinois State Fair will apply to this
show.
Current
sponsors for the ISF Market Heifer Show include Sullivan Supply, Umbarger Show
Feeds, Dwyer Cattle
Services, Elliott Cattle Company, Showmaster Feeds, Hubbard Feeds, ShowRite Feeds,
VitaFerm, Sure Champ and Steer Creek Ranch. This show will also be broadcast
LIVE on Livestock
World TV with Anchorman Chris Terembes.
There are
still plenty of sponsorship opportunities available.
Supreme Sponsorships
are $500.00 and Champion Sponsorships are $250.00.
Anyone
interested in sponsoring the 2012 ISF Market Heifer show can contact...
Bill Elliott
at 217-741-6894/cattle05@sbcglobal.net
Eric Johnson
at 217-361-4567/angusbroker@yahoo.com
Bill Graff
at 217-741-9003/ bllgrff@yahoo.com
Matt Hueber
at 815-761-7423/mhhueber@aol.com
Kyle Wagner
at 309-338-1084/kwags100@hotmail.com
Jake Oros at
618-406-6180/steercreekranch@gmail.com
General
questions may be sent to marketheifer@gmail.com.
ISF Market
Heifer Show Committee hopes this event will provide an additional and unique
opportunity for juniors at the state fair. The more
interest and support we gain for this show, the better opportunity we have to
make this new junior event very special!
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