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Important Dates & Reminders

Entries Open July 1st
Entries CLOSE August 15th
Late Entries CLOSE August 22nd
Rabbit, Poultry, and Calf Scramble Entries CLOSE August 22nd

NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER AUGUST 22ND!
HEIFERS DO NOT HAVE TO BE STATE VALIDATED!

Important Info

2025 UPDATES:

RV Spots will be sold by weekend. You may purchase them STARTING JULY 1 through www.openstalls.com.

Junior Boer Goat show Added

Youth Swine will now be Classified at time of judging
Regular and Scholarship Calf Scramble are COMBINED
Open Red Angus now offers Bred and Owned and Percentage Classes
Open Poultry Show moved to Saturday, August 30

Remember that cattle stalling requests are completed with entries. Late stall requests will not be honored. Sheep, goats, and swine are stalled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Grounds Passes are NOT required for Weekend 1 exhibitors (August 27 – September 1). Grounds Passes will be mailed to the address on file for each exhibitor entered in any show for Weekend 2 and/or Weekend 3.

A Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI/Health Certificate) is required for all animals EXCEPT: Junior Market Steers, Open Breeding Sheep, and Youth Swine. All poultry are required to have a current Pullorum-Typhoid test and the only accepted birds will be TEXAS poultry.

The cap for the Junior Market Steer Show is 720 entries. Please enter your steers with priority and gusto.

SHOWORKS Online Entries
Online entries completed through ShoWorks. Online, mail and all other forms of the submission of livestock entries, either by the exhibitor or by anyone acting for the exhibitor, constitutes an unconditional agreement to abide and be completely bound by these and all rules and regulations issued by the management.

Mail-In Entries
Open Poultry and Junior Rabbits are entered by paper entry forms. Online, mail and all other forms of the submission of livestock entries, either by the exhibitor or by anyone acting for the exhibitor, constitutes an unconditional agreement to abide and be completely bound by these and all rules and regulations issued by the management. Please complete and return, postmarked by the deadline to: 1700 HWY 36, Abilene, Texas 79602.
Junior Rabbit and Open Poultry DEADLINE: August 22

West Texas Fair & Rodeo Livestock Scholarship
Click here for applications and requirements: https://www.westtexasfairrodeo.com/p/about/scholar...

Refer to the PDFs below for composite rules, schedules, and the Premium Book. Please read all rules pertaining to your division prior to entering. For questions, please email the Livestock Secretary at asullivan@expoctc.com or call 325-795-6704.