Cass County Livestock

2025 4-H Livestock Judges To Be announced  

Rabbit- 

Poultry- 

Cattle- 

Sheep- 

Meat Goat- 

Dairy Goat- 

Swine- 

Horse (Performance) - 

Llama- 

Important Dates for Livestock in Cass County  

March 

April

April 19th: Beef and Dairy Beef Tagging at the Cass County Fairground Exhibition Building: 9:00 a.m. - 12 p.m.

April 23^rd: Beef Cattle Tagging at the Cass County Fairgrounds Exhibition Building:  4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

April 26^th: Llama Judging Workshop at the Fairgrounds Exhibition Building: All Day

May

May 2^nd: Goat tagging at the Cass County Fairgrounds Merchants 1 Building: 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

May 10^th: Sheep Tagging at the Cass County Fairgrounds Merchants 1 Building: 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

May 15^th: Livestock Enrollment Deadline on 4-H Online. Animals that are not PROPERLY and COMPLETELY enrolled through 4-H Online at this time will NOT be allowed to show at the 2025 Cass County 4-H Fair or the 2024 Indiana State Fair. 

June

June 27^th: Cat Show in Merchants Building 2 Registrations @ 8 a.m. Judging starts @ 9 a.m.

June 28^th:  Dog Show 10:00 a.m. in the Exhibition Building

July  Livestock SHow Schedule 

July 5^th:    

    4-H Livestock Tack Move-In 7:00 - 11:00 p.m. and after 5:00 p.m. (use the North End of the barns after 5:00 p.m. to avoid disrupting the Vesper Service, Awards Night and the Queen Pageant.)

     4-H Poultry & Rabbit Check-In Check-In: 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

 July 6^th:

    Arrival of Beef, Goats and Swine 5:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

    Arrival of Llamas and Alpacas 5:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

    Arrival of Sheep and Horses 7:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

    Arrival of Dairy Steers & Feeders 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

    Rabbit Check-in #2  9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. 

    4-H Poultry Show 1:00 p.m.

    4-H Auction Sign-Up 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (In the Exhibition Building)

    4-H Llama Costume Show 3:30 p.m.

    4-H Rabbit Show 4:00 p.m.

July 7^th:

    4-H Dairy Goat show 7:30 a.m.

    4-H Boar Goat Show 10:00 a.m. 

    4-H Sheep Show 3:30 p.m.

     4-H Horse & Pony show (Contesting) 5:00 p.m.

July 8^th:

   4-H Dairy Feeder/ Steer Show 7:30 a.m.

   4-H Beef Show  Immediately following the end of the Dairy show

   4-H Llama show 5:00 p.m.

July 9^th:

   4-H Swine Show 7:30 a.m.

   4-H Horse and Pony Show (Performance) 9:00 a.m.

   4-H Swine not being sold in the auction are released 10:30 p.m.

July 10^th:

   4-H Royal Showmanship 4:00 p.m.

   4-H Premier Showmanship 6:30 p.m.

   All 4-H Animals not sold in the 4-H auction released 10:00 p.m.

July 11^th:

    4-H Animals not sold in the 4-H auction will be released until noon

July 12^th : Fairgrounds clean up. 

Please Check this calendar regularly throughout Spring 2025 for more updates

Indiana 4-H Quality Livestock Care 

The Indiana 4-H Quality Livestock Care program is a comprehensive training REQUIREMENT for all 4-H youth participating in beef, dairy, goats (all types), poultry, rabbits, sheep, and swine. This is both a county and state requirement. Failure to complete this training will result in youth unable to exhibit their animals at the county and/or state fair. 

The goal of the Indiana 4-H Quality Livestock Care program is to help youth understand their responsibility in increasing consumer confidence, animal stewardship, and overall gaining and applying pertinent information and credibility, relating to food systems.

Those unable to attend an in-person training do have the option to do the online Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) training. Online YQCA certifications are accepted in lieu of the in-person Indiana 4-H Quality Livestock Care program but youth must e-mail a copy of their YQCA certificate to the Extension office at cassces@purdue.edu to prove completion.

Visit www.yqcaprogram.org to complete the online YQCA training.

 Please Note: Indiana 4-H will still accept YQCA certification for our county and state fair. 4-H members may choose to continue to complete YQCA as it may be required for some livestock shows. Members who wish to complete YQCA will only be allowed to complete the online version. No in person meetings of YQCA will be held.

To register, for an Indiana 4-H Quality Livestock Care training session, please log into your 4-H Online and follow the 4-H Online Event Registration Instructions. Members must be registered BEFORE attending a training.

PLease watch for upcoming Training Dates 2025

 If you complete your QLC Training, you should be marked as "approved' for QLC 2025 on 4-H Online. A certificate of completion will be emailed to you if you are exhibiting livestock at the 2025 Indiana State Fair. Please contact Emily Sawyer, sawyer45@purdue.edu at the Cass County 4-H Office if you have not received your certificate before the Indiana State Fair.