Goat Department

1. Market goats must be owned and in the possession of the exhibitor no later than May 1 of the current year. Breed goat exhibitors must own OR acquire use of animals to be shown no later than May 1 of the current year.

2. Exhibitors are limited to two (2) entries per class, per breed, in breeding section, with an overall limit of 6 animals, each listed separately on entry form. Only one (1) entry allowed in cart, obstacle, and costume classes. Competitive exhibitor age allowed is 7-19.

3. Breed animals will be placed in classes based on age of animal.

4. No bucks allowed.

5. Horned goats will only be allowed if their breed standards include it (Boer) in their conformation scoring for breed classes. No horned goats allowed on market goats.

6. All market goats will be required to attend market validations to be assigned an animal number. A maximum of three (3) animals can be validated. Goats will be validated on the first Saturday of May in the goat barn at the Cass County fairgrounds from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and the first Sunday in May from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

7. No market goat will be allowed into the fair unless it is validated on validation day, unless extenuating circumstances exist and the superintendent is contacted prior to the validation day for other arrangements.

8. Market goats must be weighed-in by their exhibitor at check-in on Sunday of the fair. These weights will be used to assign exhibits to weight classes for the show and for determining selling weights for the auction.

9. There is no maximum weight for market goats, the minimum weight to show and sell in the auction for market goats is 40 pounds. Market goats must weigh at least 35 pounds at weigh in to be allowed to remain on the fairgrounds.

10. No goats due to kid at fair. No goats just kidded at fair.

11. All goats entering the goat barn MUST follow federal scrapie’s law. Accepted methods of identification: a. Goats are scrapie tagged in the ear. b. ONLY earless goats may have a permanent collar with scrapie tag attached. c. Goats are tattooed or microchipped with scrapie tag number. If either of these methods are used, the corresponding scrapie tag must be present on the goat’s collar OR a copy of the animal’s registration paper must be presented to the superintendents to keep at check-in. If goats are microchipped, the owner/showman is responsible for having a chip reader that is readily available to identify animals throughout fair week.

12. Best Individual Udder: Milk-out will be left up to the judge.

13. Dairy showmanship attire: white, black or khaki pants/skirt and white shirt. Non-dairy showmanship attire: dark colored jeans/slacks/skirt and dress type shirt. Closed toe shoes for all exhibitors. No cutoffs, logos or bare midriffs.

14. Showmanship classes will be separately judged as Dairy Type and Non Dairy Type. Champion Showmanship exhibitor will be chosen by the meat judge in even years, and the dairy judge in odd years.

15. You will be allowed tack area space for TACK BOXES ONLY. All bedding, hay, feed and supplies must be contained in tack box. If space is limited, tack may be asked to be removed.

16. Any animal shown in showmanship must also be shown in a market or breed class. No “showmanship only” goats allowed at fair.