Market Goat Rules

  1.  Exhibitors shall show wethers.
  2. Entries must be taught to lead and should be shown with a collar or halter.
  3. Entries maybe disbudded or horns must be tipped to achieve a blunt end and groomed for show competition at time of showing subject to superintendent's discretion.
  4. Entries will be weighed in - minimum of 60 lb. and maximum weight 120 lbs.
  5. Market Goats will be exhibited in one or more weight classes. The lst and 2nd place of each class will compete for Champion and Reserve Champion.
  6. Fitting: the use of talc, oils, or any foreign material is prohibited. Animals will be sifted from the show. Only water can be used.
  7. All wethers must be slick shorn at time of arrival and no electric or battery clippers will be allowed on show grounds. ALL SHEERING WILL BE PRIOR TO ENTRY OF SHOW GROUNDS. Leg shearing optional.
  8. Market Goats will be validated the 1st Saturday in October between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. with all milk teeth in place.
  9. All goats must stay in assigned pens in show barn and may not be kept or put into trailers or outside pens.
  10. Class Re-weigh: Wethers must not weigh 5 lbs. more or less of weigh-in-weight.
  11. 1st and 2nd place animals in each class will be weighed back and others at the judges' discretion. Animals not weighing within weigh back limits will be disqualified.