Livestock Projects
Many 4-H members are involved with a livestock project. A livestock project involves purchasing, housing, caring for, and showing a livestock animal. Livestock animals can
be a breeding or market animal, which generally includes lambs, goats, swine, and cattle. Livestock projects start at the beginning of the 4-H year, so this is a project
that needs to be decided on during the summer. Validation tags must be purchased for livestock projects and validated by the Kerr County Validation Committee. Call the
Kerr County Extension Office for more information on tags and validation.
There are many other livestock shows youth are able to participate in. If a youth requires an excuse absence letter sent to the schools for livestock shows, parents must
reach out to the Kerr County Extension Office with dates the youth will be out of school. UIL rules of eligibility will be enforced by the Kerr County Extension Office.
The Kerr 4-H has a Project Barn available for 4-H members to house their livestock project (lambs, goats, swine), who other wise would not be able to participate. Contact Mike Morris at the Kerr County Extension Office for more information.
Kerr County Stock Show – January 7th – 11th, 2025
The Kerr County Livestock Show is held in January and this includes a sale for the youth exhibitors. Entries for the county show are due in November. For more information on
the county show please go to https://kerrcountystockshow.org/. New for this year, in order to pick up county sale checks the youth must either attend
50% of the club meetings or fill out a record book, in addition to writing buyer thank you cards. Contact club leaders for more information on picking up county checks.
Other Shows
Visit the Major Stock Shows page for a guide and links to stock show pages.
Texas 4-H Youth Livestock
A great resource for all stock showers is the Texas 4-H Youth Livestock and Agriculture website. This website has resources on everything livestock. Take some time to check it out!
All youth showing livestock in Texas must complete the Quality Counts test. Here is a one-page document with registration instructions.
Quality Counts Enrollment Instructions
Quality Counts Enrollment Instructions Video
Cattle Resources
Sheep & Goat Resources
Swine Resources
