State Fair of Texas Sheep & Goat Validation: Thursday, June 15th from 8:30 AM–5:00 PM at the Extension Office.
NEW FOR 2023 Lambs and goats validated during the 2023 State Fair Validation Period will be eligible for 2024 Spring Major Shows. Market animals validated for the 2023 State Fair will carryover for 2024 Spring Major Shows. Once validated, the project must stay in the care of the exhibitor that project is validated to; if the exhibitor chooses to sell the project to a new exhibitor, the new exhibitor must revalidate the project within the next validation period. Please see the Validation Guidelines for more details.
BREEDING SHEEP & GOATS: All Registered and Commercial Breeding Sheep and Goats must be validated to be eligible to show at the State Fair of Texas. Once validated, Breeding Sheep and Goat projects will be eligible for 3 years unless a change in ownership occurs. The deadline for ownership, transfer, and registration is June 30, 2023. A color, PDF copy of the original registration papers should be emailed to Whitney.Ingram@ag.tamu.edu by June 30, 2023.

Location

1605 N Main St, Belton, TX 76513, USA