Interest and participation in the Jr. Market Beef Show in Fairfield County remains strong! Ranking as the second largest number of youth to tag in a market steer or market heifer project over the past 15 years and despite a couple inches of freezing rain and snow over night, 62 youth brought their market beef show prospects to weigh-in at Fairfield Cattle Company on Saturday, March 12th. This represents a nearly 45% increase over the 43 youth that weighed-in animals just four years ago.
In summary, sixty two (62) 4-H and FFA members weighed in a total of 88 beef feeder calves as their projects in preparation for the 2022 Fairfield County Fair’s finished market beef junior show. Of the 88 head tagged in on Saturday, 5 were market heifers and 46 were bred, born and raised (BBR) here in Fairfield County. The average weight of all calves was 867 pounds. These calves will be Continue reading