Livestock Shows/4-H and FFA

Brush your sheep and water your cattle 'cause the New Mexico State Fair Junior Livestock Show and Sale is BACK for 2022!

DNA Deadline is June 15 for the following species:

Steer/Market Heifers

Swine and Market Swine

Goats and Market Goats

Sheep and Market Sheep

Please send all DNA envelopes to the Livestock office at the NMSF. If it has already been sent to the NMDA it will be picked up from there. DNA is not required for Wether Does.

New Mexico State Fair

Attn: Livestock Office

PO Box 8546

Albuquerque, NM 87198

ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN

CLICK HERE to submit your entry

Entry deadline for all species will be August 1st. Your YQCA and W9 will be due at the time of the entry deadline .

YQCA Certification Will Now Be A Required for All Junior Market Animals & Jr. Replacement Dairy Heifers

Any exhibitor entering a Junior Market Show or the Junior Replacement Dairy Heifer Show at the New Mexico State Fair is required to take the YQCA test and receive their YQCA Certificate of Completion.

The YQCA otherwise known as the YOUTH FOR QUALITY CARE OF ANIMALS is multi species assurance program. yqcaprogram.org to obtain your certification if you have not already done so.

This will replace Market Certification Forms that were required in the past. If an exhibitor has already received their YQCA Certification, they can upload their certificate with their entry.

All exhibitors will have to upload YQCA certificate with their entry online.

Updates and changes:

10 goats will be sold in the Junior Auction
A Wether Doe show will be added to the 2022 NMSF. The Wether Doe show will be prior to the Market Goat show. These animals are not eligible for the Junior Auction.
Top 5 will be picked in the Junior Beef, Swine, Sheep and Goats.

If you have any questions please email the NM State Fair Livestock Department at nmsf.livestock@state.nm.us.