County Validation Information
Market Swine must be validated for the Parker County Livestock Show. Dates are below:
4/2 - WHS AG Barn - 4:30 - 6:30 pm
4/6 - Sherriff's Posse - 8-10 am
If you are validating registered gilts you MUST give your Ag Teacher or County Extension Agent a color copy of those registration papers to be uploaded online. Reach out to your advisors now for their respective deadline.
Market Lambs, Goats, and Dairy Heifers must be validated for the Parker County Livestock Show. Dates are below:
MAJORS Tag Orders for 2024/2025 (Not Swine) (Not Parker County)
Are due Thursday, April 4, 2024 by Noon using the link below.
24-25 ALL Major Steers
24-25 Registered Breeding Heifers (October Validation will also occur)
2024 State Fair of Texas Lamb and Goat validation (will carry over to 2025 Majors)
Are due Thursday, April 4, 2024 by Noon using the link below.
24-25 Parker Co. Major Stock Show Validation Orders
24-25 ALL Major Stock Show - Steers
24-25 Registered Breeding Heifers (another will be offered in October. Unused June tag orders will carry over to October) - 1 exhibitor per animal, color copy of papers required. ***Heifers will now be tagged***
- Lambs and goats validated during the 2024 State Fair Validation Period WILL BE ELIGIBLE for 2025 Spring Major Shows. Market animals validated for the 2024 State Fair will carryover for 2025 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.
Breeding/commercial lamb and goat requirements for STFR.
The State Fair of Texas is requiring validation for registered breeding sheep, registered breeding goats, wether/commercial dams, and wether commercial does.
Market Lamb - May be validated by family (validation will carry over to 2025 spring majors)
Market Goats - May be validated by family (validation will carry over to 2025 spring majors)
Wether Dams - May be validated by family - validation good for 3 years unless change of ownership.
Wether Does - May be validated by family - validation good for 3 years unless change of ownership.
Registered Breeding Sheep - ***may be family validated if all exhibitors are listed on papers***, color copy of papers required at time of validation - validation good for 3 years unless change of ownership.
Registered Breeding Boer Goats - ***may be family validated - all exhibitors must be listed on papers*** color copy of papers required at time of validation - validation good for 3 years unless a change of ownership.
***Please note, all sheep and goat tags (market and breeding) are interchangeable. If you ordered a market lamb tag but got a breeding goat instead you may use it to tag the breeding goat.
***Please note, heifer and steer tags are interchangeable. If you ordered a market steer tag but got a heifer instead you may use it to tag the heifer