SWAIN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR
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    • Welcome to the Fair!
  • About
  • News!
    • Scarecrow and Friends
    • Plaque Dedication
    • 2025 Gun Raffle Winner
  • Entertainment
    • Mo Pitney 2025 Headliner
    • 2025 Battle of the Bands Winners
    • 2026 Battle of the Bands Contest >
      • Equipment & Onstage Rules
      • Judging Criteria
  • Vendor Booths
    • Arts & Crafts Vendors
    • Educational Booths
    • Food Trucks / Food Vendors
  • Fair Entries
    • Youth Livestock Shows >
      • 2025 Show Results
      • All Breeds Market Steer Show
      • All Breeds Beef Heifer Show
      • All Breeds Market Lamb/Market Goat/Breeding Doe Shows
      • All Breeds Rabbit Show
      • All Breeds Poultry Show
    • Youth & Adult Entries >
      • Arts & Crafts
      • Baked Goods & Preserved Foods
      • Quilts
      • Farm Produce >
        • Garden Vegetables, Fruit, Eggs & Flowers
        • Honey
  • Fundraisers
    • Bring Home the Bacon
    • Spring Craft & More Fling
  • Be a Fair Sponsor
  • Contact
  • Swain County Cooperative Extension
all breeds

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Rules & Regulations

  • Youth under the age of 21 (as of January 1, 2026) are eligible to participate.
    • Age Divisions are based on the age guidelines for the Catawba Valley Showmanship Circuit
  • Participants exhibit animals at their own risk. No health papers are required. However, NCDA&CS Veterinary Division staff will be on site to inspect animals.
  • ​All animals must be shown at halter.
  • If an exhibitor has more than one animal in a class, the second entry may be shown by another eligible youth.
  • Each exhibitor must assume all liability in the case of death or injury to his/her livestock.
  • Exhibitors must have been the primary caretakers of the heifer(s) entered in his/her name for at least 30 days prior to the show date.
Awards
  • Will place up to the top 5 in each age class
  • Grand and Reserve Champion chosen from the first place winners in each class
  • Showmanship for each species will follow each specific show (Market Steer, Beef Heifer, Lamb, Goat)
  • Grand and Reserve Champion will be awarded in each age division
Online All Breeds Beef Heifer Entry via the Showman App (click link below)
All Breeds Beef Heifer Entry - Coming 2026

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Kendra Fortner, Extension Agent
Agriculture-Livestock
[email protected]
​(828) 488-3848

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