Webster County Early Market Beef Weigh-in December 9

4-H and FFA members have undoubtedly already found or will be looking for calves for the early Webster County Market Beef Weigh-in which will be held at the sale barn in Blue Hill (Blue Hill Livestock). The early date is set for Sunday, December 9. Because there will be just one early weigh-in this year it will start about 10:00 am and will go till 3:30 pm. Incidentally the regular weigh-in date is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, January 27 - also in Blue Hill.

4-H and FFA tags must be put in before or at weigh-in to be valid for shows. The UNL Extension office will have the 4-H tags. Exhibitors and parents are reminded that the 4-H/FFA livestock ID/affidavit sheets need to be filled out, with all signatures, prior to/or at weigh-in and are not to be taken home. FFA members will need to get their tags from the FFA advisor in advance of the weigh-in, or the advisor should be in attendance at weigh-in to put them in.
Affidavits may be downloaded from the Web at www.webster.unl.edu   or exhibitors may pick one up from their 4-H leader or at the UNL Extension office, and have it ready to go for weigh-in. Webster County will also once again be putting Electronic Identification or EID’s in the ears of all market beef, or exhibitors may use their own farm’s EIDs. Exhibitors who plan to show at either the 2013 Nebraska State Fair and/or Ak-Sar-Ben must have a DNA sample taken and they must be sent in with the ID/affidavit sheet for each animal that may be going. All beef that will be exhibited at the Nebraska State Fair will also need to eventually be tested for BVD-PI.

If any beef exhibitor would like guidance on how to pick out the right size of calf for fair, please contact the Webster County UNL Extension office for suggestions at 402-746-3417 or email dlienemann2@unl.edu. You can also find a document on this on our website as listed above.
Webster County Early Market Beef Weigh-in December 9