Iowa Beef Expo Updates

Thursday, February 15

8:00 AM – Junior cattle may begin to arrive.

Because we will be Checking in ALL junior cattle on Friday Feb. 18, junior exhibitors may arrive beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday morning. We will start stalling immediately in both the Cattle Barn and Tie-Outs. Upon arrival on Thursday, all junior exhibitors MUST enter at the IJBBA Gate located on east University Avenue, look to the IJBBA website for a map. You will receive your unloading permit and stalling at the check-in trailer. If you have questions please reach out to any advisor ahead of time so we can address before there are any issues. No one will be allowed to unload without barn manager permission, those not complying are subject to disqualification from the show.

5:00 PM – Weaver Stierwalt Clinic
North Annex

Skillathon Quizzes can be taken in the office anytime Thursday or Friday and must be complete by Friday at 3:00 pm.

>> Download Junior Skillathon Study Guide

Friday, February 16

IJBBA Scholarship Interviews – 9:00 AM
Location TBD

6:45 AM – Check-in IJBBA Board Member Cattle

7:00-10:00 AM – Junior Cattle,  Arts & Crafts and Photography Check-In
All cattle, including crossbred steers and commercial heifers will check in on Friday.

10:30 AM – Sullivan Supply-Stock Show U Fitting Clinic
Penningroth

10:30 AM- 11:30 AM – Registration Paper Return for those Breed Advisors not Present at Check-in
Pavilion

Noon – Sunglo No-Fit Showmanship Contest
Pavilion

3:30 PM – Supreme Row Drive and Sale Heifer Futurity
Jacobson Exhibition Center

4:30 PM – IJBBA Year End Awards
Jacobson Exhibition Center

6:00 PM – Donors on Ice – Sale of Elite Genetics
Jacobson Exhibition Center

Saturday, February 17

8:00 AM – Expo Junior Show – 2 Rings
Jacobson Exhibition Center
See show order below.

Sunday, February 18

8:00 AM – Expo Junior Show – 2 Rings
Jacobson Exhibition Center
See show order below.

Judges

Market Animal Judge: Miles Toenyes, Illinois
Market Animal Associate: Dillon Lemenager, Illinois

Breeding Heifer Judge: Brandon Callis, Oklahoma
Breeding Heifer Associate: Faris Simon, California

Showmanship Judges

Senior: Chad & Brandi Claussen

Junior: Courtney & Kiersten Jass

1.  STALLING: Due to the growth of the Iowa Beef Expo Junior Show and the utilization of tie outs during junior weekend this year, stalling will be not be by county but rather you will be assigned stalls when you arrive. If you would like to be stalled by certain people or your county would all like to be together, please arrive at the same time or have one person in your group get all of the stalls at the same time. Make sure you designate one person to get them all so we do not have duplicate stalls.
2. Fitter Guards will be allowed at the 2024 Iowa Beef Expo.  $40 Permit is required and will be available for purchase online.
3.  No blocking chutes are allowed on bedding in the barns and you cannot dig out the bedding to put in blocking chutes.
4.  Make sure you follow the route to come into the fairgrounds. This will make it easier and faster for us and you.
5. ARRIVAL: Come in Gate 2 on East University. There will be signs marking the gate.
6. Also remember registration papers and current health papers must be marked for the Iowa Beef Expo.
7. HEIFERS/STEERS PURCHASED AT THE 2024 IOWA BEEF EXPO SALES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE JR. SHOW: The only exception which will be made for entries received after Feb. 1 for the junior show will be for show heifers and steers which are purchased in one of the sales held during the 2024 Expo. If you purchase a heifer or steer from one of the Expo sales, and you desire to show it on Saturday or Sunday, you should report to the cattle barn office after the sale and enter the animal. The information is necessary in order to reserve stall space for you.
8. Pop-up Fitting Tents: Pop-up Fitting Tents: All Pop-Up Fitting Tents MUST be in the designated Tent area. You must fill out your Tent Permit online and make payment in the cattle barn office upons, the charge is $1 per square foot and you will be refunded 50% of your rate once you have taken down your tent and cleaned up the area, and the barn manager has given approval.  Contact Mallory Robinson, 660-525-5717, for tent information.
9. Rock Island and 4-H Trailer Parking:
   Trailer permits for the Rock Island Trailer Parking will be available for purchase online at www.sconlinesales.com on Sunday, January 28th and will be a horse race finish.  There will be Midway Lot Trailer parking passes available to purchase online.  There are no 4-H lot passes this year. Watch the IJBBA website and Facebook Page for more information.

JUNIOR CATTLE CHECK-IN
Friday, Feb. 16  –  7:00-10:00 AM

ALL junior cattle, purebred and crossbreds will be checked in Friday, Feb 16 beginning at 7:00 AM in the Livestock Pavilion. Check-in will close at 10:00 AM. All animals need to have health papers to exhibit. Purebred steers and heifers must bring their registration papers or digital registration papers with them at the time of check-in. (See below for change in registration paper requirement.) Commercial heifers and all market animals will be weighed for class breaks.

REGISTRATION PAPERS
Passed back Friday, Feb. 16 from 10:30 AM- 11:00 AM in the Pavilion.  It is the exhibitors responsibility to pay their breed dues and retrieve their registration papers.

All registration papers collected during check-in will be available for pick-up in the Pavilion from your breed association.

Registration papers MUST be picked up at this time!

HEALTH PAPERS

NO animal will be allowed to show without presenting a valid approved health certificate at check-in that meets all Iowa Health Requirements. Exhibitors will have to present health papers in order to be released from the show as well.

View Iowa Beef Expo Junior Show Health Rules

RINGWORM: Any evidence of ringworm, warts, foot rot, pinkeye, draining abscesses or any other contagious disease will eliminate junior cattle from the show and the Expo grounds. The Iowa Beef Expo Veterinarian reserves the right to final judgement on ringworm assessment. No tolerance will be allowed unless the Expo Vet determines the condition has been treated and is in the healing stage.

These Breeds WILL Accept
Digital Registration Papers:

• Angus
• American Aberdeen
• Charolais
• Chianina
• Maine-Anjou
• Miniature Hereford
• Red Angus – only at Beef Expo
• Salers
• Shorthorn
• Simmental
• Simbrah
• South Devon

These Breeds WILL NOT Accept Digital Registration Papers:

Original registration papers MUST be in-hand for show entry.

• American Blue
• Gelbvieh
• Hereford
• Limousin
• Red Angus

1. In order for any points to be awarded, the cattle must be owned by, entered in the name of, and shown by the individual IJBBA member, the only exception being if the exhibitor has two or more animals in the same class.  INJURY EXCEPTION: The exception for a substitute showman will be approved by IJBBA Advisors in person or via phone. To be applicable for a substitute showman the injury must have occurred in the show ring or makeup arena of an IJBBA sanctioned show. The injury must be at the IJBBA Advisor’s discretion. With extending injuries, a doctors’ note must be presented stating that the exhibitor is unable to exhibit their animals at the future shows. Extending injuries that occur at an IJBBA show will allow for a substitute showman to show that animal for a 14-day time frame from date of injury. Extending injury consist of broken bones, torn ligaments that do not allow an IJBBA showman to show. Illness such as a sickness or vomiting will not be susceptible to a substitute showman, the only exception to illness is one that puts you in the hospital while at the event.
2. All Breed Champions and Reserves must stay for the Championship selection on Sunday. No points or premiums will be awarded if the respective winners are not present for the Championship Drive.
3. Use of hemp hair, removed hair, or other hair-like materials added to the animal’s body will not be allowed. I.J.B.B.A. does not allow surgical or any other alterations to the animals such as the use of permanent dyes or paints to alter the animals original color pattern. Exhibitors found in violation of this rule will be stripped of all their points and premiums for that day and all animals will be disqualified from the remainder of the show. After their third offense, it will be considered a code of conduct violation and will be handled accordingly.
4. No junior cattle will be allowed in the barn until barn managers give the OK.
5. All cattle must have health papers and form of registration specified by breed a time of check-in. Absolutely NO FAX COPIES OF PAPER REGISTRATIONS ALLOWED FOR ANY BREED!
6. All breed associations reserve the right to bloodtype/DNA/retinal eye scan any cattle being shown within their breed divisions. Request for blood-type/DNA testing/retinal eye scan can come from the breed association or the IJBBA at any sanctioned show throughout the year beginning with the Iowa Beef Expo. Should testing reveal that the animal has been misrepresented on its registration papers, the exhibitor will be immediately withdrawn from the point program for the remainder of the year and any points previously earned will be void. This applies both to steers and heifers.
7. Under NO circumstances will exhibitors be allowed to artificially fill animals through the use of pumps or bottles or any other unethical means.
8. Dogs, whether loose, caged or on a leash are not allowed in the cattle barns at the Iowa Beef Expo.

VIEW IJBBA RULES • VIEW BREED RULES