BREEDING ANIMALS
1. To avoid penalties, see State Rules. State rule identification requirements will be required for Animals at least 6 months of age to avoid penalty. 2. A permanent ear tag or tattoo is required. This must be in place prior to entrance to fair. No tattooing on site. 3. REGISTERED ANIMALS: Once an application for purebred registry has been made, animals will be considered as registered and State Rules for registered animals will be enforced. Such animals are not eligible to show as grade animals. 4. All original registration certificates must be submitted to the Management by the time printed in the schedule and individual sections and must be available at all times. Failure to do so will result in entries being automatically disqualified. No faxed registration papers will be accepted after the start of judging for that species. See State Rules. Breeding Beef must be owned 60 days prior to Fair. 5. GRADE, RANGE AND UNREGISTERED ANIMALS: Refer to State Rules, VIII Livestock Department, Definitions. MARKET ANIMALS 1. No junior may exhibit a market animal that has been sold through a fair livestock auction whether or not there is an actual change of ownership. 2. No animal overly fatigued or stressed will be weighed. Animals must be weighed at the assigned time to qualify for judging unless prior arrangements are made with management. If there is any question concerning weight, animals must be reweighed IMMEDIATELY, without exercising or leaving the area. 3. Any unnatural, inhumane weight control prior to weigh-in is prohibited. 4. All breeds will be called at weigh in by an official breed caller. Animals will be transferred to the appropriate class if needed. The breed caller’s decision is final. 5. Management will determine the number of market classes to be judged after weigh-in and animals will be assigned to classes based on weight. 6. Animals consigned to Auction will not receive cash awards. 7. Although the fair will list available breed divisions in anticipation of possible entries, divisions will be combined at the discretion of the livestock show management. A minimum of 5 animal entries are required per division offered, EXCEPT for the AOB division. Swine breeds with 15 or more animals weighed in will receive their own division. 8. All market animals must have an official ACF ear tag button, as well as an ACF issued tamper resistant visual ear tag, except those animals specifically deemed for feeder classes. Once the animal has been tagged if one tag is lost or broke off, please notify the Fair Livestock Manager at livestock@alamedacountyfair.com right away. A lost tag form will be sent and will be required before the tag is replaced. If BOTH tags are lost, they will be replaced, but the animal will no longer be eligible for Champion Drive. 9. All Breed and Reserve Breed Champions will have their ear tags rechecked prior to entering the ring for Champion Drive. 10. All market beef must be weighed and tagged, approximately 120 days prior to Fair. Beef Tagging and Weigh In will be done at the Fairgrounds on Sunday, February 26, 2023 from 9am-Noon. 11. All market lambs and market goats must be tagged, approximately 60 days prior to Fair. Market Lambs and Goat Tagging and Pre-Fair Vet check will be held on the Fairgrounds on Sunday, April 23, 2023 from 8am-Noon. 12. All market swine must be tagged, approximately 60 days prior to Fair. Market Swine leaders/advisors will receive the ear tags prior to the tagging deadline and will be responsible for tagging and taking a
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