The 2026 Lamb County Junior Livestock Show will begin Thursday, January 8th, on behalf of the active 4-H and FFA exhibitors from every community in Lamb County.
Youngsters from Littlefield, Amherst, Olton, Springlake-Earth and Sudan will be bringing their livestock to the Ag and Community Center’s show barn in Littlefield for the show.
Judging of all of the animal categories will be done Saturday, January 10th.
Their awards are designed for honor and recognition of excellence in feeding, fitting, and showmanship of their animals.
No premium auction is associated with this show.
Ribbons will be awarded to exhibitors of animals placing first through fifth, and participant ribbons will be awarded to exhibitors placing below fifth.
Rosettes will be awarded to exhibitors of breed and reserve breed champions, while belt buckles will be awarded to exhibitors of grand and reserve grand champion animals Belt buckles will also be awarded to showmanship winners in the goat, lamb, swine and beef cattle (steers and heifers combined), and dairy heifer divisions.
Animals to Arrive
At 2 p. m. Thursday, January 8th, livestock may begin moving into the barn AFTER stall and pen assignments have been posted by division superintendents.
By 4: 30 p. m. Friday, January 9th, all livestock must be in place.
At 5 p.m. Friday, January 9th, the Superintendents begin weighing steers and checking heifer papers.
The deadline is 6 p.m. for exhibitors to submit lamb, goat, and swine weight cards to the superintendents.
Animal Judging
Saturday, January 10th, the judging of show animals will begin at 8 a.m. with the goats being judged first. After that, the lambs will be judged, followed by the swine, beef heifers, market steers and dairy heifers.
The showmanship’s will be judged during the show, and winners will be announced at the conclusion of each of the divisions.
Winners will be receiving belt buckles.
Judges
Judges for all of the animals will be announced before each show. Superintendents and Assistants Market goats and market lambs, Mathew Goe and Dakota Lewis.
Market swine, Graham Henley and Casey Hardin.
Breeding Beef Heifers, and Market Steers, Dakota Lewis and Gary Bigham.
Dairy Heifers, John Van de Pol. Show Officers and Directors Gary Bigham of Amherst, president.
Graham Henley of Littlefield, Secretary/Treasurer. Other Directors are: Mathew Goe, Shane Henson and Dakota Lewis all of Springlake-Earth; Casey Hardin of Sudan; Graham Henley and John Van De Pol of Littlefield.
Youth Advisors
Alan Been, Ag Science teacher for Springlake-Earth FFA; Courtney Tanner Ag Science teacher for Amherst FFA; and Kelsi Carlson, Ag Science teacher for Sudan FFA, Nikki Smith, Ag Science teacher for Olton FFA; and Tyler Classen and Sheridan Franks Ag Science teachers for Littlefield FFA Brandon Albus County Ag Extension Agent, for Lamb County 4-H. Show Announcers Chadd Schroeder will be the show announcer for the Goat, Lamb, Swine, Breeding Beef Heifer, and Steer shows. The Dairy Heifer show, announcer will be Jill Van de Pol.
Concessions
Food concessions will be provided during the shows on Saturday, January 10th.