Open class sheep show
Market Lambs and Breeding Sheep
Director: Andrea Miller
Saturday, July 19, 2025 11:00 am
Secretary: Grace Leer
Rules & Regulations
1. Entries will be accepted from residents of the State of Indiana and surrounding states.
2. Not responsible for accidents or losses.
3. Entry fee is $10.00 per head. Exception: 4-H members of Elkhart County 4-H Lamb Club pay $5.00 per head. No pre-entry needed.
4. Animals may be penned from 7:00 - 9:00 am on Saturday, July 19, 2025. Animals will be released at the end of the show. Scales will be open for weighing lambs from 7:00 -9:30 am Saturday. Weigh slips from Elkhart County 4-H weigh-in on Thursday, July 17, 2025 can be used for the open show. Lamb and weigh slips must be brought to the office.
5. All market lambs must be completely shorn after July 15 and free of all blankets before entering the barn. All sheep, from other states, exhibited must be accompanied by an official certificate of health signed by a licensed veterinarian indicating that he has inspected the entire flock of which exhibits are a part of and found them to be free of scabies and other transmittable diseases.
6. Exhibitors must furnish certificate of registry of all registered sheep and also furnish record of transfer if not bred by the exhibitor. Identification tags or tattoos and breed association tags must be in the ears of all sheep. The superintendent or representatives will check certificates and identification of all individuals. The above sheep must be the bona fide property of the exhibitor by July 1, 2025.
7. Market classes will be shown by breed, dividing classes by weight with approximately 15 in each class.
8. Commercial ewe classes. Ewe lambs need to be weighed. They cannot be shown in a breeding class and a market class. We will have classes for yearling ram, ram lambs, pair of ram lambs, yearling ewe, pair of yearling ewes, ewe lamb, pair of ewe lambs and flock.
9. EXHIBITORS FLOCK shall consist of one ram under two years, two yearling ewes, and two ewe lambs.
10. Exhibitors will be limited to two premiums in any single class, one premium in any group of classes.
11. Entry fee checks should be made out to Elkhart County Sheep Breeders.
12. The Sheep Breeder's Executive Committee will rule on problems that arise at the show and their decision will be final.
Class Description
1. Market lamb
2. Ram, 1 year and under 2 years
3. Fall ram lamb, September 1, 2024-December 31, 2024
4. Spring Ram lamb, after January 1, 2025
5. Pair of Ram lambs
6. Grand and Reserve Champion Ram
7. Ewe, 1 year and under 2 years
8. Pair of ewes, 1 year and under 2 years
9. Fall ewe lamb, September 1, 2024 -December 31, 2024
10. Spring ewe lamb, after January 1, 2025
11. Pair of ewe lambs
12. Grand and Reserve Champion Ewe
13. Exhibitor's Flock (see rule 9)
Breeds
1. Columbia
2. Commercial/Black Face Crossbred
3. Corriedale
4. Dorset
5. Hampshire
6. Montedale
7. Natural Colored
8. Oxford
9. Polypay
10. Shropshire
11. Suffolk
12. Southdown
13. Rambouillet
14. White Face Crossbred
15. Other Recognized Breeds
Sheep Premiums
Each Class: $10, $8, $6, $4, $2
Supreme Ewe & Ram: $100.00
Reserve Supreme Ewe & Ram: $50.00
Champion Wether: $50.00
Reserve Champion Wether: $25.00
Director: Andrea Miller
Saturday, July 19, 2025 11:00 am
Secretary: Grace Leer
Rules & Regulations
1. Entries will be accepted from residents of the State of Indiana and surrounding states.
2. Not responsible for accidents or losses.
3. Entry fee is $10.00 per head. Exception: 4-H members of Elkhart County 4-H Lamb Club pay $5.00 per head. No pre-entry needed.
4. Animals may be penned from 7:00 - 9:00 am on Saturday, July 19, 2025. Animals will be released at the end of the show. Scales will be open for weighing lambs from 7:00 -9:30 am Saturday. Weigh slips from Elkhart County 4-H weigh-in on Thursday, July 17, 2025 can be used for the open show. Lamb and weigh slips must be brought to the office.
5. All market lambs must be completely shorn after July 15 and free of all blankets before entering the barn. All sheep, from other states, exhibited must be accompanied by an official certificate of health signed by a licensed veterinarian indicating that he has inspected the entire flock of which exhibits are a part of and found them to be free of scabies and other transmittable diseases.
6. Exhibitors must furnish certificate of registry of all registered sheep and also furnish record of transfer if not bred by the exhibitor. Identification tags or tattoos and breed association tags must be in the ears of all sheep. The superintendent or representatives will check certificates and identification of all individuals. The above sheep must be the bona fide property of the exhibitor by July 1, 2025.
7. Market classes will be shown by breed, dividing classes by weight with approximately 15 in each class.
8. Commercial ewe classes. Ewe lambs need to be weighed. They cannot be shown in a breeding class and a market class. We will have classes for yearling ram, ram lambs, pair of ram lambs, yearling ewe, pair of yearling ewes, ewe lamb, pair of ewe lambs and flock.
9. EXHIBITORS FLOCK shall consist of one ram under two years, two yearling ewes, and two ewe lambs.
10. Exhibitors will be limited to two premiums in any single class, one premium in any group of classes.
11. Entry fee checks should be made out to Elkhart County Sheep Breeders.
12. The Sheep Breeder's Executive Committee will rule on problems that arise at the show and their decision will be final.
Class Description
1. Market lamb
2. Ram, 1 year and under 2 years
3. Fall ram lamb, September 1, 2024-December 31, 2024
4. Spring Ram lamb, after January 1, 2025
5. Pair of Ram lambs
6. Grand and Reserve Champion Ram
7. Ewe, 1 year and under 2 years
8. Pair of ewes, 1 year and under 2 years
9. Fall ewe lamb, September 1, 2024 -December 31, 2024
10. Spring ewe lamb, after January 1, 2025
11. Pair of ewe lambs
12. Grand and Reserve Champion Ewe
13. Exhibitor's Flock (see rule 9)
Breeds
1. Columbia
2. Commercial/Black Face Crossbred
3. Corriedale
4. Dorset
5. Hampshire
6. Montedale
7. Natural Colored
8. Oxford
9. Polypay
10. Shropshire
11. Suffolk
12. Southdown
13. Rambouillet
14. White Face Crossbred
15. Other Recognized Breeds
Sheep Premiums
Each Class: $10, $8, $6, $4, $2
Supreme Ewe & Ram: $100.00
Reserve Supreme Ewe & Ram: $50.00
Champion Wether: $50.00
Reserve Champion Wether: $25.00
