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Kingman County Fair
New Auction Eligibility Form
There will be a new Auction Eligibility Form that members must complete for the 2026 Kingman County Fair. To participate in either the Purple Ribbon Food Auction or the Livestock Auction, members must fulfill a few additional requirements. Returning 4-H members will need to attend 50% of the club meetings from July 2025 to June 2026, fair set up and clean up will be required, attending the livestock meeting on the Monday before the fair for Livestock Auction participants, take part in two club activities, and two county, regional or state events will also be required. The new Auction Eligibility Form can be found here. These are not hard requirements to fulfill. Just remember, 4-H is a year-long youth program, as long as you are active all year, you will meet all of these requirements.
The dates have been set for the 2026 Kingman County Fair! Join us for fair fun July 22-25, 2026!
Livestock Tag Information
This year any animals that will only be showing at the Kingman County Fair will use a county-specific ear tag. All tags will be available at weigh-in dates. If an animal will be showing at the Kansas State Fair or Kansas Junior Livestock Show, EID tags will still be required. Members must know at the tagging events which tags they will need. Cost for the County Tags will be $2 for Beef, $1.50 for Swine, Sheep, and Goats. EID tags will cost $3.50 each for each species.
Beef weigh-in is SUNDAY, March 1, 2:00-4:00 pm at the Fair Grounds
Small Animal weigh-in is April 25, 7:00-9:00 am at the Fair Grounds
Livestock Tagging and Livestock Care and Housing Form
If you are not able to attend the weigh-in event for the species that you will be showing, you need to contact the Extension Office BEFORE the weigh-in date to set up a tagging date with one of the Agents. No pictures of animals with tags in the ears will be accepted this year.
This year every member who is showing livestock will be asked to complete and return a Kingman County Livestock Care and Housing form. This form has the members indicate where their project animals will be housed during the project year and what the care plan is for the animals. One member can complete one form even if they show multiple animals, please just note the animals being shown at the top of the form. This form is due back to the Extension Office by May 1, 2026.
You can find the Kingman County Livestock Care and Housing Form Here.
If you have any questions, please contact Melissa at mthimesch@ksu.edu
If your breeding animal is registered with its breed association and has a tattoo or other approved form of identification, it does not have to receive a tag for the fair; the paperwork and approved alternate form of identification on file with its association will constitute as a tag and proof of ownership. This information needs to be in the Office by May 1.
Dairy Cattle or Leasing Identification forms must be filled out for identification of all cattle showing at the Kingman County Fair. You can find the 4-H Dairy Cattle Identification Form here.
https://bookstore.ksre.ksu.edu/pubs/MG54.pdf
The next Livestock Committee Meeting will be held on March 11 at 6:30 at the Extension Office.
YQCA Trainings
If members will be showing at the Kansas State Fair or the Kansas Junior Livestock Show this year, you will need to attend a YQCA Training. Please contact Grace Schneider at gschnei@ksu.edu to set a date for this training.
Please note that YQCA has recently changed its website. The correct address is yqcaprogram.org.
We have added points to the 4-H Activity Sheet for attending the in-person YQCA trainings.
Fair Pre-Entry Date Set
All Fair Pre-Entries will be due on the Fair Entry system by May 8. We are aware that this is an early deadline, however, the Fair Board needs time to order awards and Fair T-Shirts without as much waste as in the past. Please note, that entries can be made and then scratched when the fair gets closer. So, I recommend making entries on everything that your members might take. Example: five entries for foods, seven entries in visual arts, and that extra educational poster or notebook. If something happens that something doesn’t get made or finished, just toss that card closer to the fair. Watch for more details to come.
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