Livestock Information

PLEASE CLICK THE VALIDATION TAB TO VIEW VALIDATION INFORMATION.

Advisor Contacts

Seal: Heifers, Crops, and Poultry (dseal@weatherfordisd.com)

Shepard: Breeding Lambs and Goats, and Youth Fair (tsmesny@weatherfordisd.com)

Marsh: Rabbits (jmarsh@weatherfordisd.com )

Horton: Steers (whorton@weatherfordisd.com)

Hughes: Market Lambs and Goats (thughes1@weatherfordisd.com)

If you would like to purchase an animal and need help, please contact your advisor ASAP. There are certain ownership deadlines and specific ages the animals must be.

Show Opportunities

Weatherford FFA advisors haul to three majors shows and our county show each year, please check with your species advisor on which shows they are for that season before entering. We must also have 6 exhibitors entered to attend.

Outside of majors and county there are many local opportunities to get your project in the show ring. Please remember it is the exhibitors responsibility to find the jackpots/prospect shows, as the information does not always come to us first. If you have questions on how to find local practice shows or showmanship clinics, please reach out to your ag teacher.

Calf Scramble

If you or your student would like to participate in calf scrambles, please email Mr. Horton for information (whorton@weatherfordisd.com). There are scrambles at the major shows and our local Parker County show. Participating enables students to win funds to purchase livestock. Students must have their own transportation.

Megan and her Calf Scramble Sponsors

Quality Counts

EVERY STUDENT must take a quality counts verification test.

Also once a student begins the 9th grade they must retest in the senior level. Please make sure this is completed prior to Entry Night.

Please click the link below to view study materials and take the exam.

Attached in the link below are instructions for first time users. It would be very beneficial for each exhibitor to read the instruction PRIOR to beginning the course.

https://www.texasffa.org/quality-counts

Stock Show Absence Procedure

If your student is going to be missing school due to a stock show, please email your advisor at least two weeks prior to the event, that way the absences can be coded, to prevent attendance issues.

If you have a Middle School FFA Member or a Jr. FFA Member, please allow extra time as the other schools follow different procedures than Weatherford High School. A stock show absence form must be printed and filled out by the exhibitor (Parent/student) and returned to the Ag Teacher for additional signatures. This form can be found at the bottom of the page. If it is not there, please contact Mrs. Seal.

Entry Night

FALL - July 27th 2026 @4:30-6:30 pm (come and go) @WHS Cafeteria

SPRING - October 26th 2026 @4:30-6:30 pm (come and go) @WHS Cafeteria

County - TBD

Entry night will be in the High School Cafeteria. Please bring either a check made out to Weatherford FFA or cash to pay for your entries. Entries will not be processed without payment.

If you are entering a registered animal, you must have registration papers in hand to complete all paperwork. Incomplete paperwork will not be accepted.

Entry information will be provided as it becomes available, as shows are updated at the last minute. If you plan to show at the major livestock shows, please contact the species advisor ASAP to confirm eligibility.

*IF YOU ARE ENTERING IN A REGISTERED/BREEDING CLASS, ALL REGISTRATION PAPERS MUST BE BROUGHT TO ENTRY NIGHT.

**CHECKS WILL BE MADE OUT TO WEATHERFORD FFA.

***ANIMALS IN THE JUNIOR SHOW MUST BE VALIDATED TO ENTER.

****ENTRY NIGHT IS ONLY MANDATORY FOR JUNIOR SHOW ENTRIES. OPEN SHOW ENTRIES DO NOT HAVE TO ATTEND ENTRY NIGHT, BUT ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME TO RECEIVE HELP ENTERING THE MAJOR STOCK SHOWS. NON-JUNIOR SHOW ENTRIES WILL BE MAILED BY THE EXHIBITOR.

*****ADVISORS ARE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT OF SHOWS WE CAN HAUL TO, AND MUST HAVE A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF EXHIBITORS TO HAUL. PLEASE KEEP AN OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR SPECIES ADVISOR SO WE CAN COORDINATE GROUPS TO SPECIFIC SHOWS.

******ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS CAN BE FOUND ON THE SHOW WEBSITES IN THE PREMIUM BOOKS. LINKS TO THE MAJOR SHOW WEBSITES ARE BELOW. THE EXHIBITOR AND PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE SHOW THEY PLAN TO ATTEND.

MAJOR SHOW WEBSITES

WEST TEXAS: https://www.westtexasfairrodeo.com/p/getconnected/exhibitors

HEART OF TEXAS: https://www.hotfair.com/p/livestock-show--contests

STATE FAIR OF TEXAS: https://bigtex.com/get-involved/livestock-shows/livestockexhibitors/

CATTLEMAN'S CONGRESS: https://cattlemenscongress.com/

FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW: https://www.fwssr.com/events/livestock-show

TEXAS ELITE SHOWCASE: https://www.texaseliteshowcase.com/

SAN ANTONIO: https://www.sarodeo.com/p/competitive-events

SAN ANGELO: https://www.sanangelorodeo.com/p/livestock1

AUSTIN: https://rodeoaustin.com/youth-ag-programs/competitions/livestock-show/

HOUSTON: https://www.rodeohouston.com/exhibitors-contestants/livestock-show/

PARKER COUNTY: https://www.parkercountylivestockshow.com/