Nixon-Smiley Livestock Show starts Friday

The Nixon-Smiley Livestock Show will be held this Friday, March 7 and Saturday, March 8 at the Nixon Smiley Livestock Show Barn and Arena on East Central in Nixon.

Participants will check in their projects beginning at 2 p.m. Friday for broilers, roasters and turkeys. There will be aweigh-in for market rabbits and fryer rabbits at 2:30 p.m., weigh-in for all hogs at 3 p.m., weight in for all lambs at 3:30 p.m., weigh-in for all goats at 4 p.m., weigh-in for all steers at 4:30 p.m. and check-in for crafts, layered cakes and Ag Mechanics at 4:30 p.m. as well.

Judging begins with crafts and cakes at 5 p.m. Friday. At 6 p.m. Friday, judging starts for broilers, roasters, turkeys, market rabbits and fryer rabbits in the arena and Ag mechanics in the barn.

Judging continues at 9 a.m. Saturday with market hogs, breeder hogs, market lambs, market goats, breeder goats, market steers, local bred steers and bucket calves and Clovers.

The buyers’ buffet and registration then begins at 4 p.m. Saturday, followed by the auction at 5 p.m. Bucket calf projects will be introduced, followed by auctions for layered cakes, crafts, steers, local bred steers, broilers, market goats, market hogs, individual Ag mechanics, team Ag mechanics, market lambs, market rabbits and turkeys.

All participants then are required to take part in the mandatory clean-up of the arena and show barn at 9 a.m Sunday, March 9.

In order to take part in the Nixon-Smiley Livestock Show, an exhibitor must be a full-time student in grades 3-12 and not have graduated or completed a GED program. They must either be in home school or in school at Nixon-Smiley CISD and either reside in the Nixon-Smiley CISD or attend school there.

Exhibitors must be a member in good standing of at least one of the following clubs: Nixon 4-H Club, Smiley 4-H Club, Leesville 4-H Club, Nixon-Smiley FFA/Junior FFA and/or Nixon-SmileyFCCLA and cannot be expelled, suspended or enrolled in alternative school any time after Aug. 1 in the calendar year of the show.

The exhibitor must have a Semester 1 average of 70 or above in each subject area he/she is enrolled in. The exhibitor may not participate in any other youth Livestock Show in Gonzales County or any other county in the State of Texas during the Show calendar year. This does not include major shows.

Also, each exhibitor must volunteer four hours of community service at the show grounds prior to the livestock show check-in and they are required to write hand-written thank you notes to each buyer of his/her project or to any add-on buyer the exhibitor receives. Any exhibitor awarded a medal, buckle, vest or rosette also is required to write a hand-written thank you note to each donor of the award.