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2025 Mississippi State Fair and  2026 Dixie National Junior Round-Up Beef Division

Download the full publication in the right column for more detailed information on rules, important dates, contacts, beef breeds, special considerations, and other pertinent information. 

The rules in the current year’s Mississippi State Fair or Dixie National Junior Round-Up Premium book supersede any rules published previously in a Mississippi State Fair or Dixie National Junior Round-Up Premium book or in this publication. [New rules and regulations passed by the Mississippi Livestock Council Show directors will be in brackets throughout this book.]

An official show veterinarian from the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine (MSU-CVM) will be on site during the junior livestock shows.

General Show and Animal Health Reminders:

• A health certificate from a veterinarian is required to get on fairgrounds
• 60-day health record forms are uploaded in MSU livestock show check-in app used for checking in all livestock

Important Dates

Ownership of animal – Friday, August 29, 2025

Ownership for both Mississippi State Fair/Dixie National

• Market Steers, Market Lambs, Market Goats, Market Hair Sheep
• Ownership for Mississippi State Fair
  • Beef Breeding Animals, Commercial and Dairy Breeding Females, Commercial Beef Heifers, Market Hogs, Commercial Meat Goat Does, Wether Dams, Commercial and Registered Dairy Goats, Breeding Hair Sheep, Registered Breeding Boer Does

Entries must be submitted to county Extension office by Friday, , August 29, 2025.

Classification/DNA Hair Collection Week, September 8–10, 2025

• Monday, September 8: Hattiesburg – 8 a.m–1:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, September 9: Raymond – 8 a.m–1:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, September 10: Greenwood – 8 a.m–10:30 a.m.
• Wednesday, September 10: Oxford – 2 p.m–6 p.m.

Mississippi State Fair, Jackson – October 2-12, 2025

Ownership of animal – Monday, December 1, 2025

• Ownership for Dixie National Junior Round-Up
  • Beef Breeding Animals, Commercial and Dairy Breeding Females, Market Hogs, Mississippi Bred Barrows, Commercial and Registered Dairy Goats, Commercial Beef Heifers, Wether Dams, Commercial Gilts, Commercial Meat Goat Does, Breeding Hair Sheep, Registered Breeding Boer Does

Entries must be submitted to county Extension office by Monday, December 1, 2025.

Classification/DNA Hair Collection Week, December 8–11, 2025

• Monday, December 8: Hattiesburg – 8 a.m–1:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, December 9: Raymond – 8 a.m–1:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, December 10: Greenwood – 8 a.m–1:30 p.m.
• Thursday, December 11: Oxford – 8 a.m–12 p.m.

District Livestock Shows

• NW District Show, Batesville – January 15–17, 2026
• NE District Show, Verona – January 22–24, 2026
• SE District Show, Hattiesburg – January 21–24, 2026
• SW District Show, Jackson – January 20–23/Feb. 2, 2026
• Delta District Show, Greenwood – January 19–20, 2026

Dixie National Junior Round-Up, February 2–12, 2026

Publication 3814-2 (POD-09-25)

By Dean Jousan, PhD, Extension Professor, Animal and Dairy Sciences, and Cobie Rutherford, former Extension Instructor, Center for 4-H Youth Development.