The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) will host junior livestock shows providing Illinois’ youth with an opportunity to show their animals during an unprecedented show season. The Junior Livestock Expo will take place in Springfield over the course of two weekends in September. Beef, sheep, dairy goats, pygmy goats and rabbits will all show September 11th-13th and swine, dairy cattle and meat goats will show September 18th-20th.
Shows are limited to Illinois residents between the ages of 8-21.
Further details regarding the shows will be released on our IDOA website.