Slick Haired Cattle Exhibitors — Are you ready for a great learning opportunity? Join Stock Show University® for this TWO-day, fun-filled, FREE event where students and their family will walk away motivated and prepared for success in the show ring! This program, hosted by Stock Show University®, with covering the topics of: daily care, show day prep, and showmanship. This event is designed where participants can bring their animals and work one-on-one with the industry’s best and most talented “Professors”. Along with Sullivan Supply®, Andis, and Purina are proud sponsors of Stock Show University® events!

2025 Texas 2-Day Cattle Grad Program® — For Slick Haired Cattle
Free compliments from Sullivan Supply
Date: May 17-18, 2025
Location: Wharton County Youth Fair & Exposition; 6036 FM 961 Rd, Wharton, TX 77488
Registration is OPEN!!
To register, Click Here!

For more information, contact Aaron Boyce, at aaron@sullivansupply.com.

This daily use blend of intense vitamins and essential oils will boost hair and hide health without added weight to hair. Simply mix into your Kleen Sheen and apply for an even more effective daily regimen.

What does it do?
– Nourishes and repairs the protein blocks that make up the keratin structure of the hair follicle.
– Repairs broken links in the hair’s cortex, providing increased strength and resilience to damage.

How To Use It!
This Leave-In treatment is to be applied to dry hair. Simply add 5 ounces of Infuser Hair Repair Treatment to a quart sized spray bottle and fill the remaining bottle with Kleen Sheen. Shake Well and spray over the entire body of the animal. Use daily. Best practice is to apply in the afternoon or early evening after your last rinse schedule of the day while working hair. Spray onto dry hair, comb in, use roto brush and blow deep into hair down to the hide.

It’s not too early to be marking your calendar and registering for this years VitaFerm CharFocus in Lexington, KY!

July 21st-24th
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Stay tuned for more details, you won’t want to miss it!

APPLY TODAY to be a ’25-’26 AYE Ambassador!

Applications will close on April 25th at midnight. Don’t miss out your opportunity to apply!

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Attention Steer Exhibitors

All steers entered and exhibited at the VitaFerm Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) must be parent verified to both sire and dam. This requires a DNA profile for the steer, sire and dam, completed through the official American Hereford Association lab. To avoid any delays when entering or exhibiting at the JNHE, we strongly encourage you to start this process as early as possible. DNA verification is required at the time of entry and can take more than 4 weeks to process.

For more information about parent verification or the DNA process, please email aha@hereford.org, or by calling into customer service at (816) 842-3757.

Grand Island has permanent tie outs as pictured. Bedding will be provided in the permanent tie out area. Generators, pens, tents and fans are NOT allowed in the permanent tie out area per facility rules.

If you would like to upgrade your tie out space to a covered pen with available electricity and water – check out the LIVE online auction on May 21.

Countdown to Grand Island Fundraiser Catalog: https://issuu.com/americanshorthorn/docs/countdown_to_grand_island_fundraiser

Show Flex Turf

First of its kind, Show Flex Turf is a lightweight, padded turf flooring system that will make you appreciate turf again.

• Light Weight
• Easy to Clean
• Padded
• Closed Cell Foam – won’t absorb water

Before most shows, one of the items on the to-do list is to dye your animal’s hair. During this Stock Show University® tip, Manager of Stock Show University®, Tess Mittag, will be discussing the different hair dye products that Sullivan Supply® has to offer, along with tips and tricks on the dying process in your barn. 

When choosing a hair dye for your animals, would you like a product that delivers better coverage, a richer hair color, easy to apply, cost-effective, and more gentle when used properly? Sullivan Supply® has you covered! For black cattle, refresh your animal’s hair back to a long-lasting, brilliant black with Sullivan’s BLAQ livestock dye. BLAQ, color for black colored livestock. ENVY, color for dark red livestock, and FYRE, color for medium red livestock, were specifically formulated to be a long-lasting dye that, when used properly, won’t irritate the skin and hide of the animal.

Now, that you have a dye purchased, you might be wondering what is the best way to dye your animal. Stock Show University® recommends that you start with a clean, dry, and clipped animal—along with you wearing older clothes (even when you do all the steps correctly, it might be a little messy).  No oils should be applied to the animal’s hair before the dying process. When prepping your animal, make sure they are tied in a shady area, out of direct sunlight. If you are wanting to dye your animal, and they do have some white on them, spray Sullivan’s Hocus Pocus or Release on those areas to prevent the dye sticking to that part of the hair coat. You also can apply Hocus Pocus or Release to the ear tag as well, so it does not also get stained. If the tail is white, you may grab an AI glove to cover the tail from preventing it from getting mixed with the color dye, or you may use a tail clamp. Lastly, to protect sensitive areas on your animal such as the udder, rectal area, under the tail, etc., spray Sullivan’s Revive on those areas to help avoid irritation.

Once your animal is ready to go, you will need to mix the dye bottle and the activator bottle into a Top Gun bottle and sprayer or a Heavy-Duty Pump-Up sprayer. Directions for mixing are on the dye box, and each kit covers a 1,200 pound animal. Once mixed, put on plastic or latex gloves and spray ⅓ of the dye on each side of the animal, using the remaining ⅓ on thicker haired areas on the animal. If you are dying the tail switch, do that part last, as the animal might switch their tail. Once all the dye is in, let the dye sit on the hair for a maximum of 30 minutes. While the dye is sitting, comb in with an old SMART comb or a Smart Scrub Brush to work the dye into the hair. Note—make sure your comb and scrub brush are oil free before you start combing the dye into the animal. You may also put a fan on them during this process to help the dye set into the hair coat.

Once the dye has been in for 30 minutes, start rinsing your animal until the water coming off the animal is clear. After this, wash your animal with Sullivan’s Volumizer shampoo like normal. Rinse out the soap and dry your animal. Apply Sullivan’s Revive or Revive Lite onto the animal’s hair to help condition the hair as well as bring out a deeper color within the hair. After this process and days after, continue your normal daily care routine with Sullivan’s Revive/Revive Lite and Sullivan’s Kleen Sheen to keep your animal’s hide healthy.

For more tips and video tutorials from Stock Show University®, visit https://www.sullivansupply.com/stock-show-u/online/.

DISTRICT DATES, TIMES, & LOCATIONS
DOUBLE CHECK YOUR DISTRICT-We have gone to 8 districts! The committee did some serious evaluating of the districts and felt this was the best solution
All questions can be directed to Alyssa at 308-550-1593.

More information on the Cornhusker showdown page.