Thurston County Youth Market Animal Sale

06/16/2026

EXHIBITORS; Ear tag numbers can be found here; https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT3YiWJRKT2mVoCJLB9UBj8cKWDxtWWyGaiA9c2vNA7e8oO8Z3XHtls-Ucs2XHRhqutOMQp6OinvbeI/pub?output=pdf

06/14/2026

Reminder that photos for online add-ons & buyer thank yous are due tomorrow, June 15th
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Please email them to [email protected]

06/10/2026

Livestock exhibitors are learning skill far more profound than loading sacks of feed. Junior livestock sales support the businesses of these future farmers.

05/02/2026

This is a fantastic idea!

For young 4-H and FFA livestock exhibitors, the county fair auction ring is the reward for months of hard work, investment and responsibility—unless their animals don’t attract buyers.

But thanks to community coalitions that step in to purchase no-bid animals, kids can be spared this disappointment and financial loss. Among them is the 37th District Buyer’s Coalition—parents, businesses and community groups who banded together in 2022 to support youths exhibiting at the Santa Barbara County Fair in Santa Maria. Led by former livestock exhibitors who now have children showing in the ring, the group raises funds to buy auction animals and then donates the meat to nonprofits serving people experiencing food insecurity.

To date, the coalition has purchased animals from 260 local kids and has donated more than 80,000 pounds of meat to local charities. “This is a win-win-win,” said Renli Pope, the coalition’s president. “The kids benefit, the community benefits, and we all feel better being a part of it.”

Read more in Ag Alert: bit.ly/4unEJC5

04/30/2026

Have you started talking to potential buyers yet? Here is a great example of what makes a good buyer letter from Farm Credit Knowledge Center

04/29/2026

So we finally scraped the bottom of our supply of ZTags and will be transitioning over to these white Q-Flex tags.

For 2026, these are tags, species, and taggers needed for each;

04/29/2026

Steer Intent To Sell Forms are due 4/30 (tomorrow), here is a list of whose we have received so far;

04/25/2026

We’re here at the Thurston County Youth Expo & Secondhand Safari!

We have copies of Intent To Sell Forms and can issue ear tags if you turn yours in today!

Thurston County Fairgrounds and Event Center

04/25/2026