Aug. 21 – Labor Day, Sept. 1, 2025
252 Days 11 Hours 29 Mins
Livestreaming
2024 Draft Horse and Livestock Show Livestreams
The Minnesota State Fair is excited to present free livestreams of our draft horse shows and livestock shows. Click the links below to be directed to the livestream broadcast.
As show programs become available, they will be posted here to help you find the appropriate show.
All events subject to change.
Thursday, Aug. 22
- 1 p.m.: Draft Horse Show
- 1 p.m.: 4-H Beef Cattle Show (show catalog)
- Cow/calf pairs followed by breeding heifers
- 1 p.m.: 4-H Poultry Show (show catalog)
- 3 p.m.: 4-H Meat Goat Showmanship (show catalog)
- 5 p.m.: Open Class Lamb Lead Show
- 6 p.m.: Draft Horse Show
- 7 p.m.: 4-H Lamb Lead Intermediate Division
- 7 p.m.: 4-H Lamb Lead Senior Division
- All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage
Friday, Aug. 23
- 7:30 a.m.: 4-H Market Beef Cattle Show (show catalog)
- Market beef show followed by prospect calf show
- 7:30 a.m.: 4-H Dairy Steer Show (show catalog)
- Dairy steer show followed by dairy steer showmanship
- 8 a.m.: 4-H Meat Goat Show (show catalog)
- Breeding does followed by meat goats
- 8 a.m.: 4-H Dairy Goat Show (show catalog)
- Dairy goat showmanship followed by dairy goats
- 8:30 a.m.: Open Class Sheep Show (show catalog)
- P.A. Anderson Challenge, followed by Rambouillet (9 a.m.), Columbia (11 a.m.), Montadale (1 p.m.) and Lincoln (3 p.m.) breed shows
- 8:30 a.m.: 4-H Swine Show – Gilts (show catalog)
- Breeding gilts, followed by breeding gilt showmanship, market gilts and market gilt showmanship
- 8:30 a.m.: 4-H Swine Show – Barrows (show catalog)
- Market barrows followed by market barrow showmanship
- 2 p.m.: 4-H Beef Cattle Championship Event
- 3 p.m.: 4-H Breeding Ewe Show
- 3 p.m.: 4-H Market Lamb Show
- 5 p.m.: Draft Horse Show
- 5 p.m.: 4-H Market Rabbit Show
- All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage
Saturday, Aug. 24
- 8 a.m.: Draft Horse Halter Show (show catalog)
- 8 a.m.: Draft Horse Halter Show (show catalog)
- 8 a.m.: 4-H Rabbit Show (show catalog)
- Breeding rabbits followed by market rabbits and breeding rabbit showmanship
- 9 a.m.: 4-H Dairy Cattle Show (show catalog)
- Grade Holsteins followed by Jersey
- Milking Shorthorns followed by Brown Swiss
- 9 a.m.: 4-H Dairy Cattle Show (show catalog)
- Registered Holsteins
- Ayrshire followed by Crossbred, Red & White and Guernsey
- 10 a.m.: 4-H Market Sheep Showmanship (show catalog)
- 10 a.m.: 4-H Breeding Sheep Showmanship (show catalog)
- Noon: Open Class Sheep Show (show catalog)
- Corriedale followed by Border Cheviot (1 p.m.), all other hair breeds (3 p.m.), all other wool breeds (4 p.m.), all other meat breeds (5 p.m.) and the Supreme Champion Ram & Ewe selection (7 p.m.)
- 4:30 p.m.: 4-H Purple Ribbon Auction (show program)
- Scholarship presentation followed by auction
- 6 p.m.: Draft Horse Show
- All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage
Sunday, Aug. 25
- 9 a.m.: Draft Horse Show
- 10:30 a.m.: 4-H Dairy Cattle Showcase
- Noon: Draft Horse Decorating and Showmanship
- 3 p.m.: Draft Horse Walk/Trot and Barrel Racing
- 7 p.m.: Draft Horse Show
- All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage
Monday, Aug. 26
- 9 a.m.: Stock Dog Trials (show catalog)
- 2 p.m.: Draft Horse Show
- All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage
Tuesday, Aug. 27
- 8 a.m.: MN Junior Barrow Classic Showmanship (show catalog)
- 8 a.m.: Open Class Swine Breeding Show (show catalog)
- All other breeds followed by Yorkshire, Berkshire, Chester White, Duroc, Hampshire, Hereford, Poland China, Spotted Hogs and the Supreme Champion Selection
- 8 a.m.: Open Class Boer Goat Show (show catalog)
- Youth showmanship followed by commercial Boer does, percentage Boer goats, fullblood/purebred Boer goats and open wethers and meat does
- 8:30 a.m.: Open Class Sheep Show (show catalog)
- P.A. Anderson Challenge followed by Hampshire (9 a.m.), Suffolk (1 p.m.) and Babydoll Southdown (3 p.m.)
- 9 a.m.: Open Class Dairy Cattle Show
- Milking Shorthorn & Guernsey (show catalog) and Ayrshire (show catalog)
- 10 a.m.: Open Class Dairy Cattle Show
- Red & White (show catalog)
- 1:30 p.m.: MN Junior Barrow Classic Prospect Barrows and Crossbred Gilts (show catalog)
- All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage
Wednesday, Aug. 28
- 8 a.m.: MN Junior Barrow Classic Show (show catalog)
- 8:30 a.m.: Open Class Sheep Show (Show Catalog)
- Southdown followed by Dorset (noon) and the Supreme Champion Ram & Ewe selection (3 p.m.)
- 9 a.m.: Open Class Barrow Show (show catalog)
- 9 a.m.: Open Class Dairy Cattle Show
- Holstein (show catalog)
- 9 a.m. Open Class Dairy Cattle Show
- Jersey (show catalog) and Brown Swiss (show catalog)
- 6 p.m.: 4-H Llama-Alpaca Costume Contest (show catalog)
- All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage
Thursday, Aug. 29
- 8:30 a.m.: Open Llama Performance Classes (Show Catalog)
- 10 a.m.: Open Class Dairy Cattle Supreme Champion Selection (show catalog)
- 5 p.m.: 4-H Llama-Alpaca Show
- All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage
Friday, Aug. 30
- 8 a.m.: 4-H Llama-Alpaca Showmanship
- 10 a.m.: Open Llama Showmanship and Halter Classes (Show Catalog)
- 4 p.m.: Open Class Dairy Goat Show (show catalog)
- Showmanship, followed by Nigerian Dwarf juniors (6 p.m.), Toggenburg juniors (7 p.m.) and Oberhasli juniors (8:15 p.m.)
- All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage
Saturday, Aug. 31
- 8 a.m.: Open Class Beef Cattle Show
- 8 a.m.: Open Class Dairy Goats (show catalog)
- Oberhasli seniors and groups followed by Saanens (9:30 a.m.), Nubians (1 p.m.), Nigerian Dwarf seniors and groups (3:30 p.m.) and LaManchas (5 p.m.)
- 8 a.m.: FFA Meat Goat Show (show catalog)
- Breeding meat-type goats, dairy and meat market goats, for exhibition only and showmanship
- 8:30 a.m.: FFA Dairy Cattle Show (show catalog)
- Junior and senior showmanship followed by Grade Holstein, Guernsey, Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Milking Shorthorn and all other breeds
- 8:30 a.m.: FFA Dairy Cattle Show (show catalog)
- Advanced showmanship followed by Purebred Holstein, Jersey, Red & White and MDA Special
- 1 p.m.: Open Class Beef Cattle Show
- 1:30 p.m.: FFA Market Sheep Show (show catalog)
- Commercial ewe lambs followed by commercial yearling ewes, for exhibition only, market lambs and market lamb showmanship
- 7:30 p.m.: Open Class Beef Supreme Champion Selection (show catalog)
- All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage
Sunday, Sept. 1
- 8 a.m.: Open Class Dairy Goat Show (show catalog)
- Toggenburg seniors and groups followed by Alpines (9:30 a.m.), Recorded Grades (2:30 p.m.) and Best in Show (5:15 p.m.)
- 8 a.m.: FFA Breeding Sheep Show (show catalog)
- Columbia, Babydoll Southdown, Rambouillet, Natural Colored, All Other Wool Breeds, Suffolk, Dorset, Hampshire, Southdown, All Other Meat Breeds, Showmanship
- 8 a.m.: FFA Breeding (show catalog), Crossbred Gilt (show catalog) and Market Swine Show (show catalog)
- For exhibition only followed by market swine and market swine showmanship
- 10 a.m.: FFA Beef Cattle Show – North Ring (show catalog)
- Shorthorn, Shorthorn Plus, Simmental, Red Angus, Foundation Simmental, Commercial Beef Heifer, Showmanship
- 10 a.m.: FFA Beef Cattle Show – South Ring (show catalog)
- Showmanship, Market Beef, Prospect Market Calf and Dairy Steer, Limousin, Hereford, Charolais, Angus, All Other Purebred, Any Other Registered Composite
- All day: 4-H Building Harkness Stage
Monday, Sept. 2
- 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.: 4-H Building Harkness Stage
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