Livestock Sale Committee

Livestock Committee Members

• Heidi Schultz, Chairperson – 608-547-1367
• Robin Hansen, Co-Chairman – 608-548-5483
• Tori Babcock, Secretary – 608-572-1402
• Pam Dahlke, Treasurer – 608-350-9340

Beef Quality Assurance Certification Meetings

2026 Weigh-In Dates: Click here for information

• Have your animals castrated prior to this
• If animal has horns, have them dehorned prior to this
• Sign up sheet with time slots will go out around December 1^st

• Beef: December 13, 2025
• Sheep & Goats: May 2, 2026
• Swine: Tag Pickup with an education event on April 13, 2026 – Identification May 2, 2026
• Poultry/Rabbits: Google form due May 2, 2025

Links and Resources

• Livestock Sale Committee HANDBOOK 2026
• 2025 Livestock Sale Checklist *2026 Checklist coming soon!
• Swine Registration Form Don’t forget to upload a photo of each of your swine with their tags in!
• Livestock Tagging Form 2023 – Online
• Livestock Tagging Form 2023 – Paper
• BYLAWS Livestock 2026
• Small Animal Letter of Intent – Online Google Form
• Medical History for Market Animals
• Educational Livestock Workshop Reporting Form
• Youth for the Quality Care of Animals Website

Committee Minutes

• 2025 Livestock Sale Committee Minutes
• Previous Years Livestock Sale Committee Minutes

Group Purposes:

• Support youth in their development of life skills through market animal projects, ex. record keeping, teamwork, management, animal evaluation, etc.
• Engage youth in reaching meat industry standards by employing effective management practices to be used in raising market animal projects.
• Establish and carry out an educational program.
• To develop project standards and leadership opportunities.

Membership

Anyone with an interest in the advancement of the meat animal projects in Adams County may be affiliated with this group.

Youth Membership: Membership shall be open to all youth of an organized youth group in Adams County.

• Members may participate if actively enrolled in any of the meat animal projects.
• Members are required to follow all state health rules and the rules set forth in the Livestock Sale Handbook.

Adult Membership & Support

• Anyone with an interest in the meat animal projects may give support to this committee.

Parents/guardian expectations for support include:

• Providing primary project support for their child.
• Supporting their child in carrying out all responsibilities of this project.
• Contributing to the conduct of activities for the committee.

County Extension Agents and FFA Advisors will serve as advisors to the committee.